Wow! What a Day...

Well what a crappy day it has been for me.. I slept most of my day away!! I cannot believe I woke up at like 6pm! Of course.. it's my day off!! Never fails.. seems like when you have a day off from work finally.. They fly by.. But when you are at work, it slowly crawls by!! oh well whatever!

What have you guys been up to today?? I am on my third cup of coffee and it's 9:20pm.. Well I guess that's what I get for always staying up late and researching other blogs!! It's bad when I spend most of my time reading other's blogs instead of focusing on my own.. But there is such a wealth of info out there, that I get drawn in so easily. I have got to get some laundry done. And I wanted to go Couponing today at Rite Aid.. I had my list and coupons cut and everything...And that didn't happen..

I am kinda down on myself for sleeping all day!! Oh well.. Might as well get over it and get some work done around here.. I need to get this house in order LIKE NOW!!

How do you guys stay organized if you work Third Shift?? How are your sleep schedules,etc?
Even if you don't work third shift how do you stay organized? Do you use a planner? I love planners.

I told you about the Filo-fax I got from Yerdle.  It is so smaller than what I wanted, so I am on the look out for a larger one! Probably go for a used one.. Can't afford the price tag for a brand new one.

I have all kinds of homemade binders I have made for home management/work. But I haven't been using it anymore.. I need to get on the ball and start planning again.. It really helped me to focus when I write everything down! Even if I don't get my whole To-do list done, at least I get some of it done.. Or at least I was when I was using my Binder!! I will post a pic of it when I get my bf to show my how to upload photos from my digital camera.. lol.. I am not technically inclined like most people my age!!

Hope yall are having a great Tuesday night! Oh I have a pinterest board if you would like to follow it or see some of my pins.. I love pinterest. If you have a pinterest account leave a link in the comments and I will be sure to follow you!! Here is mine if you want to check it out. it has free printables, organizing/cleaning, all kinds of cool stuff on it.. Great blogs that I follow, etc... 

My Pinterest Boards:  Amy's Pinterest Boards 

HOME finally!

Good Morning! I am so TIRED!!! Just got off work. Worked a 3 night stretch (12hr shifts).. Man am I glad to be OFF work for the next two days!!! And I am NOT answering that phone for nothing!!! It was one long weekend!!!

Anyways, can you tell I'm glad to be off work??? lol... I finally got my Filo-fax that I ordered through Yerdle.com yesterday!! I was glad to see the package in my mailbox, but it was not as described. It was WAY smaller than the picture.. it's more like an address book! oh well, I guess I still can't complain. Only paid $2 shipping for it!! I will just have to be on the lookout for another one! I was going to do homemade printable inserts for it and set it up the way I wanted it!! But I will just find me another one!!!

Well I am off to check out some blogs! And then hop in the BED!! Take Care!!

More Rainy Day Ramblings and Soul Searching

Hi yall! Just thought I would drop by and post a lil note to say HEY!! I am fixin' to get ready for work. I work 6pm-6am as a caregiver at an Assisted Living Facility.. Went to work last night and we had a lot more staff than usual, so I got a "short" night and got to come home at 10pm. That was nice.. But tonight it will be my full 12 hour shift.. But that's ok, I am well rested and ready take on the night!!

I have been doing a lot of researching on blogs, writing, etc. I am trying to find my way in this huge blogosphere and it is tough! I am using this free site to feel my way through and decide if this is something that I really want to commit to or just a hobby! I love to read blogs. There are so many wonderful blogs out there and just about everything you can imagine. And that got me thinking, "what do I have to contribute?". I am just a normal working woman like most people. Nothing about me stands out. I do not have a degree in anything! I am not a writer, although I love to read! Reading has always been a passion of mine. And I have always dreamed of writing books like those I love to read, but I don't have the skills for it!

I never went to college, other than training to get my CNA.. which was just a class! I graduated high school.. then went straight to the workforce. I don't make a lot of money at my job, I call myself "a survivor", because that is basically what I do month to month... SURVIVE!! I pay all my bills and what's left I live off of!!!

