Community Events

There are plenty of things going on around the valley for free or cheap. I went to cachevalleydaily.com and found a calendar of events. Click here to go directly to the calendar page.

There is Noon Music at the Tabernacle in Logan, it looks like every day.

On the USU campus there is a series of scientific discussions entitled; Windows on the Cosmos Series. They all look like good educational experiences. They are free and you may be looking for something educational for your kids. Click here to view the whole series.

Is Pluto a planet? What, exactly, is the definition of a planet?

Join Dr. Sykes on June 26th and learn more about our solar system. Be ready for a spirited debate about whether or not Pluto is a planet and form your own opinion! Following the presentation, we'll move outside to the USU Quad for a scaled planet walk and learn more about each planet. The walk leads to the Aggie Ice Cream store on 1200 North where we'll enjoy a cool, out-of-this-world dessert! (NOTE: For those who wish to head straight from the presentation to Aggie Ice Cream or for those who would like a ride back to the presentation site after completing the planet walk, a shuttle service will be available continuously from 8-9 p.m.)

7 p.m. in the Emert Auditorium (Room 130) of the Eccles Science Learning Center on the USU campus. (For directions, click here.)

In my opinion Hyrum City feels a bit like Mayberry the week of the Fourth of July. They have some event just about every day leading up to July 4th. The following is a calendar that I copied from their website:

June 26, 27 Rodeo 8:00 p.m. Rodeo Grounds

§ Chairman: Jeff Burnett 245-3704

· Adults - $7.00

· Children 3-11 - $4.00

June 27 Youth Parade 10:30 a.m. City Square (sign up at 10 a.m.)

§ Advisor: Michelle Bartlett 245-3435

Water Fun with Firemen 11:00 a.m. City Square

June 28 Patriotic Program 7:00 p.m. City Square (bring a chair)

§ Speaker: Congressman Jim Mattheson

§ Music: Imperial Glee Club

July 2 Hyrum Hornets Baseball Game 6:30 p.m. East Park

Vs. Brigham City Peaches

Concert , Food & Activities: 8 p.m. Soccer Fields

§ Band: Crimson Rose

Fireworks 10:00 p.m. Soccer fields on 100 S. 800 E.

Youth Dance 10:30 p.m. ‘til midnight, Elite Hall, $2.00 a person

§ D.J. Rob Ferre “Life of the Party”

July 4 Freedom Run/15K 6:15 a.m. Blacksmith Fork Power Plant

§ Chairman: Heather Housley 563-3823

§ Register at www.topofutahmarathon.com/15k/

Chuckwagon Breakfast 7 a.m. – 10 a.m. City Square

Flag Ceremony 8 a.m. in front of City Office

Main Street Mile 11:55 a.m. (meet at 700 E. Main)

§ No need to pre-register

Parade 12:00 noon Main Street

§ Chairman: Curtiss Parkinson 245-3966

§ Registration forms on the link below

Free Watermelon on City Square following the parade

Booths 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. City Square

§ Chairman: Stephanie Carlsen 245-5890

§ Registration forms on the link below

Talent Show following parade until 5 p.m. at Gazebo on City Square

§ Call City office to sign up 245-6033

If you have never taken the kids to be in the Youth Parade, June 27th, and then to have a water fight with the volunteer firefighters afterwards you are missing out. It is fun just to watch, I'm not getting involved in that fight. I have enjoyed the Patriotic Programs in the past as well. Where else can you get a free fireworks show of this size in Cache Valley? We enjoy the parade and all the booths at the town square following the parade. Did you realize that the dunking booth is offered by the Hyrum City Youth Council and that it is a fundraiser? Ask if you can dunk a friend, I'm sure they have time set up for that too.

I found these free activities in Nibley City.

CONCERTS AND MOVIES IN THE PARK

Several movies and concerts have been scheduled at the park on 3200 South. The events are FREE. Movies start at dusk. For more information, watch future newsletters or contact Casey Judd at 787-8395 or casey.judd@usu.edu.

July 31 - Movie: Journey To the Center Of the Earth in 3D
** 3D glasses will be provided for everyone free of charge.

August 17 - Movie: Bedtime Stories

September 5 - Concert: Vocalocity

The 2009 Cache Valley Cruise-In

July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th

at the Cache County Fair Grounds
400 South 500 West, Logan, Utah

Logan City's calendar is full of events. Google your city and find out what is going on in 'your backyard'. We can keep busy, having a great time for no extra cash out of our pockets.

