Once we got back from our vacation, I began my search for new stroller because our old one was just about expired. I started paying attention to what others had while we were on vacation and the InStep brands kept rising to the top.

I found the following site very useful in my search.  Although it is simple, it provided me with the links and information I needed to purchase the product online and I got a discount.

Check out InStep Jogging Stroller if you are in the market for a stroller.  They have both single and double models.

A new software is out called Movie Rocket.  I bought it earlier tonight and so far I am impressed with what all they have to offer for the price.  The price of the product is a one time fee of $49.99 with no re-occuring monthly fees.  Doing some quick math, I think this product will more than pay for itself in a few months.

My plan is to download the movies to my computer and use my DVD burner to put it on a cd and then watch on my TV.  I have already downloaded two movies and followed this process… They are crystal clear and I am very pleased.

If you are like me and like to watch movies, this product is one I would recommend taking a look at.  There are several of these types of products on the market, but this is the best one I have found.  They seem to have much more of what I was looking for and their download speeds are amazing.

Check them out for yourself.  They allow you to search through their database of movies for free so you can decide if it would be a good purchase for you.

Anyway, I submitted this article on the internet because we are really happy with what we found and I wanted to share our experience with everyone…

Seat Snug

I am a father of two little girls. My youngest is still in her 5 point harness child seat and I feel like it is very secure. It has all the straps and buckles to help me feel better about her safety while I am driving. The seat does not move and feel really secure. This was the same seat that my oldest daughter ( 5 years old at the time of this article) was in until recently.

While the seat does have the ability to convert into a booster, it still looks like a car seat and she just was not having that. She complained to me for weeks that all of her friends were in “big girl” seats and she was still in a baby seat. I finally gave in and traded the very secure 5-point harness car seat that we gave $275.00 for new and went to my local target store and bought a booster seat for $29.99.

My wife was immediately nervous. It is not secured in the seat at all except for the belt strap that comes across her lap. As we drive down the road, she was tipping from left to right and I admit that I was even a little worried about it. So… we began doing what everyone does, we hit the internet! We were searching for some sort of booster where our little girl ( 5 going on 16) could feel like a big girl and we felt the child safety device was secure.

Our search turned out really well, which is why I am writing this article. We discovered The Seat Snug online for $59.99. It has been featured on ABC and FOX news in recent months and promised to secure our child in the back seat. I am sure that all parents will agree that $60 is absolutely nothing to pay for your child’s safety. We were very excited to get it in.. in fact, I paid the extra shipping to get it here express.

Once received, I read the instructions ( I really did) and I installed the device where she sat. The Seat is really easy to install. Once we had it installed it was ready for a “test drive”. I put my oldest daughter in it and I started out in our neighborhood. I would yank the steering wheel from left to right while my wife was in the passenger seat taking note. I am sure if any neighbors were onlooking they would have thought I was drunk by my absurd testing

The The Seat Snug lived up to everything that was promised. The seat barely moved and made us feel much safer. My daughter got what she wanted Her big girl seat and we got the safety factor we were looking for. In fact, we have since purchased a second Seat Snug so we will have it when our youngest daughter graduates from her 5 point harness seat.

I would encourage any parent that has a child in a car seat, booster seat or you are just concerned about their safety to check into this device. It is designed not only to work with booster seats, but also car seats as well as just a small child in a seat belt.

The The Seat Snug gets a 5 star rating from me and my family and I feel like it would for you as well. I hope this article has been helpful to anyone that has the same concerns we had.

My latest searching and trying to find some help lead me to an ebook website where they have several types of books for various types of things.  I ended up at the Living On A Dime website.(I know this was probably not a “frugal living” thing to do), but I read through the site and found a couple of books that I wanted to get.  They seemed reasonably priced to me, so I purchased a couple of them to try and further my education on the whole frugal living aspect.  I am not sure if I have mentioned it or not, but I am a computer nerd so typically eBooks (Electronic books delivered via download) appeal to me.

I may go back and order some of the others ( Depending on how my success goes with the two I bought).  I ended up getting Grocery Shopping On A Budget ($19.95) and a five book series Dig Out of Debt: Over 1000 of the best Ideas From Living On A Dime.($19.95).

Honestly, I have not put the practices into action fully yet so I can’t say if they work 100%.  I do like how the books are written and from what I have glanced over, they seem to contain quite a bit of information that I personally will find useful.

I will definetly share what I have learned as I dig deeper into these books while I contineu my journey of frugal living.