I Am Making Money on The Internet

People think there is no way to make money on the internet, but those people are wrong. In the year 2009 I made over $700 for the year. That's a lot of extra spending money for me. It's money my husband is not allowed to touch!

I list the sites and how they pay, either by check, paypal, points traded for product or gift cards, or just gift cards. Some of the sites have referral links, if you would be so kind as to sign up under mine and then contact me by leaving a comment on my blog and I'll sign up under some of yours.

So here goes the list:

http://www.adpaid.com/pages/index.php?refid=mlh8087
Pays via paypal at $3.00 payout.
This is a survey, ptc, ptr site and pts site. I just bought the golden membership at this site and have started getting referrals at many of my other sites. I made $66.84 from this site for 2009. I have reinvested in the site with a premium membership that cost only $12.99.
My investment into this PTC has been worthwhile. I trust this site and I'm still making money.

http://www.buzzback.com/
This site pays via check or paypal. I made only $6.00 from this site. I didn't qualify for most of their surveys. There's no referral link for this site.

http://www.clixsense.com/?2368124
I'm almost at payout on this one. It's paid to click on ads. Pays by check.
Clixsense did pay me. However, I have not been able to upgrade because I don't have a credit card. I'll have to wait until I get a card thru one of my other reward sites or I get my account built back up to the pay out. Once I reach pay out I can upgrade using that amount of money. That appears to be something new they started this last month or so.

http://www.creationsrewards.net/join.asp?referid=27 5C DD 8A CE A8 1A
That's really the referal. It pays via paypal.
PTR, Offers, surveys, and PTS to earn you points here. Points are traded in for cash after 1000 points. I made $30 from this site in 2009.

http://www.dailysurveypanel.com/r=mlh8087
This is a survey site that pays via points. 200 points + $1.00
I've been paid by this site a couple of times. They pay via paypal.
I made $20 in 2009.

NOTE: This site is still paying me. I like it!

http://www.dollarsurveys.net/
You earn by doing offers and surveys. It's alway a surprise which it will be.
It pays one dollar for whatever activity they send your way. I've been paid several times by these guys and payment is thru paypal. A dollar here, a dollar there: I made $11 at this site in 2009.

http://www.epoll.com/
Pays thru points that can be traded in for gift cards. I've received a couple of Amazon gift cards from this site. This site sends you surveys. They also pay thru paypal and I'm waiting for a payment from them now. I made a total of $10 from this site.

http://www.esearch.com/
This is a survey site and they pay via paypal.
I was paid 4 times in 2009 and made $8.

http://www.globalopinionpanels.com/
This is a survey site and they pay with checks. I have received 2 checks from them and made $10 in 2009.

http://www.greenfieldonline.com/
Pays with paypal and believe they will pay using checks also.
This is a survey site and I really like their surveys although sometimes they get a little long.
I made $41 in 2009 from this site. I got really lucky and did a product testing that paid well.

https://www.hcdsurveys.com/panel/join/cfm?referralid=205133
This site does a lot of political surveys. The points can be traded in for a check after 1000 points. I made $10.15 from this site.

http://hits4pay.com/members/index.cgi?mlh8087
This is a PTR site. If you choose to do the offers that's up to you. I'm really really close to payout on this one. Paypal is their payment method and I made $25.08 from this site in 2009.

http://www.hotspex.com/
This is a really fun survey site. You earn points and then trade them in at points.com for whatever you want. I chose an Amazon gift card. This site has changed it's payment method. Now you get to spend points for chances to win prizes. They say they are going to set a way to exchange points for gift cards or actual money or something. It hasn't happened yet.

http://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=mlh8087
This site does a little bit of everything. I just reached payout at the end of October 2008. I'll be getting a check at the beginning of December 2008 sometime.
I have not reached payout again for this site. I'm really really close!

http://www.i-say.com/
I just got paid by this site. They pay with gift cards and/or product. I chose the $10 gift card.
In 2009 I received checks from this site that totaled $15.

