Thursday, November 25, 2010

compinstructor

Natl Weather
Horn Lake
Santa Rosa

Drop Sum
Netflix
Usage
Ethyl
TheUltimates
Memphis Zoo
Mem Library

School closings:

www.rock103.com/cc-common/hal/closings/
http://www.abc24.com/schoolclosings/default.aspx
Start Pages:Yahoo Start Page
Creators
Cisco
News Broadcaster
Compinstructor:Network Solutions
Yahoo games
Search/Dir.
Yahoo Search
Google
Shopping:Mypoints
Ebates
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Borders
Coolsavings
Tech:
TechRepublic
Reference
Epinions
Read Online
Gutenberg
Music:Poem
Flylady
ADDMagazine
SavingDinner
30Day

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

25% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

5% Yankee

0% Midwestern

http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/%22%3CA

Hava happpy day!
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Web site created and maintained by
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Internet:

Learn the Net has tutorials and news about surfing the Internet. Great tutorials regarding the Internet are found at Learnthenet.com.

Programs:

Another site that has training is Training Tools. You can print or view online the instructions for various computer programs. If you want to learn about computer programs (mostly Microsoft programs) then you want to visit ACTDEN.

For some free downloads pertaining to computer programs, check out Customguide.com.

PCShowandTell.com is a Internet library of thousands of voice-enabled shows that help you maximize the use of your favorite software and websites. Includes shows on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows, ICQ, AOL and many more. You will be required to download software to view the shows.

Microsoft has Free Downloads.

The site listed below has a wide variety of topics. I chose "Computers & Home Electronics" and found the information to be accurate. I plan to use this site in the future: ehow.com (Free registration is required to read complete information.)

HowStuffWorks (has a pop-up) is a great site, with many different topics. From what I see, this site has more in depth information than ehow.com.

So You Wanna has a large variety of topics to choose from. And look at WannaLearn for more tutorials.

School

Free-Ed has courses from high school to college and also computer related.

Financial aid for scholarship

Free course through Barnes and Noble. Have not tried it yet myself. If you do, let me know how you like it. It is changing to book clubs in November 2006.

Other

Need to know how to repair appliances? Try RepairClinic

Click here for a list of online books

Some free online books, additional ones for membership.

Write online to make money

Write you opinion on different topics. You earn 1 cent per read for most articles, and 3 cents per read for computer information.
http://www.epinions.com/

About.com, which has been around a few years, is a site with a diverse set of topics. Your pay is based on the traffic and ads on the site. On the "Be A Guide" page see the details and what categories are available that might interes you.
http://beaguide.about.com/

Another site that is new and similar to the one above it Suite101.
http://www.suite101.com/info.cfm/be_a_suite101_writer

You must have a website of your own to be able to write articles for Briefme. You receive $5.00 per article and free promotion of your website with a link in the newsletter your article goes in.

Online books

Would you like to read books for free? Below is a list of web sites that offer free online books:

Informit allows you to read computer related books online for free. The books available are usually not for the most recent version of software, but can still be useful.

Online Books Page is used to search for books at many different places on the Internet.

Reader's Digest: http://www.rd.com/ (pop-up).

IPL has many topics to choose from.

If you need to write a report on a book, you may buy a study guide, or you could turn to the Internet and find free study guides at SparkNotes™.

Now if you want to hear the book, you might want to check these sites:

Audible.com (pop-up) includes a large variety of books and talk shows by Robin Williams. Some books I saw on the main page cost $1.95 to download.

MediaBay.com has books and also old radio programs to choose from.

Want to hear the pronunciation of a word? Try Miriam-Webster's Dictionary (pop-up):

Travel deals

Some of the Major Airlines

(You will need to sign up for a username and password with most of these sites.)

Northwest Airlines has weekly email notification on Wednesday for weekend specials.

American Airlines has weekly email notification on Wednesday for weekend specials. (membership required to view fares)

Delta Airlines has weekly email notification for weekend specials.

Continental has weekly email notification on Tuesday for weekend specials.

Southwest allows you to sign up for email notices of deals.

The resources listed below can be helpful to find deals

See multiple travel sites at once at cheap-hotels-airline-tickets.com/.

SmarterLiving, and Expedia are a couple of services that allow you to chose multiple airlines.

Orbitz, Travelocity, CheapTickets (has popup ad window), Air4less, Mrcheaps and Tiss require membership to view deals.

Priceline allows you to bid on airline tickets (and many other products). You must provide charge card information, if your bid is accepted they will charge your card.

Read various opinions about Cheap Airfare services.

Online newspapers

http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_action=keyword&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_queryname=4000&s_home=home&s_sources=location&p_clear_search=&s_search_type=keyword&s_place=&d_refprod=NewsLibrary

http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

Memphis Media

Print

Commercial Appeal
Memphis Magazine
Memphis Daily News
WWWDot
Memphis Business Journal

TV

NBC WMC-TV 5 (pop-up)
FOX WHBQ 13 Click "News" in the left side.
ABC24
CBS WREG 3
Stations below do not have local news:
PBS WKNO 10
UPN30
PAX TV 50

Radio

AM 600 WREG News (pop-up)
FM 91.1 WKNO NPR
FM Rock103 WEGR News

Web

MSNBC
USATODAY

Misc.

Renew your TN Drivers License online
Tennessee news:
http://www.tennessean.com/local/

Useful Real Estate Links

AR

https://www.arstatesurplus.com/

County map: http://www.ahtd.state.ar.us/Maps/MiscMaps/Comapnam.jpg

Desoto, MS

http://www.desotoms.info/

Shelby County TN Properties

http://www.shelbycountytn.gov/.../PublicWorks/realestateindex.htm

http://register.shelby.tn.us/

http://www.shelbycountytrustee.com/TaxsaleInformation.asp

http://www.assessor.shelby.tn.us/

http://www.johnroebuck.com/home_frames_page.htm

http://www.memphisdailynews.com/

http://www.realtor.com/memphis/nbregion.asp?st=tn&poe=realtor

IRS

http://www.treas.gov/auctions/irs/

http://www.c-machinery.com/irs_site/index_calendar.asp

Foreclosures

http://www1.foreclosurefreesearch.com
$5.95 for each additional week

http://www.foreclosurereporting.com/Home
was pop up window adv from foreclosurefreesearch.com
Report for state $8.95

http://www.brucebates.com/intl/armissis.htm
See information for members only
$19.95 month

http://www.foreclosureleads.com/results.htm
No price listed on site
888-800-1003 (in graphic, could not copy/paste)

Realty Trac http://www.realtytrac.com
Includes NOD (before foreclosure, contact the owner), and REO (bank owns)
$24.95 month

Other

http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_2000/tows_past_20000428_o.jhtml

Buying a house overview

Buying a home overview

Whether you are buying a home to occupy, to use as an investment rental property, or to rehab and sell for a profit there is a wealth of information available for the Memphis area. Primarily listed here are resources for Shelby County, TN.

Get a map to the location

Memphis, Tennessee Real Estate

Search Commercial Appeal Real Estate Classifieds

Under "Marketplace Quick Search", click on the Real Estate tab. You are given options for the county, area, minimum size, and maximum price.

Once you have the results page, you can sort by:

Location
Bed/Bath
Type
Acres
Price
Contact

What I found interesting is that many ads do not include prices. One way to be able to see listings with prices is to choose the minimum price of $50,000.00. Of course the means you would not see any under $50,000.00 or any without prices. With the financing I have available, I only want to see properties over $50,000.00. You need to decide what works best for your needs.

You may save your searches if you register with the site. Commercial Appeal Ad Rover search.

Search Yahoo Real Estate Classifieds

Type in the city and state or zip you would like to search. I like to use the minimum price of $30,000.00 as this will still fit in my criteria.

Search For:

Existing Homes - redirects to Prudential's listings
Yahoo! Classifieds - keeps you within Yahoo's site
New Homes - keeps you within Yahoo's site

So far I have found great properties using the Existing Homes option. Even though it redirects to Prudential, there are properties from many different agencies there.