Frogzog - Mobile Frugality

Have you ever heard of Frogzog? I hadn't before yesterday. My wonderful supportive husband heard about it and knew I would want to share it with all of you.

Frogzog is a free service for you to search, receive and redeem coupons from your mobile phone. Looking for a sweet deal? You're only a text message away.

Click here for more information.

New Printable Coupons

If you would like a $1 off 2 coupon for Carnation instant breakfast drinks click here.

Printable Coupon: $1.50 Off Kashi Cereal

Click HERE (IE) or HERE (FF) for a printable coupon good for $1.50 off Kashi Cereal.

Thanks, It's Hip To Save!


Look on page 35 of this Graco catalog to find a $2/1 Huggies diapers coupon. Two great things about this coupon: it's a pdf file so there is no print limit and it expires May 2010.

I suggest you print it in color, just in case.

Tell Everyone You Know!

Tomorrow afternoon the Bountiful Baskets site will be up for ordering your basket. When I picked up my last basket I asked them about delivery in Cache Valley. I was told that they would need 75 baskets purchased two deliveries in a row to insure that the fuel costs would warrant a delivery to our neck of the woods. Last basket was filled with an abundance of cantaloupe, apricots, apples, oranges, plums, yellow squash, broccoli, lettuce, celery, carrots, cucumbers, and I can't remember everything. It was a great value. There are two Brigham City pick up sites. It doesn't matter which one you go to, unless your going with friends then you want to coordinate with them before you finalize your order. My family has enjoyed all the produce we have had and remember fiber keeps you fuller longer which cuts the food bill!

P.S. The ordering site closes on Wednesday at 10pm, that is if they don't sell out before then.

Redbox: Free Code for Monday Or Tuesday

I just found this and I haven't tried to use it yet. I will try it in a bit and I'll report if it worked.

Use code rbxthxu6 on June 22nd or June 23rd at a Redbox location to get a FREE rental!

Never heard of Redbox? Click HERE to read the details and to sign-up for the codes, too. As long as you return the movie the next day, it's a FREE rental. It's only $1 a day afterwards.

Thanks, Frugal Living and Having Fun!

60% off at Babies R Us Plus FREE Shipping

With the new grand baby on the way I'm on the look out for baby deals. Here is one from BabiesRUs.

Save up to 60% Off, plus Free Shipping (up to $25) on purchases of $49 or more at BabiesRUs.com. Offer good June 21 to July 4. The cute toy to the left is 40% off!

Here are some more deals:

50% Off First Years Microwave Sterilizer, when you spend $20 or more on feeding items at BabiesRUs.com. Offer good June 19 to June 28

Free Shipping on ALL Pampers purchases of $45 or more at BabiesRUs.com. Offer good June 19 to June 28

Up to 40% off SELECT Graco & Fisher-Price Baby Gear at BabiesRUs.com. Offer good June 19 to June 28

Free Sun Protection Hat when you spend $100 or more ($15.99 value) at BabiesRUS.com.

This is a sister company to ToysRUs and they are having a sale up to 60% from Toys R Us, PLUS get free shipping when you spend $49 or more. Offer good June 21 to July 4. This may be a good time to stock up on some birthday gifts or start your Christmas shopping.

The Unemployment Crunch

I think I have been so focused on staying positive about our unemployment and happy to see my husband more that I hadn't thought enough about all the cut backs I would need to make. Don't get me wrong, we are doing great right now. Tim had a funny feeling and was saving up his vacation time. That has paid this months bills while we wait for our severance package, we are one of the lucky ones who get severance pay.
Looking ahead though there is more to do right now, we have no idea how long this will last. Our phone service is pretty low, $13.81 per month which includes long distance, through Vonage so I haven't called them for a reduction. I did call Comcast which I have my basic cable and my high speed internet. Perhaps these could be viewed as luxury items but with all the deals I find online and my Ebay coupons I feel like the internet is a must and once you go high speed can you ever go back? They were very understanding of our situation and gave us a six month discount on our internet bill. Because we have the basic package on our cable tv there were no more discounts there and we are evaluating that expense. My daughter will be sad without animal planet so we are hanging on to it a bit longer. I'm grateful it has been a mild June and I haven't had my swamp cooler on very much. I am opening all of my windows every morning to get the cool morning air in and circulating before the afternoon warmer temperatures hit in hope to not turn on the swamp cooler one minute sooner than needed. Plus hanging out in the basement family room in the evening is a cooler choice as well.
We did invest in some shelving from Sam's Club to organize the food storage, I cannot believe what I have been able to accumulate in the past few months! In the first picture below I have all my canned products, those I purchase form the store and those I have canned in a #10 at my wards food packing events. I also am keeping all of my cleaning supplies, and the foods I bottle. It is also a storage spot of odds and ends, those odds and ends will need to find anew home when bottling season arrives. The second picture primarily holds the bargains I have been working on with my coupons. My daughter and I got everything on the shelves and as I stood there looking at it all I felt very proud. I feel very blessed to have learned this system before we were out of a job because now I am at a point that I can buy just what is on sale in combination with coupons and our fresh food needs. It makes what I need to spend a great deal less than what I used to spend and I can add to our short term storage progress. Thank you Jessica for teaching me about buying coupons on Ebay!!!
I am always looking for more ways to save. Share your advice in the comments section for us all to benefit from. Thank you to all of my supporters!

