Sorry I haven't been on for a long time. Life has gotten so busy. My husband and I decided to pull our kids out of public so that I can homeschool them. We have been doing homeschool for about a month now and have finally figured out our schedule.

    About 2 weeks before I started homeschooling, I started as a product tester. Something that I have always wanted to do. Since I am a stay at home mom, I am always trying to help out anyway that I can. I do couponing, surveys and now product testing. These few things have helped me stretch our budget further.

    Its nice that we have plenty of food on our table, bills paid, money going into our savings and some extra cash to spend, plus now we got products of things we enjoy using. I will post about how I got into product testing tomorrow. I do surveys through Pineconeresearch.com. They pay you $3 a survey. It might not be much but it adds up. I had just cash out a $75 check and in 2 weeks I already have $30 waiting to cash out. Some weeks are better than others but $3 for about 5 minutes of your time is great. They also sometimes send you products to test which means you get another survey to do after testing.

    I got into couponing a few years ago after moving to Georgia. My neighbors and I went to a class to learn. After I had tried getting into couponing by myself years before, the class showed me that I was over thinking stuff too hard. The gentleman that taught the class introduced me to the website Southernsavers.com. This lady does most of the leg work for you and shows you most of the deals going on each week. Her site works for most of the southeast states. I personally don't buy newspapers. I mainly use coupons printed from offline.

      Life is always changing but I have my family here to support. So take one day at a time and live it.