I now officially have $10 in my paypal account from surveys. I will be receiving a check for at least $20 from another place the beginning of April. Plus I have 3 paid to reads that I've been doing. I earned $10 just for joining one. Yeah, I did the research. I didn't think I'd get the survey money but I got that...so maybe the others will pay off too. I also got two coupons. One for $3.99 for creamer and one for $3.00 on those new greenie dog bones. I absolutely love free samples! Oh yeah, I did another $2.00 survey. This survey is still showing open. I do understand that sometimes it takes a while. Every little bit helps.

My goal is to earn a minimum of $129 each month to pay for my daughter's braces.

I've also joined a submit and be paid for short articles. I think I can write. One of the subjects they're looking for right now is terrorism. I don't know anything at all about terrorism. I'm hoping they eventually have something about xeroscaping in Southern California, poverty, single parenting, cactus or personal finance. I could probably wing those with just a little research.

In the mean time, life is still really hard. Propane truck came and filled me up. I'll get the bill in about 10 days. For two days in a row, I've declined lunch out with other employees. I rarely go anyway so I don't think that I shocked anyone. I have $27 in my wallet, another $5 or so in my change jar, $6 in the bank and about 6 white bags of cans and bottles. With missing overtime hours on Friday and last week, life is going to be a real crunch when I pay the bills next month. So far I really like saving all the checks and paying the bills once a month. I've only done it once, but I was really happy with it.

I saw a bumper sticker today that said "She who dies with the most shoes wins" I personally probably wouldn't call that winning, but to each his own. Right?