All You Grocery Challenge

This sounds like fun- anyone wanna sign up?!

All You Grocery Challenge

Show off your shopping smarts by spending no more than $25 per family member per week on groceries over a four-week period beginning July 13. That's $100 a week for a family of four. You could win a $1,000 grocery card plus a year's supply of Knorr side dishes and the chance to appear in ALL YOU magazine.

Follow these guidelines:

• During the contest, groceries that you purchase count toward your weekly total. However, feel free to grow, barter or use stockpiled food to supplement your meals. Creativity and ingenuity count!
• If you eat at a restaurant or buy takeout, the cost must go toward the week's total.
• Household supplies and toiletries do not count toward each weeks total.
• Keep track of your money using the optional Spending Log.
• Save receipts--you will be required to submit them if you are a finalist.
• Post your strategies on our Grocery Challenge blog, and be sure to tell us your money-saving tips

Click here to sign up
Official Rules

The contest starts July 13 (I'll post a reminder),

so start planning your strategies now. Good luck!

Free Digital Scrapbook Class

The free photo editing class I told you about on June 15th is available today.

Get Started for FREE! Hybrid and Digital Scrapbook Quick Start Written by Jessica Sprague Click here for the link to her website. She will show us how to mix the digital parts with the physical paper pieces or if you prefer to create our pages completely online and then we can print it out. She has a link to try out Photoshop Elements by Adobe for a free 30 day trial. I've been wanting a scrapbooking program but wasn't sure which one to get. I like trying things first to see if it works with my brain.

My friend Ginger has told me that you can send your files to Filbies Copy Center in Providence and they will print them out for you. I like that idea for those of us who don't have the top of the line printers or don't want to be constinatly replacing our ink cartridges. Send your order through email to orders@filbies.com.

Leave a comment if you have any other suggestions for printing or digital scrapbooking.

July 9th thru July 11th Children's Consignment Sale

I found this story on Pinching Your Pennies and I saw a sign in town for this sale as well. I wanted to share with you so that if you have anything to sell and make a little money you would have the information.

Here's some great information about a community garage sale in Cache Valley, it's going on July 9th - 11th:

Many of you have heard that we are running a childrens consignment sale this year- a large garage sale of childrens items and maternity wear. This is different than your typical garage sale though, items will be clean, in good condition and organized so finding the things you want will be simple.

No more driving around looking for garage sales to find they have 3 old, worn items to sell. No more wasting your weekend sitting around trying to sell your own items. No more guessing with online buying, wondering if you are going to get what you paid for.

This is easy. Sign up on our website, thedivvyup.com to register your items to sell. Print off your tags and attach them to your items and then drop them off. We do the selling for you and send you a check when the sale is over. If you'd like to come and shop too, we'd love to have you.

Our sale will run July 9th thru July 11th at the Cache County Fair grounds. Volunteer to help us if you'd like and be invited to come to our presale where you get the first pick of the goods.

So round up your goods- childrens clothing (sizes newborn to childrens 16), childrens furniture, shoes, maternity clothings, toys, books, video games/movies, Halloween costumes, bikes and so on. You set the price and decide if you want the item donated to a local charity at the end of the sale or not. It's just that easy.

Check out our website thedivvyup.com to learn more. Forward this to your friends and neighbors- there are consignor benefits for those who refer others.

