Disclosure: I can't wait to see what books my daughter will rent with the $50 coupon I will receive for sharing about this wonderful site and idea with all of you!
All of us who have college age kids know that it is very expensive when they attend college, especially at the beginning of each semester. You have move in expenses, room and board, tuition, personal items, and of course textbooks. I know what a large expense this can be and can remember when I went to college, so many years ago, it was always amazing, and not in a good way, at how much they cost.
But there is a great website out there that can help you and your student save money called CampusBookRentals . You can save up to 80% when renting textbooks, as compared to buying them. You can use a highlighter or write in them just as if you owned them! That is a must for any college student. You can keep them as long as you need them and when you are done and need to ship them back, you already have an envelope to ship them back in! This company has rented over 1,000,000 books in over 5,500 campuses nationwide.
What a great idea! I am all for saving money when it comes to college!
You can also check out their new program called Rent Back. This is a new program that lets students rent the textbooks they own to other students. I know when my kids were done with their textbooks and it was time to sell them back to the bookstore, they got a fraction of what they paid out at the beginning of the semester. It was frustrating for them and for me. Sometimes they would keep them and sometimes they found their way to garage sales. What an ingenious idea this program is. Think how it will help in those expenses while they are at college!
I am a big fan of supporting good charities and also a fan of supporting businesses that do, too. This great business is no exception! You can look here to see how they are Making a Difference . This year in 2013 they will continue with Operation Smile but also have set aside money for textbook scholarships to help out students!
It is almost time to send our kids to college for the fall semester. Whether its for the first time or the last time, it is always nice to save money whenever we can! Be sure to check out Campus Book Rentals and learn all about how to help you do just that!
That, my friends, is what is On My Mind Right Now!
Showing posts with label College. Show all posts
Showing posts with label College. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
When I Grow Up, I Want To Be....
What? Do you know yet? Have you thought about it all your life? Did you end up doing what you wanted to? Did you end up doing what your passion is?
My kids are at that age. You know, the age, the world expects you to know what you want to do! I have one who has always known what she wanted to do and is almost through with college so she can do just that. I think, she is in a minority. I think, she is one of the lucky ones.
I know I struggled with knowing what I really wanted to do. I never had the guidance and the backing, nor the encouragement. I went to different schools, took different majors. I majored in business, was going to be an art teacher, fashion design, thought about social work, pursued accounting at one time, was accepted in to a Commercial Art program that I never went to, and did go to cosmetology school and got a license in that.
So were any of them my passion??? Commercial Art was close. So why didn't I go, although I had to show a portfolio and was accepted? I still didn't feel good enough. To this day, I regret it and wonder what direction my life would have taken if I had gone.
When I went to an actual 4 year college, my major changed so much. I just didn't 'know' what I wanted to do, what I could be good at. Thinking back, the classes I enjoyed the most, I did the best at, were my English and writing classes. Yes, I even thought about journalism, but that isn't the writing I wanted to do.
I wanted, and still want to, write books. Sure, I wrote one, but that was like a big long journal, a story of part of my life. Yes, I have another one to do, but those aren't the kind I am talking about. I am talking about writing books of fiction. The ones you get lost in, the ones you can't put down because you need to know how the story goes, and how it ends. So why haven't I? Can you guess? I never felt I wrote good enough. Lately, the book my sister and I started working on has been majorly on my mind. I think it is time to find it and finish it and if I have to self publish it, I am fine with that. I want it done. It feels like it needs to be finished.
So, anyhow, back to my topic. Here is my question and I hope you will post your thoughts in the comments!
What did you want to be when you grew up? More importantly, are you NOW doing what you always wanted to for a job. If you are, it is more than a job, isn't it? If you are, when did you realize what you wanted to do and how did you get to this point? If you are not, why NOT? What was it that stopped you from doing what you really wanted to? What is stopping you now?
That, my friends, is what is on my mind right now!
My kids are at that age. You know, the age, the world expects you to know what you want to do! I have one who has always known what she wanted to do and is almost through with college so she can do just that. I think, she is in a minority. I think, she is one of the lucky ones.
I know I struggled with knowing what I really wanted to do. I never had the guidance and the backing, nor the encouragement. I went to different schools, took different majors. I majored in business, was going to be an art teacher, fashion design, thought about social work, pursued accounting at one time, was accepted in to a Commercial Art program that I never went to, and did go to cosmetology school and got a license in that.
So were any of them my passion??? Commercial Art was close. So why didn't I go, although I had to show a portfolio and was accepted? I still didn't feel good enough. To this day, I regret it and wonder what direction my life would have taken if I had gone.
