My Points - Clicked on links in emails for a total of 95 pts. I have been a member of MyPoints since 2005. It is so easy to earn rewards with them. My favorite way is by reading their paid emails. You earn 5 points per email. And it adds up really quickly! You also earn points by shopping with popular merchants like Walmart and Target (you must use their link on their site when you make your online purchase). You can even earn points on your Ebay purchases!
Reward Port - Clicked on links in emails worth a total of 243 points. (I did not do any point earning offers.) I have 2498 points. I need 7500 to get a $25 gift card to Walmart.
Survey Head - 4 screeners. 1 survey worth $1. You need $25 to cash out. You get a $5 bonus for joining.
Send Earnings - Get paid to read emails and take surveys. Each day you can participate in a new survey that generally pays $.50 and takes 3-4 minutes. Today, I participated in a Send Earnings survey about a new movie. I was asked to watch the trailer and give my opinions.
~You get a $5 bonus when you sign up.
~Refer your friends and you get 10% of their earnings.
You’ll receive a check by mail each time your account reaches $30. Super easy.
Swagbucks - Won $1 (in Swagbucks) this morning. I need 45 to get a $5 gift card to Amazon.com.
YouData is a quick way to make a little change. You make money by simply logging into your account and viewing banners or ads that they have already loaded into your MeFile reader for you. What's cool is they pay every Friday via Paypal and there is no minimum to get paid. This won't make you big bucks, but it's a quick, easy way to make a little extra.
American Consumer Opinion-High pay $2-$10 per survey.
global test market-100 marketpoints = $5. Abundance of survey opportunities each week so lots of chances to earn!
Ipsos i-say-is a great way to earn free gift cards. When you register for this panel (it's free), you'll get 2-5 survey opportunities per week. Each completed survey earns you points that you can redeem for gift cards from places like: Applebees, Chilis, Olive Garden, Amazon, Kohls, Pier 1, and dozens of other places.Other perks: you'll earn an entry into a $5,000 drawing for every survey you complete. You can also occasionally qualify for product testing. Free products are sent for you to try, and then you earn points to share your opinion of them.
Lightspeed Panel - I just love this site. Everything gets two thumbs up. Plentiful survey opportunities. High pay. And best of all, you can opt to be paid via paypal or (my favorite) restaurant gift cards, including Cracker Barrell, Chilis, TGI Fridays, Applebees, Red Robin and Olive Garden.
A screener is when they ask you questions to see if you qualify for the paid survey.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
and the winner is....
Elizabeth won Lauries Mineral Makeup!!!
Sorry it took so long to put up! I have been a little busy!!
Elizabeth email me and let me know where to send this trio!
YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT!
Thanks everyone for entering!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Have you heard about YOUDATA?
This is an amazing new program out there. Since it is new you do not get paid very much; however, you are paid EVERY week. No matter how little you have made. My first week I only $0.09!!! That is it, however, I still got my Paypal payment. This is a SUPER EASY site also. All you do is set up your account and fill out the short surveys(i suggest doing all of these). Then the youdata company "sells" your information(like what kind of drink you like) to a company. That company in turn sends you their ad to view. You are paid to look at their ad! How easy is that?!?!?
They also have a great referral program. You get $1 for every referral and those are paid along with your weekly earnings! How easy would it be to get people to sign up for something that is this simple!
Come check it out.
They also have a great referral program. You get $1 for every referral and those are paid along with your weekly earnings! How easy would it be to get people to sign up for something that is this simple!
Come check it out.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Great Swagbucks deal!
Are you using Swagbucks for your Internet searches yet? You should be. I signed up for Swagbucks and in two weeks I had $10 amazon gift cards!!
It was recently announced on the Swagbucks Blog that starting on Black Friday ~ November 27 ~ and running through January 1, they will offer a different gift card every day at a drastically reduced price. There’s no way to know which cards are the bargain of the day, but you can bet I’ll be checking the Swag Store frequently to cash in on some deals. Two of the bargain cards can be snagged each day.
