Things that are gone in the morning.

I am convinced that there are things that plot against me.

1. My toilet. As the solidary toilet in my condo, it knows it holds all the cards and failing to function would be an expensive and unavoidable immediate repair.

2. My car. Oil changing and brake pad changing is not enough to feed all of its beastly desires. Despite fairly recent fixes of most major repairs, it lies in wait to blow a tire, have some electrical thingie bust, or some kind of thing that makes it not go and need immediate repair that I cannot beg for from friends.

3. My appendix. Despite regular visits to all doctors to make sure all of my parts are in good working order, my appendix is silent but costly. Should it decide to explode in a fit of pique it would be omg expensive.


These are the things that freak me out. I spend a likely unnecessary amount of time worrying about these things (with an added 4. What if I randomly lose my job?) as the costs to repair these things are nebulous and pricey. I would like to have enough money to take care of all of these things at will, but I just don't. I'm working on savings (an uphill battle at best). I consolidated my credit cards but it's going to take approximately forever 4 years to finish paying them off and needless to say the banks aren't exactly giving out credit cards like candy now a days.

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.

Choose my adventure!

So, when I start to get fretful about money, my little Ferengi brain starts spinning like a hamster in a wheel. I am particularly frustrated I suspect because I have been working OT like whoa and it hasn't really been contributing to my savings. I'm not exactly going crazy over here on my disposible income which includes fun trinkets like "oil change" and "brita filter" (though it also includes "nail polish" and "roving").

I'm not really interested in learning new budgeting tricks. I started tracking my spending (a depressing endevour), Jow and I got on the same phone plan to save a whole $8 each a month, there's no cheaper wifi, I will use Wegman's as a treat not as a regular food shopping destination. There is nothing else left to cut.

So, obvs, I just need to make more money.

There is my well paying job that hovers somewhere between part time and full time, that takes up no less than 28 hours of my week and no more than 35. (I am paid for my OT)

I answer questions for a website which nets me about $50 extra a month.

I *almost* have enough yarn/goddess dollies to put up on my etsy shop.

I have been writing erotica when I can, though I could be doing more here.


What are some other secondary sources of income that you would recommend? You can be funny or serious. If you're being serious, it would need to be something I could ideally do from home or that can be scheduled on my own time flexibly, ideally with some (preferrably) vetted information.

I wouldn't mind a laugh either! ;p I hate getting stressed about money. All my bills are getting paid, I worry more about my savings becoming up to snuff.

Let us glad game, Pollyanas.

Talking about money all the time is tres boring. Let's glad game instead. Feel free to chime in with yours in the comments or your ljs.

Let's play a love game/ play a love game/ play a love game . . .

* Numerous Fat Squirrel sightings
* Yummy chinese take out and chilling time with J^1 and J^2
* All my relationships are good :)
* GaGa on my Pandora
* GossipGirl waiting for me on the dvr
* Today my sinuses don't feel like popping which is a welcome change
* Have a roof over my head (that I own), a car that works, decent health, managed fibro, heat/air conditioning, a good job, people who love me, and enough to eat
* A weekend to recover from being sick and overworking
* I have a good bit of roving to spin
* Pointsetta still not dead from xmas
* I lost a few pounds
* I've been enjoying delicious low fat edy's slow churned peanut butter cup
* Work has been a lot more interesting for me lately - rewriting copy, assisting with website changes, assisting in event planning, etc.
* All of my medications are taken care of, I have enough for a couple months
* I'm becoming the person I've wanted to become which is pretty epic (though of course still a work in progress) - good, stable love relationships, losing weight, homeowner, writing (working on the more publishing part), crafting, still going out and having fun and dropping it like it's hot ;p, regained self confidence, better financial planning, yeah.