Pizza Coupon

I was going through coupons and came across an ad saying that Papa John's Pizza will honor all competitor's coupons and if you use one of the coupons, Papa John's will also give you a 'sweettreat' free. I just ordered from them and used a competitor coupon and they honored it.

Robbie

Town and Country Yard Sale

My apartment complex is hosting a yard sale, and my family and I are in it. It's on June 6th from 8am - 3pm. If rain is in the forecast, the yard sale will be moved to June 13th. We are also selling some of our furniture. Our complex is off of Cunningham, on Kerr Avenue - Town and Country Apartments. Hope to see you all there!
-Laura Cunningham

free fitness from Champaign Park District

The Champaign Park District is offering free group fitness classes all this week, May 26-30.  See the flyer and schedule here.  I assume that you can just show up to any class on this schedule and participate for free!

free book through kids reading program

My cousin told me about a reading program for kids through Barnes and Noble. They are offering a free book if kids read a certain number of books over the summer. It doesn't help me, since I have no kids...but I thought I'd pass it along because it sounds like fun. See the link below:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/

--Mindy Hoffman

Sam's Club membership

I found out that Sam's Club is offering a $15 summer membership--You have to buy it between May 20 and June 7 and it's good through Labor Day. If people go to www.samsclub.com there is a blue box on the right that will give more info.

Robbie Stephens

Like Coldplay?

If you like Coldplay like I do, you can download their latest cd here for free (this is from them directly- nothing illegal):

http://lrlrl.coldplay.com/leftright.html

Rachel Luke

Humane Society HUGE Garage Sale!

I wanted to post this because James and I went to this sale, and got a really nice comfy plush couch nearly new for 20$. They also have a great Christmas section that we snagged ALL of our Christmas items for ultra cheap! This is by far the coolest and biggest garage sale of the entire summer, and you won't want to miss it! All entry fees go to the humane society, so it's for a good cause. Also, it'll be great to get rid of some unused items when you are spring cleaning.

Their website is: http://www.cuhumane.org/

Laura Cunningham

Our 25th Annual GIANT GARAGE SALE!!
Sale Dates: Friday, May 22 - 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Donation: $2 until 3 p.m. on Friday) Saturday, May 23- 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ($3 Bag Sale starts at 3 p.m. on Saturday)	Drop offs acceptedat Kesler Hall: Thursday, May 14: noon – 7 p.m. Friday, May 15: noon – 7 p.m. Saturday, May 16: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, May 17: noon – 3 p.m.
Champaign County Fairgrounds, Kesler Hall No drop-offs can be accepted after 3 p.m. Sunday, May 17.

Free KFC

Just a heads up: This is an offer recently aired on the Oprah Winfrey show. Go to this site to download up to four free coupons for a full meal at KFC (including two pieces of grilled chicken, two sides, and a biscuit).
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090430-tows-kfc-coupon-download
It says "at participating locations," so you could call the KFC near you and ask if they're participating before you make the trip. Anyway, it's good until May 19th. Enjoy!
Ashley Bair

Need some advice

I've been contemplating a project, but have run into a dilemma. I have a headboard that I'm fixing up, but I want to cover up a hole someone made in it to put cord through, presumably for a lamp or something. I was thinking about several things I could use- it's a headboard with a bookshelf/cubby type setup. I looked at decorative tile, but they were around $7 a pop. I also looked at a textured, raised wallpaper, but that was $14 a roll and I only need a few squares. Does anyone else know of a cheap fix? I was thinking about grass cloth but I don't know where to buy that or how expensive it is. Fabric would be cheap but difficult to put on because it's not stiff and frays. I'm probably going to paint whatever I put on there. Any help would be much appreciated!

Rachel Luke
bleen03@gmail.com

Update: So I've added some pictures. There's an antique cabinet (another project that I'm planning to refinish once the weather cooperates) that I'm trying to tie together with the headboard that's kind of why I wanted a little decorative embellishment on the headboard. Nothing too matchy matchy, but I wanted the headboard to look a little more intricate. And I do plan to paint the entire headboard.

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Hi all,

Here's the other great ideas I got for Mother's Day gifts.

A DVD of the family. Slide show variety-- with music etc.

A calendar with rip off pages that you can slide into a scrapbook when the month is over.

Scrapbook stuff.

Photos.

A birthstone necklace or other jewelry.

A canvass with black and white photos of the family/kids modge podged to it in collage fashion. (Which I am going to try. Wish me luck!)
Michael's had a 2 pack canvas for $10 (Great for the mom and MIL) and I got the bigger Modge Podge for $8 so that I can so something for Kevin for Father's day too. I have TONS of 4x6 photo paper if anyone needs any for this project!!!!!!! marileejohnson@gmail.com
-- Marilee Johnson