Hey you! Yes you go get these rewards.

We all work hard for out money so why not sign up for some reward programs to earn cash back or points that can be redeemed for gift cards.  I’m sure you already shop at Amazon or Starbucks so why not put your receipts and money to work for you.  Some you don’t do anything other than link your credit card, while others you must claim a reward and then upload a receipt.  None of them take more than a minute or 2 to do.   The longest part is getting the app and setting up the account, which I think took less than 5 minutes.

 

The ones below I use currently.  Some I have already cashed out a reward and others I am still building my points/money to reach the level so I can cash out.  All the apps are free and don’t take away from what your TV shows.  In fact, since I am already playing on my phone it makes sense to upload receipts.

 

So, find one that works for you and have fun. 

 

 

Dosh

 

With Dosh you just link any credit card and enjoying shopping and dining out at places near you.  I have found that not all places near me are part of Dosh but that’s I just go about by normal day and let the cash back build up.

 

This one is slower in getting to the amount I need to cash out but its fine for me since I do other reward programs as well.   I have this one for a few years and haven’t reached the level to cash out.  Lucky there’s no time limit cash out.

 

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Drop

 

With Drop you get points at places like Starbucks, McDonalds, and Bath and Body Works.  I have already cashed out a small reward and have had the account for almost a year and I can cash out for another reward.

 

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Rakuten

 

You get cash back when you shop online.  You just launch the app and go to the company you want to shop and shop away.  I have earned a few bucks already shopping on Amazon.  The good thing is that once you click on Amazon inside the app it will take you to your Amazon app and you will not have to log back into Amazon to each your cash back.  It works the same if you shop on a computer. 

 

I just started using this and I have about $11.31 in my account already and part of that is a welcome bonus. 

 

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GetUpSide

 

With GetUpSide you get money back on your gas purchases.  It ranges anywhere from $.01 to $.10 back per gallon.  That’s on top of whatever rewards the gas station has.  When you need to get gas you launch the app and see what gas stations are near you that has money back.  You claim the offer and get gas.  Once you get your receipt just launch the app again and take a picture and the money ends up in your account.  This one you do have a 4-hour window to fill up and scan the receipt once you claim the offer.

 

Since I have the BP rewards, I am already saving $.05 per gallon and I usually find the BP station on way home, that is giving me $.07 cash back into my account.  How can I pass that up?

 

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Fetch Rewards

 

With Fetch Rewards you turn your grocery receipts into points so you can redeem them for gift cards.  We all shop so might as put those receipts to good use.  I just started and am close to a small reward.

 

Use my referral code, T4W6H, during signup and you'll get 2,000 Fetch Points ($2.00 in points!) just for starting.

 

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Holiday letter 2019

Well it’s that time of year. All the kids are great. Billy Bob is on Pluto trying to build skateboards so they have something to do up there.  Ursula has decided that being a piece of sand is a much more luxurious job that working on a dirt farm on Antarctica. She pulls the roller skates around for the researchers there.

Skippy the golden retriever is still running his flea grooming business.  He has had an elephant to help out and had expanded to the oceans and the sun. He’s racking is some serious nuts. So much that he’s invested in oil on Pluto.

The twins Agnes snd Augustus are roam space in a tube of toothpaste. They are filming a movie that should be a hit amongst the worms and cats.

As for me I’m just sitting here in amazing that my kids are traveling the world and universe. 

Hey, we survived the 1970's and 1980's

With each decade kids experience less and less.  Being born in 1971 I didn't experience some of the same things that my parents and grandparents did.  While they didn't get put in a car seat as newborn I was.  But as we got older none us really used seat-belts.   Kids now a days are in a car seat or a booster seat until they are driving or some crazy age like 10.  I think it's all based on height and weight.  Hey, we survived and didn't grow up to be wimps.

The other thing was Easter eggs that were hidden the night before Easter.  What?  My parents were not getting up at 4 in morning to hide them because they never knew what time we were getting up.  Of course there was the one year that we couldn't find one and they forgot where they hid them all.  So we went on our merry lives and the egg started smelling.  We found it in a chair a week or so later.  Hey, we survived and didn't grow up to about food in the buffet.

Oh, did I mention helmets and padding when riding a bike or roller skating.  Nope never owned any of it.  Yes, my parents loved us and cared about us, but like my parents we survived.   Heck I even had a broken wrist at 5.  It healed just fine and now 43 years later there are no issues.  Hey,we survived with no issues mentally or physically.  OK, maybe a few if you have read a few of the posts in my blog.  I'm a little weird and off.  I call it being sparkly.