http://www.ithink.com/
This is a survey site and I've only been paid once via paypal.

http://www.lightspeedpanel.com
I've been a member of this site for a while. I finally started making money at it this year.
In 2009 I earned $25 from this site. All they do is offer surveys.

http://mindfieldonline.com/referral/26c45532
It's 2/19/09 and I just got a $5 check from mindfield. It took awhile but I finally got enough points.

http://www.mylot.com/?ref=mlh8087
This is a social site where you can earn money socializing with other mylotters. I haven't reached pay out yet but I'm having a fun time on this site. I haven't had any pop ups at this site like at the yuwie.com site.

http://www.mypoints.com/
You read e-mails and offers. PTS also. Earn points that are traded in for gift cards.
I've received a $25 Barnes and Noble Gift Card, $25 Amazon Gift Card, and a $25 Overstock Gift card. In 2009 I made $50.

http://www.mysurvey.com/
This is a survey site that pays via check.
I was paid 3 times in 2009 and earned $40.

http://www.myview.com/
Strictly a survey site and I have paid $25 twice. This site is a little slow approving payments.

http://www.opinionoutpost.com/
This is a survey site. If there's anything else going on at the site I haven't noticed. I've been paid by check several times since joining.
I didn't qualify for many surveys from this site for 2009, so, I only made $5.70 for the year.

http://www.opinionsquare.com/
They sent me one check but then I started earning points, unless I'm confused about the check. It might have been a bonus or something. The points are earned taking surveys and then traded in for products. In 2oo9 I made $45.97 but only $5 was a check. The rest I traded in points for movies.

http://palmresearch.com/index.pl?ref=1247626
This site I discovered at the beginning of 2009. I made $16.50 once I reached their payout.
They send an e-mail with a chance to complete 2 surveys each day. Sometimes you can complete them and sometimes you don't qualify. You just have to excercise a lot of patience.

http://www.permissionresearch.com/
This is the same opinion square, or at the very least run by the same people. It pays by points that are traded in by product. I made $5.79 with this site. I ordered a movie using the points they reward you with.

http://www.pineconeresearch.com/
I have been paid, at first by check, but then I changed payment thru paypal. I have been paid
$3 a pop for the surveys taken here. I made $24 at this site.

http://www.quickrewards.net/?r=mlh8087
This site has no set limit for paypal cashout. This is one of my favorite sites and they pay well. They are also one of the more organized sites that have PTR, PTS, Offers, surveys and so forth and so on. They will pay by check or gift card. This site is fun and I hope you come join the fun.

In 2009 I made $37.96 from this site.

http://www.sendearnings.com/r=ref1424566
This site is very similar to Inbox Dollars. I'm five dollars short of cashing out.
It has surveys, play games, PTR, PTS, offers, and just about a little of everything.
I reached payout from this site in 2009. I made $27.19.

http://www.surveys.com/
In 2009 I made $7 from this site.

http://www.surveyhead.com/
I'm just about to be paid by this site. It's a survey site and I rather enjoy it.
I'm waiting for two surveys to get approved and I will have reached the $25 payout via paypal. 2/9/09

Surveyhead paid me! So anyone who needed to know. They do payout and I'm still getting surveys. Cool!

I made a total of $50.90 for the year of 2009.

https://www.surveysavvy.com/?id=3253025&actions=join
This site pays via check for doing surveys. I only qualifed for 1 survey from this site in 2009 and earned $3.

http://www.surveyspot.com/
This is a survey site. They pay via check and sweepstakes entries. I was paid twice from this site in 2009 and made $10.

www.testspin.com
I received a $10 Amazon Gift Card in 2009 from this site. I don't qualify for many of their surveys at all.

http://www.treasuretrooper.com/361938
This is a paid to site, plus surveys. I take the surveys. I haven't reached pay out yet.

