Acting Dreams and Writing My Novel

There are a lot of goals that I want to accomplish in my life. At one time, acting was one of them. I had actually gotten as far as heading to modeling school, but after graduation acting was never brought up with the company. It was a bit of a disappointment.

Eventually I moved to Las Vegas and then considered a move to California. However, I moved back to the midwest due to family issues. So I don't really know if I'll ever get a chance to do any acting.

I will however publish my novel one of these days and when I do, I hope to see it on the big screen. That may be a big stretch, but maybe a small moving making company might run across it, you know?

Anyway, I'm rambling. The reason I was thinking about all of that was because of my DVD burner. I've never used it and wondered if I would ever have the opportunity to do so. Right now I don't even have a good video camera to record with.lol I have however seen a lot of online websites like Burn2DVD.com that will allow people who don't have a burner to burn DVDs. Pretty cool, but I don't know too many people who don't already have a built in one in their laptop or computer! Still, it's a neat idea and once again I'm rambling.lol

Mid-December Financial Update

It's that time of the month again! No, I'm not talking about PMS! I'm talking about my monthly financial update. And to be exact, this is my mid-month update for December of 2008. It was not one of my greatest years financially, but It will be better in 2009!

So without further ado, here's my breakdown and total for:

December 15th - 31st

Private Sales $150.00
Payu2blog $10.00
YouData $6.02
Payperpost $5.00
AdBrite $0.00
Kontera $0.16

Total: $171.18

Although the total isn't much, keep in mind that I didn't work a week during the holiday either, so that's for 1 week only.

December Financial Update

With the holidays being here, this month was far and few with freelance earnings. It was a sad disappointment and to makes matters worse, we had to break down and use the credit card to put a down payment on my husband's eyeglasses.

December 1-15th

Private sales: $150.00
Adbrite: $0.22
Payperpost: $5.01
Payu2blog: $10.00
Kontera: $0.00

Total: $165.23

Financial Update for November

As I said mentioned earlier, I am a little behind on blogging updates, work, etc. Here is my update for the first two weeks of November's financial update and goal. I have not paid any more towards debt in these two weeks, but I plan on reducing the balance on the debt next month. The reason for this is because we have five kids we want to buy Christmas gifts for. However, I did put a little money into savings for a car.

Also, I am trying to add to my freelance projects and other online financial opportunities. I am a follower of blogger John Chow. One of his famous quotes talks about not putting all of your eggs into one basket.

However, John Chow isn't the only one who has talked about this. I was reading money magazine today and an article in the magazine suggested the same idea. I think it's a wise decision, more so because of the economic crisis that we are in. Here is my update:

November 1st thru 14th

Payu2blog: $10.00
Payperpost: $17.05
Adbrite: $0.27,
Private Sales: $150.00
Kontera: $0.00

Total: $177.32

As you can see my total dropped by over $100 compared to the last two weeks of October!!! I am hoping to raise this up again!

Financial Update for Mid-October

Lately things have been very busy for me here. When I am not working online, I am working on the kitchen or I'm taking a break due to my health. Last week I took about 3 days off because I really needed it. I didn't work, I didn't even remodel the kitchen. That is partially the reason why I haven't blogged as much as I should be.

But now I'm back and there are a lot of goals and deadlines that I need and want to meet.

The first thing I need to do is give an update on my financial goals for mid-October. Last month I was able to increase a payment towards old debt. I brought down one of the credit cards to a balance of $900.00!

October 15th-31st

Payu2blog: $20.00
Socialspark: $27.08
Payperpost: $31.00
Private Sales: $240.00
Kontera: $0.22
Adbrite: $0.64

Total: $318.94

2 week Financial Goal Update

Instead of doing a monthly goal update, I'm doing a 2 week update. Part of the reason I am doing this is because I need to put the information into my worksheet and I can't do that until I update here on my blog.

