As a stay at home mum, I am always trying to find ways of making some extra money so I am not relying on my Fiance all the time. I use to do a lot before my second daughter was born 16 months ago but haven't done much since. I am hoping to start again this month. I got reacquainted with the old websites I used to do this week. I'm hoping to spend at least 3 hours a day on various survey, review and writing websites to earn my money. I'm also hoping to get rid of some of my bits and bobs on eBay.
Some of the websites I use either give out money or vouchers, but would love to know of any other ways people know of to make money.
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Motivation
I have had no motivation over the last few months to do much of anything. This is mainly to do with a lack of sleep as my youngest daughter who is only 15 months either wakes during the night for up to 2 hours and refuses to sleep past 5:30am. I have been lucky the last four nights though as she has slept through til 6:00am, I am hoping we can stick to this pattern.
I really want to get my motivation back as there is so much I want to achieve over the next few months. It will be my 30th birthday at the end of May and I feel there is so much more I could be doing.
My top few things are
1. Get down to 130lbs. I am currently 156ilbs.
2. Pay off A £1000 off my combined total of my credit cards.
3. Blog daily
4. Learn to use photoshop and take better pictures
Starting from Monday I am going to make myself do as much as I can to accomplish all these things. Fingers crossed all this works.
I really want to get my motivation back as there is so much I want to achieve over the next few months. It will be my 30th birthday at the end of May and I feel there is so much more I could be doing.
My top few things are
1. Get down to 130lbs. I am currently 156ilbs.
2. Pay off A £1000 off my combined total of my credit cards.
3. Blog daily
4. Learn to use photoshop and take better pictures
Starting from Monday I am going to make myself do as much as I can to accomplish all these things. Fingers crossed all this works.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Loose Weight and Get Fit
After realising that a lot of my clothes are all of a sudden getting on the tight side I decided last week to go on the scales. I was shocked to find how much way, it is the heaviest I have been except when I was pregnant. Now it may not sound a lot to some but it does to me, so I way 148lbs which is 18lbs more than I like. I am 5ft 3in which makes my clothes size a 12/14 in England.
I am now looking into healthy recipes and figuring out ways to work out. The working out is going to be the most difficult as my partner works 60 hours a week. I will try to use the EA Fitness on the wii and when my partner starts his new job next month he will have Sunday nights off and we plan to go to the gym those nights. Hopefully my Mum will look after my girls one night a week as well so I can go at least twice a week.
I also tend to walk everywhere, so I now need to find my pedometer so I can calculate my steps. Hoping to do about 10,000 a day.
Now to eat less of all my sweet treats and cola. This is what has made me gain the weight as well as now living close to takeaways. Where we lived before, all we had was a fish and chip shop.
It's time to get motivated and lose the weight and get a rockin body.
I am now looking into healthy recipes and figuring out ways to work out. The working out is going to be the most difficult as my partner works 60 hours a week. I will try to use the EA Fitness on the wii and when my partner starts his new job next month he will have Sunday nights off and we plan to go to the gym those nights. Hopefully my Mum will look after my girls one night a week as well so I can go at least twice a week.
I also tend to walk everywhere, so I now need to find my pedometer so I can calculate my steps. Hoping to do about 10,000 a day.
Now to eat less of all my sweet treats and cola. This is what has made me gain the weight as well as now living close to takeaways. Where we lived before, all we had was a fish and chip shop.
It's time to get motivated and lose the weight and get a rockin body.
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Easter Weekend
Hope everybody has a wonderful Easter weekend. Mine was quite quiet, on Friday I was in all day potty training my eldest which was quiet eventful, lots of little accidents but I'm sure we will get there. On Saturday we had a lovely family BBQ and the girls had a great fun with there grandparents. I think some of them are bigger kids then the little ones as they were jumping on the trampoline. A lot of fun was had eating, playing and a little drinking.
I had a quiet Easter Sunday as my partner was at work, so it was just me and the girls. We had a lovely lunch and ate lots of chocolate and played in the garden. My eldest even fell asleep on the trampoline which was very cute. We must of tired her out. Monday was a nice easy day of going into town and doing some shopping with my mum and the girls. Although we did try to avoid the fair and we managed but there was a little sulking involved when my daughter realised that we had bypassed it.
All in all a lovely weekend and I hope everyone else had fun and ate lots of chocolate.
I had a quiet Easter Sunday as my partner was at work, so it was just me and the girls. We had a lovely lunch and ate lots of chocolate and played in the garden. My eldest even fell asleep on the trampoline which was very cute. We must of tired her out. Monday was a nice easy day of going into town and doing some shopping with my mum and the girls. Although we did try to avoid the fair and we managed but there was a little sulking involved when my daughter realised that we had bypassed it.
All in all a lovely weekend and I hope everyone else had fun and ate lots of chocolate.
Friday, 22 April 2011
Potty Training Madness
Well we tried to start potty training my daughter when she was two. Then we had a big mishap when my partner got a little stressed when she weed all over the carpet. She therefore refused to go on the potty. She is now 3 and I have been trying on and off over the last year to get her to use the toilet. Now she is going to start nursery in two weeks and I need her out of nappies.
