Consumer Queen

Many of you have seen the Consumer Queen on my favorite blogroll list, well it's also one of my favorite sites! The Consumer Queen site features so much stuff - and I really do love it! There's a forum and store shopping lists on the site! You can check out her You Tube channel here:

Consumer Queen's Youtube Channel

and you can visit her website here:

Family

In my times away from this blog, I've had a little bit more time to spend with family - not much, but a little bit more time. And I've realized how thankful I am for there support, there laughter, and most of all their love. Especially during the holidays, I get even closer to them! I must say I struck the Jackpot this holiday - and enjoyed everything. But with each present I unwrapped my love grew stronger for my family - not because of what they gave me; but the thought, the effort, even down to the wrapping - and to see how much they cared about me. Then when they would open their presents, I just loved to see their faces light up, it made me glow! I'll leave you with one of my favorite sayings

"When you complain that no one cares, when you pray at night you say you have no one to pray for, when you think about tomorrow you say you have no one to have lunch with - why do you say these things, you have FAMILY!"

I'm Back!

Hello Again!

I know it has been so long since I last posted! I hope everyone had a wonderful, joyous, and thankful holiday season! It’s almost the New Year which holds so much! New freebies, New coupons, and New starts for The Free Central! That’s right - sometime in 2009 you’re going to see some changes come to The Free Central (and we hope you enjoy them!). Anyway - I’ll still be posting freebies, deals, coupons, and my favorite frugal tips and articles - but I’m also going to start doing reviews! That’s right - I recently signed up for a site called Review Stream where you can post your reviews on products you have. I’m also looking into some other blog/review sites - so please leave a comment if you know of any good ones! Anyways - I recently have been blog reading like crazy and have compiled a list of my favorite blogs out there!

Farm Home Life
Being Frugal
Gather Little By Little
Kingdom First Mom
My Two Dollars
Deal Seeking Mom
Consumer Queen
Frugal Upstate
Mrs. Micah
Coupon Cravings
Coupon Princess Goes Blogging
I’ve Paid For This Twice Already
Bearable Deals
All Things Frugal

So Sorry!

So sorry to have been MIA lately - but with the holidays coming up I've been and am going to be super busy! So, I'm going to be taking a short break until the 5th of January! I know that seems like it's a long time but it's only about 2 weeks. If I do get a chance to post, I will - but if I can't well you can check my blogroll and read all of my favorite blogs - just make sure to come back here after the break!


Thanks so much for the support of The Free Central over the almost past month!

Have a Merry and Joyous Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, and Wonderful New Year!

Scooter.

Today's Freebies

Today’s Site of the Day: Amazon is sponsoring 25 days of free music. You can download the past 16 days and download the following once a day! I hope you enjoy! http://snipurl.com/8jdt6 . Hope everyone had a good day, it was snowing like crazy here for the first time (at least crazy here). Sorry today's post is so short, but haven't had much time. Included a recipe from Cindy's Porch (©TM) you can check her out here:
http://cindysporch.net

Today’s Freebies

Christmas Lyrics Booklet
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Lots of Recipes, Crafts, Ideas
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Fun Quiz - Which of Santa’s Reindeer Are You?
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Free Audio CD Joint Pain and Why You Have it
http://snipurl.com/8hvr3

Free Desktop Calendar
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Free Wind Obsession DVD
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$5 in Old Orchard Coupons mailed to you
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Free 2009 Pocket Planner
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Free Mary Kay Samples
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Free Plumaria Rain Samples
Lotion and Samples
**require company name**
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Free Fruit&Granola Bar
http://snipurl.com/6jn9v

Free Emergency Radio
http://snipurl.com/3q8fi

Free Cologne Samples
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Refrigerator Dough Roll

1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 package of dry yeast

3/4 cup of milk
1/4 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine

1 egg - well beaten
3 1/2 cups of all purpose flour (I usually have to add about 1/2 cup more)

1. Dissolve 1 teaspoon sugar into the warm water. Sprinkle with yeast. Let sit for 10 minutes. Then stir the mixture with a fork.

2. Scald the milk, 1/4 cup sugar, salt, and butter (or margarine). Pour the mixture into a bowl and let cool to lukewarm.

