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25th Anniversary Disney Store Sale 25% off entire purchase!

March 27, 2012 By sami

It’s the 25th Anniversary Disney Store Sale! Celebrate 25 years of Disney with 25% off your entire purchase at the Disney Store!

The sale starts RIGHT NOW and goes on the entire day of March 28th. I know a lot of you are going to Disney soon (or hoping to this year!) – and this is the perfect time to stock up on souvenirs that you can take with you to Walt Disney World instead of paying full price at the parks!

DISNEY STORE COUPON DETAILS

Where to Shop: DisneyStore.com
Coupon Code: HAPPY25
Savings details: 25% off entire purchase
When to shop: 9PST/Midnight EST March 27 through the entire day of March 28, 2012

Filed Under: Deals & Freebies, Disney, Shopping Tagged With: anniversary, sale, shipping, Shopping, store, walt disney world

A Day of Anniversaries & New Celebrations! Top Ten Tuesday

August 2, 2011 By sami

Over the past few months, I’ve come to realize just how many milestones in my life have occurred on Tuesdays…and today is no exception. In fact, today is a day of multiple anniversaries and new celebrations!

First of all, I appeared on Talk of the Town again today highlighting Back to School Bargains – marking my 2 year anniversary with the show!

I also launched my site redesign (thanks to the amazing talents of Jeff Master!)…what do you all think?

Something new to celebrate: I’ve joined the team over at the Family-Friendly Morning Show with Doug & Jaci Velasquez as their Savings Expert!

But the most important anniversary/celebration of the day: it’s my 8th wedding anniversary!

I can’t believe I’ve been married to Ricky for eight years now – what a ride it’s been…and I can’t imagine anyone else I’d rather ride on this journey of life with

So to celebrate my man, I want to dedicate this Top Ten Tuesday to him:
1. He loves me
This may go without saying, but there is something powerful in knowing that you are loved by someone. He has no hesitation in showing or telling me he loves me – and I love him for it.

2. He is talented in areas I’m not
We always joke that he is more equipped to run our household than I am, yet he supports me in my desires to ‘play house’. While he never steps on my toes when it comes to doing things around the house, he’s quick to assist and take over when I need him to.

3. He is a hard worker
This man has a work-ethic like none other. Not only does he get things done faster than anyone I’ve ever seen, his standard of quality is so high. This is what makes him such a good leader: he leads by example.

4. He has a servant heart
If I had to describe him in one word, it would be selfless. He never thinks of himself first, and while I think that it gets him in trouble sometime, it also sets him apart in so many ways. I admire him for this because it’s not one of my best qualities…

5. He appreciates who I am as a woman
Again, may seem like a given, but he still thanks me for giving birth to our children! (And rightfully so, in my opinion!) This just goes back to his servant’s heart – that he never takes anything for granted.

6. He loves being with our family
If given the choice of doing anything at all, I think he would choose to just be with us, regardless of what we were doing. That’s saying something.

7. He’s a head taller than me
Don’t think I’m silly, but when I prayed for my husband, I prayed for someone a head taller than me so when we hugged, I fit right in under his chin….bliss…

8. He comes with his own catch phrases
Don’t ask – you just know if you know him…

8.5 His names
I love that you can immediately tell how someone knows Ricky & from what era they met him based on what name they call him by.

9. He never forgets anything – literally
This man still remembers the phone numbers of everyone he’s grown up with. He never forgets a face (or someone’s drink, for that matter, which comes in handy since he works at Starbucks). It’s endearing and annoying all at the same time (especially for this girl who’s ALWAYS forgetting things!)

10. He loves God
I honestly don’t know how marriages survive without something bigger at the center. He and I are both imperfect, flawed human beings who, when we let ourselves get in the way, can get pretty annoyed with each other. But when we step back, get outside of ourselves and remember, “we love because He first loved us“, this marriage thing works pretty well.

Babe, happy 8th anniversary. Thank you for loving me and I promise to love your Forever and For Always

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: anniversary, celebration, Love, marriage, rick cone, top ten, tuesday, wedding

Remembering the Nashville Flood Anniversary – One Year later

May 2, 2011 By sami

Today is May 2, 2011….on year later after the epic Nashville Flood. Many people will be remembering the Nashville Flood anniversary in many different ways today.

It still seems surreal to think back to that day only a year ago. None of us knew what was to come. None of us….
In fact, we were hosting a garage sale with a friend and taking the kids to a birthday party, not knowing that only hours later people would be losing both their homes and their lives because of this deadly storm.

