Plumbing Issues?

Lesson Learned: Sometimes it pays to hire a professional…. especially when it comes to your plumbing needs!

We were so excited to finally own a house that needed a little bit of work. With our love of food and cooking, we just HAD to have an updated kitchen! Brilliant idea…remodel the most expensive room in the house on a small budget with having a 5 month old to tend to. Oh and work full time etc.

First…rent books from library on plumbing, electrical and tiling. Second, skim them and then skim the web. OK, we are ready. We dug right in, ripped out the cabinets, dug up the floor, the whole shebang. Time to move the plumbing from one wall to the island. Side note…can you believe that this house had all the appliances on one wall! An island in the center and then nothing on the other wall. You bump into each other non stop trying to cook or do dishes or just get into the frig.

Our plan was to move the sink and dishwasher to the island; keeping the other appliances on the back wall and then build out the other wall with cabinets.

Floor is open and we stare down at the plumbing. Uhhhh, what do we do next???….Call Jack with J. Blanton Plumbing! Within a couple hours, Jack was here, told us what we got ourselves into, gave us a estimate and in two days they had 3 guys here and plumbing work all done.

Yeah so we chickened out or in our defense, ran out of time. It took 3 guys about 8 hours to get the project done. Would have taken us 3 weeks!

Huge relief because we are 100% sure the plumbing is done correct. Wish we would have planned having J. Blanton take care of the project from the beginning, but we have to learn the hard way. Sharing this with you so you don’t have to. OR if you need a good honest plumber, call Jack, him and his son rock!

 

 

Next coupon “free hugs & kisses”??

POSITION :
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Long term, team players needed, for challenging, permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to
primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities! Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

The rest of your life.
Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs some money.
Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly.
Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 kmph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from
the backyard are not someone just crying wolf.
Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets
and stuck zippers.
Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects.
Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks.
Must be a willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next.
Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product.
Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION :

None.
Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :

None required unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION :

Get this!   You pay them!
Offering frequent raises and bonuses.
A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that passing matric will help them become financially independent.
When you die, you give them whatever is left.
The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS :

While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and
no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth, unconditional love,
and free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.

Maybe the next coupon on Printmecoupon.com needs to be a “free hugs & kisses” coupon for parents to print and redeem…hummm.

Hair and Wine

So tonight as I was cutting my husband’s hair, I started to think about how much money we have saved over the years. I was thinking about the money because earlier today I mentioned I would like to go to Napa Valley sometime. I am always trying to figure out a way to convince my husband that 1. Yes, we can afford this and 2. Why we have to do this. Anyone else the same??

As I am cutting his hair, I also started to think about, why am I still doing this job? Here we have a coupon business with lots of  hair stylist as clients. Then I remember that in my second life I wanted to become a stylist. And then cutting his hair lets my creativity come out a little. Beats my full time job of being a cow to feed our baby.

Back to the hair cutting and how I can convince him that we need and can afford a trip to Napa. So, I have been cutting his hair for about 11 years. And do the deed about 1/month. I googled the average price of a guy’s haircut and from a barber it is about $10 but from a salon about $25. We’ll pick somewhere in the middle for the sake of this estimate and go with $15.

11 years…1/month…$15 per cut=====$1,980

Hummm, think that would be enough to cover air fare and lots of wine in Napa huh.

Now don’t start cutting your hubby’s hair just to get a vaca out of the deal. Keep using our coupons to visit PMC stylist BUT do find something in your life that you want to “do yourself” and save for that much needed vacation.

 

Weird Chicago Tours-Business Owner Spotlight!

