I started this blog with one daughter, kept it up with the other, to spend time together doing something we enjoyed.
However, things change and people evolve. My daughters are older, busier, and not as interested in writing.
From now on this blog will be mostly mom with occasional contributions from my daughters and maybe even my husband.
Nothing else will change. We'll still focus on sharing fun places to go, fun things to do, and more, and we would  still love to hear your views too

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Giveaway: Win a $150.00 to Spend On EvegieNev Wall Decals!

This giveaway is sponsored by EvgieNev. Says Me Says Mom was not compensated for this giveaway. All opinions expressed here are those of  Saving You Dinero the Host of the Giveaway.
We are at a weird time in history. We are spending more time at home with our whole family. Maybe you have had some projects that you are finally able to check off that to-do list. 
This is also a great time to decorate a room and support a small business. EvgieNev is a family-owned, small business that creates beautiful vinyl wall decals. They are easy to apply to your walls to create beautiful scenes in a nursery or kid's playroom. They also have vinyl wall decals you could add to any room in your home. 
Plus they are also a great addition to your office. They are great in classrooms, doctor's offices and more! Use your imagination and get creative during this time! 

Here are some of the most popular decals from EvgieNev:

This beautiful decal is just $105! The beehive inspired vinyl wall decal is a new decal that features two cute teddy bears climbing the tree and sitting with bunnies, bumblebees with large trees. 
This is one of their newer designs to change a room to feel like your child is in a jungle! It's a great deal for just $99! This set includes monkeys swinging on vines, a leopard on a branch, and a baby elephant!!

Dinosaurs Wall Decals - Family by the Lake 



Do you have a child that loves dinosaurs? You can transform their room to go back to pre-historic times for just $118!

Read what some of their customers have to says about their products:


"The decals are PERFECT. My wife and I agree this is the best kids room we have done yet. The colors are vibrant and the decals are a great quality! The decals are BIG! Make sure you measure twice! We had to rethink how we installed them/positioned furniture. The room turned out amazing."

"Great quality -- we love the decals so much! Bigger than I imagined from the photo (or I neglected to take into account the windows), so we have enough decals to decorate the entire room, not just one wall."

"This is my 2nd purchase from evgieNev and I am happy yet again with the quality and ease of use to put these up in my sons room. The instructions are clear, and as long as they are followed make putting these up a breeze!

My first purchase was 2 years ago and those decals are still very well stuck on the walls with no peeling or bubbling!"

These products are ready to ship in 3-5 business days and if you are in Canada or the US - shipping is FREE! 
EvgieNev also wants to give back to their community! So 10% of its sales will be donated to local food banks. 

You have a chance to WIN $150 to spend on EvgieNev Wall Decals! You could purchase any of these decals or check out EvgieNev.com for many more options! 

  • Open to residents worldwide but please note that if the winner is outside of the US or Canada, you will have to pay the difference in shipping. 
  • Giveaway ends: April 10, 2020 at 1159pm EST
  • The winner will have a $150 credit to spend at EvgieNev Wall Decals

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

What-To-Do Wednesday - Virtual Visit: George Washington's Mount Vernon

If you want to get your dose of culture while being stuck inside, many museums and other attractions offer a variety of virtual exhibits. This is an especially great time to explore museums and attractions that are outside of your area and maybe even outside of your country that you ordinarily would not be able to get to because of time and/or money constraints. We will doing so as well and  we will be sharing one or more of our virtual visits in today's and future What-To-Do Wednesday posts.

What: George Washington's Mount Vernon

Physical Location: 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
                                Mount Vernon, VA


Mount Vernon was the plantation of our nation's first president, George Washington. The home was owned by the Washington family since the time of George Washington's great grandfather. It was saved from destruction  and restored though the efforts of  the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, who own it and maintain it to this day. In 1960, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.

A virtual tour of Mount Vernon includes:

A walk through every inch of the home which including numerous bedrooms, the dining room, two parlors and more.

A walk through various buildings on the grounds, the gristmill, the blacksmith shop, the slave's quarters and more.

 A walk around the grounds including the gardens, the bowling green, the Potomac Wharf and more.

Views and descriptions of numerous objects within the home and throughout the grounds including furniture, dishes, bedding, various tools and more. Some of these items are replicas; some are original.

Views and descriptions of numerous works of art owned by the family and displayed in their home including prints depicting important people and events in American history, maritime prints and various family portraits.

An abundance of videos to watch including: videos  that provide background information regarding various rooms in the house or other areas of the estate, videos that demonstrate how to work a loom, or play a harpsichord, or work a gristmill or more, videos that providing historical reenactments of events or people, and more.

Various anecdotes about George Washington and/or Mount Vernon.

A look at the Fred W. Smith Library for the study of George Washington which was opened in 2013 and is located on the grounds of Mount Vernon.

The virtual tour of Mount Vernon is quite extensive. If you want to read every bit of information provided and watch every video available, it could take you several hours to get through the whole thing.

For more information or to take a virtual tour of Mount Vernon yourself, visit https://virtualtour.mountvernon.org.

Tune in tomorrow for Theater Thursday.

photo credit: krossbow Teach 'em how to say goodbye  George Washington's going home via photopin (license)

Giveaway: Win a copy of Now That's Funny in the Worth Melting For Giveaway Hop!



Welcome to the Worth Melting For Giveaway Hop hosted by MamatheFox


TV Sitcoms provide plenty of laughs and laughs are something that we all can use. Now That's Funny by Peter Desberg and Jeffrey Davis is a book about what it takes to write a successful sitcom. The authors talked to a vast group of writers who are responsible for creating and writing some of the greatest sitcoms of all time. However, instead of just asking them basic questions about their writing process and how they come up with their ideas, they presented each writer or set of writers with a premise for a TV series and asked the writers to come up with ideas for how they would turn that premise into a series. This provides a much more unique and interesting way into the minds of these writers, and it is a much more fun way to learn about their writing processes than just being told how they come up with their ideas. For more about this fascinating book, see our previous post Tips for Tuesday: Books: Now That's Funny. Enter to win a copy of your own below:


Once you have entered our giveaway, hop around to the other blogs listed below to see what other great prizes you can enter to win.





Disclaimer: Host and participating bloggers are not responsible for sponsors and self-sponsoring bloggers who do not fulfill prize obligations.