~Save Money Momma~

If you have the most inspiring story in American to tell the world; then as of today you have exactly

31 days

To submit your story to True North and possibly win $25,000,  have your story created into a 60 second commerical shot by a famous director and aired during the 2009 Academy Awards Show on February 22, 2009.

What does that mean exactly?

All you have to do is explain your passion for life, your zest, the thing that makes you jump out of bed in the morning, it makes you who you are and why you are here.

Click here for details, official entry form and information. GOD bless you, this could be IT!

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What else could be better than $25,000? How about winning one of 40 $10,000 Family vacations to Latin America from GOYA!!!

With over $425,000.00 in prizes to be won, CLICK here now to find out how to enter!

For those of you who were fortunate enough to receive a free family holiday activity booklett from Unity , then you are well on your way to 25 days of begining a new journey towards becoming a closer, more spiritual family.

For those of you who didn’t receive your free booklett, not to worry because I am going to include them in my posts! It would be a nice gesture if a small donation could be made to the Unity site to help continue the programs and workshops they provide.

Today there are two projects to enjoy with the family, when you are done with those, scroll down for continued freebies!

~Sunday, November 30, 2008 ~ Create an Advent Wreath~

what you need: green construction paper, a paper plate, glue and scissors

1. cut a hole in the center of the paper plate to make the base for your wreath.

2. have everyone in the house trace their hands on the construction paper and cut the design out.  write an inspirational word on your hand and glue to the plate. you can either assemble the entire wreath in one day, or add a hand and new word until christmas day.

3. decorate with glitter, cotton or other on hand supplies as you’d like.  Hang once dry and enjoy. 

~PRAY~

Tell God what you are thinking.  Get a notebook and pens/pencils and have everyone in the house write a prayer letter to God.  You can share it as a family or keep it private. Have kids decorate the prayer letter with colorful drawn pictures.

Dear God,

This is my prayer….

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From AllFreeCrafts, a whole page designed to help the environment and create hours of family fun time! Click here to learn how to make christmas card angels, new cards from old cards and more! Thank you All Free Crafts!

For your FREE Inspirational wallpaper, click here!

For those of you who may be in need of special prayer, click here for your FREE prayer request submission page.

For FREE safe online kids games, click here.  Quick sign up required…free!

FREE holiday coloring pages and other online activities from the Kidzpage by clicking here.

Click here for FREE Christmas Scene wallpaper and images by clicking here from FREE Christmas wallpapers.net.

~Let there be Peace on Earth!~

I was glancing through the Today blogs, as I occassionally do…and I came across a post title of “tell us your story of earning online” by US Work From Home Free.  The site asked to share your story if you earn money whicle spending time on the internet.

I thought I would bring this up, because I left a comment on there being that I do earn money online, not just by posting on this wonderful blog (on deals, coupons, etc…) but also because I do spend at least 4 to 6 hours (not consecutively) on the internet per day and let’s face it…times are tough!  I can use an extra $100.00 or more per month. 

I also found this post on Extra Money regarding cash back online tips which could be helpful too.

PCMoneyMaker has some awesome links on ways to make money, which if you put enough efort into them, could become serious career suplimenting cash! Writers links are included! YAY!

I know this is a long shot, but it couldn’t hurt and sometimes the suspense is worth it. Contests can be a Godsend if you actually win and I suggest checking the websites of your local radio stations. Most if not ALL radio stations are offering some kind of cash incentive for signing up and listening just for your name to be called, such as this Indiana radio station Hit Country 102.5 WMDH for a chance to win $500.00!

Lite 93.5 (PA, NJ) Clearchannel and Bankers First Mortgage is helping families this month and if you need help paying your mortgage, click here.  You could be one of the lucky people who can have your mortgage paid this month. Wouldn’t that be a blessing? We all say, “If I could just get a break to catch up”, well this could be it!

Lastly, I know this post from NicheGeek.com is a year old however, the opportunities are still there for the most part and if they aren’t I’m sure there are other sites similar.  This was a uniquely different approach to earning some serious cash.

Good Luck and happy holidays…if ANY of this works for anyone, please comment and let me know!

I was actually able to catch a few minutes of TV yesterday and since one of our family traditions is to pick a new recipe to add to our menu, I was very impressed by Jamie Oliver’s Whole Roasted Cricket Ball Squash.  It was incredibly simple and looked beautiful and tasty; even through the TV!  I youtubed it for you, but for the specific ingreedients, click here to go to the official Rachael Ray site!

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Butter Crumb Coffee Cake With Cranberries Recipe

found on Group Recipes.