I'm sure there were a lot more things we survived that I an forgetting.  But I was a teenager in the 1980's and it was the decade of excess.  So I am sure the hair spray highs cause a memory issue.  Yes, I'm going with the hairspray high excuse.  

Food coma and buying an elephant with a tutu

So, does anyone know what they bought yesterday when they went shopping after eating that turkey and being in a food coma?  Between the crowds and the food comas it makes me wonder how anyone was able to push the carts and load them up.  Does the alcohol even out the food coma and everybody doesn’t walk around like a drunken fool?  In past years people were crazy pushing and shoving each other and for what, a savings of 2 pennies.  I imagine people pushing and shoving all while being in that food coma and just grabbing things and moving on.  When they get home and are looking through their purchases, they are like oh when did I buy an elephant with a lime green tutu on.  So that’s why I have a semi-truck in my driveway.  Oh, look a VHS playing with a box of beta tapes.  What great purchases, my family is going to love this stuff.

 

People really need to stop shopping on Thanksgiving and enjoy the family.  Because let’s face it, a flying monkey playing the tuba will only last a short time.  But the crazy cousin swinging from the chandler with the turkey yelling you can’t catch us will last a lifetime.

Black hole of life

I think I fell into the black hole of life.  Either that or I just suck donkey balls at adulting.  I think it’s a combination of both.  Between living with the elderly grandfather and being an hour away from work I am in a whole different world of crazy.  Then trying to plan moving furniture by renting a truck from a big box hardware store and I feel like I’m a fish in outer space. 

Being in the black hole of life seems to be a good thing at this point.  I am away from all the stupid cranky people including myself.  What’s funny is that people will have long drawn out conversations about things like why a show wasn’t on TV but when talk of a state not changing time cause said TV show to be on an hour later as well as the news.  No, the local stations won’t figure that out since the big networks have their times set.  So, you all wanted to be on daylight savings time permanently enjoy that ride because for some of us we were fine the way things were.  So just remember not to bitch when you cannot remember what time zone you’re in cuz this monkey and circus won’t care because I’ll be in my black hole. 

Dinner show or driving in traffic

The other morning I was on my way to work and was stopped at a stop sign. The lady behind me was doing all sorts of hand gestures. I wasn’t sure if she was putting on a dinner show, trying to get me to go through a red light or something else. Then I realized she was on the phone. Do people really think the persons on the other end can see their hand gestures. I think not unless they were using 2 cups connected by 2 feet of string.  She was going 500 miles an hour with hand gestures. She could have been trying to fly her car instead of drive it. I think she was driving with her toes since her hands weren’t on the wheel once we started moving. 

Either bat shit crazy or lack of self esteem

Just because your husband talks to a female doesn’t mean that he is banging said female.  In today’s world males and females work together and they do have to communicate with each other.  Most of the time it is during work hours, but occasionally there are times when they must talk outside of work.  Now I do not know every type of job out there but if you are working in the IT field you may need to talk to each other if there is a project going on or a data outage. 

So, there is no need to stalk the females your husband talks to.  By doing so you could be causing him trouble at work, putting him at risk of losing his job, etc.  Any issues should be addressed with your man.  Because he was the one possibly cheating on you and if you are that insecure then maybe you need to work on you and your damn trust issues.  Not to mention your high school drama needs to be put into check.  So go and deal with your damn hot mess of yourself and move on.

Kiawah Island trip

Brain cells and hairspray in the 1980s

I may be blonde but I was born with all my brain cells.  No really, I was.  While I have had blonde moments my entire life the alcohol in my 20’s didn’t kill any brain cells.  How do I know this?  Because I was a teenager in the 80’s and I graduated high school in 1989.  I had big permed hair that stayed in place with half a can of aerosol hairspray.  Now I didn’t use Aquanet, because that would only hold the hair during a tornado.  I used Vavoom extra-full freezing finishing spray by Matrix.  My hair could withstand a category 5 hurricane.  So, it was the hairspray that did it.  Now my hair would stay put all day once I sprayed in the morning, but I was in a hairspray fog all day.  That shit could get you high.  Now you couldn’t just style your hair and spray it with hairspray.  Nope there was teasing involved and a hairdryer to dry the hairspray.  What?  That helped hold the wings of your hair 6-12 inches away from your head.  Any time you walked into the girl’s bathroom there was a fog of hairspray.  Heck you could walk past the girl’s bathroom and get high.  Who needed drugs when there was hairspray?

