Long time no post...

Okay, it's been 3 months since I last posted. I guess I've been busy...or there's been nothing to write about... Nope, just been busy!

Since school started I have been subbing some but mostly just being a mom and that keeps me busy enough! Watching Kyler enjoy the first semester of school and his first soccer season was so much fun - for me and for him!

Anyway, I wanted to share some info that might help out some of you in the future. I am a member of several survey sites and point-earning sites and over the past year I have saved up all my survey money and point money for Christmas. I am done with my shopping now and we only spent about $100-150 of our own money. If you're interested, I'm going to list the sites I'm a member of. Just remember that these survey sites can get frustrating - you may only qualify and get full payment for a seemingly small percentage of the surveys that you try - but just stick with it. The money really does add up after a while!

PLEASE - if you decide to sign up on any of the sites that allow me to refer a friend, leave me a comment first and I will e-mail you a referral! Help me earn money for next Christmas! :D

mypoints.com - This one is probably one of my favorite sites that I use. Over the past year I earned enough points through this site to get $95 worth of gift cards for Christmas. This site does not pay out cash - you can only redeem for gift cards. You can earn money by searching the web using their search engine rather than google, online shopping through their partner merchants, taking surveys, and by just clicking through on e-mails they send you daily. Once you get to about 1400 points you can get a $10 gift cards - it's about 3,500 points for a $25 card. (Ask me for a referral!)

inboxdollars.com - I'm not a huge fan of inbox dollars but I thought I would share it just in case some one wants to try it out. You earn money through online shopping, surveys and clicking through their e-mails. They do pay cash - however, you can't cash out until you get to $30. After one year I am only at $19.00. I don't think I'll keep this one after I get to my first cash out amount. (Ask me for a referral!)

freeride.com - This is another one that sends you surveys and also e-mails that you get points for clicking on the ad. You can also earn tokens for shopping online through their merchant partners. Also, every day you can go to their site and click around and little tokens will pop up and you can get 10 tokens every day that way. I have just recently joined this one and already have 6,400 tokens. This site requires 31,500 tokens for a $25 gift card. You can also redeem 12,600 tokens for a $10 amazon gift card. (Ask me for a referral!)

shopathome.com - This one is only a shopping site - you earn cash back for shopping at different websites. You get $5 just for signing up (and I get $5 for everyone I refer who signs up and makes a purchase). I have earned $21 on this site just for making a couple of purchases. (Ask me for a referral!)

The good thing about being a member of several of the shop-online-and-earn-points/cash back sites - if one site doesn't offer the merchant you want to use, a different one might. Also, they one site may give you a better deal on the points or cash back you received (although that can sometimes be hard to figure out considering the different amounts points are worth on each site...)

swagbucks.com - I don't use swagbucks (because I earn points through the mypoints search feature) but have heard many people talk about it so I wanted to share it. From what I understand, it is a search engine that earns you swagbucks for searching the web. You can then redeem your swagbucks for many different types of prizes, including amazon.com gift cards.

mysurvey.com - This is just a survey site. I have earned $50 so far through this site. You can redeem your points in increments of 1,000 - 1,000 points equals $10. You can also redeem points for different types of prizes or for charity donations. (Ask me for a referral!)

surveyhead.com - This is only surveys, also. You can cash out at $25 and you can have money sent to a paypal account. I have earned about $44 on here so far. I like this one because when you log on they give you alot of surveys to try. I don't qualify for alot of them but because there are so many I'm bound to qualify for a few. :)

toluna.com - This is probably my favorite of the just-surveys sites. I just think I earn money the fastest on this one for some reason. They also have sponsored polls on your homepage that earn you 15 points for each one you answer. You can cash out at 60,000 points (which is $20). I've made about $40 so far. However, the part I don't like about this site is that it takes 8 weeks for you to receive a check from them. (Ask me for a referral!)

American Consumer Opinion - I don't get survey invitations from this one very often but I like it because they will often do product surveys - they will send you a product to try out and of course you get the product free and then they will often send you a check once you complete a survey about the product.