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How to find a surcharge-free ATM

September 1, 2010
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Erika asked this question on Facebook: Have you ever thought about a post on ATM fees in the Springs? We don’t bank locally and I would love to know where I can go and not pay an arm and a leg to take out our money! Just as I was trying to decide if I [...]

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Reminder: free flowers for Good Neighbor Day

September 1, 2010
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Just a reminder that today is FTD’s annual Good Neighbor Day – you can get a free bouquet of flowers to give to a friend or neighbor at participating FTD florists.  Here are the participating florists in Colorado: Bloomfield Florist – Denver, CO Flowers By Jeanne – Fowler, CO The Cats Meow Flowers & Gifts [...]

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A baby update, and a fun DIY project

August 31, 2010
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Thought you might like to see a new picture of Baby!  She’s two weeks old now, growing fast and busy charming everyone.  We can usually catch a few actual responsive smiles every day, which is so fun.  I am praising God for a very quick recovery and smooth transition (so far) and our wonderful friends [...]

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Where I blog

August 30, 2010
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I’m joining the Where Do You Blog? party today!  Here are my very glamorous blogging spaces: Up until a few months ago, I blogged exclusively from my high kitchen counter. I love having my iMac right next to the kitchen so that I can look up recipes online and not have to print them out. [...]

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Celebrate Good Neighbor Day with free flowers

August 30, 2010
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This Wednesday, September 1st, is FTD’s annual Good Neighbor Day, in which “florists give away a bouquet of flowers to people in their community encouraging each recipient to keep one for them and hand the others away to make new friends and share kindness to strangers.” You can get a free bouquet of flowers to [...]

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One last chance to vote!

August 30, 2010
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Voting for the Indy’s Best of Colorado Springs contest ends Tuesday at 5 PM!  If you haven’t already voted, I’d love your vote in the Best Blogger category. Go here to vote.  Hope your favorites win!

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Share your favorite cooking and recipe sites!

August 27, 2010
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Above blogs: My Kitchen Cafe, The Pioneer Woman, 5 Dollar Dinners Sara commented on the Wall this week and said: I love the My Kitchen Cafe blog. Do you know of any other great recipe blogs? And, well, as I got to thinking about it… I have quite a few cooking/food blogs that I read, [...]

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Like Springs Bargains? We’d love your vote!

August 25, 2010
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So there’s this local newsmagazine called the CS Independent that has an annual Best of Colorado Springs contest… And this year they happen to have a Best Blogger category. If you’d just happen to have a couple of extra minutes and just happen to like Springs Bargains, I’d love you to pencil in Carrie Isaac [...]

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Baby’s here!

August 16, 2010
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Managing to catch us nearly completely off-guard (hadn’t expected it for another couple of weeks), we had a baby girl this weekend!  We are praising God for a beautiful 8 lb, 7 oz, perfectly healthy and positively beautiful little girl and a peaceful birth at home. We’re taking it easy and enjoying the transition to [...]

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Will you vote for Springs Bargains?

August 6, 2010
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Political primary elections are on Tuesday, but I’m not running for office.  (Though I think I could probably teach our state and federal government a thing or two about stretching a penny.) But, the Colorado Springs Independent’s Best of 2010 ballot is now open, and all the way at the bottom of the balot is [...]

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Coupon mailers and booklets: trash or treasure? (POLL)

August 6, 2010
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If you’re reading via RSS or email, you’ll need to click here to vote.

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New: “like” a post and add a comment!

July 28, 2010

Just a quick update that now when you use the Facebook Like button at the top of each post, you can add a comment to it, too!  So, instead of your Facebook profile just showing that you “liked” the post about discounts to the El Paso County Fair, you can add a comment that says [...]

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