Happy 2014 !

Good morning & happy 2014! I know I haven't been on here in a WHILE & that's because I REALLY got into Minecraft. I made a New Year's resolution to stop playing this game 20 hours a day & actually get my life back. I'm still playing, as you can see from the screenshots, but I promised myself that I'd do OTHER things, too each day. I'm not going to get into the past couple of weeks. It's too much to try to remember. I played a

LOT of Minecraft of course. :) I was trying to figure out how to start a Minecraft server so that I can share my worlds with others, but due to our slow DSL connection I wouldn't be able to have more than 3 people at a time on the server. That would be nice, but it would shut down the Internet for myself & the rest of the household, so that idea fell flat. Then I discovered Maps. I can create towns & then

upload the map for people to download & play. YAY! I'm going to do that. I'm planning on 1 a month. With that plan in mind, I created a brand new world for the new year. 2014 January LizC864 Minecraft. The 1st pic is the screenshot of the spawn point. This is where I'll start my town. The 1st home is a rustic house (2nd - 7th pics). It turned out very nice & has in-floor lighting inside & also in-ground lighting

outside. It looks fantastic & I tried to get a shot at night, so I sat around & waited for it to get dark, but then it rained all night until sunrise & the shot wasn't a good one because of this. It really does look cool though with the in-ground landscaping lighting. You can see it in the pics, but it looks so much cooler at night. :) This world is, I THINK, a swamp. It has some of the characteristics of one & I saw a slime which

are supposedly mostly seen in swamps. I had no idea what it was! I saw this little single-block green thing hop past me. A frog? I followed it into the water. A frog. I Googled it & nope, it was a slime. 1st time I've encountered one in the game. This will be interesting later when I pop out of creative mode & go exploring. I've never encountered one before & am not sure how much or what kind of damage one will do

to me. I tried out Minelands on facebook which is a Minecraft-like game, but so far I like the real thing better. I might like it much more once I really figure out what it can do other than just building & when & if any friends join it I'll see what that does for me. After building this Minecraft house, I took the dogs out & then loaded Wild Stallion Ranch in Sims (8th pic).

Believe in your dreams.

Hailing frequencies still open, sir. -Uhura (1st time speaking her signature phrase), "The Corbomite Maneuver"

Sign that you have been playing a little too much Minecraft: You try getting wood by punching your trees in the yard.

Which mob in Minecraft explodes?
Spider
Skeleton
Creeper
Enderman

World is his who enjoys it.

• December 18, 2013 •

Good evening! Monday I took the dogs out, made eggs over easy for breakfast, cleaned the house, the FD got toned out to a med call I put some dish Music on, checked out the message boards in Ravelry, then settled down to play Minecraft on the laptop on the sofa. Yesterday I took the dogs out, processed my incoming Avon order, & then my PC crashed, so it was off to Minecraft on the PC for the WHOLE day. WOO! This morning I took the dogs out & then loaded up Minecraft & tried out creative mode for the 1st time (2nd pic). 9½ hours later ... LITERALLY ... damn! It's dark out! When I got to Sims 9½ hours later, I loaded up Modern Condo by Curtis Paradis & my Sim

Victoria Bunch just sat down & watched some TV for a while, which sounds like a good idea since hubby just got home & it's already after 9:p.

#72 & your neighbors pet raccoon could have a big influence on dinner tomorrow. Pick up some pork rinds on the way home from work.

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Locations
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Cellar is more than just a Cellar. It's a Garage, Wishlist and Trash skip as well! Finished a bottle? Move it to the Garage for future reference if you enjoyed it. Didn't like it? Move it to the trash, where you can locate it later if need be. What about wine that you've been recommended or tasted in a restaurant? Enter it straight into your Wishlist and then move to the Cellar when you eventually purchase it.
Portrait mode
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Email individual bottles
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Other features
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Charles Dickens's holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, is published 100 years ago yesterday.

Continue to delay a thankless chore you're dreading. You've put it off for 7 years so what's another decade or 2?