When I went to an actual 4 year college, my major changed so much. I just didn't 'know' what I wanted to do, what I could be good at. Thinking back, the classes I enjoyed the most, I did the best at, were my English and writing classes. Yes, I even thought about journalism, but that isn't the writing I wanted to do.
I wanted, and still want to, write books. Sure, I wrote one, but that was like a big long journal, a story of part of my life. Yes, I have another one to do, but those aren't the kind I am talking about. I am talking about writing books of fiction. The ones you get lost in, the ones you can't put down because you need to know how the story goes, and how it ends. So why haven't I? Can you guess? I never felt I wrote good enough. Lately, the book my sister and I started working on has been majorly on my mind. I think it is time to find it and finish it and if I have to self publish it, I am fine with that. I want it done. It feels like it needs to be finished.
So, anyhow, back to my topic. Here is my question and I hope you will post your thoughts in the comments!
What did you want to be when you grew up? More importantly, are you NOW doing what you always wanted to for a job. If you are, it is more than a job, isn't it? If you are, when did you realize what you wanted to do and how did you get to this point? If you are not, why NOT? What was it that stopped you from doing what you really wanted to? What is stopping you now?
That, my friends, is what is on my mind right now!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Time Marches on....
and on and on...and much too fast. Don't you sometimes wish that you could stop it for awhile? Or at least slow it down?
Yesterday we got a call that hubby's aunt had passed away. She was the last of his dad's siblings. They are all gone now. I had met them all except for his dad, of course, who had passed away from cancer when Tom was young. I wish I could have known him too. It is strange to know you are the oldest generation left. My dad and his siblings were all gone by 1985. That's a long time ago. Four of my mom's siblings are still alive and I cannot imagine a world with all of them gone.
Last week I took my youngest child, my only daughter to college. I just can't believe that she is that old. Wasn't it just yesterday when the doctor lifted her up after she was born and said, "See it IS a girl!" Wasn't it just yesterday she started preschool, kindergarten, middle school? Wasn't it just yesterday she started high school and we couldn't believe she was that old? I remember thinking how time was flying then....suddenly, it started to go a whole lot faster!
All too soon we were sitting at her high school graduation...So proud. But still, finding it hard to believe that it could be possible already.
I knew this summer would go fast. Her last summer home before she moved away to college. It was a busy summer which made the time go even faster...She started counting down the days to when she got to move down there. I started counting the days to when I HAD to take her there.
We got her moved in and I didn't cry when we pulled away. I thought I would. Saved that until later. I had to put something in her room, and then it hit me. She is not here. I went shopping yesterday, our normal day to hang and do that. It was lonely. I have tears right now. I miss her for sure. I don't like she isn't here. BUT I am excited for her and what lies ahead for her. What a wonderful time of your life. I am excited to get to know this adult daughter of mine. Yes the doll houses and Barbies are long gone, but I relish this new chapter with her. I just wish it hadn't come so fast!
That is what is on my mind right now, my friends!
Yesterday we got a call that hubby's aunt had passed away. She was the last of his dad's siblings. They are all gone now. I had met them all except for his dad, of course, who had passed away from cancer when Tom was young. I wish I could have known him too. It is strange to know you are the oldest generation left. My dad and his siblings were all gone by 1985. That's a long time ago. Four of my mom's siblings are still alive and I cannot imagine a world with all of them gone.
Last week I took my youngest child, my only daughter to college. I just can't believe that she is that old. Wasn't it just yesterday when the doctor lifted her up after she was born and said, "See it IS a girl!" Wasn't it just yesterday she started preschool, kindergarten, middle school? Wasn't it just yesterday she started high school and we couldn't believe she was that old? I remember thinking how time was flying then....suddenly, it started to go a whole lot faster!
All too soon we were sitting at her high school graduation...So proud. But still, finding it hard to believe that it could be possible already.
I knew this summer would go fast. Her last summer home before she moved away to college. It was a busy summer which made the time go even faster...She started counting down the days to when she got to move down there. I started counting the days to when I HAD to take her there.
We got her moved in and I didn't cry when we pulled away. I thought I would. Saved that until later. I had to put something in her room, and then it hit me. She is not here. I went shopping yesterday, our normal day to hang and do that. It was lonely. I have tears right now. I miss her for sure. I don't like she isn't here. BUT I am excited for her and what lies ahead for her. What a wonderful time of your life. I am excited to get to know this adult daughter of mine. Yes the doll houses and Barbies are long gone, but I relish this new chapter with her. I just wish it hadn't come so fast!
That is what is on my mind right now, my friends!
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