Thursday, December 19, 2019

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.

 


 

 

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.

 


 

 

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. 

 


 

 

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?

 


 

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.

 

Sunday, December 15, 2019

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. 

Saturday, November 30, 2019

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.  

Friday, November 29, 2019

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.

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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. 

Saturday, October 12, 2019

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. 

Thursday, September 26, 2019

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.