money-saving-in-the-works

Last week, I posted about my new work at home gigs. Just a little update here. I’ve been paid twice by Demand Studios, last Friday and again on Tuesday. So that’s good. I’m still waiting on another project from Delegate2 but I knew going in that they had dry spells when it came to work. WordGigs has been great! Up until this past weekend, there was always plenty of work, but I expected the work would slow down at the end of the month. I figure it’s because advertising budgets tend to run dry a few days before the end of the month. I haven’t really wrote anything for TextBroker yet, still trying to get into the habit with working from home.

I still haven’t found a schedule that works great for us, but I’m working on it. I know how much I want to earn a day, but there’s no way I can earn over $100/day right now. I’m trying though. I have to get back in the ‘time for work’ mentality first. What I earn from now till Dec 11 will be used for Christmas shopping. After that, everything is going to be saved. I’m trying to get Hubby home for good, he’s tired of driving again. Actually, he’s tired of being away from me and the girls.

I’m trying to set realistic goals for each day. Right now, they aren’t very impressive. Just $10/day for Demand Studios, 2 projects with WordGigs, and 2-3 articles with TextBroker. The TextBroker is a recent addition to my goal list, so I don’t know how well that will work. I actually don’t even know if I’ll meet any of my goals. Things are still a bit unsettled for me. I think I need to split up my sleep & work schedules. I usually stay up late, which means I sleep late… What I’m thinking is start taking an afternoon nap so I don’t need to sleep so late in the morning. That way I can get more work done while the girls are sleeping. I don’t know though, I’ll just have to go through a trial and error deal until I find what works.

Last month, I redid my resume & started putting in applications for WAH gigs. I have little ones that like to have my attention during the day, so I needed something that I could do around there schedule. I don’t have a landline phone either & have no plans on getting one, so that puts a whole different set of limits on my search.

I thought about transcription at first. I took an Administrative Assistant course at the local vo-tech when I was in high school so I know how to do it. But its been 10 years since I did any of that so I changed my mind about that. I’m not at all confident in my abilities with that anymore. So I looked at writing jobs.

I love writing, in fact that’s why I started this blog. I applied at several places, but the first to accept me was WorgGigs . I do some easy work for them, writing short little comments. They pay once a month, on the 1st or 2nd of the month, maybe the 3rd if the 1st is on a Saturday. I haven’t been with them long enough to get paid, but several of the people on the WorkPlaceLikeHome forums have been paid by them. So I’m betting its a good gig.

The second I got accepted to was Delegate2 /Purecontent. They are based in the UK, but pay in US dollars.  I’ve only just completed my first assignment with them. I’m waiting to hear back about a second project. They pay a month in arrears. So the work I do this month, I’ll prepare an invoice for & submit it on Nov. 20th. I’ll get paid around Nov. 30th for October’s work. Like WordGigs, I haven’t been here long enough to get paid, but I know several posters on WPLH have been.

The third place that accepted me was Demand Studios . They have several different roles for you to choose from. I applied to be a writer, but didn’t get that role. I got another role instead. This gig pays twice a week, straight to PayPal, on Wednesday and Fridays. I worked less than an hour before the cut off for Friday’s pay, so I won’t get much pay tomorrow.

The 4th and last place (so far) that accepted me was TextBroker .  I always want to add an ’s’ to the end of their name, don’t know why. This gig pays from 0.7 cents/word to 5 cents/word, depending on your rating. I have a 3 star rating, so I get 1 cent/word. I’ve heard that you can increase your rating with them by providing great work, but I don’t know about that yet because I was only accepted last night. They pay twice a month if you have at least $10 in your account and you have to request it. Requests in by the 5th are paid on the 10th, and if you request between the 5th and the 20th, you’ll get paid on the 25th. I’ve marked my calendar to request on the 4th and 19th of every month. That is assuming I have $10 of course.

Now I can’t guarantee that any of these places are still hiring, but you can put in your application & sample (if required) so you’re on their waiting list. Most companies hire from their wait list first, so its always good to apply as soon as you can.

There’s not many deals in this week’s ad. Hopefully, they have lots of unadvertised deals instead.

Pg1

• Red River Farms Extra Large Eggs - 99¢
• Green Giant Canned Vegetables - 50¢

Pg2

• Food Club Beans or Hominy - 50¢
• Hunt’s Spaghetti Sauce - 99¢
• Pop-Tarts - $1.50 (55¢/1 Pop-Tarts 8ct+, exp 11/8/09)
• Jolly Time Popcorn - $1.67 (50¢/1 any Jolly Time Popcorn, exp 11/30/09)
• La Moderna Pasta - 25¢

Pg3

• Energizer Batteries - $2.50 (50¢ to $1.25 off any 1 Energizer Batteries, exp 11/14/09) amount varies regionally

Pg4

• Pilgrim’s Pride Whole Cut Up Fryers - 99¢/lb

Like I said, not many good deals this week.

I have no idea what happened to last week’s deals post. I tried posting it, but it was about the time my internet provider decided to do a system wide update & I lost my connection. Oh well, its a new week so there are new deals!

Pg1

• Farmland Country Style Pork Ribs - 89¢ a pound
• Pink Lady Apples - 99¢ a pound
• Hearth of Texas White Bread - 79¢
• Food Club Ketchup - 79¢
• Food Club Pizza - 4 for $10

Pg 2

• Food Club Chicken Noodle or Tomato Condensed Soup - 2 for $1
• Food Club Saltines - 99¢
• Food Club Seasoning Packets - 3 for $1

No good deals on Pg 3

Pg 4

• Green D’Anjou Pears - 79¢ a pound
• Food Club Shredded Cheese - 2 for $3

Monthly Deals Pg 1

• Fuze - 10 for $10
• Betty Crockers Helpers (Hamburger, Chicken, Tuna) - 4 for $5
• Yoplait Yogurt - 2 for $1
  • Yoplait Yogurt cups (Includes Original, Light, Thick & Creamy, OR Whips!) OR any flavor Yoplait Original OR Light Smoothie - 09-13-09 GM - 40¢ on 6
  • Printable here and here and here - 50¢ on 6
• M&M’s - 2 for $3
• GladWare - 2 for $4

Nothing really good on Monthly Deals Pg2

Most of this weeks good buys are store brand. But I’ve tried many of the Food Club brand items & they taste pretty good, not exactly the same as name brand but not revolting like some store brands.