Parrot on a PorchA Journey Toward the Little Mansion Dream

I really am thankful that my home based online work has been doing great since early this year.  I maintain an excel sheet of my earnings and I’m really beyond delighted to see the increasing trend each month.  I’m happy to share that the month of July, so far, is the record-breaking, highest ever figure that I’ve earned in the span of 3 years that I’m engaged with this type of work.  It’s even way bigger than what I used to take home as my monthly pay in my last stint in the corporate world.  Yes, it’s a bit considered as an easy money since I do not leave the house and the stress is pretty manageable.  But, actually, it’s all hard work, too.  I’ve spent many sleepless nights, gave up a lot of “me” times, worked even on weekends and continuously writing from the mundane to extraordinary things can be draining, too.  The good thing is that, overall, I enjoy a lot what I’m doing.  So definitely, the hardships are paved away every time my Paypal account is credited with payments from my online bosses.  The pay I’ve received has gone a long way..we’re able to cope up with our debts and amortization.  Once we’re done with all our dues, we can then invest on promising Franchise Business Opportunities we’ve been longing to have.

I really am thankful for the internet for letting me get the best of both worlds.  By both worlds, I pertain to motherhood and work.  When I resigned more than two years ago from the corporate world to be a stay-at-home mom, the husband and I did not fret that much because I was already earning on the side quite a sum of paypal money that time from monetizing my blogs (just 3 then).  Then as I adjusted to my routines and offline obligations as a Mom, I got the hang further as well with my online career so I invested in a few more blog sites, one after the another.  Now I have 9 active blogs with different niches and 2 more that are in progress.  Problogging also requires great time, effort and skills but it is not as complicated and tough as the jobs I handled before in the corporate world.  I handle my own time, I work in my own pace.  I am remunerated generously, even way, way greater than my monthly paycheck in the call center I worked for.  Best of all, I do all these right at the comfort of our home and in between Mommy duties.  As I’ve said, it can also be quite stressful sometimes but I certainly am enjoying this kind of work.

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Owning a home and raising a family, while very rewarding, can be quite expensive. If you are a typical home owner, you search for all possible discounts to help cut back on household costs. Here are a few top ways you can begin spending less and saving more.

Find Internet Deals
Most people now pay for Internet access in their homes. While this access is very convenient, the cost through some providers can be quite expensive. Therefore, to cut back on Internet access costs, be sure to shop around for broadband deals before selecting a provider. These ways, you are sure to find a good deal and will have more money left over after each month’s bill is paid.

Reduce Energy Consumption
Many home owners don’t realize how much energy their family consumes each month. This energy consumption results in high utility bills and less extra money for you to enjoy. You can easily start cutting back on utility costs by establishing energy consumption household rules. These rules could be anything from shutting off lights when leaving a room to taking shorter showers – whatever you think will help reduce the utility bill.

Use Coupons
As your family grows, you will have to buy more household products each month just to meet everyone’s needs. The cost of these items such as toilet paper and light bulbs, can add up quickly so use coupons whenever possible. Coupons are now easily accessible online so you shouldn’t have difficulties finding them to save on commonly used products. Even just $1 saved per product can begin adding up quickly.

Hopefully these tips will be useful in helping you save more each month on your household costs. The saved money can then be used to pay off other bills or to take that family vacation you have been putting off.

With the advent of the internet, online selling has proven to be one of the greatest ways to start up a business and make huge profits. Many business people have ventured into this type of business because it has so many advantages and perks, specifically, the lesser costs it entails and because of its worldwide reach. There are so many things that one needs to keep in mind when retailing any type of products online. Competition is very fierce nowadays in the online biz community. In order to stay on top among the rest, it is important to keep the selling prices low to attract more customers. To help you do this there are Wholesale products available for purchase from Wholesale Distributors and closeout retailers such as Kwality Closeouts. As the name connotes, the company has a huge selection of quality closeout products at unimaginably low prices either sold or in bulk (cases). Their catalog features thousands of products ranging from unique and collectible items to very mundane things.

As a homemaker, there’s no other category you’d expect me to browse right away than the Home and Garden category. By the way, it’s interesting also to note that Closeout products sold at Kwality Closeouts are not limited to business people. These can also be purchased by anyone, any penny-pinching consumer who is seeking sales and great discounts.

When I was still working for an American call center company two years ago, I could fathom how technology greatly evolved every time our group collaborates with our Purchasing staff counterparts from India, South Africa, Singapore, Canada and Ohio, US. Through Web conferencing, Video and Audio conferencing, we were able to communicate and even see each other in real time as if they’re inside the board room with us. We also experienced attending seminars conducted by our American trainors through a Video conference solutions. As this technology comes in cheaper costs as compared to traveling abroad, the company’s savings were evident on this aspect.

