Last night after getting lots of sweepstakes entry videos, I got a 300 point video which put me to 8,000 points. So I was able to cash out for my second $8! Yay!
I'm already up to nearly 700 points - they've been throwing out the videos. One really cool one I just watched called Bravia - a bunch of synchronized color splotches. Put a smile on my face, although I had to watch it twice since I was too into the video and missed the first number.
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I actually managed a pretty low spending week. Other than buying a copy of Sixth Sense, groceries, and gas, I didn't spend anything extra. I was really tempted by the Fandango movie deal on groupon, but with the Redbox deal and the previous Movie Studio deal, I think I have more than enough to keep me through June.
I only had enough Swagbucks this month to cash out for 4 $5 Amazon's. I'm about halfway to my fifth for March.
I'm still waiting on my payout from Sidetick. Getting impatient.
I finally have over 1,000 Zoombucks. Only 987 to go for my first cashout. Maybe by May ....(would go faster if I attempted more surveys and qualified, but they are pretty much a waste of time for someone with my demographics)
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Today I was sitting in the lobby at the school where most of my tutoring students attend. The senior girl I tutored last semester came up to me with another girl - a sophomore. We are going to start working together on Monday - Mon/Tue/Th. The senior girl also told me that she was accepted into the college she wanted to go to. Yay!
This extra money will be a big boost to my bottom line - a much needed one.
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I've decided for sure that I'm going to go to Houston over the last part of Spring Break. My friend has already challenged me to a rousing game of Flinch. I might just bring my aebleskeber pan along and make breakfast for her family one day.
I can't really afford the gas there and back, but on the other hand, who knows when I'll be this close to her and her family to visit again??
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Speaking of gas ... today cost $3.37/gallon w/ Walmart discount. I'd put $30 on a gift card, and it didn't fill my tank. :0 Never had that happen before. Made a sick feeling in my gut.
Beezag payout! Low Spending Week! New Student!
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catalog had a chocolate recipe. Lots of my MN relatives made them, and DH used to live in Denmark--and he loves them.
March 5th, 2011 at 01:14 pm 1299330885
I just know how to make them, not spell them. They are so good, and it's something my friend has mentioned to me more than once. When we lived in MN (where I met my friend) she and her sisters would sometimes come over on Sunday mornings and we'd have ableskebers or Damish pancakes.
I'm definitely going - just will have to cut spending somewhere else to make up for it. The new student will definitely help.
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This is an amazing collection of them:http://www.williams-sonoma.com/search/results.html?activeTab=recipes&words=ableskiver&page=1&sortBy=best&itemsPerPage=24&N=0&event=tab
I feel fatter just looking at it....
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