Cheap Entertainment

I have waited forever for this movie to be released on DVD! I sent my daughter to buy it this morning. We watched it after lunch and it is a great movie. What a beautiful story! I am so happy with some of the movies that have come out in the last few years that are full of good stories and even Christian films that have made it big. I wish Hollywood would listen more to the people and realize we love these movies and WANT these movies, movies we can take our kids to see and watch over and over.

We very rarely go to a theatre. The kids go with friends and spend their own money, but I have not been to see a movie since we saw Fireproof about two years ago. We used to go one time a year as a family, usually during our Christmas break. It would cost us around $80 to go and buy popcorn and drinks. Now, the tickets are $9.50 a piece! Not how I want to spend my money. We have invested in a sound system and have a nice tv so it is much more comfortable to sit at home and watch anyway.

We don't have DVR with our cable, we just have a basic package without movie channels. We found that our computer acts as a DVR. We hook it up to an antenae and my husband has it to automatically record some of our favorite shows like 24 and Lost. We buy DVDs of our favorite movies that we know we want to see many times. Good cheap entertainment.

Restaurant gift card bonuses- use for your free meals!

We signed up with both Moes and Lonestar to receive a free meal on your birthday. I just received an advertisement from each of them that if you buy a gift card for the holidays you get a free $5 bonus card. At Moe's if you buy a $20 card you receive a $5 card. At Lonestar if you buy a $25 dollar card you get a $5 bonus card.

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We didn't use my free Lonestar birthday dinner (It is August 11- I'll send you a wish list later. Go ahead and put it on your calendar) because we still would have had to pay for my husband to eat. At the time we were really cutting everything out so we decided not to go. My idea is to buy these cards and use the card to pay for the meal for the spouse to be able to dine with the birthday person. When I eat my free Moe's birthday meal we will use the gift card, then use the balance when my husband gets his free birthday meal. If we do not use it all we can use it for a quick lunch for my husband or give it to one of our teens as a treat out with friends.

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The link to sign up for the birthday meal is here for Moe's and here for Lonestar. Without searching their site at Lonestar I cannot remember if I received the birthday email for a free meal through signing up for the e-club or if it is somewhere else. I see a link to the kids birthday club.