I attribute my Swagbucks success to two things:
1.I downloaded the Swagbucks toolbar. That makes it super easy for me to remember to use. If you don’t search with Swagbucks, you don’t earn points!
2.I tell people about it. A very high percentage of my Swagbucks come from people who have signed up with my referral code. As each of my referrals wins their first 100 Swagbucks, I get 100 duplicate bucks posted to my account. Blog about it, post your referral link on Facebook, email your friends and family.
It was recently announced on the Swagbucks Blog that starting on Black Friday ~ November 27 ~ and running through January 1, they will offer a different gift card every day at a drastically reduced price. There’s no way to know which cards are the bargain of the day, but you can bet I’ll be checking the Swag Store frequently to cash in on some deals. Two of the bargain cards can be snagged each day.
I attribute my Swagbucks success to two things:
1.I downloaded the Swagbucks toolbar. That makes it super easy for me to remember to use. If you don’t search with Swagbucks, you don’t earn points!
2.I tell people about it. A very high percentage of my Swagbucks come from people who have signed up with my referral code. As each of my referrals wins their first 100 Swagbucks, I get 100 duplicate bucks posted to my account. Blog about it, post your referral link on Facebook, email your friends and family.
A great giveaway!!!
My good friend Laurie has given me the opportunity to run a contest to win her mineral makeup. I have been using Laurie's makeup for over a year now and I can not tell you how great it is!!! And the other great thing is it is not as expensive as it is in Dept. stores. You can not go wrong.
Contest ends sunday november 29th
This is a mineral eye shadow in 3 shades of "warm brown".
For this contest you have to do the following:
1) Go to Lauries site and look through her makeup line.
2) Make a comment on this post saying what kind of makeup(color, or type) you would buy from her.
3) Sign up as a follower on this blog.
Winner Recipie
My son's favorite GF recipe is flourless peanutbutter cookies.
Ingredients
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
2.Combine ingredients and drop by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Let cool. Recipe doesn't make very many, so you could double recipe as you desire.
Congratulations
Danielle Marie Peck
Ingredients
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
2.Combine ingredients and drop by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Let cool. Recipe doesn't make very many, so you could double recipe as you desire.
Congratulations
Danielle Marie Peck
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
First guest post!
I am a stay at home mom. I always have been. My husband and I have 9 children ranging in ages from 2-21. I will explain how we get food, clothes, cars and have fun.
Almost from the start of our marriage I always tried to eat healthy which has saved us on doctor bills. We belong to food co-op and eat fresh fruit and vegetables as much as possible. We buy food in bulk and make almost all our food from scratch. Beside being healthier it tastes better. We have a garden and can tomatoes, pickles and freeze corn and asparagus. Since the kids have been in 4-H we have grown our own chicken, beef and pork. . We seldom go out to eat, but we like eating out on our deck or our beautiful hill in our back yard. My kids eat outside as soon as it is about 50 degrees outside until late in the fall. Eating at home is much cheaper and more relaxing for the parents. Our new neighbors that moved in this summer have a connection with second Harvest and they share their abundance with us. The last couple of months we have been getting free day old bread. Good bread— whole wheat, 12 grain, 7 grain, bagels etc. She, also, gets fresh fruits and vegetables.
For clothes I buy underwear, socks, shoes, Christmas and Easter outfits new. —Everything else is from Goodwill, Thrift shops, hand me downs and my oldest daughter is a beautiful seamstress. She made 17 dresses one summer out of scraps and denim material. My neighbor stopped me one day out in the yard and was very surprised that we could afford designer clothes. She was very surprised to learn that the dresses were made out of scrap material. At Goodwill, rummage sales etc. we have found many new clothes with the store tags still on them.
For our cars we do not buy new. We usually watch the paper for cars that we like. Also, our last van we bought at a state car auction. All state vehicles are auctioned off when they get their new fleets. The cars are usually in good shape. We got a 15 passenger van that was previously owned by a state college. We keep fixing cars and my husband does
basic maintenance himself and is teaching our teenage boys to do the same.