Here at Printmecoupon.com we thought it would be fun to start interviewing our clients.  Nothing formal and possibly a little whack-a-do on subject matter but we believe all business owners are interesting and have a story to tell!  To find Weird Chicago Tours Coupons you know where to click, right here: http://printmecoupon.com/Coupons/26993/Weird-Chicago-Tours-Chicago

 What is your most popular product or service & why? The most popular tour that I offer is Weird Chicago, since it runs all year around. Most of the other Illinois tours that we do are seasonal. Out of all of the tours, our general “Weird & Haunted Tour” is usually in the most demand. It travels all over the city and takes things from all of our specialty tours like our gangster tours, serial killers tours, etc. We also get a lot of demand for a couple of tours that I do personally, namely my Resurrection Mary Tour, and for the Devil & the White City Tour, which is about the 1893 World’s Fair and the serial killer, H.H. Holmes. We were actually the first to do a tour like that in Chicago. We’ve got some imitators now, but we are consistently sold out on that one.

What or who inspired you to start your business? I started doing ghost tours in 1994, long before anyone had really heard of such a thing. I was just starting out as a writer at the time and thought it would be fun to take people to see places that I featured in my books. I started my first tour in Decatur, Illinois and it kind of went from there. I now have tours in Decatur, Springfield, Alton, Lebanon, Jacksonville and of course, Chicago. I also have a company that takes people on ghost hunts and overnight stays in haunted places around the country.   

Besides your work what do you feel passionate about? History – I absolutely love it in the same way that a lot of people feel about sports. I’m obviously fascinated with ghosts but I really like to delve into history and true crimes of the past (I’ve written 81 books about all three subjects) and never get tired of finding out things that I didn’t know before. And movies, haha… I also own a movie theater, so really my work has become about doing the things that I am most passionate about.

List 1 item off your bucket list of things you would like to accomplish: Going to Ireland. My great-grandparents came from County Kerry in the early 1900s and I’d love to visit. So far, I haven’t made it… but one of these days!

What’s your favorite hotspot? The Green Mill Lounge is my favorite place in the city. It’s one of the only gangster spots that we have left today that is still intact with connections to both Al Capone and Jack McGurn. Thursday nights are my favorite since two of my friends perform each week with Alan Gresik’s Swing Shift Orchestra. It’s my favorite night of the week whenever I’m home.

What television show are you addicted to? Oh boy.. I have a weakness for TV shows that I’m pretty sure date back to me being a latchkey kid with a TV as a babysitter but I’ve always been a sucker for Law & Order dramas, good cop shows and HBO series’ like “Boardwalk Empire”, the “Sopranos” and “Deadwood”, some of which are sadly no longer on the air. My greatest vice, though, is “Sons of Anarchy”. I never miss it! 

Print Me Coupon Launches Daily Deal in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA.—Print Me Coupon (www.printmecoupon.com), a coupon website that offers a printable coupons on the best local goods, services and cultural events in more than 50 cities across the US, launched a Daily Deal in Philadelphia on February10, 2011.

“Philadelphia is a great city with tons of museums, cultural attractions, dining, shopping and entertainment,” said Gwen Bauer, president of GADC, INC. “We have teamed up with Neighbor Saver, a local Philly advertising company, to bring our daily deal program to Philadelphia. We will be huge savings restaurants, spas, exercise classes and more.”

By offing traditional coupons and daily deals, Print Me Coupon offers consumers multiple ways to save money and business multiple ways to attract new customers.

About Print Me Coupon

Print Me Coupon was launched in January 2010 by Chicago based GADC, Inc. Print Me Coupon offers businesses an affordable effective means of advertising and provides consumers with a website where they can search for printable coupons to shop, dine out and more.

More information can be found online at http://printmecoupon.com

Print Me Coupon Launches Daily Deal in Chicago

Chicago, IL.—Print Me Coupon (www.printmecoupon.com), a coupon website that offers a printable coupons on the best local goods, services and cultural events in more than 50 cities across the US, launched a Daily Deal in Chicago on January 10, 2011.

“Chicago is one of the greatest cities in the world for dining, shopping and entertainment,” said Gwen Bauer, president of GADC, INC. “We already offer residents and visitors hundreds of coupons from local businesses and we are now offering them even more opportunity to save money with our daily deal program.”

By offing traditional coupons and daily deals, Print Me Coupon offers consumers multiple ways to save money and business multiple ways to attract new customers.

