By: Joy Paley who also writes on becoming a medical assistant for www.onlinecollegedegrees.net When you become a stay-at-home mom, your options for de-stressing become a bit more limited. Instead of vegging out in front of the TV with a glass of wine and the latest George Clooney flick, you find yourself watching Sesame Street, surrounded by juice boxes and Goldfish crackers. But being a full time mom and trying to save some money (who isn’t these days?!) doesn’t mean you’re resigned to reading the backs of cereal boxes for entertainment and rejuvenation. Check out these accessible options that bring good bang for the buck. Join a Local YMCA The YMCA gets a bad rap from people who think it’s just a half-way house or a gym with old, broken down equipment. The … Read entire article »

As we all know, it’s that dreaded time of the year-Tax time!  In honor of tax season, I have a new series called “Ask An Accoutant”.  Send in your tax questions and each week to momondeals@yahoo.com and I will post the question and give an answer from an experienced accountant.  Question of the week: I own a small home based business.  Can I deduct my computer cost? Answer: Computers used for business purposes should be listed as an asset and depreciated … Read entire article »

Welcome to the Traveling Through Thursday FACEBOOK Hop 2/10/11 hosted by Living on Love and Cents, Mom On Dealz, Our Kids Mom , and Belly Charms (The Blog). <center><a href=”http://www.livingonloveandcents.com/” mce_href=”http://www.livingonloveandcents.com/”><img border=”0″ src=”http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/happygirlivy/TTT-1.jpg” mce_src=”http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp142/happygirlivy/TTT-1.jpg”/></a></center> The Spotlight this week is Stacey from This Lil Piglets Blog Here are a few things she wanted to share with us all. She is 5 on this week’s linky. Be sure to stop by and tell her hello! Stacey Martin, a mother to … Read entire article »

  <a href=”www.thecouponchallenge.com” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx76/TheCouponChallenge/TuesdaysTrips-1.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”The Coupon Challenge and Mom on Dealz”></a> Welcome to the NEW Tuesday’s Trips Blog Hop hosted by The Coupon Challenge and Mom on Dealz! Instead of a shopping trip linky we’ve decided to change over to a traditional blog hop. Each week we will be visiting a new social network. Make sure you check back each week to see where we’ll be! The Rules are simple: Follow your hostesses in the #1 and … Read entire article »

  <a href=”www.thecouponchallenge.com” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx76/TheCouponChallenge/TuesdaysTrips-1.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”The Coupon Challenge and Mom on Dealz”></a> Welcome to the NEW Tuesday’s Trips Blog Hop hosted by The Coupon Challenge and Mom on Dealz! Instead of a shopping trip linky we’ve decided to change over to a traditional blog hop. Each week we will be visiting a new social network. Make sure you check back each week to see where we’ll be! The Rules are simple: Follow your hostesses in the #1 and … Read entire article »

With 2011 nearly here (can you believe it?!) I wanted to remind you that I have teamed up with 4 other terrific blogs to bring you some awesome reviews and giveaways that all revolve around the theme of Solutions for Your Resolutions!  All of the information you need to know is found in my post HERE. I also thought it would be fitting to share with you my personal goals/resolutions, as well as my goals for … Read entire article »

For those of you who don’t follow Momondealz via Facebook, you may be wondering where I’ve been since Thursday. Well, Baby Zachary finally arrived!  He is beautiful and healthy and the whole family is doing well. Thank you to everyone who has left congrats and kind comments about his arrival.  I will be back to posting regularly sometime this week but for now we are getting used to our new routine as we just arrived … Read entire article »

It’s hard to believe that the picture above was nearly 29 weeks ago!  This Sunday I will hit the 39 weeks milestone in my pregnancy.  I was supposed to be induced this Monday, but my body is not cooperating; therefore, we are simply waiting on Zack to decide when he’s ready to enter the world.    I wanted to give you an update because God could choose Zachary’s birthday any day and I of … Read entire article »

As you can see, we have a new design!  I wanted to make things a bit “cleaner” and working with “My Crafty Mom” helped me achieve that goal!  I would love to hear your thoughts and for any mom blogger out there, My Crafty Mom has a great frugal special right now for blog makeovers priced at just $40!  Check her out HERE P.S.- Don’t forget to grab my new button if you’re a blogger!a2a_linkname=”momondealz”;a2a_linkurl=”www.momondealz.com”; … Read entire article »