Search & Win

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Swagbucks Search Engine earns you prizes

Here is a great search engine in which you can earn excellent prizes just for searching the internet!  It is called Swagbucks.  Swagbucks randomly rewards users with 'swagbucks' (SB), a virtual currency of sorts, which can be redeemed for prizes in the Swag Store.  Prizes such as Amazon gift cards, Paypal payments, video game consoles and video games are among the many items you can get.  I myself have earned 13 $5 Amazon gift cards in the past 6 months - just by searching the internet!  Also, if you 'like' them on Facebook, they will periodically post limited time codes which can be added to your total.  You can also refer your friends to join using a unique referral link and earn SB everytime they earn SB for searching!  To maximize your SB, I highly recommend setting Swagbucks as your homepage and using them for all of your online searches.  There is also a toolbar you can download that will make it easier to search.  So what are you waiting for? Sign up for Swagbucks now! 

Click here to sign up for Swagbucks

Friday, June 3, 2011

My Newest Craft

I felt the urge to be crafty yesterday....and here is my final result!  I thought I did a pretty good job if I don't say so myself!





This is actually for sale in the little Etsy Widget to the right.

Welcome to my blog!

Hello and welcome to my blog!  My name is Sheryl and I am a stay-at-home-mom (SAHM) of 3 young children, ages 4, 3 and 1.  We, like everyone else in the US, have been negatively affected by the economy.  No job loss, luckily, but pay cuts.  My husband has worked for the State of Florida since 2007 and to this day has not received a pay increase, nor cost of living adjustment, at all.  In fact, next month, his pay will be CUT as State employees will be required to contribute 3% of their pay to their pension.  This wouldn't necessarily be that big of a deal if he made a little more and/or got a few raises over the past four years.

On this site I am planning on doing a show-and-tell sort of thing.  I will be sharing with you some of my crafts, yard sale finds, as well as updates and super deal finds in the store.  I will also add that I have links on this page that will hopefully generate a little aid, but if you feel driven to, please donate using the little 'Donate' button at the bottom of the page.  Follow if you'd like, I'm sure it will be fun!  Be sure to tell your friends as well - the more the merrier!  Thank you!!