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4th Grader Free National Parks Pass

If you are going to have a 4th Grader in August, check out this deal on a free National Park pass.

We did this when my son was a 4th grader & it was really easy & saved us some money.

Ohio One-Tank Trips

These are some of our family favorite one-tank trips from northeast Ohio for young kids (2-12 probably).  If you are on Pinterest, click out my links on the bottom left side of my blog.  If you have a zoo and/or science center membership (*), you can do these trips very reasonably.  You don't have travel far and spend a lot of money to make memories with your families.

Here's a link to cheap/free activities in our area.

Toledo

• Zoo* - Very nice zoo
• Science Center* - Imagination Station - one of our favorite science centers
• Sauder Village - kids are free on Sun

Erie - It's about 1/2 way between where I live & Niagara Falls.  Twice we have stopped here & spent a night to 2 on the way home from the Falls.

• Splash Lagoon - Friendly indoor water park for young kids, can ride double on some of the slides
• Waldameer - Memorial Day-Labor Day - great amusement park for young kids (under 12 probably).  Usually doesn't have long lines.  It's free to get into the amusement park which is great if you don't want to ride the rides but the rest of the family does.  All day wristbands not that expensive.  Also has a fun big water park.  We can easily spend a day at each park.
• Zoo*
• Presque Isle - nice beaches

Pittsburgh

• Science Center - Carnegie* - very nice for variety of ages
• Children's Museum* - nice for young kids
• Zoo*
• Aviary* - within walking distance of Children's Museum (save on parking)
• Inclines
• Kennywood - I have heard good things about this amusement park south of Pittsburgh

Cleveland

• Natural History Museum* - park once & go to art museum & botanical garden
• Art Museum - free
• Botanical Garden 
• Great Lakes Science Center*
• Zoo*
• Aquarium

Columbus

• COSI*
• Zoo*

Dayton

• Boonshoft Museum of Discovery* - on science center & zoo memberships
• Air Force Museum - free
• Young's Dairy

Cincinnati

• Zoo* - one of our favorites
• Aquarium
• EnterTRAINment Center - for kids that like trains
• Creation Museum & Ark
• Trammel Fossil Park - dig for your own fossils in nature for free

I'd love to know some of your favorite destinations.

Restaurant Coupon Link

Before you go out to eat, check here for coupon deals at restaurant.

Pure Flix Streaming

I'm doing a month free trial of Pure Flix right now.  I really like that it's full of family friendly movies and shows that we can all watch together.  I can watch it my Fire Stick, phone, tablet, computer, etc.

The price is increasing for new subscribers on May 1.  It's currently 7.99 a month.  If you are interested in trying it, now would be a good time to try.

I got this e-mail today -

Thank you for being a loyal PureFlix.com member.

Beginning this week, you may notice our advertising indicating a price increase for newcomers as of May 1st.

However, because we highly value your loyalty to PureFlix.com, your price will not change as you continue to enjoy the best in our Faith & Family videos.

In fact, today would be a great time to tell family and friends that they too should start a free trial and lock-in the current low price before the May 1st price increase.

Free Shutterfly Book

Have a My Coke Rewards account?  Log in & get a free 8x8 Shutterfly book for 0 points.

Use code FREEPRINTAFF to get a free 16x20 print or 8x10s.  Exp 7/1

Use code 25OFF2017  to get 25% off.  Exp 7/1

Use code CARD4U - free card

Use SHIP39 to get free shipping on an order of $39 or more (after discounts)

Shop through Ebates & earn cash back.

If you are ready to do a photobook, but can't find any free ones, check out eBay for free book codes for around $1.  

I like Shutterfly because codes can be combined.  I just load any codes I found when I find them and then see how I can combine them when I'm ready to order.

Ways to Save Money on TV

We haven't had cable since we have been married, almost 15 years.  For the most part I haven't missed it, but new technology has made it easier.  We do have an outside antenna so we can get most local channels.

