Being a Part of So Many Wonderful Websites

A lot of people just don't understand why I'm a part of so many mom websites like Momselect for example. Well, it's simple. I enjoy reviewing free products and getting a chance to win great stuff for the family and home like the like new appliance collection from Fridgidaire. Right now they're giving away a new washer and dryer which is awesome.

The great thing about it is I'm not the only mom that can win. If you go to the Fridgidaire website and fill out their 5 things for mom survey, you could win as well. It's a simple survey and they just want to know what you would do for yourself if you had an extra hour to yourself.

My ideas are about others, but they are for myself in a sense. For example I have a passion for helping kids with low self-esteem and women who have been abused. But I also want to fly and plane among a few other dreams and goals like publishing my novels. Just writing down those things is inspiring and it doesn't hurt to get a chance to win new appliances either.

I honestly don't know a sweeter deal than that! And for those wondering whether or not I'm getting paid to blog about this, I'm not. I just want to help spread the word and get a second chance to win! Hehe

Win Free all Natural Hand Cream and Cuticle Salve

I'm sponsoring a free contest for Duo New Nourishing Hand Cream and Hand, Nail & Cuticle Salve by GildenTree.com and you can win it!

The prize package includes a tube of Gilden Tree's Duo New Nourishing Hand Cream and a tube of Hand, Nail & Cuticle Salve, which will come in an organza bag.

This contest will run for 2 weeks starting Monday April 2oth and ending Monday May 4th. If there are any entries before then they will be void. The reason I am posting this contest before then is because I will be offline job hunting and will not have access to the internet.

You can enter the contest by simply leaving a comment on this post and telling me why you want to win this product and how you found my blog. Don't forget to leave a valid email address so I know how to get a hold of you if you're a winner.


If you have a blog or website and you want a second chance at winning, in addition to leaving the comment, blog about it with the links and text anchor The Insane Writer is Sponsoring a free contest for Duo New Nourishing Hand Cream and Hand, Nail & Cuticle Salve by GildenTree.com. Please do not edit the links or the text anchor because I will have to void your entry if you do. Once you've blogged your 2nd entry, leave a comment on this post with the link to your blog's entry post.

If you're a winner I will notify you by Tuesday May 5th. If I don't hear from you within 24 hours I will draw another name for the prize. Good Luck!

By the way this would make a wonderful gift for Mother's Day!

Mid January Financial Update

Here is my update for mid-January. It was a decent few weeks despite the fact that much of our paychecks went towards car insurance, tags, taxes and titles. Things will become even tighter soon due to my husband's recent notification of a lay-off. I'm still not sure what his plans are, but I'll post about them as soon as I know more. Right now I believe he is hoping that this lay off is all one big joke. He's not one to accept the worse. Here are my online earnings as promised.

January 15th - 31st

Payperpost $4.50
Youdata $1.55
Payu2blog $38.00
Private sales $320.00
Slicethepie $0.50

Total: $364.55

ClearVoice Offers $97 studies and Surveys

Here's another opportunity I thought at home moms and dads might be interested in.

I am usually not a big fan of surveys that pay you money, but this one looks promising and so far they haven't filled my email box with a bunch of junk. I have heard that they offered $97 for a focus group. That's really good. I did a focus group last year on step-families and made $250 from it. Not through ClearVoice, however. This was through another company that only does private studies.

I'm giving ClearVoice a try and we'll see what happens. I am told they send 3-4 surveys per a week for 5-10 questions that are quick an easy. Unfortunately it's only 25 cents per a survey. Still, that's 75 cents a week if it only take s a few minutes to complete. $3 per a month. Not much, but it all adds up. Plus if I'm able to get into one of the focus groups, that's a lot more money that can go towards a car and debt!

Get $5 for giving a quick Opinion!

I'm not getting paid for letting people know this, but I thought it would be a good opportunity for at-home parents who are looking to make an easy few bucks. Miller Piano is looking for feedback about their website. You can fill out a quick survey and they will send you a check for $5 for your time. Nothing to purchase, ever. Pretty simple.

Click here for details http://www.millerps.com/ and then click on the little click here for details link on the page.

Babies and Research

C'elle Research seems to be a popular subject lately, especially when it comes to women. Cryo-Cell Innovative Stem Cell Solutions is offering moms the chance to use their baby's umbilical cord to use for your child if it is needed in the future. It may also be used for a sibling as well.

Cryo-Cell's "Protect Baby, Protect Mom" can help save both baby and mom, again with the use of baby's umbilical cord. This unique procedure can allow baby, siblings and maybe even other family members as well as mom, a chance at a better life when it comes to fighting diseases, diabetes and more. Currently umbilical cord stem cells are used to treat over 70 diseases!

