Can I Have My Privacy Back, Please?

I routinely perform vanity searches and what I found tonight terrifies me.

Intelius.Com listed the names of my four closest relatives and the cities they live in for free.

And for $14.95 USSSearch.Com will provide:
- Full Name
- Age
- Current Address
- Phone Number
- Aliases
- Address History

As a single woman this is terrifying. All their information seems to be accurate - the free preview even provides an overhead map of the city where I live and a tiny blip over the general part of town! How is this information available for less than the price of a decent meal!?

And more importantly, how I can I get it pulled off-line? I don't think I have enemies but there are a handful of people I avidly avoid.

Pimp My Trashcan!

I was gifted a peace lily back in 2005 and while the plant has long been trashed, its container continue being repurposed. Its held socks, magazines and of course garbage (yes, in that order).

I finally painted the wicker to match my tiffany trifecta...making this a quadrafecta of blue?

I took a can of generic white spray paint (.97 at Home Depot) and dutifully sprayed. Then I took a sponge and dabbed the blue from the original project along the sides of the trash can. The blue is much more obvious in person but that's a cellphone picture and you guys trust me right? ;)

Free 50 5x7 or 4x8 Photo Cards

Get 50 free photo cards at SeeHere by Fujifilm. The cards are 4x8 or 5x7 and include free shipping. No credit card required for this deal!

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Use coupon code freebies4mom-1109 at check-out.

Lifted from SlickDeals

Recycling Old Holiday Lights Pays!

Recycle your used, broken (or hopelessly tangled) holiday lights at Home Depot and receive $3 credit towards the purchase of LED lights. (click here to see larger ad)

Not only are these lights brighter and cost efficient (use 80% less energy according to the ad), they start at only $5.97.

So save the earth, your sanity and your wallet all in one trip!

(As always, this is not a paid sponsored ad, just my excitement at someone else's marketing campaign)

Save 10% at Staples, Free Quickbooks to Boot

I don't know how other office supply stores compete with Staples. Who else sells "Really Useful Boxes" in presorted sizes?

In more pertinent (if less amusing) news, Click here for a 10% off any one item coupon.

Intuit Quickbooks is $90 with a $90 rebate so this is a no-brainer money maker plus a great way of converting your rewards checks back into American currency.

Forget Bird, CUCMe is the Word

I may have found the OG Dollhouse lighting source!!! Check out this annoyingly uninformative website for a clear image. They look narrower than the ones on the show but are still the closest match I've found on or off-line.

I really wish the Dollhouse prop-sters would blog with links and charming anecdotes!

Whilst I am in Tolerable Good Health

Need a legal form, template, etc? Check out Doc Stoc, where you will find a legion of sample forms ranging from the legit (pay for full version) to forms with homework headers still attached.

And if you're in a historically curious, morbid mood check out ancient wills (this one is from 1856). The wording cracks me up. And this woman's daughters must have been textile loving bickerers.

(Only being paid for this link in amusement. Although you could piece together your own form by viewing sufficient free ones, its just easier to google a free template.)