Here’s how it started in our own backyard:

While we may have been slow to comprehend what was happening around us, it did not take long to discover the devastation. Our church, Crosspoint, delayed the opening of our new Bellevue campus to mobilize volunteers into our community….one of the hardest hit in all of Nashville.

While the kids and I were not able to volunteer inside the devastated homes, we found other ways to help and meet daily needs: organizing supplies, helping with office needs and shuttling items to and from the disaster site. The images we saw immediately after the storm of our own friends’ homes were surreal:

What hit even closer to home was driving through the neighborhood we had just moved out of, knowing we too could have been one of the many families who had lost everything:

Last year, our news event was shared with others: the Times Square bomber and the BP oil spill in the Gulf. This year, it seems history is once again repeating itself. People around the world are waking up to the news that Osama bin Laden had finally been killed by American troops, nearly 10 years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In addition, hundreds are still missing and without homes after the devastating tornadoes that hit Alabama and much of the SouthEast.

Still, the one thing that remained true and resounding last year will be said this year: Nashville was and is one of the most resilient communities ever in the face of disaster and continues to be forward-looking, neighbor-helping and thankful for what we have rather than grieving what we’ve lost.

Of course, it helps when we have so much to be grateful for and so many who have come alongside to help in our time of need. In addition to all the people that came together within our community and across the country, many local celebrities, including Amy Grant and our friends from Tenth Avenue North, put on the “Love Your Neighbor” Benefit Concert. Amy also had some interesting advice to share with flood victims:

*Two weeks after the flood last year, I recorded my thoughts in my Nashville Flood Manifesto.
*Four months after the flood, the historic Grand Ole Opry re-opened on September 2nd with a “Spirit of Nashville Day“.
*And of course a short six months after the flood that completely devastated so much of the iconic Gaylord Opryland resort & hotel, it celebrated its Grand Re-Opening on November 15, just in time for all the Christmas festivities! My husband and I were lucky enough to be part of the Opryland Grand Re-Opening weekend and it once again reminded us of why we’re so proud to live in this town!

So much has happened in this past year, but amidst everything else that is going on in the world today, I wanted to take the time to stop and remember where we were a year ago and how far we’ve all come…together.

We are Nashville!!!

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: anniversary, Bellevue, concert, flood, nashville, opryland, video, volunteer

Free Baja Burrito on 9/9/09!

September 8, 2009 By sami

Yes, I said FREE BAJA BURRITO!

In celebration of their 9th Anniversary, Baja Burrito is giving away FREE FOOD on 9/9/09. What kind of food, you may ask? Pretty much anything you want! (With a few exceptions – drinks, queso (appetizers), beer and popsicles are NOT included). Otherwise, you name it – burritos, tacos…your choice!

This is a Nashville original, so sorry for all you other fresh Mexican lovers around the country. I think I actually went there on my first ever visit to Nashville LONG before ever becoming a local myself They did say to get there early because once the food is gone, it’s GONE (they are open from 11am-9pm, but I can’t imagine this deal will last that long). Click HERE for location/directions.

Filed Under: Deals & Freebies, Food Tagged With: anniversary, baja, burrito, Food, free, mexican, nashville, taco

Happy Anniversary to my Prince!

August 2, 2009 By sami

I couldn’t let today pass without wishing a Happy 6th Anniverary to my best friend, biggest supporter, partner in life, the father of my children, my prince, all I’ve ever dreamed of and everything I could never have known to hope for – my husband, Ricky!

I am so blessed to be on this journey of life with you. Every day is a new adventure and I couldn’t imagine going through it with anyone else!

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anniversary, happy, husband, prince, Ricky

Happy Anniversary!

August 2, 2009 By sami

I wanted to publicly brag on my handsome and talented husband by wishing him a Happy Anniversary today! I went into a further detail on our family blog, The Cone Home, but I’ll let this public display of adoration suffice for this forum

My fabulous friend, Carolyn, took this amazing picture on our recent trip to Disney World for my birthday and I am so grateful for friendship, passion and talent!
I am blessed to have another amazingly talented photographer friend who has graciously offered to extend her Summer Sales to anyone in the Nashville area when she comes here this fall. This would be the PERFECT time to get family pictures done for Christmas Cards! Check out her site, Jessica Lorren Photography, so see some of her amazing work!