While my freelance writing jobs were short the last few weeks due to, sickness and natural disasters, I did top the $100 mark, but I'm still short by $76.11 in order to pay the bills for October. So, it looks like I'll be working this weekend to try and make some extra money.

September 1st thru September 12th

Google Adsense: $29.30
Kontera Ads: $0.19
Payu2blog: $15.00
Payperpost: $17.00
SocialSpark: $6.50
Private Sales: $56.00

Total Earned: $123.89
Total Needed: $200.00
Total Still Needed: $76.11 (anything over that will be used to pay off debt and put towards a car)

I want to thank those who visited google and kontera ads. It really helped me meet my financial goals for the past two weeks.

An Update on Financial Goals

Since I wasn't able to put extra towards a credit card last month, I decided to make an extra payment to one of the credit cards today. It was only $5 extra, but it just knocked the debt balance down to less than $950 which is great! I would have put more towards the card, but we're short this month and we have to save what we can for the electric bill and another big bill that we were obligated to pay about a month ago.

At least that credit card's balance is less than $950 now. That makes me feel so much better! And it's actually the card that double charges it's interest rate, so I'm definitely feeling better about things. Plus the electric bill wasn't nearly as much as I thought it was, so the hubby will be happy about that one! Looks like it's going to be a great day, after all!

An Update On My Goal

I haven't had much time to really update my blog or do any work online, due to a tragic death in the family and my birthday being yesterday. Unfortunately this put me behind, so I may be working a lot of hours in the near future unless I get some outstanding paying jobs.

Here is an update on what I have been making. Obviously my goal has not been made for the credit card payment this month and I won't be making an extra payment towards it. I will have to try again for next month.


August 11th
Google Adsense: $1.60
Kontera Ads: $0.00
PepperJam Ads: $0.00

August 12th
Google Adsense: $2.22
Kontera Ads: $0.00
PepperJam Ads: $0.00

August 13th
Associated Content: $4.00
Payperpost: $10.00
Google Adsense: $0.00
Kontera Ads: $0.00
PepperJam Ads: $0.00

August 14th
Google Adsense: $0.78
Kontera Ads: $0.00
PepperJam Ads: $0.00

August 19th
Google Adsense: $0.08
Payperpost: $8.00
Kontera Ads: $0.00
PepperJam Ads: $0.00

Update on my Goals

Its been a busy past few days since the kids start school tomorrow. There is a meet the teachers at school, so we're headed to that today and then after that, there is a back to school event going on at the park.

Before I head out, however. I wanted to share an update on my goals. I had about $40 saved for an extra payment towards the credit cards, but I had to use it for today's school events, bathroom pvc pipes to repair the kids bathroom and pvc thread tape to repair the pipe in our own bathroom. Then my husband needed money for drinks at work. The good news is I still have about $15 left, so it's going directly to the savings account I recently opened.

Here's a quick update of my income lately:

August 6th
Private Sales: $50.00
Google Adsense: $3.98
SocialSparks: $10.91
Kontera Ads: $0.00

August 7th
Google Adsense: $3.03
Kontera Ads: $0.00

August 8th
Associated Content: $4.00
Payperpost: $5.00
Kontera Ads: $0.00
Google Adsense: $0.00

August 9th
Associated Content: $4.00
Kontera Ads: $0.00
Google Adsense: $0.00

August 10th
Payu2blog: $5.00
Payperpost: $5.00
Kontera Ads: $0.00
Google Adsense: $0.00

It's been an impressive week, especially for Google adsense! I hope that it continues to be!

An Update on my Goals

I managed to make an extra payment towards one of the credit cards I am paying off. Because of the extra payment, That will bring the credit card to exactly $800. I am hoping to be able to pay more towards that credit card, next month.

Also, I was able to put $25 back to a new savings account for emergency funds. I might also have enough to buy a lawn mower for the yard, this Friday.

We finished all of the school supply shopping today for my husband's children. So that takes care of all of the kids. It's been a great day!