 

 

The 2 pictures posted are from 1989 and 1990.

I think it’s time, just saying

If you have to apologize for that static on your phone, I think it’s time for a new phone.

If you have to come off of the phone in a call center to organize papers, I think it’s time for a new job.

If you cannot use a turn signal when changing lanes, I think its time to stop driving.

If you keep posting pictures of engagement rings and he’s not getting the hint, I think its time for a new boyfriend.

If you are offended by any of these, I think you need to put your big boy/girl pants on and suck it up.

Suck it up boys and girls it’s summer

Yes boys and girls it’s summer. You know what that means. Hot humid swap ass weather. You don’t like it. Wait 7 months and it’ll be below zero and you’ll be hiring your house down for heat. Maybe you should have kept some of that snow to cool your house. It could have come in handy to fill the pool to go sledding in. What that would be funnier than shit.

Shit Gramps Says

While driving through the 55+ community I live in with my 94 year old grandfather we drive past the community baseball field.  He proceeds to say this is where the old fogies play ball.  They just are not allowed to slide into the bases.  I look at him for a second and go back to driving shaking my head and rolling my eyes.

Then during a car ride we could hear someone’s music from 2 cars behind us. Mind you our windows closed with air on. He says that person will have worse hearing then me when he’s my age.   I sat there thinking ummm gramps you have hearing aids. 

He’s so cute and I know where I get my blonde moments from and he’s not blonde.  He has been keeping busy making crosses that he gives out at church and signs for me to paint/chalk on so I can sell them

The move is done, hotter than heck, and telemarketers

The move is finally done. I’m all settled in with my 94 year old grandfather. Now if you live in Illinois you know that we haven’t had too many warm days.   But it hasn’t been cold enough to keep the heat on, except in this community. You see my grandfather lives in a 55 plus community. It’s not a bad thing even for a 48 year old. But it’s warmer than hades in here. Some days I think I’m going through the change. Which is not the case at the moment.   So a friend of my gave me a little portable air cooler which really just puts water in the air like a humidifier. I keep my window open the ceiling fan on high.

We all know telemarketers are a pain in the butt. So when it comes to them calling the house if they don’t identify themselves grandpa won’t talk to them. Nor does he hang up on them. What does he do you ask?  Good question he just puts the phone down and goes about his business. Once he hears the dial tone he puts the phone back on the hook. I finally put home on the do not call list which takes all the fun out of hearing them talk to dead air.

The air cooler and breakfast that grandpa cooked.

The Big Move and Chalking

On June 1 I have to be out the apartment I currently live in.  My boyfriend, who is 12 years older then me  has retired from being an union carpenter. He had a sister in Tennessee and he wanted to move there. So in the mean time I’m going to move in with my grandpa. So while he’s down there I will stay behind and work and live in a 55 and older community and I’m only 48. They have some great amenities there and let’s face it I’ll have quality time with my grandpa.

So the 45 minute drive will be worth it. The packing hasn’t been fun but the donating of useless junk is great. I will actually end up with a crafting area to do my crafts. Actually I only do Chalk Couture. It’s awesome. You pick a surface, then a vinyl and finally pick out your chalk paste.  Put it all together and you get a great looking sign.

So while he’s having fun I’ll be working and making signs.  Oh and pool time.

www.chalkcouture.com/chalkingblonde

Learn some phone manners

People it’s not hard to identify who you are when calling someone. Oh hanging up when someone is in mid sentence. Really where you raised in an ant farm. Because it sounds like you were raised with the sea monkeys.

Not to mention when do I have to ask you 10 questions when to find out why the hell you want when you called me.

Freaking out over Jason Momoa shaving his beard

When have we become more focused on what celebrities do to there faces?  I'll be the first to admit that Jason Momoa is hot.  Like most people I have seen pictures of him over the years and he is hot in all of them.  With or without the beard he's eye candy.  I am one of the few people not freaking out about him shaving his face.  Ok maybe the only one.  Why because HE IS JUST LOOKING NO MATTER WHAT IS ON HIS FACE. 

