Ramp Up your marital stress…a rare post from The Todd!
If you want to test the strength of your union, all you have to do is–as a team–back a boat on a trailer down a very busy launch ramp…into the BOILING LAKE OF HELL. You may as well buy a new 4 wheeler without a discussion with the missus, or for the ladies, hire a pool boy–even though you don’t have a pool.
I don’t care how many “I feel” messages you learned in couples therapy, what you’ll hear on that boat ramp is “I FEEL you are a moron,” or “I HEAR your anger but wish a large object would fall from the sky and land on your head,” or “I FEEL it would give me joy to see your internal organs fed to the crows.”
My wife, Erin, and I learned early on that:
1. When you are learning to launch a boat, do NOT pick a time the ramp is busy.
2. Listen politely to the other person’s suggestions, ignore them, and do what you know is right.
3. Not to say a FREAKING WORD if you want any romance in the next two weeks.
Well, we got really good at the process when we owned a houseboat. But a recent family trip to Lake Powell in Southern Utah, and watching all the OTHER couples launch brought it all back–in TerrorVision.
“Go right! Go right!”
“Not THAT right, the OTHER right!”
“Don’t overcorrect! What are YOU DOING?!!!”
For the guys, it’s really all about how you appear to the OTHER boaters. It doesn’t matter if you’re launching a luxury yacht named “Wet Dream” (Editor’s note: “Wet Dream?” REALLY?) Or, a 12 foot aluminum fishing boat named “The Mullet,” it’s all the same. Please, for the love of all that is good and holy, hire someone else to launch your boat. There will be less stress , more romance, and a lot less “I feel” messages.
Happy boating…Todd
Make a donation and the ice cream has NO calories…
On Thursday, 9/24, from 5 – 8pm… Cold Stone Creamery will be offering Free 3 oz. Ice Cream Creations with a Make-A-Wish Donation. It’s a nice way to explain what donations mean to our Zachie and MacLean–they’re definitely willing to pay closer attention when there’s ice cream involved! http://www.coldstonecreamery.com/promos/makeawish/
Lowe’s Free-Bee Clinic For Kids!
I always post these early because the free clinics here fill up very fast! Your little ones can build this cute Fire Truck–for free–on Saturday, September 26th,10a-11a. Sign up here, and be sure to print your registration sheet to bring with you: https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/
Wheeee! Time to announce our $50.00 gift card winners!
To celebrate the launch of the new That Went Well…we’ve offered $50.00 gift cards every day for a week! Here’s the winners:
Wednesday 9.16: Old Navy–Joanna Hawking
Thursday 9.17: Kroger’s–Erin Freemab
Friday 9.18: Old Navy–Mickelle
Saturday 9.19: Kroger–Charlaine Marshall
Sunday 9.20: Home Depot–Carmen Gilson
Monday 9.21: The Gap–Brian Cooley
Tuesday 9.22: Old Navy–Patti Martinez
Folks, I need street addresses emailed to me at erin.collard@citcomm.com. These are all physical cards and need to be mailed out. I have email addresses for Mickelle, Carmen, Charlaine and Patti, but I’ll need email adresses for the rest of the winners as well. Congratulations again! And a special thank-you to all of our generous sponsors this week! Please show them the love so they’ll give us more in the future! 
This has been such a fun week to share with you! We’ll start another weekly gift card giveaway tomorrow!
Free-Bee GeoTrax dvd!
My Zachie’s actually worn out two of these dvd’s. I do not lie. I heard the death rattle. Anyway, he was concerned that I didn’t give this free offer enough love, so here it is again. Get a free GeoTrax DVD “Steamer & Samuel Save the Day” with 4 episodes from Mattel. We just got ours, and I wanted to post it again in case you missed it. This is absolutely free, there are no shipping or other charges. So don’t be afraid to do this even though it takes you through the normal checkout process! To order it, look at the top right and “Select a country to begin” then click on “Continue”.
Win Free-Bee Little Debbie cupcakes!
I had a morning show partner in Washington DC who used to start our radio show every day (at 4:30am) with a beer and a Little Debbie tastycake. I wouldn’t recommend that combination at any time of the day or night, but you can win a box of Little Debbie cupcakes by entering here: http://www.littledebbiecupcakes.com/entry_form there’s 4,000 winners a day! Sneaky inside tip: there’s also a coupon on the site for .75 cents off Little Debbie Chocolate cupcakes: http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=qivvbcf90406568&bt=vg&o=59098&c=LD&p=JAjULbRW
New Walgreen’s coupon booklet
I picked up mine by the pharmacy, and there’s $12.00 in coupons here…I’m a fan of coupon booklets, because I can stuff them in my glove compartment and just drag the whole thing into the store with me. (Editor’s note: you already know you’re not dealing with Martha Stewart here, don’t act all surprised.) Here’s what you’ll find inside:
$1/1 Benadryl Allergy
$1/1 Benadryl Cream, Gel or Spray
$1/1 Children’s Benadryl
$1/1 Children’s Zyrtec
$2/1 Sudafed
$1/1 Tylenol Cold or Sinus
$2/1 Visine
$2/1 Zyrtec (12-count or larger)
More baby coupons…
$2.00 off 2 packs, flushable wipes from Huggies: http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=XYLTWJS6DUKV4
$3.00 Pedialyte coupon: http://pedialyte.com/couponStrongMoms.aspx
$2.00 and $1.00 off White Cloud: http://mywhitecloud.com/Default.aspx
Restaraunt signature recipies for FREE!