So I have to do some deep soul searching and figure out what it is that I want in my life! I am 41yrs old! I want to do something with my life before I die.. I don't want to be famous.. And I don't want to make millions!! I just want to live better than I do right now.. I am grateful to God for providing for me each and every day! I have a roof over my head (a rented roof, but hey still a roof) and food in my belly!! I drive a used car.. That we have to keep maintenance up on constantly, but it gets me to work and back to make that almighty dollar $$$.. So, I cannot complain!! I just know there has to be more to living than what I am doing! And it's time for me to either change or learn new skills to get me the LIFE I want!!! If God will's it, then it will be!!

I guess it's time for some soul searching and some praying that God will lead me and that I will recognize "it" when He does!! God Bless yall! Love to the world on this Rainy Saturday Evening!!

My Day

Well it's been a few days since I posted on here.. I have been working the last few days and now it's my day off.. seems like it's so hard to drag myself out of sleep when you work this shift!! I have got to start doing better! I feel like I am sleeping my life away! And there are so many things I would like to do and get done around my house.

Today was my payday. So I go online to check and see how much I got paid after taxes seeing as I had 12 hours overtime this payday.. Wow, what a bummer!!! I was thinking that my check would be way bigger than what it was.. such a let down. Then I checked my bank statement and saw where one of the items I ordered online waited to take their money out the day they shipped instead of just taking it out the day I ordered the item!! So it overdrafted my account!!! That really ticked me off.. All for a large sum of $2 for the shipping!! I ended having to pay $36 for that measly little $2.. Now if that just didn't start my day off on the wrong foot!!!! Anyways, I'm over it now.. but at the time I was like so mad.. I have got to sit down and make a budget and get my finances in order. I work full time, but still struggle to make ends meet.. I hate that feeling! I would love to be able not to worry about stuff just one day!

I am back to work starting tomorrow and have to work all weekend (12 hr shifts), so it's going to be a long weekend.. I really dread it.. I work as a caregiver in an assisted living facility. I barely make above minimum wage. I wish they paid better where I work. That is why I am all the time looking for side-hustles and extra ways to make money or to get the things I need!

Still waiting on that filo-fax I ordered thru Yerdle   It hasn't come yet! They sent me an email on the 2nd saying that it has been shipped! I hope it comes soon.. Oh, but I did get a surprise in the mail today.. It tickled me to death because I never WIN anything.. I won a free CoverGirl Lash Blast Mascara through the Allure website. They have contests like everyday. And I was one of the winners of their cosmetic giveaway they had!!! I was so happy.. that is bad when you get excited over a mascara.. But it was just one other thing that I didn't have to spend money on! lol.. anyways, it doesn't take much to amuse me!! lol..

Do you guys ever try to get free samples/free products thru websites.. one of the best websites I have found here lately is Freebie Shark    I use Julie's freebies too.. I like getting free samples and stuff.. I have a basket designated just for my freebies.. and a bookshelf for my coupon items! (stockpile).. I need to get on the ball and start couponing again.. And listing deals on here so yall can get them too!

Well gonna run and go check out some of my fav Blogs! Stop on by and say hi.. leave me a comment with your blog if you have one and i'll be sure to check it out!! Talk to ya later!!!

Work time

Fixen to head off to work here in just a bit! Thought I would stop in and say hi to whoever reads this! If anyone.. It's a Monday!!! I couldn't sleep last night, as usual.. Almost missed my dr appt. UGH!! The life of a graveyard shift worker...

I haven't had time to do too much of anything today.. I am wolfing down some toast before I leave for work.. Just to keep the hunger pains away for a while.. Does anyone else that works third shift have weight issues?? I gained so much weight when I first started working 3rd shift! I guess where our eating habits are backward.. But here in the last couple of months I can see a change.. I stopped drinking Mtn. Dew for one! That helped extremely well!! Now I just drink my tea and water!! Oh and my coffee!! I couldn't make it thru a 12 hour shift without my coffee!!! lol.

Well I hope everyone has a good night! It's my long week, so I will be real busy this week with work. But I will still make time to blog everyday.. Even if they are short posts. I have so much to learn still about the blogging world.. But am having fun so far learning!! Can't wait till I can get my own domain and have it looking nice.. I love reading blogs! I spend more time reading other people's blogs than I ever do on social media.. I am sick to death of Facebook.. I pop in on it every other day.. Just to check in with my kids that are moved out on their own!! Anyways, here I go rambling, when I need to be getting ready for work!! Hope everyone has a great day!! Talk to you later!