Other ways to watch/stream tv and movies - The big thing to think about is how much data it uses and how fast is your speed.  We have the slowest/cheapest internet Armstrong has.  Only 1 month have we come close to our data usage.  They have since doubled our data & increased our speed.  It really hasn't been an issue for us.  If you have kids that are also streaming then maybe it would be.

Any of the options below can also be streamed on your phone, tablet, or laptop.

Amazon Prime - $99/year.  You can stream movies & get 2 day free shipping.  You can also just steam movies & tv for 8.99 a month or get Prime for 10.99 a month if you don't want to commit for a year.  You can try for a free month.

Netflix - price varies by how many devices you want on at the same time.  Around $9/month. Stream tv & movies.  no commericals.  You can try for free.

Hulu - Around $8/month  Big downfall for me - commericals.  You can also do $12 a month with no commercials.  They don't have a dedicated kids section so you have to pass a lot of questionable shows to find what you want.  You can try for free.  After that they keep sending emails to get another month free so you can usually get a few months free.

Sling - Basically like having cable.  I tried it free for a week & got a lot of the Indians playoff games that weren't on local channels.  They have plans for $20, $25, $40 a month depending on the channels you want.

Pure Flix - I'm doing a month free trial of Pure Flix right now.  I really like that it's full of family friendly movies and shows that we can all watch together.  I can watch it my Fire Stick, phone, tablet, computer, etc.  The price is increasing for new subscribers on May 1.  It's currently 7.99 a month.  If you are interested in trying it, now would be a good time to try.

I got a Amazon Fire Stick for $25 on Thanksgiving a few years ago.  I really like it.  I can stream my Amazon Prime through the stick.  I can also watch cable "app" channels.

My favorites so far DIY Network, Food Network, A&E, History, ESPN (including highlights of Sports Center from the day before), & HGTV.  You can watch older episodes through the tv with the Fire Stick.

You can also watch on a phone, tablet, or computer without subscribing to channel for free.  Not all episodes are available but enough for me for free.  Some of the shows have 60 seconds commercials for other cable shows.

There are also apps for network tv, but I haven't tried them because I typically don't watch network tv.

There are other options out there including Ruku & Apple tv.  I'm just commenting on what I have found to work for us.

What are your favorite ways to save money on tv.

Thrift Shopping

This is a great week to check out Orrville Goodwill & the new Destination Thrift by Save a Lot - all of the leftovers from the Orrville garage sales. 

$6 Bang Bang Shrimp

Bonefish Grill

$5 Buck Lunch Dairy Queen All Day

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Happy Hour Specials

Dairy Queen

Steak N Shake has 1/2 price milk shakes from 2-4

Berry Good Orrville Tues & Wed 3-5 take 30% off

Taco Bell


Heartland Point - Fridays 4-6
All pastries in the display case will be half-price on Fridays from 4:00 to 6:00.

Sonic Drive In

Happy Hour: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Enjoy ½ offs on drinks, teas and slushes.

Grab snacks at Sonic during happy hour at just $0.99. Select from corn dogs, mozzarella sticks, onion rings or tots.

Late Night Happy Hour: After 8:00 PM

Enjoy ½ off on all shakes at Sonic Drive-In after 8:00 PM

Facebook Privacy Setting

Do you see a lot of posts on your FB page for people you don't know?  Do you have a friend that shares a lot of posts?  Tired of seeing all of the quizzes people take?  Did you know you can block it from showing up on your page in the future?

If you click on the down arrow at the top of the post,  you can "Hide All" from that group/person/page etc.  If you unfollow the friend, you won't see their posts on your News Feed unless you search it out.  If you "Hide All from ...", then you won't see from that app anymore, but you will still see your friend's other posts.

Do you know why those things show up on your page?  It's because they have a public setting.  If you have a public setting on your posts, then anyone on FB can see it.  If someone "likes" or comments on your post, it could show up on THEIR friends New Feeds.   I suggest for your personal posts, you change your privacy setting to Friends.  Click on the lock icon in the top right corner to change your settings.

