Finding the FUN in FrUgal liviNg!
On March 6 & 7, Bank of America customers can get into hundreds of museums across the country for FREE! The first weekend of every month, each Bank of America cardholder can get a free, general admission to a participating museum.
In Tennessee, you can get into the Frist Center for the Visual Arts or Cheekwood Botanical Gardens – both are family favorites of ours!
Home Depot’s Kids Workshops are free, “how to” workshops designed for kids ages 5-12 (though I’ve taken my 3 year old – if nothing else they love the free cookies and punch at the end…not to mention getting to use a hammer without getting in trouble!)
On March 6, they’ll be making a rain gauge. Workshops run from 9am- noon at all home depots. Find out more details here.
Michaels has a free “Make-It, Take-It” Event on March 6th from 10am-1pm.This fun, free event will involve making two yarn dolls, Nick & Nora. They are cute, cuddly and easy to make! Visit Michaels.com for more details.
To celebrate its 2010 Season Premiere and kick off tanning season, Hollywood Tans is offering free tans all day on Saturday, March 6.Its “lights, camera, and action” at Hollywood Tans salons across the country as they roll out the red carpet and prepare for the Oscars with Hollywood-style parties, free tans (including Mystic spray tans) and specials at participating salons.
Check out the salon locator to find the Hollywood Tans salon nearest you and go get your tan on tomorrow!
It’s drum lesson day! Yes, my now four year old son has been taking drum lessons for just about a month now at World Music Nashville and I cannot believe what they’ve taught him to do!
Just a month ago my son would just bang on anything he could get his hands on. Now, not only does he know how to hold a stick properly, but he’s reading music, can discern between quarter, eighth & sixteenth notes and rests AND knows the names of the different types of drums…REALLY? All that from half an hour a week?
To be honest, I wouldn’t have thought it was possible. I was just hoping to get him an outlet for his love of music and maybe work on his counting and his rhythm, but alas, here we are. Music prodigy in the making.
I wonder if I should start booking his European tour or North American first?
Anyway, it’s not too late for you or your child to have this same experience for FREE! World Music Nashville is still offering eCONEmic Living readers one FREE music lesson with this coupon. They’re located at the corner of Old Hickory Road and Hwy 70S in Bellevue, so it couldn’t be easier to get to. I cannot recommend strongly enough how talented their teachers are and how much it’s enhanced my son’s joy and confidence.
Have you had your free lesson yet? Leave a post below when you do and let me know what you think!
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will be at Kroger on Hwy 100 in Bellevue, TN on Wednesday, March 3rd from 2-4 pm!To be honest, I didn’t know that this vehicle really existed outside of tv land! But alas, I was wrong!
It turns out that the actual Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will be making an appearance at the Kroger at the corner of Old Hickory Blvd and Hwy 70S in Bellevue about this time tomorrow. I’m not really sure what happens when the Wienermobile comes to town, but I can tell you that I’ll be taking my kids to find out! (If nothing else, a photo should make a great conversation piece for this blog!)
Normally I’m here posting “Kids eat Free” offers, but today I’m excited to tell you about a “Kids Ski Free” offer!
From now through March 11, children ski free in Crested Butte. According to OntheSnow.com, the deal is good for any accompanying children ages 12 and under who are with an adult who has made a reservation at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. The offer includes one free child’s lift ticket per day of adult lift tickets purchased. Minimum three night stay.
Kids at Crested Butte also get their own trail map with details about kids-only trails, the Kids’ Terrain Park, and a jib park designed for aspiring freeskiers and riders. The Kids Ski Free offers are only available through Crested Butte Vacations: 800-600-2803.
You can also inquire about the Friends & Family Fly Free program at Crested Butte which lasts through April 4. Book a vacation through Crested Butte Vacations for three or more people and every third airline ticket is free.
After watching the Olympics the past two seeks, I can’t think of a better, more reasonable spring break for your family!
The casting team of Supernanny will be coming to Nashville in a couple weeks to look for families they think will be a good fit for season 6 of the show.
Though I personally can’t quite understand why anyone would want to allow camera crews to come in and film their children at their worst, far be it from me to prevent you from having the opportunity 
Instead of a public casting call, families who want to be on the show should contact Casting Producer Johnny Beechler at cast4shows@yahoo.com or at 614-668-5700. If they like you, you’ll be contacted for an at home interview on camera, including the kids in their home environment, in order to create a mini-presentation to present to Supernanny Jo Frost. Good luck…I think.
Truth be told, if given the choice, all of us would choose health over sickness. Duh! So why don’t we put more energy into getting healthy?
I know, I know. You don’t have the time and you certainly don’t have the money to buy the right food and equipment. Well throw your excuses out the window! Calie over at Broccoli Cupcake is presenting TN’s first Women’s Wellness Weekend to create venues and opportunities to inspire and educate women to build a healthier life by positively changing their lifestyle. The event takes place THIS WEEKEND in Franklin, TN and I can’t think of a better way to kick off making your healthy lifestyle a priority!
In dialoguing with Calie, we also realized that so many people that try to eat healthy don’t coupon because they believe there are no coupons for the foods they feed their family. In an effort to debunk that myth, I just wrote a guest post over on Broccoli Cupcake: 4 Tips to Jumpstart Healthy Couponing
Tip #1: Start by Saving money on non-food items
Click HERE to read the rest…
So what are you waiting for? Sign up for the Women’s Wellness Weekend and start saving money on healthy foods! It’s ok…you can thank us later 
If you’re looking for an incredible night out at an affordable price with some of today’s top Christian musicians, they look no further! Winter Jam 2010 is here!
Though the tour just made it’s stop in Nashville this past weekend, you can click here to check out where the tour is headed next. The best part is, tickets are just $10 at the door!
Ok, so I’m a bit biased. I remember when most of these guys were leading worship for out college group at Christ Fellowship church in south Florida. They are amazing guys with a passion for pursuing Christ through their music.
I also think it’s interesting that the question I get asked most on my family blog is “Why did Drew Middleton leave Tenth Avenue North?” Though I’ve known him for years, I never really stopped to ask him that question until recently. So if you want to find out for yourself, you can read the full article here.
Want to be the first to see the new movie, “She’s out of My League”? Sign up here in your city (they even have screenings in West Palm Beach, FL…we never used to get stuff like this in little ole West Palm when we lived there!). There’s quite a few spaces left, but they probably won’t last long.