"Protect Baby, Protect Mom" Special Limited-Time Introductory Offer is a chance for you to be a part of this unique procedure. Want to know more? If you are expecting and would like more information, Cryo-Cell can rush you a free rush cord blood kit overnight or same-day just in time for the delivery of your newborn baby.

For more information, please visit the website at the links offered above.

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The Real Rules For Working at Home Part 1

For many at home parents, the idea of making a little money online sounds great. But, for some there's still that question of.... "How do I get started?"

If your goal is to make a little money online, the first thing you want to avoid are work-at-home scams.

The Number One Rule in this is: Any job asking you to send them money in order to make money is a SCAM. Simply put. You can argue all day long that, "Ohh, I can make money and get my money back by joining this program." However, I just don't and won't buy it. Now don't get me wrong, there are people out there who have made money this way, but I am a firm believer that you can make money online without having to spend money. Why? Well, because for most of us who are already on a tight budget, spending (wasting) money is something we simply can't afford.

Now let me add this. If you're spending money on a domain or upkeep for your website(s), or something along that line, that's different. What I am talking about is those work-at-home programs that ask you to send them money in order to get the job and then never pay up.... or ask you to send money and tell you in little tiny print that, "You could make money, but it's not a guarantee."

Number Two: You simply cannot expect to start a blog or a website and make big bucks overnight. It just doesn't happen that way. What you should expect is to make a reasonable amount of money overtime and then work your way up the ladder from there.

Number Three: It takes time and a lot of work to make money. Even an at-home job isn't something as simple as a few clicks and you're rolling in the money. It takes a lot of hard work and patience to make your blog or website a killer success. Even after you begin making money, you can't just expect the blog or website to run by itself. You'll still have to update it in order to keep things fresh if you want to keep earning money.

Number Four: You can't expect to earn a steady amount of money if you just rely on one source. Soo many bloggers like John Chow, can tell you this. It's been known as the phrase: "Don't put all your eggs (ads) into one basket." And of course, it's true. This goes for more than just ads, however. If you write reviews or articles like I do, you can't limit yourself to writing for one source or company such as payperpost. You have to get out there and keep yourself open to other resources as well.


Okay, I think I've said enough for now. If you have something to add to the above, please feel free to comment. I'd love to hear what you have to say.

In the meantime, I'll be sharing how to get started in working at home and obtaining goals for making money, in future posts!

Because She Said So

I was sent this link from my mom-in-law and found it to be the best thing I have read in a very long time. It's an actual ebay auction where a mom posted a box of pokemon cards that were snuck into the shopping cart, thanks to her 6 children. I can very much relate to her experience! Here is the link: LOT OF POKEMON CARDS THAT MY KIDS TRIED TO SNEAK BY ME

After viewing the auction and reading her fun story, I discovered that she also has her own blog titled, "Because I Said So." I love it! Thanks for the Laugh!

Thank You!

I am very excited to have been paid by payperpost. I signed up with their new program payperpost direct about a week ago and yesterday I was asked to do a review for Eye Digest. I posted my review today and received my payment of $10 for the post just a few minutes ago. That $10 brings me one step closer to paying my bills, getting groceries, clothing and other thing we need this month. So, Thank You PayPerPost and Eye Digest!

I believe payperpost direct is a great opportunity for those who enjoy doing reviews and would love to get paid for them as well.

It's not a get rich quick scheme, just a great way to make a little money here and there while writing about great causes like eye digest and so forth.

Again Thank You!

A Weekend Gone WILD!!!

Well, not really... but it felt that way!

I started out wondering why my period was sooo out of whack. Never found the true answer, so I'm guessing it's from stress. On top of the period however, I seem to have gained a nasty little cold. My fiance and I thought it was the flu at first, but it turned out to just be a simple cold.

Friday, I received a surprise phone call from my kids. They were excited about the birthday cards I had sent them and thanked me for them. It was great to be able to talk to my kids even if it was for only a few minutes!

Saturday was really a lazy day, but we managed to make it to the grocery store, my soon-to-be brother-in-law's house to pick up a pool pump and play a game of heroscape. Originally my fiance was suppose to play paintball with his brother, but it rained and it was going to cost way too much to rent the paintball stuff. Soo hopefully he can reschedule a game of paintball with his brother again soon.

