For Greater Glory, and My Family #Entertainment #Movies

I mentioned the film, For Greater Glory a few months back, and that I was conflicted about going to see it. Prior to this very Hollywood version, some smaller production companies put together similar films about this neglected topic in the history books. 

If you haven't heard about it, For Greater Glory, is a film about the Cristero Wars that occurred in Mexico during the Presidency of Plutarco Elias Calles.

Cantigny Gardens and My Garden #Chicago

I love visiting public gardens, and fortunately we have a lot of them here in the Chicago area. The Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL, just an hour west of Chicago, has gardens and a house museum (golf course too) that I have been visiting since I was a child. 

Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny

This past Saturday was the second time I had been to Cantigny in as many months, and hopefully it won't be the last time this summer. 

Plan for the Next Ice Age With Florida Orange Juice! #FloridaOJ

 

Ice Age 4 is coming out in a couple of weeks and Florida Orange Juice is helping the family get ready for the show. The twins, the whole family really, loves all three Ice Age films and can't wait to see it in theaters on the 13th of July.

Interesting Day on the Trail

You never know what or who you are going to come across out on the trail-- the bike trail that is. We live relatively close to a main bike trail here in IL and now that I have a spiffy new bike I get out on the trail a lot more often. 

My Terry bicycle

Carmex Celebrates 75 Years!

Carmex sent me an email letting me know about their 75th Anniversary celebrations. To celebrate, Carmex has a goal of 750,000 fans on Facebook with prizes being given away as they reach a few milestones along the way. 

Link to Facebook Page to Like and Enter, HERE.

My Top 5 Apps for the iPad

My top 5 favorite apps for the iPad change all the time, naturally, as I add new ones. There are one or two that have stayed favorites no matter what else I find. I know I usually categorize everything, because that is how I like things, but the 5 apps listed are all over the place in interest. 

5. Video Star

Hello Better with US Cellular

In the last six years I have been through four wireless telephone services. The switches started happening when we moved, because network after network had really bad coverage where we were. The problem was finding a service that would work without risking a long contract in case the service didn't work for us.

After a while you get tired of all the switching and just learn to tolerate. That has pretty much been the point the entire family is at-- going from all being on the same carrier to all having a different carrier that can cater to the one thing that we are each looking for the best. I'm not much of a talker so my annoyance at dropped calls were not as big as the kids, who can talk all day on the cell.

I feel like I talk about carriers with a lot of folks all the time, trying to find out what works best for them. US Cellular started the Hello Better campaign to find out what folks were looking for in a wireless telephone carrier and their reasons for switching. Honestly, I can check of most of the reasons on the checklist, and I know a lot of you probably can too. 

It shouldn't be that way though. Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, right? Otherwise, why bother.

The survey found that:
- The study conducted by U.S. Cellular indicates that 43 percent of individuals are in the 'seven year itch' phase with their wireless provider, noting they are comfortable but suspect they are missing out on something better.

-Out of the 1,208 participants polled across four regions of the country, 56 percent of the respondents admitted to being unhappy with their carrier over the past year but only 35 percent of all respondents have ever broken up with their provider.

-In spite of this overall dissatisfaction, respondents are hesitant to call it quits. More than one-third of respondents say they stick with their current provider because they believe all carriers are the same, it is too much trouble to switch carriers, or they don’t want to sign a new contract.
Say goodby to dysfunctional wireless relationships and Hello to Better!

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• Plans: http://bit.ly/USCellularPlans
• Rewards Program: http://bit.ly/USCellularRewards 

Disclosure: I participated in this sponsored post campaign for One2One Network. All opinions stated are my own.
 

Yardsellr Is the Perfect Place to Sell Online!

I mentioned Yardsellr a while back, but I wanted to really get to try it out before I recommended it. Now that I have had an account on the online selling site for months, and had the chance to both buy and sell, I definitely want to recommend it to all my friends. 

Yardsellr is a social online yardsale, powered through (but not affiliated with) Facebook. The best part is that its free to list and sell! Buyers do have to pay a small fee with each item purchased, but a lot of sellers take this into account and dole out Photons, which is like online currency,

5 Thrift Store Finds to Recycle into Crafts

I've never liked thrift stores, though you wouldn't know that now. When I was younger my mom would stop into them to scout out antique furniture-- the finds were few, but every once in a while she would score something great. One time I accompanied her and found a piece of vintage costume jewelry, never found any ever since, but I always take a peek in the glass cases up front. Over the years though, I have come to see thrift stores as a treasure chest for crafting materials-- albeit, most of the things I pick up are taken apart and recycled in entirely new ways (and I'm not talking junk art). 

I was reading a post over at, Let's Go On a Picnic, about being a thrift store addict and I got to thinking of all the things I look for at thrift stores to recycle into crafts.