05.30.08 at 8:19 pm by Kara_S
Okay, this is another one of those posts totally unrelated to writing and editing. =) Money Saving Mom (who, by the way, has a new blog home at Typepad) mentioned a site on her blog today that sounded interesting – GroceryGuide.com.GroceryGuide will show you all of the products on sale at your grocery store. And it will also match up the coupons for you (I haven’t been able to get this feature to work).
They rate the sale price from 1 star (okay sale price) to 5 stars (awesome sale price).
When you click on the “details” for a sale item, a couple of interesting features pop-up. First, there’s basic recipes using the sale item – how cool is that? And, my favorite feature, is a price history chart based on 19 years of tracking and trends. Then there’s also options to review the sale item.
Going back to the price history charts…One thing that I am having
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05.25.08 at 10:22 pm by Kara_S
So we’ve all heard the saying “Don’t judge a book by the cover.” How often do we follow that? I sometimes tend to choose a book based on its cover photo and/or design as well as the copy on the back cover.
Mike at Novel Journey has an interesting post on “10 Standout Christian Fiction Book Covers.” I think I like about half of his choices and might pick up two or three to read based on the cover.
After looking at Mike’s top 10 choices, I recognized a pattern but couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Then I realized that the selector was a guy!
His choices tended to be male-oriented – dark, seafaring, mysterious, masculine, and lots of red. Not sure what I mean? Compare the covers to two mentioned in the “notable” category – Deeanne Gist’s and Tracey Bateman’s.
Personally my top 10 choices probably would’ve reflected the fact that I’m a female. Gist’s and
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05.24.08 at 4:23 pm by Kara_S
Occasionally I come across a post where people wonder if CVS is all that it’s cracked up to be. The same is true for Walgreens and Rite Aid. Since I don’t shop at Walgreens or Rite Aid, I can’t speak for those, but I can speak for CVS. Jump down in the post for my analysis of our spending at CVS and Krogers so far this year…
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Here’s what we purchased this week: (None of these items were necessities, but the products (minus the candy) are all things that we use. With rising prices, I want to get them while they’re cheap!)
1 ClearCare twin pack contact solution (14.99); 1 Skintimate Shave Gel 7 oz (1.88, used as filler); 1 Aquafresh toothpaste (2.99); 4 Diet Coke 12 packs (3.00 each); 1 Venus Embrace razor (9.99); 1 Snickers King Size (88 cents, filler).
I started out with no ECBs, so I purchased the Diet Coke and toothpaste first using
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05.23.08 at 11:01 am by Kara_S
Have you heard about the great book giveaway that Chapter-a-Week is sponsoring? Here’s the information from an e-mail…
We had such a great response to our last book giveaway that we’ve decided to make it a regular event! So we are giving away a ten-pound box of autographed Chapter-a-Week books to one Chapter-a-Week member for summer reading fun. Simply send an email with “Chapter-a-Week Summer Reading Giveaway” in the subject line to cawcontest@gmail.com and you’ll be entered in the drawing. The deadline for signing up is June 6 and the winner will be announced June 13. Get your entries in and be sure to tell your friends to sign up for Chapter-a-Week. To qualify, the return email address must be on the Chapter-a-Week membership list. Continental U.S. residents only, please.
So, if you haven’t signed up for Chapter-a-Week already, go do it and register to win a box of books. When you sign up for Chapter-a-Week,
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05.22.08 at 9:50 am by Kara_S
I read a couple of interesting posts today that I wanted to share with you in case we’re not reading the same blogs.First up is Novel Journey’s “Creating Character by Jane Kirkpatrick.” I found this post more interesting to read than most on Novel Journey. Jane also recommends a few books that sound like they might be worth reading too.Rachelle Gardner addresses the question of “Are You a Writer?” Her main point is that sometimes as writers we have to write things we don’t think we can (things that are necessary for an author to write like a hook, synopsis, proposal etc.). Take a minute to read her post, and if you aren’t already subscribed to her site, I definitely recommend it.Mike Hyatt at Thomas Nelson reports on an interesting sales report for the book industry. I’ve read elsewhere on the web that book sales are supposed to be down because of the recession. In
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