http://www.valuedopinions.com/
This is a survey site that pays with Amazon gift cards. In 2009 I earned a $20 Amazon Gift Card.

http://www.webeffective.keynote.com/
This is a survey site and pays with Amazon Gift Cards. In 2009 I earned a $10 Gift Card.

http://www.your2cents.com/
Your2cents.com and Toluna.com have joined together. I earned a $10 check in 2009.

http://yourfreesurveys.com/?r=188342
This is a mixed bag of surveys and offers. I do only the surveys and have been paid by check for my troubles.

http://www.zoompanel.com/
This is a survey site and they pay via points traded in for product. In 2009 I ordered $28.97 worth in movies from this site.

So for the most part I've listed all the sites that are making me money either thru gift cards, product, checks, or paypal.
It may be a dollar there and dollar here for doing nothing but giving my opinion or reading an ad or e-mail but after a while all those dollars add up. For me, this year it has added up to $704.80
and the year is not over yet and I'm still waiting on more payments.

I have stuck to my guns in doing this activity. I work it like a part time job. I get up in the mornings and start clearing my e-mails. I then start checking my other e-mail addresses and clear surveys out of those. And No! I am not signed up at the same sites with different e-mail addresses.
I check my e-mail again when I get home at night from my evening job.

I hope everyone that signs up for these sites that you have a lot of fun and make some money with them.

Thank you for signing up under any of them if you do.

Finally! A Tattoo

Guess what world? I've finally did it! I have a tattoo. My daughter promised me a couple of years ago that she would get me a tattoo for a Mother's Day gift. It finally happened. It hurt like the dickens. But now I'm a mark woman, a painted lady and I couldn't be happier. My daughter got the exact same thing on her arm. Now we are matching.

The tattoo is of the yingyang symbol with two lizards chasing their tails. What it means to me is balance in life and how we, as people, seem to be chasing our own tails. What goes around comes around and all that.

Everyone keeps asking me, "Why would a grown woman do that to her body?"

The answer is very simple: I did it because this is one of the things I want to do before I get to old to do anything. At 51 time is working against me now. I may have 5 years or I may have 40 years. But I don't want to go without doing at least one thing on my list of, I wish I had done that.

Number 2 on my list is to learn how to drive a motorcycle. We'll see what happens with that.

My Grandson's Birthday

My grandson was born on 8/12/08. It was a wonderful experience.

He was 6lbs 12oz and 20 inches long. He was awake and very alert.

My daughter came thru the event with no problems at all. She is now back at work.

We used a person called a Doola. This person did a wonderful job. She explained everything my daughter needed to know about what was going on in the hospital room. If you ever have an opportunity to use a doolay I would highly suggest you do so.

Where I Work (The Estates on Lake Granbury)

This is where I work. It's called The Estates on Lake Granbury. It's really a great place to work but it is also where I like to practice my other favorite past time and that is fish. I love to fish, however, I was only able to fish a couple of times this year. North Central Texas has been in a drought this summer and our lake is starting to get just a tad low. The water line is now almost to the boat house. (bottom center of the above picture).

This picture above was taken from the dock at my work. It's late in the day and the sun is setting. Near the center of the picture you can just barely make out the courthouse clock in downtown Granbury.

The picture on the right shows my husband's scarecrow tree. That's poison ivy growing all over it. The pictures attached too it are of sunsets taken while I was fishing at The Estates. The first time I fished there I got sunburned so bad I could hardly put on my glasses. I learned to start wearing sunscreen.

This is me in the atrium (front lobby) of The Estates on Lake Granbury. One of the residents took my picture because she knew she was moving to an assisted living place closer to her family. The community I work for is an independent living facility for people age 55 and older. I think now our median age is about 80 something years. But we have some youngsters of just over 55 years old. I know one thing for sure we have a lot of spry elders at The Estates. There's never a dull moment.