Don’t you hate it when your kids whine, “but I don’t LIKE your hot wings! I want the ones from TGI Fridays!” There’s a sneaky new E Cookbook that has a pile of recipes from several national restaraunt chains. You can make the same thing at home…(Editor’s note: I have a friend who actually saved the takeout boxes from the restaraunt and sticks her homeade stuff in there. It’s fooled her husband for 3 weeks!) It’s free, here’s how you get it:
Free eCookbook: 27 Secret Restaurant Copycat Recipes featuring 46-pages of quick and easy recipes from your favorite restaurants.
http://lm.logicalmedia.com/z/12553/CD8038/
Disgusting Personal Habits of the Rich and Famous
After 20 years of interviewing celebrities, wanna-bes, and those painfully chipper First Season folks from any show on the WB, the only reason I have left to open the mike during a “celebrity” interview on our radio show is to ask my all time favorite question: “What is your most disgusting personal habit?” Mind you, there’s no reason they should actually answer me, but they ALWAYS do. Maybe they’re startled into it. Who knows? But the only two that ever blew off the question were (1) Mel Gibson, who spluttered “what the hell?” when asked, and (2) the Jonas Brothers, who after an appalled silence, flatly said “Uh, no. Just…no.” (Okay, fair enough kids, but you have GOT to loosen up or you’ll never live long enough to see the far side of puberty.)
Free-Bee shipping at Land’s End
They’ve got a great shoe sale right now–really expensive fall and summer stuff on clearance. Plus, 
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A great Leapfrog sale!
Here’s a nice little offer–buy two Leapfrog learning toys and get a third one free at Toys R’ Us! Sneaky inside tip: make sure to bring these coupons with you: http://www.leapfrog.com/etc/medialib/leapfrog/coupons/additional_coupons.Par.63631.File.tmp/10%20off%20Print%20Coupon%20For%20Tag.pdf $10.00 off–you can use up to 3!
$3.00 coupon here: http://www.leapfrog.com/etc/medialib/leapfrog/coupons/new_toys.Par.64092.File.tmp/CS8895GM_TxtWin_TagJR_book_CPN_D3.pdf
or $5.00 coupons from here: http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-3278587-10421874, you can use up to 3!
Update from Andrea:
Erin…I wanted to let you know that there is a $4 coupon off any Tag book at this website:
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And if you go to Target, you can get the books this week (they are on sale) for $9.99 for any of the books. Then if you use the $4 coupon on each book, you end up spending $18 instead of $20 (at Toys R Us) for the regularly $13.99 books.
Thanks for the deals you put on your blog. I REALLY appreciate them!
Andrea, thank YOU–it’s so much better when the girlies contribute!
Free Shipping & Gifts at Philosophy!
Philosophy.com is offering (for three days only) free shipping on all orders, use code “ship4free09″. Valid thru 9/24. You’ll also be able to select 2 free samples during checkout…they’ve got all the really glorious Sephora stuff. Sneaky inside tip: I couldn’t help but notice that they’ve got lip gloss as low as $4.95…which would be enough for the free gifts and shipping.
Extra 20% off at The Gap!
The Gap online just discounted all of the Fall merchandise, probably to make room for the all the holiday swag they’re hoping to sell you. they’re also offering an additonal 20% off for the next three days to help you–just enter EXTRA20 as your discount code when it asks for it! www.thegap.com
Another Facebook goody!
Stop by the Sara Lee Facebook page today to add yourself as a fan–they’re offering a $3.00 coupon for lunch meat to bribe you! Sneaky inside tip: be sure to hit your “back” button and print the coupon again–I actually managed to score FOUR of these little guys! http://www.facebook.com/saraleedeli?v=app_163849080647&viewas=511022364&ref=ts
Free-Bee Ice Cream at Carvel!
On Thursday, September 24th between 3-7pm, Carvel stores will be offering a FREE Oreo Lil’ Rounder (soft-serve ice cream between two oreo wafers) as part of their Customer Appreciation Day! Go here to see all the details and here to find a location near you!
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