What I've Been Up To Today

Not too much of anything! lol.. It's been another rainy day here.. I have been off work these last few days. I am glad to have a break from work, but the bad thing about working 3rd shift is, you still stay on that schedule just as if you were at work. Well I do! I guess where I have been working that shift for going on 3 years now. It's kinda got me in the habit.

I hate when I can't sleep at night time. Then I sleep half the day away. Get up in the evening, make me a pot of coffee and then stay up the rest of the night! Sometimes it really makes you feel alienated from other people! Sometimes I feel as though life is passing me right on by. The weeks go by so fast, then months! But I guess that is life! And I am just grateful that I have a job in today's economy. So many people do not! It doesn't pay wonderful, but it does pay. And as long as I have a roof over my head and food in my belly. I am grateful!

Anyways, on to a different subject. I have been trying to clean my email out. It is so overly full! I am afraid that I might miss important emails. So I went back to using unrollme.com.  If you haven't heard of it, you should check it out! The main goal of it is to keep up with your subscriptions for you, instead of letting them clog your email. I really like it. Then if you want to check out something you have subscribed to like a blog (and I am sub'd to many blogs) you can just go to unrollme.com and read them there! Leaving your email free for other things! I have two emails. One is for work and home life. The other is for my freebies, surveys, etc. Mainly stuff that I don't have to read at that second!

I also received an email today from Yerdle.com letting me know my Filofax has been shipped and I should get it any day now! I can't wait. It's not brand new, it's used.. But that's ok with me. Because I plan on making my own inserts for it anyways. There is no way I can afford to dish out almost $100  for a new one! So used it is. It still has some of the inserts like notes, etc. But I am planning on making my own calendar for it and weekly sheets! There are so many unlimited resources online that I am sure I can find some great printables and print out everything I need! I'm kinda excited about it! I love planners and organizers! I have made plenty of binders for home-management and budgeting, etc. And I have been wanting a Filofax for a long time! And this one will be small enough to take with me wherever I go, instead of a big bulky binder!

What about you?? What have you been up to today?? And do you like planners and other things to help keep you organized?? There are all kinds of good blogs out there that offer free printables.. All I do is either look on Pinterest or just enter free printable pages for (insert word here)..

Well hope you are having a great day out there in the blogosphere!! Thank you for taking the time to visit my humble page! Lots o' love sent your way, from Me!!

Rainy Day Ramblings

Well it's a rainy day here in East Tn. Of course it is, it's my day off!! Never fails. I have been sitting here messing around on Swagbucks.com. I am trying to get to 500 SB's so I can get a $5 Amazon gift card. I am almost there with 441 SB's! lol.. 

I have been researching ways to make extra money online. It's sad when you work full time 12 hour shifts and still have to find ways to make extra money just to survive and get the bills paid. Oh how I wish I would have went on to college when I graduated high school!

 I made a lot of unwise choices when I was younger. That is just one of the many! Now I sit here at age 41 researching ways to make extra $$ just to keep afloat. But I take responsibility for my choices in life. And well, life will go on regardless.

What are some of the ways (if any) that you guys make extra money online or find ways to get what you need?? So far I have been doing Swagbucks.com and Yerdle.com. I am a part-time Swagbucker! (is that a word?) I do it on and off. I have used it plenty in the past though to get gift cards to buy books that I was interested in on Amazon. Mostly organizing and couponing books!!

Speaking of couponing; last year when I was doing private home health care and making decent money, I built up a stockpile. Not a great big one, mostly just toiletries. Like shampoo, conditioner, body wash, razors, etc. But I am so glad I did because I ended up leaving that job and was out of work for about a month. And that stockpile really came in handy!

After I built up my stockpile, I quit couponing for a while. Well like a year. And now that my stockpile is almost depleted, I am ready to get started again. Even though it's not a way to make "extra money" it is a good way to save on things that you are going to buy anyways! And I love it when you can use your coupons to get free packs of razor's, toothpaste, shampoo, etc!

Sorry this blog post is so long. Thank you for reading this far if you have. And I am new to blogging and know that I am rambling on. But I figured this is the only way to get experience blogging is to just jump in and get started. So I know my posts are far from perfect. But I really enjoy blogging and have been wanting to do it for a very long time. But really never knew what I wanted to blog about. So I am just putting my thoughts out there! And hopefully soon I will find my way!