The next picture is of me on our boat dock with one of the huge carp that like to hang out around our shore line. Several of our folks like to feed the ducks and geese that call us home during the summertime months. The top picture of this set is me actually doing my job sitting behind the desk and doing all those things that helps me make a living.

The picture of me with the horse was taken at The Dallas World Aquarium. That horse was just about a foot taller than me. He was still friendly, for a horse.

I have worked for The Estates on Lake Granbury for little over 5 years. I learn something new almost everyday. One of my fishing buds showed me how to catch more fish. Some of his tricks actually worked. I'll try to find some more pictures of me and my fish. I've caught carp, catfish, all kinds of bass, a turtle or two, and anything else that swims in Lake Granbury.

If you would like to learn more about where I work check out:
http://www.theestatesonlakegranbury.com/

Television In My Home

Lately I've been really upset with my cable company. They took away 5 stations in one fail swoop. Oh! Excuse me! They didn't take them away, the stations are now digital and the only way to receive them is with a digital receiver. After much fanfare we finally got a digital receiver. Wait, what do I hear? My VCR not recording the digital stations that were made digital with no warning to their customers.

So more fighting with the cable company and we get a DVR. We still can't record using the VCR but the DVR can record two stations at a time and I can watch them when I get home from work at night.

The cable company kept saying that their customers will have to get a digital receiver to get any stations after the "big" digital conversion in Feb. '09. According to the Watchdog in our local newspaper that information is incorrect. Supposedly when the conversion happens the cable company will change the signal back to analog so our older model televisions can get the signal. That begs to ask: How many stations is the cable company going to convert? Those who don't have digital receivers may only get a few stations. Something to think about, isn't it?

My Wonderful Sunflowers

My new project this spring was to grow some giant sunflowers. I must say I did a rather smashing job. It took a lot of hard work but it was well worth it. Those suckers take a lot of water. My husband and I almost figured that out too late. When they don't have enough water their leaves droop like they are really tired.

However, when we got the water mix just right this is what happened. Wonderful, beautiful sunflowers. All the pictures I took are at the shown My Space page. They look really great.

I started the seeds in little starter pots. After they got a couple of inches tall I them in the ground.

Some of the flowers got over 10 feet tall. Those were the giants. The other flowers, they hybrids, only got a few feet tall. Those were the prettiest with all the different colors.

Oh well, those flowers are all drying up now. However, I do have lots and lots of seeds for next year.

Medicine in America

So, now my daughter is like extremely pregnant. She has been having labor pains for two days, but not very regular. She calls her doctor and gets the on-call doc. The on-call doc tells her in an accent that was so thick that all my daughter could understand was that you are probably in labor take to extra strength tylenol and go to bed. What's up with that?

Anyway, all day today we have been waiting for the wee one to be born. Still having pains but no baby. Maybe tomorrow.

Which brings me to another topic. I have a tooth that needs a root canal and crown. I have another tooth that needs a re-treatment of a root canal. I have to wait until my major dental kicks in in August before insurance covers any of the root canal and even with that it's going to be over $1,000.

Then I go in for my well-woman exam. I'm told I have to have a colonoscopy as I'm now over 50 years of age. I'm assured that my medical insurance will cover this test as it is part of my well woman exam. Okay so I'm scheduled to speak with the gastro. doctor. She assures me my insurance will cover this as it's part of my well woman exam.

5 days before this colonoscopy I get a letter in the mail saying it's going to cost me $640 for this medical test that's supposed to be covered by my medical insurance that is supposed to be covering my well woman exam. So I go to my medical insurance site. The normal charge for a colonoscopy in this area is between $410-$510.

My husband calls the gastro. place. They tell him we will be reimbursed after insurance pays thier share of the $640. Well this $640 is being saved for a root canal I know I absolutely need. The colonoscopy is because some doctor decided I needed this test. I had one 4 years ago when I was ill in the hospital. It was clear.

Now I have a decision to make-root canal or colonoscopy? I picked the root canal. My tooth hurts; My butt does not!