By the way it's his face and we have no say in if he shaves or not.  Lisa Bonet has a say in his face because they are married.  But the rest of us get over it. There are other things to freak out about.  Like garbage in the ocean or in the forests.  How about the hungry people in the country and the rest of the world?  Freak out about those things.

Ok that was my mini freak.

People just breath.....it'll be ok just don't call in the monkeys

No matter where you are going through any type of change can either be challenging or not.  It is more challenging when people start freaking out and calling every brother, sister, monkey, and space alien around.  Calling all those people will not make the change go away nor will it help to fix and issues that occurred with said change.

So yes, you may not be getting all your emails on all your devices or you may not like the new boss.  But take a deep breath and realize that some things are not in your control and some are.  You can leave your job because you really cannot stand the new dragon that is in charge.  Just remember that the grass isn't always greener on the other side as it can have some brown spots in it.

If you're not getting emails and the IT group is working on it then use the voice you were given and call people.  What texting and social media took it away?  I'm sorry then maybe you should go find it again and get practicing on your social and speaking skills so you can function like a human being again.  Yes, it's that easy.

So go into the world and breath.  Enjoy the moment and remember clowns are not always scary.

Because everyone needs a sign

Yes everyone needs a sign. I was out with friends and Saturday and they decided I needed to go to their house and make a sign.  My one friend sell Chalk Corture. If you haven’t done it you need to. I don’t know what I was waiting for.  We played and laughed for hours. So what are you waiting for. Go get addicted to making signs. You won’t regret it. 

  

Last day at the partime job

Yes, it happened.  I'm a free woman on the weekends.  No, I am wondering around offering things for free.  I do not have to work the weekends anymore.  Which is great because I have a full-time job that I can concentrate at now and I can work on their stuff when it comes up.

The adventures are going to start coming more now.  Like a trip to the moon or under the sea.  Either one can be a great day trip.  Ok, maybe not physically but mentally I can do it.

Until next peeps!

Yahoo car paid off and said good bye to the part time job

Well, since paying off my car this week I also quit my part time job.  While I loved all the stupid people that came in, there just wasn't a need for me to continue working there.  Well, all the good stories that I get daily are classic but I couldn't in good faith spill the beans on them all.

Oh who am I kidding.  I wrote about some of it and just didn't name the store I was working at.  I probably won't either in case I ever need to go back to a big box retail store to work if I am ever in the need for a job. I'll probably sell my brain if I ever decide to work retail again.  It takes a unique person to be able to do that.  With my face gestures it wasn't going to last.  What management frowns upon eye rolling while looking directly at the customers.

So here's to all the eye rolling.

Fear not my sparkly peeps Its my birthday

Fear not my sparkly peeps I am not losing any sparkle tomorrow only gaining it.  Tomorrow I turn another year older.  I flip from 47 to 48.  Yes, I may be closer to 50 then 40 but I have way more sparkle left and I seem to keep finding it.  Maybe its trouble I keep finding.  Hard to tell now a days since it appears both are close cousins to each other in my life.

For the birthday weekend I thought about traveling to Pluto to check on how it has been doing since it lost its planet status.  I thought I could cheer it up by brining some balloons and some of our stupid people there.  I know Pluto could use a good laugh.  What I want to share our Walmartians?  Oh come on some of that shit is funny and should be shared.  It will either encourage or discourage a visit from Martians.  Maybe the Walmartians are actually frome another plant.  Because I don't think all the stupidity came just from mankind.  Just saying.

Happy birthday to me.

Chicago in January

Hey, people!  Yes, is cold outside.  Not to mention there is snow on the ground with more coming.  What did you knuckle heads expect during the winter season in Chicago?  Did you think we would be making sandcastles on the beach instead of snowman?  It's not like this is St. Lucia in the Caribbean.

Weekend getaway and saying bust instead must

I am leaving for Cancun Mexico on Friday for a long weekend.  My cousin is getting married and of course I am trying to fit all my clothes in a carry-on.  It's like a clown car but in luggage form.  My family is like you need some outfits.  Umm, it's a wedding on a beach.  I need 1 outfit and a bathing suit. Of course I have some outfits for the weekend I'm not that clueless.  I just sparkle all the time.

It should be a great time up until I do my reading at the wedding.  If I could I would do it in snapchat.  Hey I am good at that because there are filters that make my face and voice funny.  I'll be ok because it not like I'm in the 8th grade again and I say bust instead of must during a required speech.  I just remember saying it and I for the life of me cannot remember what the speech was about.