The Yahoo! Classifieds has many with "Address not listed". This can be a problem as I like to research the property before deciding if I want to contact the agent.

Search various classifieds sites:

http://www.treas.gov/auctions/

http://memphis.backpage.com

http://memphis.oodle.com/housing/sale/?loc=zip_38016%3A5

http://memphis.craigslist.org/rfs/

Search FSBO Real Estate Classifieds

Buying an automobile overview

Whether you are buying a car, truck or SUV you want to make sure you are not getting a lemon, yet getting the best value. You can purchase a car from a dealer or private seller. They can be found online or in the classifieds. Here are some sites I have found to be helpful.

Finding an automobile online

You can search by various criteria, and sort by most of them. For example, you can look for:

Make
Model
Year range
Price range
etc.

Most people know about eBay. There is an entire "Motors" section on their site. Once I have the list I like to sort by distance, so we can calculate the added cost of getting the vehicle to us.
Another site you may have heard of is Autotrader.

Magazines you can pick up for free in Memphis area

Autos-magazine.com - http://www.autosetcmag.com/
http://www.autoextra.com/
http://www.automart.com/

Automobile dealer sites

http://maps.google.com/maps?...&cd=2

Checking the history of an automobile

First check the history of a car at http://www.carfax.com. While this is not a complete history of all records for all cars, it does give a great deal of information that would otherwise cost a lot to gather yourself. You can pay for one time use or for 30 days. You will also see car listings near you that match the vehicle that you are checking.

Finding the value of an automobile

Next, you will want to know the value of a car. This can vary so you may want to use all three that are listed below. For these you need to know:

Make
Model
Year
Trim
Miles
Additional options

http://www.nadaguides.com matches the NADA which our credit union uses, helping me know what they will finance.
http://www.kbb.com seems to be what the auto dealers are using. So this can help you see what to expect on a car they have listed.
http://www.edmunds.com includes a feature when you appraise a car, that allows you to print a window sticker to put in a car you are selling.

Update 10/25/2013
New site that shows cars for sale:
http://www.iseecars.com/

Friday, November 12, 2010

Coupon Wish List

Miracle Whip
Fresh Express bag salad
Sara Lee Soft & Smooth White Whole Grain bread
Pringles
Motts Apple Juice
Campbell's soup
Progresso soup

Bounce
Downey
Tide

Charmin toilet paper
Pantene
Reach toothbrush
Dry Idea Antiperspirant (picture on the coupons I have seen is for Soft & Dri, but Dry Idea is listed)

Purina Cat Food
Scoop Away Cat Litter

Coupon Organizing

Organizing

Binder:

I used to organize coupons by category. One day I was in Walgreen's, and asked the lady in cosmetics if she had a coupon for Airborne. She opened her organizer and pulled it right out of the A's. That is when I changed to alphabetical and have saved so much time. Early each month I go through and pull all coupons that expired the previous month. This takes about 30 minutes and I can do it while watching a TV show.

	Clip the coupons
	Alphabetize
	File in binder

Folder for each store

(I like to use a folder with pockets - found mine at Walgreen's on sale).

Common in all folders

	Current week ad
	Shopping list - sometimes hand written, sometimes typed, sometimes from an online service
	Current week coupons and rebate forms - can put them in one pocket, move to other pocket as you get each item
	When I check out, can put the receipt in the folder for safe keeping until I get a chance to file away or take care of any rebates

Rite Aid

	Rebate book - I mark on my copy. either a check mark or date for items I have purchased
	Rite Aid only coupons (I have picked up free magazines in the pharmacy waiting area and in the entrance that included coupons, only good at Rite Aid. Additionally, when I printed coupons from Nature Made's website, Rite Aid was listed as the store. One week in our mail there was an ad for Rite Aid that included $5.00 off $25.00 purchase, one per week for 4 weeks.)

