The Top Smart Home Devices, Security, and Technology from Amazon: Gift Guide for 2018

When we were in Austin for the Texas Tribune Festival, we had to stop by the Amazon Store. It was amazing, but I admit that I was very attracted to the big silver Airstream outside with "Smart Life Roadshow" on the back of the vehicle. This vehicle featured all of the new Amazon products! It had trendy music playing and even a "you are at home" doormat. I was 100% sold on the experience.

Now, I just had to be sold on the product. Eventually, I was sold and I am a believer in the products. I believe in smart homes and smart devices. Remember, I am the millennial who had a Commodore 64 computer when I was four years old.

Now, the homes are smart and the people are as well. Now, let me tell you HOW smart, this experience made me believe that smart homes make our lives easier and can save us a wealth of time and money.

Here's the Smart Life Roadshow experience.

These Smart Life Roadshow experiences featured the following products:

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Area of the House: Desk Area

D-Link D-Fend AC2600 Wifi Security Router - https://amzn.to/2TpdJBd

TP-Link Archer C2700 - https://amzn.to/2TpdJBd

ASUS Blue Cave - https://amzn.to/2Ke0grZ

HP Envy Curved AIO 34 - https://amzn.to/2Tq3Cw0

HP Deskjet 3720 - https://amzn.to/2DPqC38

Acer Spin 5 - https://amzn.to/2Tiqf5L

iRobot Roomba - https://amzn.to/2ORgZBU

Ecobee4 Thermostat - https://amzn.to/2KekwtF

Schlage Connect Touchscreen Deadbolt - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AGK9KOG

Area of the House: Bathroom

Moen Shower Head with Alexa - https://amzn.to/2OQmMrG


Area of the House: Kitchen

DeepLens - https://amzn.to/2Tops39

Belkin Demo Mini Wall Outlet - https://amzn.to/2DvWDfu

Krups Tea Kettle - https://amzn.to/2Tq4m4g

Amazon Echo Show - https://amzn.to/2Dv7CG3

Petcube - https://amzn.to/2Toh7wj

Area of the House: Living Room Area

Sonos Beam Sound Bar - https://amzn.to/2OPg9FT

Sonos One - https://amzn.to/2DuSuZl

Embrace the smart home of the future and check these out! Add them to your Amazon list!

Have a great week and plan for the weekend!

Sincerely,

The @WeekendsCount Family!

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Seven Tips for Shopping on Amazon Prime Day!

It is the most wonderful time of the year! Amazon Prime Day!

Amazon Prime Day was created a few years ago for Amazon.com to boost sales of their products in the summertime. This event was similar to Black Friday events, but it also included limited time deals, subscribe and save deals with coupons, and deals that lasted all day. The products offered on Amazon Prime Day usually range from electronics and clothing to food products and household items.

Here are seven tips for shopping on Amazon Prime Day:

Tip #1 - Remember to download the Amazon app to receive notifications of limited time deals.

Tip #2 - At the beginning of Amazon Prime Day, remember to examine all of the limited time deals and then add these deals to your notification/watch list on the Amazon app.

Tip #3 - Determine if you need to purchase an annual subscription to Amazon Prime, Amazon Music Unlimited, or Amazon Kindle Unlimited before the day begins.

Courtesy of Amazon.com

Tip #4 - Purchasing Amazon gift cards from Kroger or other stores that offer fuel points for gift card purchases.

Tip #5 - Use online shopping portals that offer rebates or airline miles for using their link to access Amazon. These shopping portals can include E-bates, American Airlines, United Airlines, and others.

Tip #6 - Set a budget before you begin shopping on Amazon Prime Day. It is easy to spend more money than you anticipate spending.

Tip #7 - Develop a list of items that usually appear on your weekly/monthly shopping list, then look for these items when the Amazon Prime list becomes available.

These simple tips can help everyone create a strategy for one of the most important savings days of the year! Remember to prepare a strategy and you can save money on items that you will purchase anyway.

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Have a great week and plan for the weekend!

Sincerely,

The @WeekendsCount Family!


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Save Money on Weekend Travel Costs at DAISO!

Planning a weekend trip? Need to a few travel items, but don't want to spend a lot of money or time shopping? Then head over the nearest DAISO store!

DAISO is like many other dollar stores except that most items are $1.50 instead of $1.00 or 99 cents. That extra fifty cents allows the store to carry some items you wouldn't find at a typical dollar store.  This includes several travel items like passport covers, sewing kits, luggage straps, travel pillows, and air cushions!

If your kids get restless on road trips or plane rides, DAISO also carries a variety of toys!

Have you shopped at DAISO yet?  What did you find?

Let us know in the comments!

- Jennifer and Tony

KidFest at Belk Department Stores! Experience Fashion Shows, Refreshments, and Games While Shopping

We hope you are having a great week!

This weekend, we had a great time shopping at the Belk Department Store in Weatherford, Texas. It was such a great experience and I had a chance to shop for my little one! As a mom who works 50+ hours a week, it is such a rare treat to shop by myself (at least for a few moments). My little one and my husband stopped in front of the store to enable me to enter the store in VIP style while they caught a quick breakfast treat at Taco Cabana (three minutes away).

When I entered the store, it was a great experience. When I found the children's department, I immediately checked out the stations before my little one joined our shopping and KidFest adventure! Check out our purchases and video recap from the adventure!

In anticipation of the upcoming moments of fun, I quickly discovered six simply beautiful southern outfits for children (including two smocked dresses) and then received a telephone call from my husband informing me that he was on his way!

I met him and then the fun with my preschooler began! She enjoyed the stations and had a great time meeting the Weatherford High School Cheerleaders who were volunteering during the event. The event was complete with snacks and make and take crafts for the little ones!

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Why We are Choosing to Make Our Weekends Count! - From a Millennial Family

We are excited about creating this new blog about our BUSY lives as a millennial family and how we are incorporating CREATIVE ways to make the most of our weekends!

During the weekend, we usually...
- complete our shopping
- finish activities around the house
- make our own mulch!
- play in the dirt (we try to be a self-sustaining household
- visit a hotel (for a quick getaway with the baby)
- complete any "to do's" from the week before
- plan the next week

We try to make the weekend time, our family's togetherness time and to disconnect from our digital devices around 20 percent less that we would normally. <- This does not happen all the time. :(

We are open to suggestions and to additional activities!

Sincerely,

@WeekendsCount