Favorite Discount Shopping in NE Ohio

I'm working on compiling a list of key thrift shopping stores in our area.



Local discount shopping
 
Everything Surplus store & Clothing Warehouse - Wooster near K-Mart. Discounted food, clothes & household items.  The stores are beside each other.


Friendtique - 223 W Liberty St Wooster.  Profits go toward the Hospice of Wayne County. They have clothing and furniture, household goods, etc. Often have estate type things for sale. 

Discount Outlet - Massillon 1070 NE 1^st St, Massillon, near Lake & 21, Canton across from Belden Village.  Discounted food & household items.

Ollie’s – Wooster, Cleveland Rd N Canton, across from K-mart. Mansfield has a bigger store.  Discounted food & household items

Tuesday Mornings - Canton & Fairlawn - discount household, super clearance

Gabriel Brothers - Canton & Fairlawn - discount clothes & household


Encore - 4125 Cleveland Ave NW Canton - resale

MCC Connections– located in Kidron, by Central Christian.  Very clean, like a Goodwill.  Typically nicer things.  I have found some fun Christian movies & books for the kids.  They have a color tag that is $ 0.25 each week.  It changes Friday morning.

Save & Serve - located in Millersburg.  like MCC

Goodwill – Orrville, Wooster, Massillon, Canal Fulton, Jackson (near Jackson HS).   Get a free card to get 10% off $15 purchase, 20% in January.  Massillon, Jackson & Canal Fulton have 1 color tag that is $1.50 each week.  There a new outlet in Canton where Circuit City used to be.  You pay by the pound.  Bring gloves for digging through totes of stuff.

New Destinations - Wooster 5382 Cleveland Rd, Barberton. - Like Goodwill money goes toward Barberton Rescue Mission. I don't recommend the Barberton location. 

Nice as New - clothing consignment Cleveland Rd Wooster.  Near Greenleaf Restaurant.

New Orr Not - clothing consignment High St Orrville

Once Upon A Child, Plato's Closet, Clothes Mentor - Consignment stores for kids, teens, & adult.  Often located beside each other.  Thursday Plaza Canton


5 Below - Fairlawn & Belden area.  Everything $5 & under

Dollar Store, Dollar Tree - Orrville, Massillon, Canton, Wooster - everything $1

Deals - Akron, Canton , Massillon - discount store like 5 Below

Village Discount - Akron, Cuyahoga Falls - like a Goodwill only cheaper.  The Akron store recently added dressing rooms so you can try on clothes now.

Salvation Army store - Fairlawn & Canton - like a Goodwill.  Wednesdays are family day & most everything is 50% off.

Yoder Bargain Barn - 7802 Salt Creek Rd, Fredericksburg - discount store

Building 9 - 546 Medina Road, Medina (Fairlawn)- construction, home improvement discount store

Habit for Humanity Restore - 2700 Akron Rd, Wooster  Building supplies

P Graham Dunn - clearance sales usually in May, Aug, & Nov.  Always have outlet section at the back of the store.

Zinck's Fabric Outlet - Rt. 62 outside of Berlin. cheap fabric, notions, clothing and misc. items



For Food:

Aldi - can't beat at other grocery stores their prices on fruits & veggies

Nickels Bakery Thrift Stores – 21 South of 30 Nickels Thrift stores are a great place to get incredible deals on breads, buns, & dinner rolls.  You don’t always know what you will find, but often you can get a loaf of bread for $1.  They also have reward cards that you can get stamped & earn a free item.


Scratch & Dent stores –

Country Salvage 9420 Kidron Road, Applecreek, between 250 & 241; Country View Bent & Dent, Kansas Rd, just south of Hackett; Grocery Discount Store on Rt 3 north of Hartzler's Dairy, Bent and Dent Rt. 62 about 2 miles south of The Amish Door complex outside of Wilmot.

