Step 16 (con't)
I have been extremely busy offline and didn't get a chance to update the blog. Life has a way of consuming every minute oof the day if you allow it...and I've been allowing it. Now I am starting to take back time for me!!
Bookkeeping brought me another $100...WOOHOO!! As well, I sold two movie passes for $10. They got a deal!
Step 16 is now behind me and Step 17 in stretching ahead.
Step 17
The $2 Tim Horton's gift certificate, the haircut coupon, and the restaurant gift certificate brought me in $17. I still have a $1 TH gift certificate and one movie pass to sell.
I was paid $0.79 from ClixnCash and $1.10 from TrafficMeet. No fees were incurred as the payments went to my personal Paypal account.
It's that constant money coming in in dribs and drabs that makes the difference.
Total for the past few weeks - $110.00 + $18.89
Grand Total - $338.89
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
Busy Life, Hectic Schedule
Step 16
I finished the database and received the final payment of $30. Yippee! I really had never contemplated charging someone for a simple database however they are very happy and I am ecstatic!!!
The opportunities that present themselves seem to be endless. A friend needed a ride to get their groceries and do a few chores. I suggested that they just make a list & I would do it when I was doing my running around. Being a friend and the fact that I would be driving by these places in the course of a day, I got the groceries and did their chores. after delivering the groceries, we sat down for a tea and she launched into why she should pay me for running her errands. At first I was stubborn and resisted payment. Then she said "Surely there is something that you could put the money toward". I started to capitulated and said "well....there is this project..." At that point, I think she knew she had all but won the argument. I was torn. After all, what kind of friend charges you to do a few things that really don't take any time or effort. So we discussed it at length and she said not to think of it as a payment but as a donation toward whatever I was working on. Thanks to her, my stake is $20 more than it would have been otherwise.
Now I'm working on a couple of other things that should help carry me this step.
Total for this week - $50.00
Grand Total - $210.00
I finished the database and received the final payment of $30. Yippee! I really had never contemplated charging someone for a simple database however they are very happy and I am ecstatic!!!
The opportunities that present themselves seem to be endless. A friend needed a ride to get their groceries and do a few chores. I suggested that they just make a list & I would do it when I was doing my running around. Being a friend and the fact that I would be driving by these places in the course of a day, I got the groceries and did their chores. after delivering the groceries, we sat down for a tea and she launched into why she should pay me for running her errands. At first I was stubborn and resisted payment. Then she said "Surely there is something that you could put the money toward". I started to capitulated and said "well....there is this project..." At that point, I think she knew she had all but won the argument. I was torn. After all, what kind of friend charges you to do a few things that really don't take any time or effort. So we discussed it at length and she said not to think of it as a payment but as a donation toward whatever I was working on. Thanks to her, my stake is $20 more than it would have been otherwise.
Now I'm working on a couple of other things that should help carry me this step.
Total for this week - $50.00
Grand Total - $210.00
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Another Step Completed!!
Step 15 (con't)
This week has been hectic for me in my offline life. I wasn't able to do a great deal but I did get paid a $15 progress payment toward the database. I set up the progress payment to be $15 because that is what I needed to finish the step. Hopefully I will have time to complete the database this weekend.
Total for this week - $15.00
Grand Total - $160.00
Step 16, here I come!
This week has been hectic for me in my offline life. I wasn't able to do a great deal but I did get paid a $15 progress payment toward the database. I set up the progress payment to be $15 because that is what I needed to finish the step. Hopefully I will have time to complete the database this weekend.
Total for this week - $15.00
Grand Total - $160.00
Step 16, here I come!
Friday, April 13, 2007
Racing Toward Step 16!
Step 15
I was paid for doing the bookkeeping today. That adds $40 to the stake. In addition, I received a deposit of $25 on the database.
Total for today - $65.00
Grand Total - $145.00
I was paid for doing the bookkeeping today. That adds $40 to the stake. In addition, I received a deposit of $25 on the database.
Total for today - $65.00
Grand Total - $145.00
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Busy week!
This past week has been very busy for me. My journey has been moving steadily forward and I thought I had better do an update before I get too far behind.
Step 14(con't)
ClixnCash has paid me another $0.19 to egold (less egold fee of $0.01 and an exchange fee $0.01) and $0.07 to Paypal (no fee). TrafficMeet paid me $1.18 to Paypal so again there was no fee. I will just buy it from myself to get it offline.
I found $0.01 on the sidewalk outside of the hardware store.
I was paid $27.42 for doing an income tax return for a friend's mother. She wanted to pay me more but I only needed $27.42 to finish the step.
Total for the past week - $28.85
Grand Total - $80.00
Woohoo! On to Step 15!
