Ways to SAVE on “Black Friday”
By DinaG | November 19, 2008
Are you anxious to hit the stores the day after Thanksgiving - also known as “Black Friday”? But also watching your budget closely and looking for good deals? Well here are some sites I ran across and also heard about on Channell 11 News this morning. Check them out for early tips on coupons and sales for Black Friday:
http://bfads.net/ a site that lists retailers who have posted sales for Black Friday
www.blackfriday.com a site with links sponsorde by retailers who have deals for holiday shopping
www.blackfriday.info a site that lists and also scans in Black Friday ads from circulars, newspaper etc.
www.retailmenot.com a site that lists the most common coupon codes for online merchants - pretty neat!
Please note, I haven’t tried these sites out personally as of the writing of this post, so make sure you do your own homework. I plan to really research them this weekend! I hope you find something helpful! Here’s to saving lots of $$ this holiday season.
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Reminder: Monte Hewett and HomeAid Atlanta’s Essentials for Young Lives Drive
By Paula.Burr | November 17, 2008
The Essentials for Young Lives Drive, through HomeAid Atlanta, ends THIS Wednesday November 19th!
Items Needed: Unopened packages of baby food, powder formula, diapers, baby wipes, bottles, bottle brushes, and sippy cups
You can drop off donation items at several of our model homes through Wednesday. The seventh annual drive collects necessities for homeless babies and toddlers living in transitional housing shelters around Atlanta. Monte Hewett Homes is a proud sponsor of HomeAid Atlanta, an organization that builds transitional housing for the temporarily homeless.
View/Download Essentials For Young Lives Information Flyer
Items may be dropped off at the model homes in these MHH communities: Heatherton (Roswell), West Village (Smyrna), Stonehaven at Vinings (Vinings) and the Park at East Paces (Buckhead). Visit our Driving Directions page for more information on these communities.
You can also help donate to the drive without having to get in your car! Baby registries have been set up at both Target.com and BabiesRUs.com. Simply type in Last name: HomeAid and firstname: Homeaid Atlanta into either registry.
HomeAid Atlanta’s fall drive focuses on providing for young children because women with children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population. The group reports the average age of a homeless person as nine years old. Additional drop off locations are listed at www.HomeAidAtlanta.org/dropoff
If you have any questions, please call us at 404-459-6080.
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Monte Hewett finishes La Ruta de Los Conquistadores bike race
By DinaG | November 16, 2008
Monte Hewett finished #176 out of 320 riders on Saturday to complete one of the world’s toughest mountain bike races. This was his first race of this caibur and finishing ahead of nearly half the riders is an amazing accomplishment. Way to go Monte!
Stage 4 of the race took the riders all the way to the Gulf coast of Costa Rica. Monte said in phone conversations with his wife, that the scenery was amazing. And from the looks of some of the official race photos (on the race website here) he is right! Some parts of the final stage required the riders to CARRY their bikes across a train trussle - see the photo below. Wow.
Everyone at Monte Hewett Homes is so proud of Monte, and we can’t wait to welcome him home this week.
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Monte Finishes Stage 2 and is having a blast!
By DinaG | November 14, 2008
Monte finished in 172 place out of over 350 riders in Stage 2 of La Ruta de los Conquistadores mountain bike race in Consta Rica last night. The final Stage, which finishes on the Gulf coast side of the country, started this morning.
Monte’s wife Jill has spoken to him several times and said that he is having a great time and that the country, jungle and rainforrests are amazing.
Jill emailed: “I spoke with Monte earlier this afternoon and he had a fun, “HARD” day. He went straight up a mountain for 6 hours!!! He’s in the mountains for the night. He’s having such an awesome time and a wonderful experience…He said he feels great and is doing well!”
Visit the photo gallery for more shots of Day 2.
Here’s a photo from Day/Stage 2. So beautiful…
Go Tex! Keep it up! One more Stage to go!
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Monte Complets Stage 1 of La Ruta de los Conquistadores
By DinaG | November 13, 2008
Monte completed the first stage of the mountain bike race in Costa Rica. He placed #32 in his MASTER B group. Way to go Monte! Follow Monte’s progress at the official race website. And here is a summary of the first day of the race…wow!
Monte’s fellow Atlanta racing friend Turner Thomas (owner of Van Michael’s salons in Atlanta) came in #14 overall. Amazing. They have a photo gallery from yesterdays stage posted…look at all the mud! 
(This isn’t a photo of Monte unfortunately…)
Stage 2 is underway! Check back and we’ll post the results Friday morning!
Go Team Tex!
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