Walgreen's

	Rebate book - I mark on my copy, either a check mark or date for items I have purchased
	Walgreen's only coupons
	Catalina's aka Register Rewards- coupons that print when you check out

Schnucks

Catalina's - coupons that print when you check out

Kroger

	Catalina's - coupons that print when you check out
	Kroger coupons - Receive booklets with coupons in mail from time to time.

Bargains - Coupons

Revised 10/31/06

Check HotCouponWorld, full of information. You will need to join to use some of the resources. I look at Rite Aid, Walgreens and Krogers forums. Then also use the coupon database to search for coupons.

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/kroger-mid-atlantic/

Throughout week as needed

Print Coupons as needed

	Target printable coupons

	Coolsavings
	Box Tops for Education
	Betty Crocker Coupons
	Pillsbury coupons

Saturday

Shopping

Fred's

on Saturday only, doubles coupon up to $0.70

Sunday

Ads in newspaper

Read through ads. Using a highlighter circle things I think may be a good deal.

	Rite Aid - looking for free after rebate, good sale prices and/or what coupons I can use, go to link, Find On Page: free for each page
	Walgreen's - looking for free after rebate, good sale prices and/or what coupons I can use

Coupons in newspaper

First clip all coupons for each insert. Alphabetize and on printed list (see above) highlight coupons in our paper. Any that I would normally buy go in my binder. (Organizing pages purchased from http://www.momsaves.com/shoppe.html)

	Smartsource - can also go to their website to print coupons
	RedPlum
	Proctor & Gamble - not every week, about once a month
	Others - Look in Parade Magazine, and other places for coupons

Monday

Online

Check CouponMom search for any particular brands/products that are on sale to see if I may have in my stock.

	Kroger for Memphis, TN
	Schnucks for Missouri
	Rite Aid
	Walgreens
	Target
	Walmart

Print this week's menu/shopping list from e-mealz

Tuesday

Shopping

Kroger's

	last day of ad, also usually get discount price for next day's new ad
	doubles coupons up to $0.60

Schnucks

	last day of ad
	doubles coupons up to $0.60
	has the lowest prices on sale items

Mail ads

	Kroger's - Check deals here
	Schnucks - Check deals here

Wednesday

Order Coupons

Ebay

Thursday

Shopping

Rite Aid

	Love that they have online request for rebates. Saves time and postage. Also, sometimes end up getting a rebate I had not noticed. Or found out that if I purchased more of particular products would qualify for a rebate.
	The one in Cordova is nearby, may go there earlier in week, depends on when they receive/stock their shipments.
	The one in Germantown is about 15-20 minutes away. But may stop there if going to Germantown anyway on other days.

Walgreen's

	Rebates must be mailed in.
	Make sure to read fine print for requirements on each rebate.
	Many stores nearby, if product is not at one, can easily stop by another one.
	If there is a limit, easily run to another store to stock up.

Rebates

If this is the first week of rebates for Walgreen's or Rite Aid, need to be sure to mail them or request check.

Have not tried this myself yet, but here is link to articles that include Aldi meal plans for one month using products from Aldi's. A family of four eat one month for $130.00.

Misc: Supermarkets in the US

Purchasing coupon inserts (Updated 4/28/11):

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/view.php?pg=coupon_clipping_sites

http://www.wholecouponinserts.com/

http://www.couponbeat.com/

http://www.collectablecoupons.com/

http://www.couponsthingsbydede.com/?Click=1735

http://www.weclipusave.com/category_s/499.htm

http://stores.ebay.com/Coupon-Clipping-For-You/_i.html?_fsub=2269749014

Previews:

http://www.southernsavers.com/category/top-weekly-deals/

Build A Bear	Build a Bear
Club Penguin	Club Penguin
Sprout Online	Sprout Online
Barbie	Barbie
	http://www.webkinz.com
	http://www.nickjr.com
	http://disney.go.com/playhouse/today/index.html
	http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/...findingnemo/index2.html
	http://www.crayola.com/gamesfun/...=games
	http://www.gamehouse.com/online-games/nanny-mania-online
	http://pbskids.org
	http://www.americangirl.com/goty/2007Nicki/game.html
	Super Kids Word of the Day
Turtle math	Calico Critters