Uggh, well I've been working but savings..........that's another story

Well the 19th I will request payment from TB again. At this point I've gotten another $18.59 from when I requested the last payout I'm looking at getting between the 21st and 25th. That payment is set to be $28.25 without it. Together they come to $46.84 if I don't manage to do anything else there this week. I hope to do a few more assignments before I hit the button again but the short fast assignments that I like aren't there when I'm my computer the most so I'm trying to figure out when they are there.

I finally got payment from Helium last night. It's a whole $34.14. That covers the next $21.80 phone bill with a little bit left over. I have found that I have no choice but to keep getting payouts there each month hopefully 2 times a month in order to cover my phone bills that come directly out of my paypal account.

I have a whole $2.31 at Bukisa from before they switched to google adsense.

My other half needs two outside door handles for his car. I have to make him understand that the $102 for a mechanic to do it's not in the budget. (yes that includes the part.) He's going to have to take the time to do it himself or do without a functioning door. That is if I can make him understand he's going to have to order the part to see if it's the right one then send it back if it's not.

OK that's all for today. Oh I got $5 in the mail in a survey over the weekend. That was the brightest spot of the three day weekend.

A Solution Maybe??

I think I found a solution of sorts to recent work issues. So far Text Broker seems to be working out pretty well. Once I finally decided to write something I managed the $10 payout minimum actually double it in two days, mostly from one article. Now a day after requesting payment because I got in a hurry I'm half way to payout again writing short articles of 150 words or less than don't take up too much time. I mean I can actually watch the kid while I'm doing them and once I claim them I don't have to worry about them not being there when I get back to them. I like the short ones because they cause less frustration and only take a couple minutes to write. They have longer ones but unless the deadline is at least 2 days sometimes I can't do them because of therapy schedules. I've managed to write three of them this morning alone!

I have three articles waiting for evaluation at Associated Content. I'll be so glad when they tell me something one way or the other. I need to write some more and submit but I can't think of anything to write. I'm re-evaluating the earnings goals and needs that I have at the moment. I'll have them outlined over the weekend. I'll be back.

Waiting for acceptance..

OK I've had three short articles accepted at Text Broker of 100 to 150 words that gave me $3.82. Right now I'm waiting to hear about a 4th article that will give me $22.93 for it alone if it's approved. That would put me over the payout amount. I had until Wednesday morning to finish it and I managed to get it done in one day. I usually do short ones that only have day to do.

I have a feeling that I'll have a better chance of finding a couple short news articles to do first thing in the morning. I think I've finally figured out how much work I have to do to get everything caught up. At least I hope that I have. It's 9 at night and I'm already tired. It's been a long day.

Tomorrow I have to squeeze in therapy before therapy along with some work. I"m about to go back to daily earnings goals, I think that was easier for me to achieve.

Almost productive and economical

I have managed two articles the entire weekend, well maybe three I've lost track. I managed to copy a few pages out of Theresa's HWT workbooks so she use them. The books are expensive so we're copying them. That way I know the kid actually worked at some point instead of just tearing, marking up and losing the pages. I managed to do a few of her cards with her to get her to tell me what you used for what already today. We take breaks, sometimes they're too long but we take them.

I have to do some more laundry so the workday will be shorter than normal since we have preschool tomorrow. I plan to do my email checking before Theresa gets up. Once she goes to school I'll be checking Textbroker and Ecopywriters for assignments.

OK that's about all for now. Cutting expenses is difficult but I'm doing pretty good. Don't really have a choice since my income keeps going down.
As you'll see by the image of one of the workbooks she has they are expensive, just think we're getting what she needs individually as she needs it, the entire set is enough to empty my wallet on most paydays lately.

How much electricity?

OK so the good news is that my light bill isn't due until the 25th of this month and the budget amount of $200 is all that I have to pay. The bad news? The bill itself was for 23 days and actually $229.54 which leaves us with $46.80 credit out of the original $76.34 we'd managed to build toward the actual bill month. The problem is really that at this rate I'll be seeing an increase in the budgeted amount next year. There are times when I wish that the City of Dothan did like other utility companies and adjusted the budget amount up and down during the year to prevent overages and credits. The credits aren't so bad you can end up with a month with a light bill or more. The times you owe it's all due at once and it can be almost double what the budget amount was. That part sucks is awful.

We have a doctor's appointment this morning and therapy this afternoon which puts me going across town twice today. That wouldn't be so bad since my tank is full still if it weren't for the $2.99 gasoline. It cost me $46.90 to fill up from a quarter of a tank when gas was less. If it falls below half I'm screwed. I have no idea what to do since I can't manage to keep money for gas and I need to have enough to last all month long. Come summer the gas will need to be cut again which is going to get rather expensive I do believe.

Helium I have $25.15, I can also request payment and get an extra payday on the 7th! I'm a good mind to do it. I want to order Theresa's pictures from the Pancake Breakfast. I have enough but I'll need some more to replace it. My problem is wondering if I'll make enough to request payment again the 14th to get paid the 15th. I have all day and some of tomorrow to figure it out.

I still want a Kindle but for the time being the Kindle on PC application will have to do. I do need to get a new battery for my laptop so that I can work while Theresa is in therapy. A case for my laptop will help too. I can carry it with me when we go out to therapy. I have a couple days when I actually have time to get some work done. I think I'll work on getting my laptop battery and an external hard drive I've made a decision that requires I have more memory and the ability to work from anywhere that I don't have with my constantly dead battery and need for additional resources on my computer. Well I'll be going for now.

Reflections on a Post I read

This post about boundaries really gives you something to think about. Making yourself happy. I work a lot out of necessity because my income has gone down a great deal over the last few years. I have to buy a lot of supplements and this month they seem to be running out all at the same time. That's an expense I'm still earning the money for. Today on the way home from speech I have to stop and buy a container of baby wipes, actually a refill. I'll be buying the small one to last until the next payday because I don't have enough to get the one that'll last all month long. I'm going to have to buy the little one a new pair of shoes and some pull-ups before school starts back next week. Those too expenses are unavoidable but I did reduce the amount spent on pull-ups by putting her in cloth for potty training purposes while we're at home.


The light bill due this month has yet to show up so I can pay it. The last bill I had a credit of $76.34 toward the settle up month, I'm hoping it is a trend that continues. I've been working really hard to keep the usage down but one of televisions acts funny when it's cut off from the power source. 


OK I'll be going now since my thoughts were about earnings and cutting costs this was the natural place to post. I'm going to check Text Broker one more time before I close my browser and come up with today's article topic. 

Work Requirements figured out

I think I have what I have to do for work figured out. I have to update all three of these blogs daily to keep them focused, or at least every couple days.

Sidetick = $15 a month which is $180 a year. So with $25 being the smallest payment amount I can cash out seven times a year. That doesn't include the few minutes a week looking at pictures or the views the daily blog postings I make get during the year. That's not bad for doing the same things I'd do on FB for free each day.

AC - well, the earnings there are not much but I can write a few articles a month for upfront payments. I figure I need to write approximately 20 to 30 a week. That would be an evening thing.

Helium- no idea what I'd have to do. The new payment system not working for me although with promotions I can continue to ensure I have enough ad revenue to pay the phone bill.

Saving Money - I found a loaf of 12 grain bread for $1 yesterday. I love that bread and that's a lot less than the local grocery store, trust me. I bought shampoo that was 50 cents a bottle yesterday too.

OK I think I have to do some more figuring because I'm not past putting change in a jar to save money and using Amazon gift cards for household items. That's about it for now.