How many of you have had it w/ the cartoon specials? The animated Christmas specials that are on television? What do you say after the show we get some hunting gear & go out & bag a few Care Bears? I've had enough already. I'm at the point where I'm rooting for the Grinch. -Johnny Carson 1988

Just as the education of nerve & sinew is vital to the excellent athlete & education of the mind is vital to the scholar, education of the conscience is vital to the truly proactive, highly effective person.

Most important UFO reports in history top 10:

1. California & Midwest "Airship" sightings, 1896-97
2. Washington, D.C., sightings, 1952
3. Phoenix Lights, 1997
4. Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, UFO crash, 1965
5. Mantell incident, 1948
6. Barney & Betty Hill Abduction, 1961
7. JAL Fight 1628, 1986
8. Tehran, Iran, Incident, 1976
9. Belgium Incident, 1990
10. Roswell New Mexico, Crash & Recovery, 1947

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Santa Claus has his own postal code in Canada: HOH OHO.

Species of mosquito found in the London Underground is genetically different from its above-ground cousins. It's thought to have evolved to be better adapted to life in the tunnels.

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Tourists come by my house & I like to get into the holiday mood. I even stencil the windows w/ you know, that snowy lettering. It says, "No trespassing. Attack guard dog on duty." -Johnny Carson

Worst gifts to give a woman top 10:

1. Anything for her car
2. Any appliance
3. Expensive diet plan (which includes prepackaged & home-delivered food)
4. Gym membership
5. Wrinkle cream
6. Nose hair trimmer
7. Electric shaver
8. Facial hair remover
9. Any Walmart special
10. A workout video

○ December 16, 2013 ○

Good morning! Saturday I took the dogs out, made breakfast sausage, got the mail, cleaned the house, sent out the grocery list, cleaned out my Outlook.com e-mail, had lunch, showered, played Minecraft until it was time to go to work, went to work & that was about it for the day. Yesterday was a day of not doing much of anything on my schedule. I woke up very late to a desktop computer that was hosed as far as the firewall was concerned, so I just let it sit until hubby got up & in the meantime played Minecraft on my laptop. Hubby was woken up by our son who needed a ride into town, so we went out, dropped him off, came back & hubby worked on my PC. Once it was up & running

I managed to at least take the dogs out, pay the bills, & go through the Sunday paper. After that it was back out to pick up our son & then run errands for the rest of the day. By the time we got home, there wasn't much time left to do anything other than just eat a quick dinner & play Minecraft until I couldn't stand my sinus headache anymore & went to bed. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up the Science career in Sims (2nd pic). My Sim Gary Jr. (2nd gen) just aged up into a child!

1st crossword puzzle was invented 75 years ago today. Did you know that? By Mr. Wynn. Most people don't know what Mr. Wynn died a year later after Mrs. Wynn caught him in bed w/ a 10-letter word that started w/ a P & meant whoopee woman. -Johnny Carson 1988

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Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.

Queen Victoria enjoyed Alice in Wonderland so much that she requested Lewis Carroll's next work. Carroll, also a mathematics professor at Oxford, sent her a book on algebra.

Reasons to keep or make a scrapbook top 10:

1. To relive special events
2. Preserve your heritage for future generations
3. Fun hobby to share w/ other family members, young & old
4. Theraputic when dealing w/ a difficult problem & situations
5. A perfect family gift
6. To introduce a new in-law to your family
7. Creative outlet
8. Reduce clutter by organizing old photos & memorabilia
9. Gives new meaning & importance to taking photographs
10. An excuse to reconnect w/ old friends & family members

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Once you’ve Shazamed something, you can:
○ Buy from iTunes (and find others by the same artist)
○ Watch the videos on YouTube
○ Share tags on Shazam Friends
○ Use LyricPlay to sing along to streamed lyrics
○ Check out the artist’s bio and discography
You can also:
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○ Share tags on Twitter, Facebook & G+
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Notes:
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Your lucky words this wee are: schnappsy, lube, & liver.