About Print Me Coupon

Print Me Coupon was launched in January 2010 by Chicago based GADC, Inc. Print Me Coupon offers businesses an affordable effective means of advertising and provides consumers with a website where they can search for printable coupons to shop, dine out and more.

More information can be found online at http://printmecoupon.com

Free chips & drink with purchase of any

Free chips & drink with purchase of any Quiznos sub at University Village Marketplace! Mmmm Mmm Good! http://ow.ly/3lg0z

Print Me Coupon Launches Mobile Web App

It is predicted that within the next two years, consumers will be surfing the web via their mobile devices more than their computers. In response to the growing demand for mobile content, Print Me Coupon launched a mobile friendly version of its coupon site on July 15th.

How does the mobile version work?
Much like the full version of Print Me Coupon, consumers can search for a variety of different coupons by location, category and/or business name. Where the mobile version of the site differs from the full version of the site is that instead of having to print out the coupons, you can simple show the merchant the coupon directly from the screen of your mobile device. With a web enabled mobile device, you will have access to thousands of dollars in savings at the tip of your fingers. To access the mobile version of the site, just go to http://m.printmecoupon.com.

South Loop Sunday Brunch Options…

This past weekend we debated on where to go for Sunday Brunch with my in-laws. In the South Loop, selection seems to be limited and our minds think of Yolk. Yolk has received lots of PR so it is on top of our mind. We have been staying clear of Yolk because it is crowded and has turned into a tourist attraction. Thought we would help out fellow South Loopers or persons visiting the hood with a couple other options for an enjoyable Sunday brunch. 

First is Gioco. Gioco has a Sunday brunch and price comparison is really close to Yolk. Last visit I got a Frittata with asparagus, sundried tomatoes and goat cheese, delicious potatoes with onions and garlic and then toast for $9. Other Brunch dishes at Gioco’s price range between $9-$13.

Second is Zapatista. We went there about a month ago. Could not believe it, brunch dishes for $5! Huevos Rancheros (2 eggs on a tostada, hasbrowns, refried black beans & tomato) and their Chilaquiles (tortilla chips stewed with tres chiles salsa, two sunny side up eggs, sour cream, queso fresco) are both only $5. Huevos De La Revolution (Mexican Eggs Benedict-which I had and was delicious!) is $8.99. The topper is the $5 Bloody Mary & $5 Mimosa drink specials.

At both of these restaurants, we love the ambiance and service. No wait and no one yelling the names of the next lucky recipients that a table is ready for them. AND, the best is you can relax and enjoy your brunch. No one is starring at you salivating wondering when you’re going to be done so they can sit down to eat.

Next on our list to try for brunch is Weather Mark Tavern. We love their Monday night Burger and Pint Special for $6. If their brunch is as good as their sweet potato fries, I’ll be in heaven! Weather Mark has great specials for Sundays: Kids eat free (with one adult entree purchase), $5 Bloody Mary’s, $5 Screw Drivers AND Free dessert with any entree purchase. And they have other online coupons.

If you have more secret brunch places, no matter the neighborhood, let us know. We love to eat!

When you think of coupons, what category first comes to your mind?

When you think of coupons, what category first comes to your mind?
Food or restaurants I am assuming. Or maybe spas & salons.

What about medical? Yes, medical. Coupons are hot hot hot! And now the medical field is jumping on the bandwagon more and more.

Some consumers may feel that they would not use a coupon to go see a medical professional but why not? Look at it this way, coupons are a form of advertising. Advertising can be very costly to businesses BUT if a business is out of site, it is out of your mind. Medical professionals are businesses too and they need to advertise. Coupons happen to be very cost effective, proven to work and a tractable form of advertising.

We are seeing more and more coupons for medical categories such as Eye, Dental, Acupuncture, Massage Therapy and Chiropractic etc. Here is a link to a couple of our favorite places to find coupons for health and medical related businesses. You can search within your zip code too!

Medical Print Me Coupons

Insider Pages

Medical Coupons

So today, start thinking about coupons for more than just for filling your stomach, think about how to care for other parts of your body more cost effectively.
Happy hunting!