COUPONING!

I have recently joined the band wagaon of couponing!  WOW!  I never knew I could save so much money!  Don't get me wrong, I have always clipped a few coupons and used one from time to time, but never on this level.  I littarally cut my bill in half the other day!  The FIRST KEY thing for me to understand was I was NOT buying for the week.  I was buying for the lowest possible rock bottom price for the products we use in our household.  You definately save more when you are willing to be flexible on your brands.  To be honest I am not very flexible.  I love my brands!  I will be flexible on some things, but not everything.

I began my adventure by creating a notebook with baseball card collector sleaves labeled with various food/staple items.  I collected coupons from my local papers, internet, and flyers.  The SECOND KEY thing for me was to lay out my sale papers for the week and match my coupons to the sale items.  I understand it takes about 6 months to get fully acclimated to couponing.  I am not there yet, but I am on my way!   I picked two stores to start out with.  You may pick more than that if you feel ok, but I didn't want to overwhelm myself.  I laid the sale papers out and began going through my collected coupons.  The more coupons the more possible savings and quantity you may buy.  Over time, you will learn what is the lowest sale price on each product and when to use the coupons on that item.  When that item is on sale for the lowest possible price, you use your coupons and stock up for about a 3 month supply.  The Third Key thing for me was to undersand that ALL items go on sale every 6-8 weeks.

The most wonderful thing is that there are several great websites that do all the guess work for you.  My favorite is southernsavers.com.  These sites will not only guide you every step of the way, they will give you every week the best deals possible.  It does look a bit overwhelming at first, but trust me, give it a try!  It is addicting when you can cut your grocery bill in half and get things so cheap, some things free, and believe it or not sometimes the store will pay you to buy some items!  Its true!

Happy couponing!  Below are a few helpful websites:

Southernsavers.com
Faithfulprovision.com
Moneysavingmom.com
Krazycouponlady.com
Couponmom.com
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More sites:

• Smartsource
• Redplum
• Target Coupons
• Pillsbury
• Betty Crocker
• Eat Better America
• Box Tops 4 Education
• Very Best Baking
• e-Coupons:
• Shortcuts
• P&G eSaver
• Cellfire
• Upromise
• Kroger

• Target Mobile Coupons

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5 Important Back To School Subjects To Discuss with Your Children
by Shelly Hill

Summer is over and it’s time to get back to school. This time can be stressful for many families as they all try to adjust to new routines. You can lessen this stress and set up some guidelines by sitting down with your children for a family discussion.

Here are some important things you should be discussing with your children, before they head back to school this fall.

1. School Bus Safety – It is important to speak to your child about what kind of behavior you expect from him or her while they are at the bus stop or riding on the school bus.

2. Classroom Behavior – Let your child know what kind of behavior you expect them to exhibit while at school. All teachers expect different things from each child, remind your child to be respectful of others at all times. I think this is a good time to bring up the topic of bullying with your child. Let them know how to report this to their school officials and to you, should they know of any children who are being bullied or those who are doing the bullying.

3. Homework and Grades – If you expect your children to follow a homework routine, now is the time to outline that routine with them. I found it helpful to let our daughter know up front what the consequences would be if she did not complete homework assignments on time, or if she got unacceptable grades.

4. Stranger Danger – Your child will come into contact with many people while involved with school activities or while attending classes. It is important to go over with him or her all of the safety precautions that they need to know to protect themselves from stranger danger.

5. Family Emergency – When our daughter was young, we gave her a new family password every few months. If a family emergency would occur and we would need to send someone to the school to pick her up, they would have to provide the secret family password to her before she would even leave the school office with that particular person. Even if your child knows the person who is picking them up, it is important for that person to provide the secret family password to your child.

Heading back to school doesn’t have to be a stressful time for you and your family. Take the time out of your busy schedule and communicate with your children about what you expect from them this school year. It is important to be flexible and to have an open door policy in regards to communication.

Shelly Hill has been working from home in Direct Sales since 1989 and is a Manager with Tupperware. Shelly is a mother and grandmother living in South Central Pennsylvania and found that she could reduce back to school stress for her family by being prepared ahead of time. You can visit Shelly online athttp://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com or her recipe blog athttp://wahmshelly.blogspot.com for free recipes.

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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month ... Which we know today as the honeymoon.

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Cinnamon and Honey

Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot. It will do what some call turning to sugar. In reality honey is always honey. However, when left in a cool dark place for a long time it will do what I rather call "crystallizing". When this happens I loosen the lid, boil some water, and sit the honey container in the hot water, turn off the heat and let it liquefy. It is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it in a microwave. To do so will kill the enzymes in the honey.

Cinnamon and Honey
Bet the drug companies won't like this one getting around. Facts on Honey and Cinnamon: It is found that a mixture of honey and Cinnamon cures

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:

most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.

HEART DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack.. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS:
Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

CHOLESTEROL:
Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS:
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH:
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers

GAS:
According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that if Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and from the root.viral diseases.

INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA:
A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY:
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder, and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increase and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old..

PIMPLES:
Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS:
Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:
Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.

FATIGUE:
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH:
People of South America , first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS:
Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restores hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and cinnamon sprinkled on it!

Thanks for this tip Lee! It is worth a try!

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The Old Tyme Carriage Company

Old-fashioned horse and carriage rides around The Streets every weekend beginning Monday, December 7th when Santa arrives at 2:00 p.m.

Weekend rides continue every weekend started December 12th:
Saturday rides are 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Sunday rides are 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Santa at The Streets

Come see Santa inside the old J.Jill store located next to Candylicious:
Monday, December 7th - Wednesday, December 23rd
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sundays 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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3rd Annual Gingerbread House Competition at Bluegrass Yacht and Country Club

Tree Lighting at City Hall Hendersonville (5:30) Choir

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Saturday, December 5th
“Twas the Night Before Christmas” Breakfast with Santa at Bluegrass Country ClubTWO seatings 8:30am and 10am

Gingerbread Houses and Christmas Tree Elegance Displays

Hendersonville Women’s Club Bake Sales at Rock Castle


Saturday, December 5th
St. Nicholas Ball – Bluegrass Yacht and Country Club

Sunday December 6th
27th Year Annual Parade in Hendersonville at 2:30pm until 5:30pm w/SANTA
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