I cashed out for $5 AGC from irazoo yesterday (takes forever to get - 3000 points!) Then today I made the 50k points on acheivemint . com to cash out for a $50 Visa card - but decided to go for the next level of 100k with a 2k bonus. I think I should be able to get there by late October. That'd be a good time of year to have a $100 coming my way. 
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I am a bit frustrated with GymPact right now. In the month of March I have cashed out twice for my $10 rewards. Usually, the cash payment is in my paypal account within two days or less. It's now been three weeks for the first one, and four days for the second one. They do now have a message saying that it could take up to 7 business days ... but for the first one it's been WAY more than 7 business days.
I've cashed out in the last 15 months or so with them multiple times with no problem. Until now. I really am hoping that this doesn't become par for course, because this is a great way to make a little extra money with just a little bit of effort beyond what I'd do anyway (taking pictures of fruit/veggies I eat for my veggie pact.)
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I started on the way to big G yesterday after school, and had just gotten on the highway, when I realized I didn't have any money with me. Ooops. So I turned around and went home. I decided to just not go grocery shopping.
I thought I would go today after church, but ended up not going to church (overslept!) Instead, I started cleaning out my cupboard - something I've needed to do badly for a long time, as well as something that will be good before I move.
I put pretty much everything on my kitchen table (and some on my chairs in boxes.) So, now my goal is to eat from the table/boxes. The only groceries I'll buy are perishables such as bananas. I'd like to get my pantry items down to one box worth before I move.
I may post a list of everything I have in my pantry to see if y'all can help me come up with the best ways to use the stuff up quickly.
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I had to get up on a chair to reach to the back of my top cupboard. As I was doing that, you'll never guess what I found! The scanner that I turned house and car over looking for the past few months! It was in the little groove on the top of the cupboards (where I have several empty appliance boxes stored.) So I can now send it back to them. (I just knew that I wouldn't have missed it being in the throw out pile when my mom was here!)
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A little over a week and NE will be here!!! 
About 7 1/2 weeks til I move to NE!!!! :big eyes:
Time is flying!
Small flakes - Cleaning Cupboard finds
March 29th, 2014 at 07:40 pm
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March 29th, 2014 at 09:34 pm 1396128875
Boxes retained: leave a tiny sticker on the bottom of appliances whose box has been retained, easy to match if selling or packing.
Great finding scanner, I hope you'll pack and return PDQ, aggro over
March 29th, 2014 at 09:47 pm 1396129620
Snafu -
I'm planning on getting it sent out ASAP!
I do have a crockpot, although its not very usable (I really need to throw it out. It was part of the items that got flooded in my storage unit 3 1/2 years ago.) Some of what I have NE will eat. I know he's looking forward to chicken fried steak at a local restaurant (he's obviously not vegetarian
One of the things I found is a huge bag of pinto beans. I think I bought it when I was still hoping my crockpot would work ... Not sure if they're even any good anymore. (at least a year old, if not more) I do have a pressure cooker - never used it, brand new (I think its the kind you can use in the microwave?? not really sure how to use it.)
March 29th, 2014 at 10:30 pm 1396132226
Good luck with the cupboard clean-out.
March 29th, 2014 at 10:41 pm 1396132882
Right now in the oven I have a dish with frozen cheese ravioli, a can of diced tomatoes w/garlic and herbs, and a can of mushrooms. That will be supper tonight, and probably lunch tomorrow.
March 29th, 2014 at 11:51 pm 1396137066
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March 30th, 2014 at 01:20 am 1396142449
MEC - Yep, sure did.
March 30th, 2014 at 02:54 pm 1396191254
March 30th, 2014 at 04:26 pm 1396196810
The idea of using pinto beans as the base for Mock Pecan Tarts or Cortez Fudge is something I plan to try next Christmas season.
March 30th, 2014 at 07:50 pm 1396209044
Sounds like you will be saving money and being creative with your cupboard finds.
March 31st, 2014 at 01:02 am 1396227750
Thanks Rob! Trying
March 31st, 2014 at 03:46 pm 1396280784
When I'm eating out of my pantry I find recipes just by entering ingredients in the search engine. Pretty amazing what comes up!