Rambling On

Nice surprise

Yesterday in the mail my husband received what we thought was his pay stub. But since he already received it last week we were a little curious as to why they would send another one. Well you can imagine our surprise when he opened it up to discover that it wasn’t a pay stub, but a stub telling him that he received a bonus in his bank account. The reason why we were so surprised was because he already got a bonus in March so we were not expecting another one this year. So he checked his bank account and sure enough the money was in there. It’s a good thing too. Because we still have quite a bit back to school shopping to do. So this money will come in very handy.

Help for small business

Last May I found myself in a very sticky situation. I had to quit my full time job as I didn’t have a babysitter any longer. So then I needed to find a way to earn a little extra income working from home. So I decided to set up a home crafting business. At the time of set up, I never realized how much work actually went into running a home business of this type. It wasn’t too long into my setup when I realized that I would need a little help from some professionals.

Some of the professional services that I found I would need to invest in were accounting services, inventory setup and other types of software applications. I have found that most of these services can add up to quite a bit of money, but I have found some reasonable service prices as well as one free one.

For anyone who owns a business, I have found a company over at Journyx.com. This company offers the business owner cutting-edge software applications such as web-based time, expense and project tracking solutions. And, they offer all these services for FREE. They also offer a full range of professional services as well. If your a business owner and think that this type of web based service would be something that you would need, why not drop by their site, read all about different customer’s Timesheet success stories and find out how you can get this services absolutely free.

I learned something new

For Christmas I asked my husband to buy me a printer for my laptop and he did.  But, since Christmas it has been sitting in the box not opened.  Well last night I decided that it was about time that I took this printer out of the box and set it up.  Now, if you knew me, you would know that this is a majorly huge deal for me.  I am seriously technology challenged.  For example.  We had our digital camera for over two years before I could figure it out, we had our video camera for a year before I was taking actual videos and don’t even get me started on the DVD player.  So for me to be able to set up the printer myself and have it actually working is a huge huge deal for me!

Since I’ve got the cameras and printer mastered, maybe I will take a look at the DVD player.  I think I’m on a roll.

Online Income

For the past couple of years, I have been actively searching for different types of programs that I am able to get involved in to try to earn a little extra income for our home. This has become even more important to me in the past seven months, as seven months ago I quit my full time job to become a stay at home mom. So with no income coming in from outside sources I have been “pounding the Internet pavement”. I am happy to report that I have found some opportunities where I have been able to earn a little spare cash.

One such opportunity I discovered just recently can be found over at Shared Reviews. Although I am just starting out in this program, I can tell you that it looks quite promising. All you need to do is do a lot of product reviews of products that you currently own and use and they will pay you for your opinions. You don’t even need to have a blog to participate. All your work is recorded on their site. It seems to be extremely easy work and it will also create a nice cash flow for me.

Like I said, I’m just starting out, so I haven’t had the experience of being paid or anything like that. But as soon as I have more information, I’ll be sure to pop in here with an update.