Organizing/ Cleaning

I used to be so anal about keeping my home clean and organized. Here lately, I don't know if it's where I work so much or what, but I have been letting things go. And now I am getting to where the clutter is starting to really get to me. So, since I need to post some things to Yerdle to give, I figured I might as well jump in there and start organizing my home again.

I will be posting some tips here and there and maybe some pics of my space before/after's to keep my self accountable. I will always list the resources to make sure I give proper credit to where the tip/idea came from.  I don't know about you but I love Pinterest. I get so many good ideas off of that site.  I have this great book that I bought with an Amazon gift card that I received through Swagbucks. It's called "What's a DisOrganized Person To Do?" by Stacey Platt.  It is an awesome resource. I love that book. She gives so many great tips and ideas. And it has plenty of pics of how she organizes different rooms.

Does anyone use Swagbucks to get gift cards?? It used to be easy to get a $5 Amazon Card, but now they have put the SB's up to 500.. It used to be 350 points would get you a $5 gift card. And I would use that toward a coupon or organizing book through Amazon.. Oh well I'm at 400 points right now, working my way toward 500.. Hey, every little bit helps. If I can do that to keep from spending cash, I'm gonna do it!! lol..

Anyways, sorry this post is so long.. Drop me a comment if any of yall use Swagbucks and tell me what you do to get SB's.. right now, I'm just doing like the daily poll, Noso's and the Discover or whatever it's called.. Sometimes i'll do a search and earn and get a few points here and there.. I don't see how some people get as many points as they do.. They really work at it I guess..

cool site I just found

Hi guys, I just found this cool site called Yerdle. I guess it has been around for a little while, though I didn't know about it.. (lol) I think I'm behind on everything in life!! lol  So far it seems pretty cool.. You can get rid of stuff around your house that you don't want anymore and "shop" around for things that you do want..

The kicker is it's free.. Well almost. lol.. You don't use cash to pay for the products that you "buy". You use credits. From what I understand the site charges like up to 3-4 bucks. (which is a service charge so they can keep their site up and running)  I ordered a filo-fax for 25 credits. So far it seems pretty cool.. I am getting ready to start gathering up items around my house that I would like to list and take pics of them.  Things I was going to get rid of anyways. I would much rather give it to someone that could use it than to throw it away..

Here is the link if you would like to check it out. https://yerdle.com/i/amy-morton   The way I understand it, you get $45 credit for signing up and I get a referral if you order (I get $20 credit and free shipping on my next item)  Hey that's $45 bucks worth of items you don't have to pay for!! Not a bad deal. I am new to the site as well, so maybe we can figure it out together! I think it's kinda like listia, without the bidding!!

Anyways, just found it and thought I would share. I have been scrolling through their site for over an hour now.. They have some cool stuff on there..

P.S.  One of my interests I forgot to mention in my introductory post was that I love getting freebies in the mail.. So whenever I find free samples or anything that seems like a good freebie, I will post on here for you guys to get too!! I have a whole basket dedicated to free samples and stuff.. lol.. I even got a cool free t-shirt in the mail once. And I always get my magazine subscriptions for free!!

Hi all.. This is my very first blog post to my new blog. I am excited as well as nervous to put myself out there for the world to see, but I am jumping in head first!

A little about me; I live in a small town in East Tennessee (USA) Work full-time, 3rd shift. 12 hour nights! Seems like all I do is work. I am a caregiver at an assisted living facility.. I think I was made for that kind of work, seeing as how I keep coming back to that profession.  I guess I just like taking care of others and giving of my time and energy to help our elderly.

I have slew of interests.. So it's un-telling what you will find when you visit this blog! I love to do DIY's, organizing, crocheting, reading, frugal living, and I love to learn new things.. I am always checking something out on the web that interests me.

I got to thinking as much time as I spend online, why not start my own blog?? I love to check-out other people's blogs. Seems like you can find anything that you want to know about online.

I can't wait to start meeting and making new friends on Blogger! Thanks for stopping by to my lil neck of the woods!! And hopefully as I gain more experience blogging that my posts will be better!! lol.. anyways! Talk to yall soon!!