November 2016 - My Income Journey

How to Get Free Diapers and Baby Coupons

This guest post is brought to you by Jasmine at mysavings.com. Thanks for the great tips, Jasmine! How to Get Free Stuff For Baby! We all know disposable diapers are super expensive. They can cost parents thousands of dollars by the time their little bundle of joy reaches three. Here's a list of sites and companies where parents can get free diapers and coupons. When you have kids, every dollar counts! Register With Diaper Companies to Get Free Diapers Become a member of the below diaper companies and they will send you free sample packages of diapers, lotions, wipes, free coupons, pregnancy journals, magazines, books and more. Honest Company Huggies Rewards Luvs GoodNites Get Free Diapers From Pampers Rewards Join Pampers Rewards and earn points by entering codes found inside Pampers packaging for cool prizes, sweepstakes entries for free diapers, baby food, toys, photo books and more! - join now and get 200 points! Free Diapers With Target Baby Registry To help support new and expecting moms, Target is giving away a free Welcome Kit when you set up a baby registry. The kit includes $50+ worth of coupons and free diapers. After creating your registry, visit the Target service desk to pick up your free Welcome Kit. Items may vary by stores, but may include: Munchkin bottle, Lansinoh samples, MAM Newborn pacifier, Honest Wipes and Diapers sample pack, Baby Bag and much more! Plus! Save an extra 5% OFF all Target purchases with the Target Redcard. Sign up today! (P.S. A lot of people think this is only a credit card - wrong! You'll get the 5% off with the Redcard Credit Card OR the Redcard Debit Card. If you're not using it already, you are losing money at Target.) National Diaper Bank Network The National Diaper Bank Network helps provide low-income families with free diapers that they can pick up locally. The network raises national awareness of diaper need (#DiaperNeed)…

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How I’ve Made Over $1,000 With My New Blog

Today is Nov. 14, 2016. I started My Income Journey in June 2016 so I'm just about at my 6 month anniversary. That's counting from day one with absolutely nothing on this site. No name, no content, no knowledge of how to do any of this! The past 6 months have gone by crazy fast and I feel like I just started this a month ago. I am still a small site by almost all measures, my pageviews are just about to hit the 10,000/month mark this month, I haven't paid for any advertising, I have only done one guest post, I don't have any products of my own (yet), and I'm only active on three social media sites (FB, Pinterest, Twitter). So in all, I'd say I still have a lot of room to grow! Even though I'm still small, I've made $1,062 with this blog! Woo Hoo! If you read my income reports, you know I make more money with other jobs I do from home and I do not put full-time hours into this site. This blog has been a bit of an experiment to see if I could actually make money and I think it's working. I'm excited about the endless possibilities blogging provides and the income potential is huge! I believe my income for these first 6 months was probably the hardest earned income. Getting the site setup the way I wanted, gaining a following from zero (haven't even told my family about this yet), figuring out how to monetize, etc. was a huge learning curve. However, it's been easier than I anticipated. I really didn't think I'd make any money more than a few dollars from some ads per month. Obviously that has not been the case and now I'd like to share with you how I've made these first few months of blogging profitable. This page contains ads/affiliate links. See my full disclosure for details.

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Unique Christmas Gift Ideas

I love toys that get you to think outside the box, learn something new, or stretch your imagination. My kids don't even know a lot of these awesome toys exist so they end up asking for the same type of gifts every year. I enjoy surprising them with all sorts of random stuff that they end up loving! My husband also appreciates gifts that are a bit more fun than socks or a tie. So below are some unique online stores that offer one-of-a-kind toys for all ages. I've been having a ball searching their sites and getting all sorts of ideas for Christmas! Enjoy!! This page contains ads/affiliate links. See my full disclosure for details.

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My First Guest Post

My first guest post was published today over at www.raisingmyarrows.com. It was a great experience working with Katie and arranging this guest posting opportunity! It's exciting to expand my blogging repertoire and try new things like guest posting. If you want to read it (which of course you do!), it's titled "How to Survive the Holidays Without Going into Debt!". I hope you enjoy it! Thanks, Katie!!

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How to Budget for Christmas

There are few things in life that are more fun than giving someone you care about the perfect gift! Watching a child squeal with excitement when he sees what he got, shocking your spouse when you get him exactly what he wanted but never thought he'd get, or showing your gratitude for a teacher or friend. There's nothing quite like it! Unfortunately, those perfect gifts can come with a not-so-perfect price tag. It's fun to walk the isles of Target and fill up your cart, but even if your intentions are good you can't let the joy of giving blind you to the realities of your finances. That's why I'm sharing with you the method I use to keep my shopping under control during the holidays. My Christmas is a little brighter when I know exactly how much I've spent, what I've bought, where I bought it, and that I didn't leave anyone off my list. Don't let your credit card bill in January shock you because you went crazy in December. Here's how I do it. This page contains ads/affiliate links. See my full disclosure for details.

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October 2016 Income Report

Today I'm sharing my 4th income report! Check out my past income reports here. My goal is to make money from home while keeping my number one priority to be my family. This means I'm cooking, cleaning, going on field trips, arranging play dates, driving to/from sports, etc. and then working from home in my "spare" time. I hope you can gain some insight into what works (or doesn't) and how you can make money from home too! Overall October was decent. Not as great as September, but I was expecting it to be less. We were fortunate to take our kids on an awesome vacation for about a week of October. During that time I closed my Etsy shop, didn't teach piano lessons, and didn't blog. So keep in mind that these numbers represent only 3 weeks of working, pre & post-vacation recovery, and Halloween craziness making the month very busy from a mom point of view. Overall I'm very happy to be able to bring in any income without sacrificing my way of life or my kids' schedules. Let's take a look at the October details! This post contains affiliate links/ads, see my disclosure for details.

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