Archive for January, 2010

Dear sleep…

photo by emdot on Flickr

I love you. I miss you. I wish you hadn’t left me. I’d do anything to have you back even if for a couple nights. I’m sorry my body hurts so much at night and it takes me 5 minutes just to turn over, every 45 minutes. I’m sorry I usually have to get up to pee. I even try to go to bed earlier so I can spend time with you. I try to see you when you spend time with Avalea during the day…doesn’t happen though. What’s going on? It’s really beginning to bother me.

Please come back to me.

:hb: me.

Pocket money Pt2

I found another REALLY easy site that I wanted to share as well! Cloud Crowd! It’s based through Facebook. There wasn’t work when I signed up yesterday but I signed up to be notified when it was available. I got an email today, signed on and within 5 minutes I made $1. I’m still steadily working! I am categorizing websites right now. They pay .04 each but take less than 30 seconds to do. Plus once they are approved, they pay immediately into paypal!

29 weeks in the baby world!

Photo credit: normanack on Flickr

Photo credit: Normanack on Flickr

So we’re 29 weeks in now! The final trimester. So far so good. Still on partial bed rest. Still have contractions off and on but they aren’t going anywhere so that is good.  She’s busy kicking and rolling away! Very active! 11 more weeks to go to meet our little girl! Now we just need to nail down the name. The husband is in love with one name, I’m in love with another. *sigh* I feel she isn’t going to be named lol.  Can’t wait to meet her though!

Quick and easy pocket money!

Photo credit: www.photos8.com

Being a stay at home mom, I’ve been on the search to find little ways to bring some money in. Even if it’s just some to pay for gas or fun money for the family. I’ve found a few different things. While they aren’t a lot, they do add up and hey, who wouldn’t mind an extra $50-$100 a month?

There are different types of sites out there. The ones I listed here, I have used and they are not scams. I take maybe 30 minutes a day to go through most and get a little bit each day. Some pay weekly, some pay once a month. Most pay through paypal and some you can get gift certificates.

One such site that pays with gift certificates and other swag is SWAGBUCKS. Use it just like google and you get awarded here and there for your searches. You can also subscribe to their blog and facebook where they give out clues for extra SBs. I’ve gotten a few Amazon gift cards using this now. If you invite your friends and they sign up, you get what they earn as well. They have a variety of GCs, swag and even cash through paypal. It takes no time. If you need to search something, use this and they start adding up.

Then there are ad viewing sites. Sites like Hits4Pay and YouData where they email you ads to view. Generally you just click it and then money is credited to your account. While these may only be a few cents per ad, they add up. I spent 5 minutes viewing ads for one site and earned $2. Not bad for 5 minutes of my time. Hits4Pay even gives you a $10 sign up bonus!

There are also survey sites such as Treasure Trooper that let you do surveys which range from .50 – $50 each. And they pay directly to your paypal account as well.

It’s not a lot, but for some families, every penny helps! Hope it helps some others to bring in a little extra cash! If you have any other legitimate sites, please comment them! I’d love to try out more!