3rd one is the charm

 While I am a full time factory worker, I am temporarily off work due to some medical stuff that is boring and nothing serious. Soon, I'll be back to work and rolling in the dough once more! (Not!) However, the time without a steady paycheck has caused financial strain, to say the least. I feel a deep kinship and sympathy for all the out of work people in the US today, the world over, in fact.

 There are so many ways for people to save money. You can cut back on eating out or stop altogether . You can rent out extra bedrooms. You can look into recycling anything that is lying around, whether for money or for practical use. Also, you can sell things you no longer need or want on sites like eBay or Craig's list.

 Me, I have to be more creative (and, yes, more lazy) than that and look into non-conventional ways to make money, not just save it. Being lazy as I am, and  easily distracted, I have taken to clicking on anything I see while surfing to see if I can make a buck or two.

 So far, all I have done is filled up my inbox with hundreds of emails that fall into one of two categories; coupons to save money or surveys to make money. I'll tell you right now, I am having better luck with the coupons. Unless you have a lot of time to kill and plan to get a lot of things on the internet anyway (like car insurance or DVD's or a credit card), I suggest you forget about surveys. Unless you want to make fifty cents so you can get a membership in a company that will reimburse your online shipping for a monthly fee of 19.99.

  Yesterday, I did come across a very interesting site, thanks to an app I have on my iPhone. (It's called 100 ways to make $100, in case you want to add it to YOUR iPhone, and yes, it was free). The site is http://fiverr.com/  and it is CRAZY!! Basically, you join, post whatever you are willing to do for five dollars, people contact you for these "gigs", as they are called on the site, and you get $4, fiverr gets $1. 

 People are on here offering everything from computer based services, advertising your company or product in many ways, giving lessons using Skype, and composing songs and poems. One man offered his big, hairy beer belly for advertising! He was on David Letterman. So, not only can you make money but you can become famous (for fifteen minutes, anyway).

 You can also ask for someone to fulfill a "gig" for you. Want somebody to pretend to be your facebook giirlfriend in order to make an old girlfriend jealous? They're on here. Looking for a person to paint their lips like a bumblebee? Done. How about your image or anyone else's as a anime? You got it. 

 There are many people to redo pictures using Photoshop and many to help with technical problems you may have. 

The question now is, what can, or am I willing to do, for five dollars? Hmmm...

Until tomorrow..

JOKE OF THE DAY

Four Fathers

Four expectant fathers were in a Minneapolis hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor. The nurse arrived and proudly announced to the first man, "Congratulations, sir. You're the father of twins!"

"What a coincidence! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball team!"

Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets.

"Wow! That's incredible! I work for the 3M Corporation."

An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets. Stunned, he barely could reply, "I don't believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!"

After this, everyone turned to the fourth guy who had just fainted. The nurse rushed to his side. As he slowly gained consciousness, they could hear him mutter over and over, "I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job....  

QUOTE OF THE DAY

May the most you wish for be the least you get. -Anonymous

TIP OF THE DAY

If your house is the kind that doesn't eat a lot of eggs and you find yourself throwing out the last one or two, this is a good tip for you. Try FREEZING the leftover eggs. This is especially good around Easter time when the price of eggs is very low.  You take a regular ice tray and crack the eggs directly into each space. Once frozen, pop them out of the tray and put into heavy duty freezer bags. Take out only what you need and leave the rest in the freezer for later use.

If you are a wine drinker, this works for leftover wine. Just use a cube for your next stew or soup. 

TRIVIA OF THE DAY

Today is Nanakusa (Seven Herbs Festival) in Japan. It is the long-standing Japanese custom of eating seven-herb rice porridge on January 7 (Jinjitsu). The nanakusa are seven edible wild herbs of spring. Traditionally they are: water dropwort, sheperd's purse, cudweed, chickweed, nipplewort, turnip and radish. This is supposed to bring longevity and health.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanakusa-no-sekku

LINK OF THE DAY

Today's link is the one I talked about in my post above. Enjoy. http://fiverr.com/  

January 5, 2012

This is my maiden voyage into the land of blogging. My one and only goal is to entertain. There will be jokes, tips, tricks, recipes, quotes, trivia and gross things that I like to share just because I can. My sense of humor may make you laugh, sigh or shake your head and wonder why. If you are in the latter category, be assured you are not alone. BUT ... enough about me...let me start the sharing.

JOKE OF THE DAY

Tomato garden

An old Italian man lived alone in the country. He wanted to dig his tomato garden but it was very hard work as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincenzo, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament.
Dear Vincenzo,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I am getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the garden for me.
Love, Papa
A few days later he received a letter from his son.
Dear Papa, I'd do anything for you Papa, except dig up that garden. That's where I buried the bodies.
Love, Vinnie
At 4 am the next morning, FBI and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left.
The same day the old man received another letter from his son.
Dear Papa, Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love, Vinnie

QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Your life and mine shall be valued not by what we take... but by what we give." -Edgar Allen Founder, Easter Seals

TIP OF THE DAY
If you don't already know this is a good emergency tip and a way to recycle and get in on the whole "green" thing, too.  You can cut the neck off of a 20 oz. or 2 lt. plastic bottle to make a funnel that will fit in practically any space since the plastic is flexible and the length is determined by your cut.

TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Just in case you didn't already feel like an underachiever, this is an entry in the Ripley's Believe It Or Not published in 1985.
Judge George Green (1817-1880) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was a Lawyer, Geologist, Teacher, Legislator, Newspaper Publisher, Supreme Court Justice,  Mayor, Hotel Owner, Nursery Owner, Steamboat Builder and President of 6 banks, 17 companies, 10 railroads and 3 colleges!

GROSS ITEM OF THE DAY
Contrary to what I believed for most of my life, your fingernails and toenails DO NOT continue to grow after you are dead. In fact, the skin around our nails draws up due to the regular processes of the decaying of our bodies. This makes it appear as if the nails are longer when, in fact, they are not.

SITE OF THE DAY
I am sure that many of you are aware of this site. As I am just starting this project, I hope that I will be excused from starting with the basics. Anyway, if you haven't  already tried out this site, give it a go. I think it was my husband who first told me to try Stumble Upon. I don't go there often, but that is due to lack of time, not lack of interest. It is a site that is built all around YOU. What YOU like and want to see. All in one place and all set according to YOUR specifications. Check it out and start stumbling onto what YOU want from the web.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/

RECIPE OF THE DAY
Snickerdoodles
1 1/2 c. sugar                                        2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 c. margarine (softened)                    1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. shortening                                    1/4 tsp. salt
2 eggs                                                    2 T. sugar
2 3/4 c. all-purpose flour                        2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 F. Mix 1 1/2 c. sugar, the margarine, shortening and eggs. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded teaspoonful into balls. Mix 2 T. sugar and the cinnamon; roll ball in mixture to coat. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet. Makes about 6 dozen.