My Abertson's Deals

Albertson's has a Kellogg's promo that gives you an instant $3 off three select cereals, which makes them $1.98 per box. My daughter and I both love Frosted Flakes with banana cut up in the bowl. I had already purchased 10- $1.50 off coupons from ebay because I knew Kellogg's has regular promotions. So for $9.60 I got 12 boxes of cereal that is $.80 per box. On the box there is an offer for a free 1GB USB flash drive with 8 tokens from the boxes. Bonus!

I also needed some coke product twelve packs, okay maybe not needed, but with the purchase of my four twelve packs I received two hillshire smoked sausage links for free. I was sure what was for dinner last night because I hadn't defrosted any meat so I fried up potatoes and half a pack of the sausage, melted cheese on top and my husband and daughter were happy. It is one of their favorite meals. I like it because it is cheap.

Printable Coupons

There are a bunch of great coupons including $.75 off any gallon of milk!

Grocery Coupons - 93 Coupons

There are 93 great coupons still available in June. Some coupons have swapped out so take a look!
FOOD COUPONS - Listerine, Scott Tissue, Scott Paper Towels, Wisk, Lucky Charms, Yoplait products, Keebler cookies, Pillsbury products, Kleenex, Gorton's, Aleve, Cranergy, Hefty, Fiber One, Big G Cereals, Newman's Own, Garnier Nutriste, M5 Magnum Razor, John Frieda and many more!

Don't Forget to Print Your Rite Aid Coupon for $5 off $25 Purchase

Join the Cold Stone Birthday Club

If you join the Cold Stone Creamery birthday club, you get a free ice-cream on your big day. Hey, it’s not a Porsche, but it tastes better.

Click here to go to the birthday club page.

You have to sign up in advance, then they send you a coupon that you can use seven days before, or up to seven days after your actual nativity.

Click here to find locations

Free Sundiwear Stickers

These free Sundiwear stickers are pretty darn cool. You wear them outside and then they turn red after a certain amount of sunlight has hit them, thus letting you know it’s probably time to seek out shade or sunscreen. Too bad these things weren’t around when I was kid as I have a feeling they’re a bit more helpful than the method I always used. I’d spend a day outside playing with my friends and then wake up the next morning and go “huh, I got sunburned!”

Free Emeril’s Essence Seasoning

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Sign up now to receive two free Emeril’s Original Essence Seasoning packets from Emeril himself. Well, from his official site that is. I doubt Emeril’s personally sitting around filling all the freebie requests.

Freebie: 50 Points for Disney Movie Rewards

I know some of you collect Disney Movie Rewards Points. If you type in GOOFY, you'll get 50 points added to your account.

$1 off any Fresh Tyson Chicken Product

I am always on the look out for a coupon towards meat. A few cities have gotten this hot coupon in recent papers. Print your coupon for $1 off any Tyson Fresh Chicken Product. Coupon is good through 7/14/09.

$10.00 in Arm & Hammer Coupons

Here is a link to get your $10.00 in Arm & Hammer coupons. Did you know how many things you can clean with Arm & Hammer?? It's not just for baking and deodorizing your fridge. Explore the website - it's interactive and very entertaining.

Free Fisher Price Precious Places DVD

Fisher Price is offering (again) episode one of Precious Places on DVD for free to United States residents. To order click on “Select A Country To Begin” in the upper right hand corner.

The free GeoTrax DVD looks to still be available also.

Nestle Tollhouse Cookie Dough Recall

I found this story and wanted to share it with you.

IMPORTANT NEWS: Nestle Tollhouse is voluntary recalling it’s refrigerated cookie dough products. That is over 40 products. According to the press release:

Nestlé is taking this action out of an abundance of caution after being notified that the Food and Drug Administration, together with the Centers for Disease Control, are conducting an investigation into reported E. coli 0157:H7 illnesses that may be related to consumption of raw cookie dough.

You can click through to see the full Nestle Tollhouse Cookie Dough Recall Press Relase, and also to see the List of Recall Products. Consumers may return these products to their local grocer for a full refund. Nestle invites consumers with questions to contact Nestlé Consumer Services at
1-800-559-5025 and visit their web site at www.verybestbaking.com.

Nestle also wants to remind everyone that~like it states on the label~you should cook their cookie dough before eating.

Note: Kudos to Nestle and their PR Firm Publicis for getting this information into the hands of the social media folks as quickly as the regular news media. Due to my association with Stouffers/Nestle via the “Let’s Fix Dinner” event, this wound up in my inbox at 10:30 am EST on the day of the Press Relase.