Sunday we went to a family reunion. At first my fiance didn't really want to go, but after I begged and pleaded with him, he finally gave in. The reunion started out a little awkward for both of us. Neither of us really knew anyone (distant relatives I hadn't seen in years), but by the end of the evening my fiance seemed to be enjoying himself.

After the reunion we stopped by my aunt's house to pick up some plants that she had for me. I thought we would stay longer than we did, but I should have known better when it comes to my father... Back up.. Reverse... To make a long story short we drove down to the reunion with my parents because my fiance's truck has been giving us a lot of problems lately.

Soo anyway, our visit with my aunt was about 20 minutes or so and then my dad's desperate, if not down right rude attempt at leaving, was made known. His reason behind it? My uncle showed up to visit. Another long story, but my dad doesn't get along with most of my mom's family and especially not with my uncle. And when I say get along, I don't mean fights or anything like that. I just mean, my dad chooses not to get along with him. You'd really have to know my dad to understand I guess.

So after our fast getaway from my aunt's, all the way back (a 30 minute drive) home, I heard this and that about my uncle. It got tiring after about the third repeat of the same negative thing and I finally stuck up for my uncle, which stopped my dad dead in his tracks and we had peace and quiet the rest of the ride home. I often wonder why my mother doesn't say anything to him, when he degrades her family like he did that day. Funny however, she did agree with me out loud when I stuck up for my uncle. She just doesn't voice her opinion on her own. Sigh..

Soo that was pretty much my weekend... As for Memorial Day?? Well that's a whole other post on it's own!

Free Music Downloads to Help Moms/Women in Need!!!

I ran across this and thought it was awesome. Viactiv, the multivitamin for women, is giving away free music downloads from up and coming female singers. Every time you download a song, they will donate 10 cents to Dress for Success.

Dress for Success is a non-profit organization that help women find a job and give them a suit for their interview. Once they have a have, they are able to receive another free suit or separates for their new job. How cool is that???

This is a great opportunity to help moms and women better their situation all for downloading free music! You can't beat that! Now while I must admit their selection of artists are what I normally listen to, I did find Kim Emerson to be an awesome singer! Check out and download her song So Excited, while you're there.

Putting a Smile on Womens' Faces Everywhere

This was too cute not to share with our women/mom bloggers!!!

Another New Paid To Blog Service

www.smorty.com is another new paid to blog service that I just signed up for. Just like the other paid to blog services, Smorty offers both advertisers and bloggers a way to connect and get something in return. While Smorty is still new to the game of Paid to Blog services, I believe they do have potential.

There is a FAQ's area if you're curious to learn how the site works or just want to get an answer to your question.

You can also have the opportunities sent to your email account.

They also allow you to post in more than one blog, so that you can earn even more money.

Plus you can also join their affiliate program and earn even more money.

Not bad, not bad at all! The really great thing I love about this site though, is that you get paid weekly! I would much rather be paid once a week rather than once a month.

This would be a great place for stay-at-home moms and dads, grandparents or college kids who want to make a little extra money. To give you an example, I am getting paid $6 for this post. $6 is breakfast for the kids for a week! Plus it all adds up in the end!

If you love blogging and you would love to get paid for blogging , then you should definitely give www.smorty.com a shot.


This is a paid post sponsored by: www.smorty.com

Get Paid to Post with Payperpost

I've been a member of payperpost a viral marketing program, for about a month now. Now I did have a little trouble getting started with posting due to my own error but, I love this site for one reason. There are tons of advertisers looking for bloggers to post about them. And what does that mean for us? More Money of course! Plus they pay quite a bit more than some of the other paid for post sites out there do. The highest so far that I've been paid is $5, but I have several posts pending with them where the amounts are no less than $10. Great huh??? I've seen posting opportunities for as much as $300 and even heard about a blogger getting paid $2000 for a post. How cool is that??

The really cool thing about this site is, the show the top earning bloggers on the main page and how much they've earned so far. -It's great encouragement I think and a way to say, Yes! I can make that much too! Currently the top blogger has made $11,545.84! I can't wait to be in that area!

Another great feature that payperpost has is, the Blog Of The Day area. Here you can view other bloggers just like you that are getting paid to post with the site.

This is really a great site for moms, dads, college kids and grandparents who are really into blogging and want to get paid for it.

So You Wanna Read Books For Free.....

If you're an avid book reader like I am, then you may very well enjoy friedbeef.com's Best Places to Get Free Books: The Ultimate Guide. There is a tremendous list of free books there. A little something for everyone. You should really check them out.

And while you're at it, please stop by Work At Home Mom Revolution, check out her blog and give her a big thank you, since she was kind enough to share this link with us. Yeah FREE BOOKS!