We sold our air conditioner tonight. $175 added to the fund.

Tomorrow, we’ve got someone looking at our car and he seems pretty interested. Kind of scary to be selling our car. Since we have a loan on the car, the profit will only be about $500, but it will also rid us of a monthly car payment. We will be getting a replacement car, but one with a lesser monthly payment so that we can save more money. Read the rest of this entry »

We have raised $336 this week in CD sales alone! I’ve updated the list tonight (7/21) and we found some more CDs that weren’t previously listed.

I’ve also sold one Barbie and a stroller. Those two items brought in $45 combined.

We’re really making progress!

Just wanted to post that I am just going to post earnings updates once a week.  It’s too hard to try to do daily.  :)

I just finished listing out all of my Barbies as well as all of our CDs on Craigslist. They are available for viewing on this site (click “Our Fundraisers” in the menu above). I’ve also listed two strollers, a CD tower, an ergonomic office chair, a bird cage plus tons of accessories, and a bark collar (for a dog). I’ve also got to list our air conditioner (I’d love to keep it, but it won’t fit in the windows in our new house) tomorrow.

I realized last night (after a little insight from Skip) that it makes no sense for me to get a second job. Read the rest of this entry »

I stopped by a local restaurant today to see if they were hiring waitresses, but they said that they have a full staff for the summer. Then I had the idea of seeing if Skip can get evening/weekend work in our housing development, since they are still building and always have signs that say they are hiring laborers. There are always people working around here on the weekends, so maybe they’ll have something he can do. Read the rest of this entry »

Starting amount: $662.65

Earnings for yesterday (7/15/2006)
Google Ads: $40.64
Donations: $25.00

Total: $65.64

Funds to date: $728.29