The Conference Group is one of the conference support providers that I have come across with while researching further about the wonders of this technology. It’s interesting to note that their services are extended not only to businesses but also available for personal use. So let’s say you have a family member working abroad, consider chat messenger platforms just a thing of the past as you can communicate with your loved ones through a more engaging technology. The Conference Group is known for their inexpensive yet highly professional support so do check out further their plans and latest deals.

As life is getting more challenging financial wise, we can’t afford to get sick any time.  We have so much important things in our life to spend on like food, mortgage, kids’ education, insurance and most of the time, we hardly can allot a portion of our budget to any other thing.  That is why I can’t agree more with the vitamin commercial’s slogan “In these hard times, it is forbidden to get sick”.  However, we can not really control our antibodies and unfortunately, we do get sick.  The Health Department tries to address this problem by putting up generic pharmacies offering cheaper medicines and also, some netrepreneurs contribute to this undertaking by venturing on online pharmacies.  However, while these should make our lives easier, some selfish souls make it otherwise.  Surprisingly and sadly, a lot of online pharmacy scammers exist.  Common complaints are missing packages and did not arrive at all, double charging on credit card, low quality and unusable medicines.  The good news is that we can actually prevent ourselves getting victimized by these scammers.  One effective way to do so is by perusing very well trustworthy Pharmacy Reviews at pharmacy-reviews.net.  In that site is a listing of top reviewed pharmacies so before doing a transaction in any of these online establishments, you’ll get a preview how their customer service, products and reputation are like.  That way, you know that you’re getting your money’s worth and is protected against scammers.

I just browsed my Facebook account and my attention was suddenly caught by an intriguing profile picture.  At first, the thumbnail is misleading and in fact, scandalous.  So when I clicked on it and saw it up close, I just had to laugh at myself because it’s actually an interesting picture of car spoilers.  I was reminded that this particular friend is a big fan of cars and his passion is dressing up his car collections.  In fact, his profile consists of tons of car accessory pictures, the names of which are unknown to me.  So lesson learned, research and read more about various stuffs so as not getting “scandalized” by peculiar things.

I grew up in a smoke-free home. My Dad never smoked and no one among my siblings have ever tried to puff cigars, too. Even though my circle of friends in college were smokers, and in fact, encouraged me to try, I didn’t oblige. I just hate the smell of the smoke. The husband also grew up in a no smoking zone so all throughout, our homes have been and our future home (LM) will always be cigar and smoke free. Especially that my toddler has acquired asthma, never will I expose him to such.

Since I was never familiar with such, I know little or should I say I know nothing actually about cigars. That’s why when I first heard about the term “cigar humidor”, I had to google it first before I understood what it’s all about. Thanks to Mr. Google for leading me to Cigar Place, because it’s there that I also encountered the terms Acid cigars and CAO cigars. They’re actually brands, each having different distinct flavors and materials. Cigar Place, as they say it on their site is “the best place to buy cigars” perhaps with the wide array of cigar international brands and accessories they offer. I may not be a smoker nor plan to puff cigars but I find browsing the site interesting. I didn’t know that there are so many brands and types of cigars out there having different sizes, strength and even wrappers! Anyhow, at least, I’ve got a new learning.

I have never been this busy and swamped with online works in the history of my blogging career. It’s totally tiring, brain and energy draining, exhausting but nevertheless, I’m not complaining and in fact, even grateful. My quota for this month has already been met since the first week of April, so how’s that? :big smile:

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Do you love online shopping? I do. It’s not that I habitually do it every single day but I’m just one of those who loves the convenience and ease it brings like being able to browse various catalogs of products, check the products out and pay with just one click then just wait for the items to get delivered right at your doorstep. No need to spend for transportation expenses and no efforts and too much energy are wasted because all it takes is just a finger’s click.

As convenient as it can be, online shopping must be done very carefully to safeguard sensitive information such as our personal and credit card information. There’s always a risk because there are tons of hackers and unscrupulous souls out there. When shopping the least we can do is to check and make sure that the site is safely encrypted. But recently, internet security experts say that encryption is just not enough and what must online shops should avail are credit card tokenization services from Brain Tree Payment Solutions. It is one of the best ways to implement proper security and reach Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. As the name implies, it works in such a way that a set of random numbers or “token” is generated and stored to the merchant’s internal system when a credit or debit card is used. This way when the system is hacked, the hacker gets nothing but a useless and irrelevant set of numbers. Online shops should really consider adapting this technology. This way they do not only protect their clients’ personal information but they also safeguard their companies from suffering breach.