Step 14(con't)
ClixnCash has paid me another $0.19 to egold (less egold fee of $0.01 and an exchange fee $0.01) and $0.07 to Paypal (no fee). TrafficMeet paid me $1.18 to Paypal so again there was no fee. I will just buy it from myself to get it offline.
I found $0.01 on the sidewalk outside of the hardware store.
I was paid $27.42 for doing an income tax return for a friend's mother. She wanted to pay me more but I only needed $27.42 to finish the step.
Total for the past week - $28.85
Grand Total - $80.00
Woohoo! On to Step 15!
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Scrap Metal adds up
Step 14 (con't)
I couldn't believe it! I went to the scrapyard with a couple of lbs of aluminum pop cans and a few lbs of copper pipe with solder. I expected to get $3 or $4. I was speechless when they gave me $7.28 for the copper pipe and $1.30 for the pop cans.
Total today - $8.58
Grand total - $51.15
I couldn't believe it! I went to the scrapyard with a couple of lbs of aluminum pop cans and a few lbs of copper pipe with solder. I expected to get $3 or $4. I was speechless when they gave me $7.28 for the copper pipe and $1.30 for the pop cans.
Total today - $8.58
Grand total - $51.15
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Going in the Right Direction
Step 14 (con't)
On Thursday March 29, a friend asked me to get something out of their van. When I went to get it, I spotted a nickel on the floor. I picked it up, took it in and boldly asked if I could keep it. Once they had a chuckle, they told me yes. After leaving the store, I went to a friend's business to help them out with a bit of bookkeeping.
At the store the following day, there were two pennies on the floor so I picked them up. Thankfully I live in an area where people are accepting of, what they perceive as, my eccentrities! I must look depressed all the time because since I started this, my eyes are cast downward most of the time.
On Saturday, I dutifully bundled up my laundry and headed off to the laundromat. While my landry was washing, I took a walk through the parking lot and then headed for the hardware store. I picked up a few items that I needed and then headed to the restaurant for a hot chocolate, which would kill the rest of the time that I had to wait. Walking in, I spotted a friend of mine so I went to join them. We had a little visit and then got our money out to pay for our bills. As he was counting change, I saw that he had four pennies among his other coins. Figuring that my chances of getting them were pretty good, I asked if he would give them to me. He handed them over with nary a single question.
Knowing that it was going to snow later in the week, on Monday I decided to get some of my running around out of the way. As I wound my way through the city getting chores out of the way, I stopped in to say hello to some friends at their work place (which happens to be in one of the indoor malls). As I passed by the lottery kiosk, I spotted something shiny tucked up against the count. I think I am getting a bit eccentric because I was not embarrassed to weave my way through the people in line to get a better look. Realizing it was a coin, I bent down and scooped it up. It wasn't until I had it in my hand that I realized I had a quarter. I must have looked a picture to those around me because I was grinning as I looked at it. I had optimistically been thinking I was lucky to find two nickels in a week...but to find a quarter was sweet!
Total for past few days - $0.36
Grand total - $42.57
On Thursday March 29, a friend asked me to get something out of their van. When I went to get it, I spotted a nickel on the floor. I picked it up, took it in and boldly asked if I could keep it. Once they had a chuckle, they told me yes. After leaving the store, I went to a friend's business to help them out with a bit of bookkeeping.
At the store the following day, there were two pennies on the floor so I picked them up. Thankfully I live in an area where people are accepting of, what they perceive as, my eccentrities! I must look depressed all the time because since I started this, my eyes are cast downward most of the time.
On Saturday, I dutifully bundled up my laundry and headed off to the laundromat. While my landry was washing, I took a walk through the parking lot and then headed for the hardware store. I picked up a few items that I needed and then headed to the restaurant for a hot chocolate, which would kill the rest of the time that I had to wait. Walking in, I spotted a friend of mine so I went to join them. We had a little visit and then got our money out to pay for our bills. As he was counting change, I saw that he had four pennies among his other coins. Figuring that my chances of getting them were pretty good, I asked if he would give them to me. He handed them over with nary a single question.
Knowing that it was going to snow later in the week, on Monday I decided to get some of my running around out of the way. As I wound my way through the city getting chores out of the way, I stopped in to say hello to some friends at their work place (which happens to be in one of the indoor malls). As I passed by the lottery kiosk, I spotted something shiny tucked up against the count. I think I am getting a bit eccentric because I was not embarrassed to weave my way through the people in line to get a better look. Realizing it was a coin, I bent down and scooped it up. It wasn't until I had it in my hand that I realized I had a quarter. I must have looked a picture to those around me because I was grinning as I looked at it. I had optimistically been thinking I was lucky to find two nickels in a week...but to find a quarter was sweet!
Total for past few days - $0.36
Grand total - $42.57
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