It's Mac's 30th Birthday!

     Nope, not my redneck cousin. The beloved mass producer of shiny, wonderful items with an Apple logo on the back. The ones that make for plenty of first-world-problem memes. I bought my first Mac 7 years ago and I'll not go back to the days of "custom" PCs. (Yeah, I built my own desktop setup, windows-running PC back in the day because I am legit. Newegg was my friend.)  I knew I liked Macintosh. My parents had windows computers at home (and my dad has worked in the tech world for a while now) and my grandparents had macs. Oh, sweet memories of Windows 95 and 2000 and the G3. I knew and used both. Then once upon a time I got my first job. I saved all my dollars until I got my first macbook. The original perfection white.

     I'm gonna go hug my iPad now.

Glade Winter Collection Deal!!

     I love the Glade candles. They are long lasting and smell amazing. I used plenty of their autumn scents and the winter collection has been out for a few weeks now. I was able to get the 4oz candles for under $2 each PLUS the $5 gift card.

Check your local Target ad to be sure but at mine there is a deal for buying 5 of the 2.99 glade winter collection products and getting a free $5 gift card.

Credit:Target.com

     To do the same . . . search the Target coupons for "Glade". There are a variety. Now go to Coupon Network and do the same thing! These are coupons for $1 off two. You can use the one for $1 off 2 "Winter collection" (doesn't specify spray, candles, wax melts) on any of the products and there are item specific coupons as well. When they print you will see the difference between Target and Manufacturer in a bold black block at the top of each one. Depending on which items you want you can save several dollars.

Apple Cinnamon Cheer + Sparkling Spruce

Deal$ on . . . guess! guess!

     Books. Ebooks. I have no agenda here. I'm just sharing the love. I don't pay enough attention so I've just discovered that Amazon has monthly deals on Kindle books. This month happens to be quite snazzy! I normally just peak through the sidebar list of free books on the website or just search for whatever with "free" somewhere in the search bar. All of these are on sale for less than THREE dollars.

For the kids:
Amelia Bedelia
Judy Moody
Don't Wake Up the Bear
1-2-3 Va-Va-Vroom
When We Go Walking
Alice in Wonderland (free!)
Lily Lemon Blossom (free!)

For the adults:
Black by Ted Dekker
Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Berry Bible
House Mommy's Boredom Busters (free!)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (free!)

and

Here is the page with all the free fiction classics from Anna Karenina to Treasure Island! I have several of these all ready.

and

Here is the page with a ton of free recipe and cookbooks on anything from canning to paleo!

Enjoy! :)

The App Store is Celebrating Itself

Dearest owners and lovers of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch:   


    Apparently, it's the Fifth Anniversary of the Apple App Store. This means there are several pretty cool free apps available right now! They've shot up to the tippy top of the Top Charts list so go into the App Store, click on the "5 Years of the App Store" at the top of the featured page or navigate to the Top Charts page and check out the list of free apps.

App Store Screenshot

  There is one in particular that I think is awesome for the kiddos called Barefoot World Atlas! I all ready have it on our iPad 2 and I'm installing it on the iPad mini right now while the kiddos are sleeping.

It is chock full of info about several different cultures from around the globe and some fascinating geography facts. It navigates just like Google Earth. You can scroll through a list of countries to get specific content or just hop around the globe clicking on different native animals, flags, or landmarks.

Where's My Water and Tiny Wings might also be fun for the kids (and you) plus there are several other non-kid things for anyone who just happens to love cool stuff on their iPad.

These are also available and many are normally priced over 2-3 bucks. Click to find out more about each app on the iTunes website:

How to Cook Everything

Tiny Wings

BADLAND

Traktor DJ

Infinity Blade 2

Where's My Water?

Over

Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery EP

Day One (Journal/Diary)


 AND to add a huge whopping pile of sprinkles to the icing on the cake Angry Birds Star Wars just so happens to be free temporarily as well!! It's AWESOME. I finished the free version way back when it first came out so the moment I heard the full game was free I got a little too excited. As if I don't waste enough time on such things all ready. 

Two Awesome Apps for Little Kids

I decided to go switch out some of the games for the girls on my iPad. It's really an awesome tool for quiet time or traveling. I went searching through the app store for some new stuff and found two really great games!

The first is Injini: Child Development Game Suite by NCSOFT.

We've only had it open for a couple minutes and my almost-3 year old is enthralled. We started with the free version because I don't buy any apps without trying them first if I can help it. The full version is on the higher end for kid's game apps for iOS at $29.99 so I may never drop that much $$$ for it but the "lite" version still has plenty of activities. There's tracing, matching, puzzles, and lots of other cute activities. The look of it is very warm and colorful. Most of the voices and sounds aren't terribly obnoxious but there is some beeping. Of course, that's why we have volume control and/or headphones. The only downside is that it only looks to be compatible with the iPad.

The other is Endless Alphabet by Callaway Digital Arts, Inc. This game is for the iPad, iPod, and iPhone. It just so happens that today you can get it FREE!!

Go to the app store and download it ASAP. If you hate it, delete it but I think it's adorable. It's a word game with a puzzle-like template. It's very interactive. As the letters are moved they make the relative sound (so Luh Luh Luh for the L and Ah Ah Ah for A). My favorite thing is that it's a bunch of very cute monster characters. I can't resist cute, colorful monsters.

Enjoy!!

iPad. Yes Ma'am.

Love. I use it for my online classes(everything from writing assignments to reading etextbooks), sharing on facebook and twitter, teaching and entertaining the toddler, and even getting the baby to sleep with white noise app.

Here is a master list of my FAVORITE free Apps for iPad!

Education
Coursesmart
Kno
Flashcards
LS2 Mobile
Dropbox
Evernote
Idea Sketch
Dictionary.com
Blackboard Mobile Learn

Social & Entertainment
Netflix
HuluPlus
Pandora
Kindle
Facebook
Twitter
Skype
Groupon
Epicurious
StumbleUpon

Toddlers and Kids
Fisher Price Animal Sounds
Fisher Price Shapes and Colors
Fisher Price Where's Puppy's Nose
Fisher Price Let's Count
Toy Story
PBS Kids
DUPLO Jams
Art of Glow
Splatter
Play123
Elmo ABCs Lite
Talking Tom
NatureTap
Seek & Find
MusicSparkle
Candy Train
See Touch Learn