December 14, 2013

Good morning! I slept in a little today. Only overslept by almost an hour, but I needed it. I've been cutting my sleep short a LOT lately due to my Minecraft addiction. I swear, I went totally OCD on it. I wake up wanting to play & know I have things to do 1st. So far, I've been good & have been taking care of what I should before playing. It takes a lot of self control though. LOL!

Yesterday I cleaned the house, sent out the grocery list, & then loaded up Sims & downloaded the #1 download of the month ... Chateau de Bellevue (2nd pic). It's creator also created a Sim that I downloaded separately named Cloe (1st gen) who is charismatic, a bookworm, a perfectionist, over-emotional, & artistic. Her lifetime wish is to be a journalist. After that was downloaded, set up, & I got Cloe her job in the journalism career, I RAN over to my laptop to play Minecraft. I have entered the Nether! I almost got lost in the Nether, too. Dark place, lots of hallways. Also lots of chests w/ cool stuff inside! No screenshots of the Nether since it was so dark, but I do have screenshots of my houses, the portal, & the new fireplaces with real fires on Netherrack instead of the lava I was using for the fireplaces. Netherrack fires are dangerous though. Hard to keep contained even when they're completely enclosed w/ cobblestone & glass. Check out my facebook & Pinterest albums later for yesterday's screenshots.

1 aquarium in Japan has an odd way to celebrate Christmas: it channels electricity from an electric eel to power the lights on a Christmas tree!

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During cold-weather months, close curtains & shades at night; open them during the day. Keep southern-exposure windows clean to let in the winter sun to help heat your house.

Reasons a man should have a dog, & not a wife top 10:

1. They're always glad to see you, no matter what time it is or how long you've been gone
2. They don't mind if you call them by another dog's name
3. Dogs like dirty socks & underwear laft all over the floor
4. Dogs don't have annoying parents who'll make lengthy visits
5. Dogs agree that a raised boice is the best way to make a point
6. Dogs think you're funny when you're drunk
7. Dogs love to hunt & fish
8. A dog will never ask, "Do you love me?"
9. If a dog leaves, it won't take half of your stuff w/ them
10. Dogs can't talk, & talk, & talk ...

Today I have a letter from a fan. "Dear Jeff Foxworthy, is it okay to threaten the kids w/ no Santa Clause if they misbehave?" I answer, "Dear Fan, are you kidding? Of course it is! And while you're at it, throw in the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, & Elvis."

We have a Christmas staff party here w/ The Tonight Show every year, & boy, was it great last year. All the stocking were hung w/ great care & the rest of the clothes were all over the room.

We're more in need of a vision or destination & a compass & less in need of a road map.

• December 13, 2013 •

Good morning! Yesterday I took the dogs out, had eggs over easy & toast for breakfast, cleaned the house, sent the grocery list out, made grilled cheese for lunch, & then it was on to Minecraft & Sims 3. I'm almost done w/ my 2nd house in Minecraft, Old-Fashioned. I've decided that when I'm done building up this world, I'm going to open it up to the public as a Minecraft server. I'm waiting until I'm finished because I know people will only go in there & destroy it. At least people will

get to see it & play it for a while & maybe even add to & improve it before it's destroyed by someone. At least SOMEONE will see all my time & effort instead of just deleting the world & starting over. That's a long way off though. Like I said, I'm not even finished w/ my 2nd house yet. There's be a full town hopefully before I open it up as a server. There will be stores where you can go for free materials, houses to stay safe in at night, & lots to explore. YAY! Yesterday's Sims game was LizC864 4 (3rd pic). I had to go back to playing Sims on my desktop PC. There's a load/save issue on the laptop & I don't know how to fix it. It'll do it, it just takes 20 minutes each time. Ugh! That's OK though, I need to move

more. I'm getting old & sitting on the sofa that long every day w/ a laptop on my lap was causing hip pain. This way, I play Minecraft for a while, then get up, stretch, & come over to my office to play Sims for a little bit, then back to Minecraft. No more hip pain! :) My Sim Christine (2nd gen) is excitable, brave, & mean spirited. She's going to grade school & will age up into a teen the next time I play.