3. Add the yeast mixture and a well-beaten egg to the cooled milk mixture.

4. Beat in 1 cup of flour.

5. Blend in the remaining flour to create a dough.

6. Place the dough into a large bowl, cover tightly with aluminum foil. Place a damp tea towel over the top and tie firmly in place.

7. Place the dough into the fridge for at least overnight. It can be stored in the fridge up to five days before using.

8. Remove dough from the fridge and knead it for aout five minutes on a lightly floured surface.

9. Shape the dough into buns or rolls. To make the crescent rolls shown in the photo, roll 1/2 the dough into a circle about 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick. Cut the circle into eight sections (like a pie). Then roll each wedge from the wide end to the narrow end. Place the crescent on a cookie sheet with the tip at the bottom so it won't unroll while baking.

10. Another option for "fancy buns" is to make golf ball size balls from the dough and place three or four of them together into a muffin tin. This will make buns that look somewhat like a three or four-leaf clover.

11. Cover with clean tea towel, let rise in a warm place for one and a half hours or until doubled in bulk.

12. Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes.

13. Makes about 24 rolls.

Today's Freebies

Deals of the Day

Shutterfly
Save 25% use code: TAKE25
http://tinyurl.com/btc4w

1 Year of Everyday with Rachel Ray (thanks to My Bargain Buddy)
$6.89 ($18.00 Reg.)
Use Code: MYBARGBUD15
http://tinyurl.com/5qgs9b

FREE Shipping at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Piperlime
Use Code: JOY
http://tinyurl.com/6lu6q6

Sweeps

Gamer to Guru
http://tinyurl.com/5d28gj

Coupons

$2 TheraFlu Coupon
http://tinyurl.com/5h63u2

$2 Febreze Coupon
http://tinyurl.com/y8tw77

Freebies

Lots of Christmas Printables
http://tinyurl.com/5fon7l

Free Printable Garfield Poster
http://tinyurl.com/5rahdn

State Farm 50 Million Pound Challenge Kit
http://tinyurl.com/57hlwd

Another Free 2009 Calendar
http://tinyurl.com/6yqber

Free Funky Poster
http://tinyurl.com/2bn9x8

Online Crockpot Ideas
http://tinyurl.com/bq9ux

Bring Fido - Pet Samples
http://tinyurl.com/6hy45z

Prevention Magazine Subscription
http://tinyurl.com/3tuwwb

Kraft First Taste
Sign up to try products from Kraft
http://tinyurl.com/4478v3

Lots of Printables
http://tinyurl.com/6klzwu

Free Sample of Head+Shoulders
http://tinyurl.com/679uku

Meal-Plan Mondays

Hi Everyone!
Today has been a long day (my back is aching thinking about it!), anyways on today's topic of Meal-Plan Monday's I'll be
posting my meal-plans for the week. I made a HUGE mistake yesterday in my post on the CVS Challenge - stating that
Consumer Queen was running the CVS Challenge, when it was really Kingdom First Mom. Please accept my sincerest apologies
for my mistake, and I hope to continue with the challenge. Anyway here's this week's meal plans:

Monday - Macaroni+Cheese (On sale .49 cents a box - two boxes), and Frozen Peas (on sale $1.50 - 1/2 bag) and Tuna ($1)
Total: $2.73 for the meal

Tuesday - Pasta (On sale 3/3 had $2 Coupon making 3/1 - used 1 box $.33), Garlic Bread (2/3, used 1 box 1.50)
Total: $1.83 for the meal

Wednesday: Cold Cuts (On sale 3/2 - used 1.66 cents), Bread ($1.19 on sale 30 slices, used 6 $.23), and Salad (2/5 on sale, plus
$2 coupon making 2/3 used 1 $1.50)
Total: $3.39

Thursday - (Slow Cooker) Dijon-Chicken (Legs on sale .99/lb. - used 1 lb. .99) (Dijon Mustard 1.39 on sale, used 1/4 of bottle), and
Mixed Veggies (all together about 3.45)
Total: $4.44

Friday - Tuna-Cornbread Casserole (Tuna $1) (Cornbread .50) (Veggies 1.25)
Total: $2,75

Saturday: Take-Out

Sunday- Leftovers!!!!