Bulk Food – East Union (old 30), Shady View Pantry (Zuercher Rd Kidron), Country Hilltop Market 585 & Benner Rd– drastically reduced prices on deli meat & cheese, nuts, snacks, etc. 
Fruit &  Veggie Stands - Octad on Carr Rd, just north of 30, Raber's on Kidron Rd south of 250.  good prices for fruits & veggies.  Raber's has pick your own flowers reasonable.


Let me know your favorites.

One Tank Trips for Younger Families

These are some of our family favorite one-tank trips from northeast Ohio.  If you are on Pinterest, click out my links on the bottom left side of my blog.  If you have a zoo and/or science center membership (*), you can do these trips very reasonably.  You don't have travel far and spend a lot of money to make memories with your families.

Here's a link to cheap/free activities in our area.

Toledo

• Zoo* - don't go on Memorial Day weekend - speaking from experience.  Very nice zoo
• Science Center* - Imagination Station - one of our favorite science centers
• Sauder Village - kids are free on Sun

Erie

• Splash Lagoon - Friendly indoor water park for young kids, can ride double on some of the slides
• Waldameer - Memorial Day-Labor Day - great amusement park for young kids
• Zoo*
• Presque Isle - nice beaches

Pittsburgh

• Science Center - Carnegie* - very nice for variety of ages
• Children's Museum* - nice for young kids
• Zoo*
• Aviary* - within walking distance of Children's Museum (save on parking)
• Incline

Cleveland

• Natural History Museum* - park once & go to art museum & botanical garden
• Art Museum - free
• Botanical Garden 
• Great Lakes Science Center*
• Zoo*

Columbus

• COSI*
• Zoo*

Dayton

• Boonshoft Museum of Discovery* - on science center & zoo memberships
• Air Force Museum - free
• Young's Dairy

Cincinnati

• Zoo* - one of your favorites
• Aquarium
• EnterTRAINment Center - for kids that like trains
• Creation Museum
• Trammel Fossil Park - dig for your own fossils in nature for free

I'd love to know some of your favorite destinations.

Ways to Save Money on TV

We haven't had cable since we have been married, over 13 years.  For the most part I haven't missed it, but new technology has made it easier.  We do have an outside antenna so we can get most local channels.

Other ways to watch/stream tv and movies

Amazon Prime - $99/year.  You can stream movies & get 2 day free shipping

Netflix - price varies by how many devices you want on.  Around $9/month. Stream tv & movies.  no commericals

Hulu - Around $8/month  Big downfall for me - commericals.  They don't have a dedicated kids section so you have to pass a lot of questionable shows to find what you want.

I got a Amazon Fire Stick for $25 on Thanksgiving.  I really like it.  I can stream my Amazon Prime through the stick.  I can also watch cable "app" channels.

My favorites so far Food Network, A&E, History, ESPN (including highlights of Sports Center from the day before), & HGTV.  You can watch older episodes through the tv with the Fire Stick.

You can also watch on a phone, tablet, or computer without subscribing to channel for free.  Not all episodes are available but enough for me for free.  Some of the shows have 60 seconds commercials for other cable shows.

There are also apps for network tv, but I haven't tried them because I typically don't watch network tv.

There are other options out there including Ruku & Apple tv.  I'm just commenting on what I have found to work for us.

What are your favorite ways to save money on tv.

Baja West Coast Kitchen

Baja West Coast Kitchen opened today in Orrville.  Pizzas for $5 today.

Sign up for their app & get free mango salsa.

Pizza Monday!

Our flavor-packed pizzas are just $5 every Monday. (steak and shrimp pizzas $6)

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Taco Tuesday!

Nothin' hipper or healthier than 2 tacos for $5 - every Tuesday.

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What's a Baja Longbox?

Any 3 brick oven pizzas for just $20 - every day.

6 Month Free Amazon Prime for College Students

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Free 7-Day Trial Jelly Telly

Click here to start a 7 day trial of Jelly Telly, faith-based shows, movies & games that teach your kids about God.  The What's in the Bible series is a favorite of ours and is available on this website & in the iTunes store.

Legoland Homeschool Days

Check out the free days for homeschoolers at Legoland in Florida.