Do your little ones have a special day or event coming up? Just want to give them some encouragement or a giggle? Schedule a call from Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, or Donald. For older kids you can send them a call from Woody or Princess Tiana. It will make their day!

Every couple weeks we get a nice direct deposit in our bank account from Uncle Sam and within an hour all of our money is directed elsewhere. Does this sound familiar to you? Between the normal bills from the electric company and the water company along with cable, internet and cell phone bills and all of our “fun” stuff including dinners out (or groceries in) we don’t have much extra.

I’ve found that taking the time to search for good deals (shopping or even “fun” deals) and actually clip (and use) coupons from the paper and internet – I save a little (tiny) bit of money each month. I also try and supplement our income by taking some freelance work on the internet (be it blogging or design work). It’s not a lot of money – but it makes my PayPal account happy which in turn makes me happy because I can actually afford to see a movie or take my kid to Chuck E. Cheese occasionally. What I really need to do is try and find some easy scholarships that I can apply for and take a chunk out of those darn student loans I keep applying for! Now THAT would be a nice money saver!

What do you do to save money or bring a little extra dough into the house?

Please share your tips!

Looking for a way to keep the kids (or grandkids) entertained, happy and shhhh…learning? Here is an excellent resource for museum goers. It is a list of museums in the US that have a free admission policy. The list is broken up by states so you can quickly find one near you. If the grandkids will be visiting this summer, be sure to look into this ahead of time.

Pizza is a quick and easy dinner for your family or for those summer sleepovers. If pizza is on the menu for the near future, you may want to stock up on coupons and codes. Here are a few to get you started.

DiGiorno – $1 and $1 off coupons

Pizza Hut Deals – Various amounts

Little Caesar’s Crazy Bread Combo – $1.99 (expires 7-31-2010)

Groupon is a website that features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in a variety of cities across the United States and has been recently featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and named the #1 Hottest Website for 2010 by Fox Business News!

How It Works:

1. Each day we feature something cool to do at an unbeatable price.
2. You only get it if enough people join that day… so invite your friends!
3. Check back the next day for another awesome Groupon!

I check the Groupon site each day because I subscribed to the site via email. It was my friend Erica who actually got me (and about half of our kids’ playgroup) hooked onto Groupon and a lot of us bought Virginia Beach Aquarium memberships on Groupon for 1/2 off the normal price.

You can even refer a friend to Groupon and get $10 for it! I’ve got my $10 sitting in my hopper so if there is another cool coupon that I want to purchase my $10 goes towards that.

I’ve seen Skinny Dip coupons and belly dancing lesson coupons on Groupon as well as coupons for local restaurants like Finn McCools. There is a Groupon site for a ton of cities across the United States. So there just might be on for your neck of the woods!

Ps. Why yes, those are ALLLLL affiliate links! Click away m’hearties!

Pps. This has been cross-posted on my other blog too – because that’s how much I love Groupon coupons! Hurray!