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Don't be nervous when you shake hands w/ J. Edgar Hoover! He liked to fire FBI Agents whose palms were sweaty when they shook hands.

If you're on the dating scene, this weekend could be like testing a battery w/ your tongue. Sure you'll get zapped & burned & talk funny for about a week, but you'll have fun doing it.

I have to tell you something about Tommy that's not generally known. You know there are groups that believe in UFOs, Tommy is one of them, & some months ago - I guess I can tell this - this spaceship sent down & they actually took Tommy aboard the spaceship. And they examined him, then they went back & reported that there was no life on earth. -Johnny Carson 1975

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Most hated household chores top 10:

1. Cleaning the toilet (yep!)
2. Sorting socks
3. Cleaning the tub (yep!)
4. Cleaning out the litter box (yep!)
5. Cooking (really??)
6. Cleaning out the refirgerator
7. Shampooing or spot cleaning the carpet
8. Vacuuming
9. Cleaning or polishing silverware
10. Storing seasonal clothing

You'll find that as you care less about what others think of you, you'll care more about what others think of themselves & their worlds, including their relationships w/ you.

• December 12, 2013 •

Good morning! Yesterday I sent out the grocery list, cleaned the house, turned on Pandora & headed over to the sofa to play Minecraft & Sims on the laptop. I finished my LizC864 Minecraft California Craftsman Mission (2nd pic). (OMG! My mind is turning to mush! I just typed MindFart instead of Minecraft)! Anyway, I'm proud & you can check out all the pics here: Pinterest or here: facebook. Today begins a new house near this one (I'm building a city). The next house will be wood & much smaller. It'll be called Old-Fashioned. In Sims yesterday, I started up August House in Midnight Hollow. Speaking of, I need to download Midnight Hollow onto my desktop PC ... after I install an update to Origin. I really love the

laptop, but it really BITES at playing Sims. I had to turn the graphics way down which I finally noticed as being crappy, & the load & save times are unbearable. I also have a hard time seeing. Dragon Valley is dark & so is Midnight Hollow. I still need to play a more lit town to see if I like it or not. Still not sure what to do about the load & save times though. :(

Ever wonder how much it would cost you to give your true love the gifts in the traditional Christmas carol "The 12 Days of Christmas"? In 2010, the cost was calculated to be over $23k!

Hectic pressure to find just the right gift during this "season of joy" might drive you crazy. My advice is to call in sick, skip school, & stay in bed until Judge Judy comes on. A McFlurry w/ OREO cookies would be nice about 3:p.

I want to thank my staff. For Christmas, they gave me a dinner for 2 at Sparks Steak House in Manhattan. That's a rough steak house. Waiter asked what I wanted for dinner & I said, "Duck," & 8 people hit the floor. -Johnny Carson 1986

Most followed people on Twitter last year top 10:

1. Lady Gaga
2. Justin Bieber
3. Katy Perry
4. Kim Kardashian
5. President Barack Obama
6. Britney Spears
7. Shakira
8. Rihanna
9. Taylor Swift
10. Ashton Kutcher

TruxMap Lite Food Truck Map:

TruxMap is a live gourmet food trucks map for 34 US cities and 2 Canadian cities. The minute a food truck makes their current or future whereabouts known, you will see them on the TruxMap app. Menus, reviews, food images, location requests and directions are just one touch away. The open food trucks are visually represented by green markers and the food trucks opening soon are represented by blue markers.
Quickly scan what food trucks are near you, browse through the menus and food images before making a decision. Once you've completed eaten the food, submit a review or your truck images so others can know what to expect.
TruxMap is available for Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Calgary, Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Denver, District of Columbia, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Louisville, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St Paul, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Portland, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, St Louis, San Antonio, Santa Barbara, Seattle, and Vancouver.

Whether or not we belong to a church or service organization or have a job that provides meaningful service opportunities, not a day goes by that we can't at least serve one other human being by making deposits of unconditional love.

