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I am an East Coast expatriate hiding out in the Midwest...

I am an urban gal living in the suburbs and occasionally hiding in the country

I am a yoga practitioner, fitness enthusiast, believer in the mind-body-spirit connection...

I am a mid-life "revert" to the Roman Catholic faith in which I was raised and which has become an enormous source of support, encouragement, inspiration, and joy in my life...

I am a mom, sister, daughter, and wife...

I am an explorer; adventurous and curious about the world and people around me...

I am educated in the formal sense but I gain insight through everyday living...

I created this blog at a time of great fear and apprehension in my life. I chose to sustain it because of the discoveries about myself and the world around me that it has revealed.



What you can expect to find here:
  • the documentation of a love-hate relationship with the greater Philadelphia area
  • reminiscing about the good-ole-days (the 80's!)
  • complaints about my various ailments and injuries, both real and imagined
  • pictures and stories of gardening, decorating, shopping, sewing
  • my love of irony
  • links to kooky news stories
  • way too much scatological musing for sane people


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    Friday, November 18, 2005
    Cash Crunch

    Well yesterday just about completed the infrastructure part of our plumbing project - we had our well sealed by a licensed Well Driller. What a wierd job that would be...

    Anyway, with the last check written we are now officially in D E B T. Hurrah. Now I feel like a real "American" all mired in credit and such.

    So...hubby has put the household on a tight budget partly to be able to make the equity line payments, partly because with the occasional "blue" days I had last week I've been spending way too much dough!

    So... I made a few calls and managed to schedule at least one appointment to do a consumer survey for cash. I do some online for "points" that I trade in for cash or gift certificates. As far as in-person interviews, this particular survey office is within walking distance of my house AND it provides babysitting/activities for little kids while the homemakers are in conference rooms offering opinions about SUV's, cleaning products and canned vegetables, to name a few. Likely because they make things so convenient, their surveys don't pay alot but I'll take $10 for a few minutes of my time any day.

    I get calls to do really good surveys ($75 and up for about and hour's time) but they are always at bad times and are kinda far from home so I have to make special arrangements for child care which, with hubby' sschedule, is almost nearly impossible.

    On the health front I have two "good news" items: My physical therapy app't got bumped up to this afternoon (yay!) and the Zelnorm/NuLev combo is now working its magic and healing my Irritable GI tract (double YAY!)

    Posted at 11:30 am by brandy101

    Posted by loz @ 11/23/2005 10:26 AM PST
    yeah, geez, I wouldn't mind doing surveys for money. the last time anyone gave me money for doing their survey was when I was a kid & somebody occasionally sent a dollar in the mail to take a tv survey (and then I had to fight my brother for it).

    good find! I hope the debt doesn't crush you guys. awful stuff, debt. good luck with it all!

    and yaaaay! for the early physical therapy appt. & healing GI tract :).

    l.
    x
    Posted by Michelle @ 11/19/2005 12:20 AM PST
    I have done both kids of survey work. Hey someone wants to pay me to talk and give my opinion - who am I to say no? I am glad PT and your med combo all are good news. Too bad you are not closer we are in desperate searchof a reliable doggie walker once a day. *wink* If it helps any I am on a crazy budget too. What a pain those are.
    Posted by Lyly @ 11/18/2005 07:41 PM PST
    I remember doing this like 25 years ago... I think that the product was eventually called "Sure" and has been a well selling deodorant for years.
    Posted by AbbyNormal @ 11/18/2005 04:58 PM PST
    Gee, I think I remember getting $2 once to do a survey on cup-o-noodles commercials. $75 for survey taking?? Maybe I should look into this!

    I used to love The Partridge Family - had a PF lunchbox and everything! It sounds like this could be fun for you, and might help ease the awkwardness fears for everyone, not just you.
     

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