So now I have made the decision not to put her in nappies at all during the day and only at night. I don't know if this is going to be a wise decision but the pull up nappies haven't worked. Plus the cost of nappies is very expensive even if you buy the cheapest brand. We go through 3 - 4 nappies a day and a pack costs £3.75 for 20, therefore the overall cost for her a month would be £22.50 a month and I also have a 10 month old too.
If anybody has any tips I would be very grateful. I just hope we can get this done in two weeks otherwise I don't know what to do.
So now I have made the decision not to put her in nappies at all during the day and only at night. I don't know if this is going to be a wise decision but the pull up nappies haven't worked. Plus the cost of nappies is very expensive even if you buy the cheapest brand. We go through 3 - 4 nappies a day and a pack costs £3.75 for 20, therefore the overall cost for her a month would be £22.50 a month and I also have a 10 month old too.
If anybody has any tips I would be very grateful. I just hope we can get this done in two weeks otherwise I don't know what to do.
Monday, 11 April 2011
Sunny Weekends
I have had a wonderful weekend playing in the garden with my girls. While my mum and her partner Trevor came over to do the gardening. The only thing missing was a BBQ, it was the right weather for it. My mum and her partner don't have a garden and I am not green fingered in the slightest, so it is great for them.
We have mainly been jumping on the trampoline which we got last week. It has brought out the childness in all of us. My partner has been working all the time and only got to see the girls first thing on a morning. I am now making a list of things we need for the summer and the garden. It seems to be getting rather large but we will try our best to get it done before the real summer begins.
We have mainly been jumping on the trampoline which we got last week. It has brought out the childness in all of us. My partner has been working all the time and only got to see the girls first thing on a morning. I am now making a list of things we need for the summer and the garden. It seems to be getting rather large but we will try our best to get it done before the real summer begins.
Saturday, 9 April 2011
YouTube Insperations
I love watching videos on YouTube but there are two that I find very inspiring.
The first is Kandee Johnson and I came across her about two years ago. She now as two channels the first is http://www.youtube.com/user/kandeejohnson which is all about make up, beauty and fashion. Her second channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/thekandeejohnsonshow which is about her family. Why do I love watching her videos so much, well first she reignited my passion for all things beauty and make up. I originally started doing beauty at college when I was 16 but I left after six months as my friends at the time were unsupportive and I felt I was doing the wrong thing. I am now 28 and plan to go back to college in September to start up the courses again and I am very excited. The make up she does is flawless and has worked on TV and films and yet she does this with four children. It is amazing what she does. She also tries to inspire all her followers on her blog's and you tube channel. She did a month worth of costume looks and I was amazed at what she could do, I just hope one day I will be as good as her.
The second person well family I find inspiration from is the Shaytards. This is the link to their channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/SHAYTARDS. It is daddytard, mummytard, sontard, princesstard, babytard and rocktard. They don't give the names of their children which is understandable but he is called Shaycarl and mummytard is Katilette. They are such a lovely family and are very funny, I hope my family will be like this in the future. I came across the Shaytards about 6 months ago and have been watching there videos ever since. They have been daily vloging since he turned 29 which is just over two years ago. I have been trying to catch up on all the videos but I don't have a lot of time most days. Its lovely two see a couple so happy and in love and with such special children. He is a true insperation for all familys.
There are other people I subscribe to on Youtube but these two are my favourites. I hope I have made any of you reading this interested in subscribing to them.
Have a Faboosh day.
The first is Kandee Johnson and I came across her about two years ago. She now as two channels the first is http://www.youtube.com/user/kandeejohnson which is all about make up, beauty and fashion. Her second channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/thekandeejohnsonshow which is about her family. Why do I love watching her videos so much, well first she reignited my passion for all things beauty and make up. I originally started doing beauty at college when I was 16 but I left after six months as my friends at the time were unsupportive and I felt I was doing the wrong thing. I am now 28 and plan to go back to college in September to start up the courses again and I am very excited. The make up she does is flawless and has worked on TV and films and yet she does this with four children. It is amazing what she does. She also tries to inspire all her followers on her blog's and you tube channel. She did a month worth of costume looks and I was amazed at what she could do, I just hope one day I will be as good as her.
The second person well family I find inspiration from is the Shaytards. This is the link to their channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/SHAYTARDS. It is daddytard, mummytard, sontard, princesstard, babytard and rocktard. They don't give the names of their children which is understandable but he is called Shaycarl and mummytard is Katilette. They are such a lovely family and are very funny, I hope my family will be like this in the future. I came across the Shaytards about 6 months ago and have been watching there videos ever since. They have been daily vloging since he turned 29 which is just over two years ago. I have been trying to catch up on all the videos but I don't have a lot of time most days. Its lovely two see a couple so happy and in love and with such special children. He is a true insperation for all familys.
There are other people I subscribe to on Youtube but these two are my favourites. I hope I have made any of you reading this interested in subscribing to them.
Have a Faboosh day.
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