Zagat:

Zagat is your guide to discovering the best and most notable restaurants, bars, cafes and clubs in dozens of top locations around the world (see the full list below).
No need to wade through dozens of reviews--we’ll tell you in a nutshell what other people are saying.
Features:
• Concise reviews you can trust
• Each place is rated three ways, from 0 to 30 (e.g. Food=25 out of 30, Decor=17, Service=20)
• Expert-selected lists of places to go for nearly any occasion, mood, and craving
• Stream of helpful articles and videos delivered throughout the day
• Filter by Zagat ratings, cost, cuisine, features, neighborhoods and more
• Menus to read before you go
• Reservations through OpenTable
• Google Street View panoramas
Supported locations (subject to change between app updates):
Amsterdam
Atlanta
Austin
Baltimore
Barcelona
Boston
Cape Cod
Charlotte
Chicago
Connecticut
Dallas
Denver
Florence
Hawaii
Houston
Las Vegas
London
Long Island
Los Angeles
Madrid
Miami
Minneapolis
New Jersey
New Orleans
New York City
Orlando
Philadelphia
Phoenix/Scottsdale
Portland, OR
Rome
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Toronto
Vancouver
Venice
Washington DC
Westchester County, NY

December 11, 2013

Good morning! Yesterday I cleared out my Yahoo e-mail, had a mozzarella stick for lunch, cleaned the house, took the dogs out, checked out an app on my iPhone 5, & then sat down to play Minecraft & finally load up Sims on my laptop! Minecraft is great as usual, but Sims ... not meant for a laptop! I've got a great laptop, but it can't handle Sims with all the settings cranked up like I have it on my desktop gaming PC. The lack of a huge graphics card just kills it. I knocked all the settings down a notch & restarted the game. No difference. Then I knocked all the settings down again ... finally I hit a point where the game played well & amazingly, I didn't notice any difference. It's not like my Sim turned all blocky or anything. It finally runs smooth, but there's still a problem. Loading a saved game from the main menu takes about 20 minutes! WTH?! On my desktop PC, it takes a couple minutes, but not 20! Same thing for saving. On my desktop ... 30 seconds. On my laptop ... 20 damn minutes! What gives?! Now before you ask, I have a mirror image of downloaded content. Everything I have on my desktop, I have on my laptop. Same stuff. Desktop is tri-core, laptop is quad core. The laptop is missing the graphics card from hell that my desktop has, but that shouldn't have anything to do with loading & saving ... only with playing. Everything I'm seeing in forums has to do with CC, but like I said, if one of my CC was the problem, wouldn't I have the SAME problem on my desktop PC since it's all the same stuff? My 1st Sims game on the laptop is the criminal career in Dragon Valley. I lost cornucopia. It turns out that they no longer have uploaded worlds in the exchange. Now I can only play worlds that are created by EA. There are 11 of them total, I own about 6 or 7 of those. My Sim's name is Olivia (1st gen). She's ambitious, athletic, evil, a genius, & a kleptomaniac. Her lifetime wish is to be the Emperor of Evil. She likes spaghetti, geek rock, & the color spice brown. She's a Capricorn. Her furry companion is a Toy Fox Terrier named Vicki (1st gen) who is non-destructive, playful, & aggressive. Olivia bought the cheapest house she could find in Dragon Valley, bought the essentials she needed for her dog, & after food, only had a few dollars left to her name. No car, no radio, an old-timey TV, a single bed, crappy fridge ... she's starting out the way everyone should. No cheats, no loans.  She will earn everything she ever has, which right now is next to nothing. The very 1st thing she did was get a job (also as everyone who just graduated high school should with the exception of those smart enough to find a way to go to college), but having no PC or money meant going to the business directly to get the job instead of applying on the PC. Then she wanted to learn gardening, so it was off to the library since she couldn't afford to go to the bookstore & buy the book. When she got home, she cleaned the house ... which is easy when you live alone, it means picking up the newspaper out of the front walkway. She wanted to learn the painting skill, so she had to fork over some money for an easel. Worth it since you can make money on your paintings. All skills my Sims learn are skills that you can earn money with. The skills that don't produce an income are generally skipped & viewed as time wasters. Life is short, if you're going to have a hobby/skill, make it a profitable one at least. :) After that it was the normal daily routine of things everyone has to do. Shower, dinner, bed, work, & paying bills. When she finally had some free time again it was off to the library to use their PC & check out the online dating site. She uploaded her profile & checked out the eligible guys in town. 2 of them caught her eye & she sent them messages. Then it was off to work & back to the daily routine. I love playing the big beautiful mansions in Sims because I love living vicariously through my Sims, but I also love the realistic games like this one. The one where they start out in the tiniest house in town, have nothing, & have to scrimp & save for everything they ever get. I don't use cheats to get money, I don't immediately marry to move up to something better. I make them earn it all by themselves. Marriage isn't until after they've succeeded in their career (reached the highest level). THEN & only then can they marry, move out to their new hubby's (better) house, & start a family. This happens when they're somewhere right between young adult & elderly. In the middle of mature adulthood. Young adulthood is for working, elderly/retirement is for relaxing ... mature adulthood is for working AND being a spouse & parent. The hardest part of life when you're trying to balance everything at once. By now you have a nicer house, a couple cars, a spouse, a couple pets, children ... it's rough. I wait until mature adulthood so they're at least secure in their jobs, good at cooking, & have a good routine in place before adding more people & pets to the picture. It's hard when you graduate from school, & are immediately married, pregnant, & trying to start a career ALL AT ONCE.

