Oh, Baby!

Baby Center is having a BIG sale for Labor Day! Many things are 50% off. Whether you’re expecting or are looking for items for your baby or toddler, this is the time to get them. BabyCenter is also offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $49. Use coupon code FREESHIP49. Check out BabyCenter today!

Foreign Language

I have tried in the past to teach my children Spanish. I never succeeded at it, because I tried to do it on my own. This year will be different, as we'll be using the #1 rated language software, Rosetta Stone. The best part is, I'll be learning, too.

If you have a child who will be taking a language class in school (or has, but struggled with it), this may be just the thing to help them "get it," and get that A, as well.

Rosetta Stone is currently offering 10% off in their Back to School promotion. I recommend (highly) that you take advantage of this offer quickly, as it ends on August 28.

THE FASTEST WAY TO LEARN A LANGUAGE. GUARANTEED. Rosetta Stone is the world’s #1 language learning company, acclaimed for its success in helping millions of people learn a new language through easy-to-use software programs. Our software effectively teaches all 4 language skills: listening comprehension, reading, writing, and speaking. Our 30 languages are offered as CD-ROM and Online Subscription in up to 3 proficiency levels.

~ Rosetta Stone

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Gardening

August in the Pacific Northwest is one of my favorite times of year. We still have some higher temperatures, but then there are the days when it just feels like fall is knocking. The way the breezes blow, the angle of the sun...it all makes me think of pumpkins. I even look up, expecting to see changing leaves. Today I actually saw some golden maple leaves, though everything is still mostly green.

It's when I start experiencing these harbingers of fall that I remember planting time is just around the corner. Now's the time to order the bulbs to plant next month. To me, that's the easiest method of gardening: dig a hole, plop in the bulb (right-side up, of course), and be pleasantly surprised by crocuses, daffodils, and tulips in the spring. And don't forget those heavenly-smelling hyacinths.

Gardens Alive! has a great promotion going on right now (yes, I will be taking advantage of this myself): Spend $40 or more, and receive $20 off! That's getting $40 worth of bulbs (that's a lot of bulbs) for half price. You're not going to find a deal like that in your neighborhood garden center right now.

The best part is, you place your order online and it's delivered to you. You save time, gas, money, and your feet. How easy is that?

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Homeschooling: Alpha Omega Publications

Alpha Omega Publications provides Christian curriculum for grades K-12.

AOP offers several exciting product options, including:

• Switched-On Schoolhouse,
• LIFEPAC, Horizons,
• Horizons Preschool,
• The Weaver Curriculum,
• Power-Glide,
• Drawing Basics with Thomas Kinkade,
• the very funny Drive-Through History videos with Dave Stott
• and much more!

Currently, you can save 12% on your AOP curriculum purchases by using the code SAVEBIG at checkout.

To save 30% on Power-Glide, use code SPEAKTODAY.

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Miscellaneous Services (Sitters, Etc.)

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Their four-step screening process has helped hundreds of thousands of parents and sitters nationwide find each other quickly, safely and easily.

Whether you're looking for a babysitter, housesitter, or petsitter, your search is almost over!

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I have found a new favorite hangout on the web: Organize.com. I could get lost here. This place has everything (it seems) to get you organized, and probably some things you don't have to have but are so really, really cool that you just can't pass them up.

Head over and take a look yourself. While you're there, enter the contest to win $1,000.

Fabulous offer: Spend $125 or more and receive 12% off. Coupon code needed at checkout: A4564.

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