Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This year we will be deep frying our thanksgiving turkey at Sara’s Dad’s house in Rhode Island. My good friend, John Bliss found some videos which should help us with our task and make sure we don’t burn anything. Wish us luck!
We are getting ready to send our oldest child off to boarding school, he will be attending The Mercersburg Academy in the fall. Once we selected the classes he will be taking, we got the list of text books that will be required and a link to the online ordering system.
I know people save a lot of money shopping around online for text books, and my goal was to look at a few sites, order his books, and make sure I got him either new books or used books in very good condition. I probably could have saved even more if I went for books in less than very good condition. There were also electronic book options and book rental options, but I decided to skip those routes.
So here is what I did, step by step that allowed me to save 52% off what I would have paid through the standard link from the school.
Step 1: Identify all the required books and their ISBN numbers. Every book has a unique ISBN number that allows you to find the exact version of the required book. The last think you want to do is order the wrong books.
Step 2: Open up the 3 following links, they will open in windows or tabs so you can check prices in each. (these were the stores I found to have the best deals. Interestingly, none of them had the best price on all the books, and the prices and availability varried widely:
Step 3: Enter the ISBN number for each book in the search bar on each site and compare prices. When you find the best deal, add that book to the shopping cart on that site and repeat this step for each textbook.
Step 4: Check out on each site and wait for your books to be delivered!
Step 5: Calculate your savings and post a comment here letting me know how much you saved!
Sara's Uncle, William N. Walker, former Deputy Director of The White House Office of consumer Affairs, has written an inciteful article about his experiences with Nixon's Wage and Price Freeze policies Forty years ago, and looks at how we should look at these historic mistakes that launched the U.S. economy into a decade of unprecedented turbulence, punctuated by episodes of hyperinflation, shortages, high interest rates and stagnation.
Walker reminds us of how Nixon wanted to use government policy to fix the economy. He failed and looking back over forty years, we can survey the wreckage.
Walker warns us that Obama and the Democratic Party are now advocating using similar government policies to fix things they don’t like: unemployment, healthcare, financial institutions, to name a few.
The message from forty years ago is this: be very cautious. Government policy can cause serious harm with all the best of intentions. Just look at what happened to Nixon’s wage and price control program.
One of the things I love about Memorial Day Weekend is some of the sales and deals. I just printed out 3 $25 gift certificates to my favoriate local restaurants for just $7!
Click Here and then use the Coupon Code "FLAG"
Enjoy!
Looks like Addison will be going to Mercersburg next year. You can find out more about the school at Mercersburg.edu:
The Kids are becoming really good skiiers! Watch!
According to the Military Health Report blog The National Center for Telehealth and Technology has launched a virtual service in Second Life called Psychological Island
According to the article:
Psychological Island is an immersive, interactive learning experience designed to educate visitors about combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It includes a simulation demonstrating how PTSD may be acquired during a combat-related traumatic event, including an explanation of the connections between danger cues and triggers, the role of avoidance in the development of PTSD, and how PTSD is a normal human response to traumatic events. Additionally, this environment includes simulations of PTSD symptoms, helping the visitor learn through interactive activities how PTSD symptoms may show up in a person’s life. Finally, the environment includes information to help visitors determine whether they or a loved one is in need of care, and how to access that care whether a DoD or VA beneficiary.
Riley's 5th grade mystery book report project included a crime report video:
