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Day 2 of Vacation :D Cool iPhone App

November 19th, 2012 at 01:45 am

Friday afternoon my 4th grade girls were speedy woodpeckers in getting their books checked out, so we had about 10 minutes left before time to go home. So I decided to let the girls look through one of my librarian candy boxes and see which books they thought were good choices. They picked out around 10 - some of them were ones I had planned on choosing, and some weren't. So it was interesting to say the least. (I did explain to them that I wouldn't be able to get ALL of them. One of them asked me how much the books cost, and I told them - anywhere between $17 and $30. They gasped. Big Grin )

Yesterday I made it to church on time (almost didn't because Kari fell asleep on my lap and I hated to wake her...) I actually stayed for potluck - mostly because I needed directions to the church members house I'm going to on Thanksgiving. Smile We had a yummy sweet potatoes dish AND stuffing AND green cabbage ... some of my favorite foods.

I was thinking about going to a movie in town either today or tomorrow, but neither of the ones I was interested in are playing here (Lincoln and Alex Cross.) So I'm going to content myself with Netflix (currently watching My Boys ... 3 episodes in and not too sure if I like it or not.)

Today I also worked on my long term project for my class (6 month cohort) where I'm going to make videos showing how to create different Scratch projects and then put them all on a website which I'll then have to promote to various educators. (I wonder ... could I propose it as a webinar on Simple K 12 too? That might be kind of fun. Big Grin )

I also downloaded the apps GymPact and RunKeeper. GymPact is an app where you make a commitment for how often you're going to work out during a weeks time period, and then you make a bet/stake for each workout (from $5 to $50.) If you fulfill your commitment, you get PAID (up to $3.50/week.) However, if you don't fulfill your commitment/pact, YOU pay whatever stake you made.

It is only available for the iPhone currently, and you have to use RunKeeper for tracking your workouts. Workouts must either be in a verifiable gym (not home gym) or be outside trackable by GPS and last at least 30 minutes/2 mph. If anyone decides they want to try this out, you can get a beginning $5 (and I'll get $5 too) by using my referral code: pecdelaura

I used it for the first time today, and it seemed really easy to use.

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Since I realized that I won't be doing a movie this week, I decided to use some of my fun money for eating out -- i.e a sub from Blimpies tonight. Sunday and Monday they have my sub for $5 / foot long. It makes two meals for me. Smile

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I'm making microwave peanut butter fudge for Thanksgiving. It is a recipe that our first grade teacher here made for our Halloween get together and then shared with all of us. I'm thinking that I'll make half the batch just plain peanut butter, and then the other half I'll add chocolate syrup to and maybe some pecans or walnuts. Big Grin (the second half won't go to the dinner ...)

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I cashed out my My Points today - I debated for over an hour between a $50 AGC or a Walmart card. The Walmart card would have been 100 points more than the AGC, but it also would have ended up not being spent on books for the library - and that's kind of what I have committed my My Points and Swagbucks AGCs to ... to help reduce my real dollars being spent on library books.

5 Responses to “Day 2 of Vacation :D Cool iPhone App”

  1. Wino Says:
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    One of the reasons for our move in toward town is that there is a gym on the ground floor, and membership is free for residents. I don't think I'd do the betting app, because if I don't do the workouts, I'll already lose due to not working out and weight gain or at least non-loss. I don't need the extra monetary incentive. Either I'll do it or I won't... and the impetus of the money would have little to no effect on the outcome.

  2. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    I understand. Smile I would more than likely do the workouts one way or the other, but at least with this app I stand to make a little money while also getting my workouts in. Big Grin A win win for me.

  3. Thrifty Ray Says:
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    You are such an amazing gift to the school and your kids. You obviously followed your heart in your career Laura. I admire you!

  4. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Blush Ahhh, thanks Ray.

  5. Jerry Says:
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    I like the concepts behind GymPact. For one thing, it is shown that people will be more active in order to keep from losing something of their own (like money!). For another, outside motivations can lead to a boost of inner motivations until we have some insurance that the desired activity has become an ingrained habit. Good luck!
    Jerry

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