I’ve been tagged with the 7 Things Meme by Todd Morris from Success With Todd, so I thought I’d participate in this meme since I forgot to do the 25 Random Things Meme that circulated Facebook pages not too long ago that I was also tagged with.

The 7 Things Meme Rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

Okay, here goes. 7 things about me you may not know, or maybe don’t care to know.

1. The first record I ever owned was Mony Mony by Tommy James & The Shondells. I’m aging myself here, since the record was a Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single of the hit song. For the “last day of school party” in the 7th grade, my image of being a “cool kid” took a serious hit when students were told to bring in their favorite record to play during the party, and Mony Mony was the only record I owned at that time.

2. I’m a music fanatic, and I watch every season of American Idol, once the judges choose their Top list of finalists. I can’t stand watching/listening to the audition shows of people who truly suck at singing, and whose family or friends aren’t honest enough to tell potential contestants they suck, so they don’t embarrass themselves in front of millions of American Idol Fans. For the current American Idol Season 8, Adam Lambert is by far my favorite performer, and I predict the winner of American Idol this season will be a guy.

3. I’ve been on a Baby Shower Gifts shopping rampage lately, since my daughter’s baby shower is scheduled for next month. Checking out baby cribs was the first order of business to check off the baby needs checklist, and we were happy to find a gently-used crib in near perfect condition at a second-hand baby store. I don’t have any trouble coming up with baby gift ideas for my granddaughter that is due in May, and you can bet that having me as a grandma will undoubtedly mean she’ll be spoiled rotten.

4. I spend a lot of time at my computer at home and at work, which is likely the cause of my occasional severe lower back pain and symptoms of Carpal Tunnel, along with a recurring ganglion cyst “Bible bump” on my right hand which may require surgery to remove. Working in the Dental Field for almost twenty years now, as a Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) and Office Manager, I’ve spent many hours working on patients in the dental chair and lifting dental equipment and supplies that were/are too heavy to lift one-handed and now I’m paying for it in more ways than one.

5. My desire to quit my full-time Dental job and get paid to blog as a full-time blogger hasn’t changed, so I’ve been working hard to create more blogs that will help me reach my goal to make money from home and “retire” from my current job. While there is niche money to be made from a niche blog like Telling It Like It Is, I get frustrated when I read “you must have a niche” from bloggers who don’t follow their own “niche or no niche” advice and actually have a no niche blog themselves.

6. Speaking of money, the economy (such as it is) has created a lot of interest in setting goals and becoming smart with how we save or spend our money. Managing debt and saving money continues to be one of the top New Year’s resolutions for many people including me, who are trying to learn how to be frugal because of the economic recession, job layoffs, bank closings and home foreclosures. Even though my job is secure, my husband has been looking at ways to make a few extra dollars just in case he were to get laid off, and he’s been talking about starting a small home based business right alongside me.

7. I do all of my shopping online, except for grocery shopping, and I can’t remember the last time I bought a card or gift for anyone by actually walking into a brick-and-mortar store. Since my daughter announced she was pregnant a few months ago, I’ve been buying baby clothes online (and other cheap baby stuff) and hiding them at a friends house so my daughter’s curiosity won’t get the best of her and she finds the baby stroller that comes with an attached infant car seat that she’s been drooling over. I guess there is going to be a lot of drooling going on soon, and not just from my daughter.

Whew, I’ve completed the 7 Things Meme and my right hand and arm doesn’t even hurt. Yeah me!

Okay, here are the 7 people I’m going to tag with this meme, and hopefully they’ll all play along.

1. Rob from 2Dolphins
2. Rudy from the Rudy Amid Blog
3. RT from the Philippines blog
4. Periapex from Life’s Context
5. Cath from Cath Lawson
6. Jeff Nickles from My Super-ChargedLife
7. Reggie from Fragile Heart

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If you haven’t been to Babies R Us to complete a Babies R Us registry for baby products or baby shower gifts, I highly recommend you do. My daughter and I recently spent time browsing the Babies R Us store and we were both blown away by the large selection of all of the things a baby needs from the moment the baby is born.

Since my daughter is due to deliver her baby girl in May, I’ve been searching the internet for coupons and promotional codes specifically for Babies R Us, Toys R Us and Baby To Be, since that’s where my daughter is registered for her upcoming baby shower.

If you’re at all like me, you want FREE baby stuff just as much as I do, and you want to save money when buying stuff for your baby or when buying baby shower gifts for an expectant mother, and there’s nothing better than finding printable baby coupons online to help save a few dollars, especially in this economy.

Since I’m planning on buying my daughter one of the cutest baby bouncers I’ve ever seen (at Baby To Bee), along with several other baby-must-have’s, I went on a hunt for coupon codes for baby bouncers, and I found one!

If you’re looking for coupons and promotional codes for baby stuff from Toys R Us or Babies R Us, here are 8 search terms I’ve used to find printable coupons that can be used online or at local store locations.

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Becoming a grandmother is very exciting, and I can’t help but feel like spoiling my soon-to-be granddaughter as much as possible. With all these very cool baby coupons that are available online, not only do I get to enjoy the fun of buying a baby bouncer for my daughter’s baby, but Babies R Us, Toys R Us and Baby To Bee stores are filled with baby clothes for girls and boys, baby nursery furniture, baby toys and books, and everything you or I would want for the baby in our lives.

I also encouraged my daughter to check out the largest social networking site for moms and moms-to-be at CafeMom, where she can discuss baby care and being a new mom with other mothers just like her. The encouragement and support that comes from other moms with similar circumstances and issues really helps new moms know they’re not alone, and help reduce a new mom’s stress and worry if they’re taking care of the baby properly.

Have you discovered Babies R Us and Baby To Bee? Both stores are amazing, aren’t they? Check them both out, but please don’t tell my daughter about the baby bouncer I’m getting her for her baby shower in April, ok?

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