Category: money

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Taxes

Tax season is always hectic for people with tax preparer jobs. I have thought about taking the class and getting certified to do taxes for some extra money. I am always looking for a way to make a little extra cash. Being a stay at home mom is a job in itself, but we are able to afford the extras by the money I make on the side doing various jobs online and such. I have a lot of different things I do and adding one more wouldn’t be too much of a hardship. There are lots of classes out there to take.

The tax class is relatively easy according to my friend Sally. She ordered the books and studied them before taking the test itself online. She was certified in no time at all. We all know that getting our taxes done is something that everyone must do, and the more people there are to do your taxes the better.

I think I will make sure to do it over the next year, so that I am ready for the next tax season. I will have plenty of time to study and take the test before then. I have recommended this to my sister as well, since she is a stay at home mom as well.

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Shopping

I love to shop. Even more I love to shop for stuff for my house. Today I bought a few things for my bedroom. A whole new bedding set complete with the bed skirts. I love the way the skirts hang on the bottom of the bed. I took inventory of the beds in the house and bought new mattress covers for all the beds in the house as well. Mine didn’t really need a new one, but the children have torn theirs up, so I had to get new ones. Don’t ask me how they manage to tear them up, because I am clueless.

I have a set of satin bed sheet for my bed, but not enough satin pillow cases for the set, so I bought a few more of those as well. I bought them in different colors to contrast the color I already have. The ones I have are a maroon color, and the ones I bought are dark blue like the comforter as a contrast. I really like the effect it makes. I am looking for some material to stretch on the walls that matches the comforter set. When I have that my room will have a whole new look to it.

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New web based business

I am starting a new web based business. First I am getting all of my ducks in a row, so I know exactly where I am going and what I am doing. Then I will begin to build this business. In my efforts to find an advertising company to help with my own ad campaign, I have found a great many to choose from. I am going to go with a pay per click agency. This will help generate traffic to my new site and spread the word, so to speak about what I am selling.

I can also become a publisher with the ad company and generate more money for myself and my friends who do the same thing I do. It is an amazing opportunity for me and I am very excited to begin such an endeavor. I have four other friends who are considering their own web based businesses too. Three of them are stay at home moms with lots of time on their hands to dedicate to it. It is also a plus when you have kids to be able to make more money. Kids are expensive to raise, and we like to give them as much as we can.

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I need more room

Our home is rather cluttered and there’s a lot of things I just don’t want to do away with or put in an expensive storage facility.  I think I’ll check into how much it will cost for one of those steel buildings to put behind my house.  They’re a lot better than those wooden ones that can rot and fall apart and will protect our possessions much better from the elements and critters too.

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Are you a penny pincher?

Just about everyone I know is pinching as much out of their money as they possibly can. You have to especially when you have children. My children are really into the Discovery Channel on TV and they do have a lot of great things for kids. I found Discovery Store discount coupons online.

With school starting back, each of my children needed shoes.  That can be expensive but would you believe that I also found Footlocker discount coupons too?  I was so proud of myself when I found them.  I saved almost enough money to buy at least one of my kids school supplies.  How’s that for pinching pennies?

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This could have been me

I just found out that a good friend of mine didn’t have any type of identity theft protection and all of a sudden she owes thousands of dollars on her credit card.  She has no idea how they got her information but they did and since she didn’t have protection, I’m not sure what she’ll be able to do about it.  Oh sure they’ll take some off but I’m not sure about all of it.  What a shame!!!

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Can’t have too much

Since losing Papa Charlie, I have realized that you just can’t have too much life insurance. I have been checking out cheap life insurance rates and was totally amazed at just how affordable more life insurance was.  As a mother, I need to be sure my children will have what they need if, heaven forbid, something should happen to me.  It’s something to think about for sure.

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I wish I knew more about this

My vacuum cleaner died and someone told me that I needed a 115334 vacuum motor. It’s a central vacuum system I have for the whole house and I sure hope they know what they’re talking about. I got one at a pretty good price so I really hope that fixes the problem. It would be nice because I hate not having my vacuum cleaner working, especially with three kids running around.

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Oh no, I think I’m getting wrinkles

I knew the day would come when I started noticing wrinkles but not this soon!!  After all, I’m not that old for crying out loud.  Luckily I came across a web site that has the best wrinkle cream and even gives you decent prices too. That stuff can be expensive, ya know? The things us gals go through to stay young looking and attractive for men, I’m not so sure it’s worth all of the trouble but I sure don’t want wrinkles so this is worth it.

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I guess you can call me ‘typical’

Yes I admit I am one of those women that just loves women’s shoes.  I have been that way all of my life.  My mother used to have a time keeping me out of her closet and her shoes.  Now that I can buy shoes online, I am definitely a happy girl.  I not only save money but time too which I have very little of with children and everything else I have going on.  Maybe you might even like to check out my new favorite shoe store.