Here are the latest break downs of what I am making online to help pay the bills and make my goals. As always, thank you to those who have been visiting ads from google adsense. Every little bit makes me one step closer to paying off the debt and buying a car.

July 31st
Payu2blog $15.00
Google Adsense $0.00
Kontera Ads $0.00

August 1st
Payu2blog $5.00
Google Adsense $0.00
Kontera Ads $0.00

August 3rd
Cashcrate $3.00
LoudLaunch $4.00
Google Adsense $0.00
Kontera Ads $0.00

August 4th
Associated Content $4.00
Google Adsense $0.67
Kontera Ads $0.00

Update on My Goal

Well, I am behind again, but at least I have been working towards my goals. If you're not familiar with what I am doing, I want to pay off the credit card debt I have and buy a car. Those are my main goals. I have other financial goals as well, but those are the first on the list. Unfortunately there were days I wasn't able to work at enough money to put towards my goals. However, there were other days where I made more than enough to put towards my goals. So in the end, it all equaled out. I would like to put more towards the goals to get them paid off faster, but that's another story, another day.

In the mean time, to solve the problem of my hubby not wanting to budget, I am just paying the bills as I get them. So far he's doing good with putting the amount needed for the house in the savings account. :)

July 28th
Socialspark: $25.99
Google Adsense: $1.26
Kontera: $0.00

July 29th
Associated Content: $4.00
Google Adsense: $0.03
Kontera: $0.00
July 30th
Associated Content: $4.00
Google Adsense: $0.00
Kontera: $0.00

What's Your Excuse?

Lately I've been thinking a lot about what I would love to be doing with my life. Granted I love the job I am doing right now which is freelance writing, but there is something else I would love to be doing even more. I want to be able to help those with low self-esteem and those who are victims of domestic abuse. In a sense, I have started this dream with my project, "Just Believe." Why is this my dream job?







Because helping others is something I love doing and because I know how low self-esteem victims and victims of abuse feel. I know because I've been there.

So, what's your excuse for not doing what you love in life?


Please Note: This is a paid post and is sponsored by Future Resume and Payperpost.

An Update on My Kids and My Debt Goal

First off, I must than Bokjae and his beautiful wife for their continued efforts in helping me with my kids. They sent me another $20 last night. They are such wonderful people and two of my great friends. If you have not visited their blog: Listening, Learning, Living, please drop by and say hi. I promise you will not be disappointed.

Donations: $20
Google Adsense: $0.00
Kontera: $0.00
Smorty: $6.00
Payu2Blog: $10.00
Payperpost: $5.00
Associated Content: $4.00

I also met my goal of $12.50 for the day for the credit card I want to pay off. I am very excited about this and will continue to make an effort to meet that goal until that card is paid off. It will be $50 dollars less a month I have to pay towards bills!

Fitness Goals and My Back.

One of the goals I have in my life is to get into shape again. For about two years now my back has been giving me serious problems. Any time I bend over for any amount of time, even to do laundry, my back is in serious pain when I try to straighten up. As a matter of fact at times it's hard for me to straighten back out. Not good.

My back isn't the only area I want to strengthen. I noticed last Friday that even walking has me out of breathe. While I am not overweight and in need of dieting aids, I think I could use a change in my diet as well.

I guess for some, dieting aids like pills can help, but I'm not one that likes to use pills to help me in my goals. I believe that losing weight and getting into shape naturally is the best way for your body to be healthy.

Not everyone will agree with me however, and for those that don't, doing your homework on the pros and cons of various diet pills is a must. There are too many risks out there associated with certain pills and your life isn't worth the risk of not knowing.

You need to know what the claims are behind the so-called best diet pills and whether or not they are really worth it. Do your research and be safe, please.

If a diet pill works for you and it's safe, then that's great. But, for me, I'd rather not take that risk. I'd rather get into shape naturally. What about you? Do you workout? What do you think of diet pills and other weight loss aids?