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Frugal Tuesdays: 10 Tips for selling & making money on ebay

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Have you ever sold anything on ebay?

I have.

I’ve been selling things here & there for about 7 years. It’s not a business for me, but rather a much easier way to have a yard sale. And it’s kinda fun!

I admit, I love selling stuff & I love getting positive feedback, & of course, the money is great too.

Plus, you get rid of junk you don’t need anymore, someone else wants it, you get some cash & you have less clutter at home–a win-win-win. I’ve made somewhere around $1800 in the last year selling stuff on ebay–not bad considering most of the stuff were things just laying around my house. I did also buy a load of gently used designer jeans, coats, & other clothing items from Goodwill for $5-10 & sold them for $15-$25 as well.

In the last 12 months I’ve sold over 150 items. And, not to toot...

{MM} 10.21.2013 why we all need more hugs (& apples)

marvelous mondays

Happy Monday.

This weekend I had a chance to do some freelance work in Austin.

It was our first trip to Austin, can you believe it? We’ve lived here almost a year & though Austin is only an hour & a half away, we’d never been.

It was kinda everything I expected–green (like San Antonio), beautiful (there’s a river that runs through town), artsy (reminiscent of Seattle), & athletic (there was a Livestrong bike race going on when we were there & so many people jogging/walking). Joseph took the kids to the park while I did my work, so I didn’t get to see too much of the city, but we’re definitely going back, when finances & good timing collide.

I’ve been working frantically at getting the ebooks ready to release. I’m hoping they’ll be ready for you by mid-November. In the meantime, I’m...

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For many years, I worked part-time outside of the home.

Now, I’m a full-time stay-at-home mom.

Kinda. I guess when I think of stay-at-home mom, I don’t think of myself. Because yes, I “stay-at-home” (ie. my 2 year old is attached at the hip 24-7), but that doesn’t mean I don’t “work.” I’ve always had side projects going on, & of course running the day to day activities of our family & home life is a part-time job in & of itself. I realize it’s a little ill-informed to associate “stay-at-home” with “not-doing-much,” because anyone who has experienced the life of a stay-at-home parent for any amount of time knows that it’s the exact opposite. Yes there are down times, dull times, but especially when there are small children involved in the mix, there’s always something going on,...