Here are some ways to have fun on a budget. Having picnic’s in your yard with family and friends. Why not make it a potluck?. Back yard baseball or whatever your favorite sport is. Go for walks at a state park. Cost is a sticker for your vehicle for the season. Going to smaller local museums are usually fairly cheap some are free and you can learn the history of your area. Bowling and skating are fun things for the family to do. We get videos and dvds from the local library. A big thing at our house in the winter is board games, and jigsaw puzzles, building snowmen and sledding.
The other thing that I have noticed with having a big family is the children entertain each other and don’t need or care for many toys. Actually, my kids like to build their own toys and then have fun playing with them. They get sick of store bought toys quickly and beg me to let them take apart to see how they are made.
I would say the biggest cost of having a big family is having to feed teenage boys, but if you follow the steps above it isn’t too bad. So if you want a big family go for it, you do not have to live on government assistance to have one.
Debbie Hegeman is the wife of Dan for 26 years and mother of 9. She homeschools and is a work at home mom. She is an independent contractor for L'Bri Pure and Natural skincare. She likes growing plants and so do her kids.
http://www.debbieh.lbrionline.com/
Almost from the start of our marriage I always tried to eat healthy which has saved us on doctor bills. We belong to food co-op and eat fresh fruit and vegetables as much as possible. We buy food in bulk and make almost all our food from scratch. Beside being healthier it tastes better. We have a garden and can tomatoes, pickles and freeze corn and asparagus. Since the kids have been in 4-H we have grown our own chicken, beef and pork. . We seldom go out to eat, but we like eating out on our deck or our beautiful hill in our back yard. My kids eat outside as soon as it is about 50 degrees outside until late in the fall. Eating at home is much cheaper and more relaxing for the parents. Our new neighbors that moved in this summer have a connection with second Harvest and they share their abundance with us. The last couple of months we have been getting free day old bread. Good bread— whole wheat, 12 grain, 7 grain, bagels etc. She, also, gets fresh fruits and vegetables.
For clothes I buy underwear, socks, shoes, Christmas and Easter outfits new. —Everything else is from Goodwill, Thrift shops, hand me downs and my oldest daughter is a beautiful seamstress. She made 17 dresses one summer out of scraps and denim material. My neighbor stopped me one day out in the yard and was very surprised that we could afford designer clothes. She was very surprised to learn that the dresses were made out of scrap material. At Goodwill, rummage sales etc. we have found many new clothes with the store tags still on them.
For our cars we do not buy new. We usually watch the paper for cars that we like. Also, our last van we bought at a state car auction. All state vehicles are auctioned off when they get their new fleets. The cars are usually in good shape. We got a 15 passenger van that was previously owned by a state college. We keep fixing cars and my husband does
basic maintenance himself and is teaching our teenage boys to do the same.
Here are some ways to have fun on a budget. Having picnic’s in your yard with family and friends. Why not make it a potluck?. Back yard baseball or whatever your favorite sport is. Go for walks at a state park. Cost is a sticker for your vehicle for the season. Going to smaller local museums are usually fairly cheap some are free and you can learn the history of your area. Bowling and skating are fun things for the family to do. We get videos and dvds from the local library. A big thing at our house in the winter is board games, and jigsaw puzzles, building snowmen and sledding.
The other thing that I have noticed with having a big family is the children entertain each other and don’t need or care for many toys. Actually, my kids like to build their own toys and then have fun playing with them. They get sick of store bought toys quickly and beg me to let them take apart to see how they are made.
I would say the biggest cost of having a big family is having to feed teenage boys, but if you follow the steps above it isn’t too bad. So if you want a big family go for it, you do not have to live on government assistance to have one.
Debbie Hegeman is the wife of Dan for 26 years and mother of 9. She homeschools and is a work at home mom. She is an independent contractor for L'Bri Pure and Natural skincare. She likes growing plants and so do her kids.
http://www.debbieh.lbrionline.com/
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