As the spirit of Christmas lowers the boom on your wallet, remember the true intention of gift giving 0 to get relatives, friends, & coworkers off your back for a few weeks. Be generous - jumper cables, an ashtray from a national monument, or cherry-flavored Tums are a good start.

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.

Conscience is the endowment that senses our congruence or disparity w/ correct principles & lifts us toward them - when it's in shape.

Dead Sea isn't a sea. It's actually a lake. It's technically not dead either - there are minuscule amounts of bacteria & microbial fungi in the water.

Economy is in bad shape. Economy is bad. Wouldn't you know, due to this recession, Santa Claus this year had to drop 2 of his hos. -Johnny Carson 1974

Ixpenseit:

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- 50 Most Useful iPhone Apps (Best Expenses App) - LAPTOP Magazine.
- "Best iPhone Apps: Office and Personal Productivity" - PC World
- "10 MustSee Finance Apps for the iPhone" - eWeek.com
- "100 BEST IPHONE APPS FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT" - Job Profiles.org
- "Turn your iPhone into a productivity powerhouse" - Investment Executive, Canada's newspaper for financial advisors
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***** Featured in Apple's TV commercials.
iXpenseIt simplifies daily expense tracking and monthly budgeting. With iXpenseIt, it's never been easier to stay current on your personal budget or for business users, to get faster reimbursements. Store photo receipts is a snap. Enter expense data anywhere, anytime within seconds. Powerful reporting provides insight to where your money went and find new ways to save.
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- Number pad with calculation
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Track My Coupons:

Start saving money with the coupons you have instead of throwing them away.
"Track My Coupons Will Have You Actually Using Coupons" - AppAdvice.com
Some key features of Track My Coupons:
- iOS 7 optimized
- Barcode scanner to quickly add coupons (autofocus camera required).
- Huge coupon database with more being added everyday.
- Bulk import of coupons from inserts such as RedPlum, SmartSource, etc.
- Universal app - Buy it once and use on all your iOS devices.
- Receive notification alerts before your coupons expire.
- See the total value of active and used coupons
- Icon badge numbers display the total number of coupons expiring within a certain number of days that can be configured by the user.
- Customizable categories to match how you sort your coupons.
- Search through your coupons by name, coupon details, category or all 3.
- Ability to "clone" an existing coupon. This is very useful if you have several similar coupons to add.
- Expired coupons will move to the history tab automatically after a certain number of days, which can be set by the user.
- Sort your coupons by name, category, or expiration date.
- Filter coupons on a particular category.
- Choose a color theme to customize the appearance.
Track My Coupons also has a built in sale price calculator so you can see exactly how much an item will cost after your discounts and taxes.