Ramble Writing of R.D. Hayes

  If you haven’t already noticed, Christmas is around the corner. With this being said, we all know that this means that we are going to be dishing out a lot of money. I came up with a really cool little idea that would make my kids smile and keep my wallet happy. If you haven’t already signed up for  Listia  you might want to look into it. Listia  is a website that allows you to get free stuff and give your free stuff away. You have to bid on items with points instead of money. How do you get points? Glad you asked. You get points by either getting rid of your stuff, buying them, inviting friends to join, or by a hundred other ways that are listed on their website such as viewing offers. So what’s my plan and how is this going to help you? Well, with my children I have noticed that each one of them has a favorite item that they collect such as Hot Wheels, Littlest Pet Shop, Pokemon, and CD’s to name a few. So, I have decided to fill a box up with those ite...

  A while back I showed you  how to make a hemp bracelet  using hemp twine and now I am going to show you where you can purchase really great hemp to make these bracelets. At  MariasValentineRose.com  you can find all sorts of colors and 1mm hemp twine that is 20lbs test which is what I use to make my hemp bracelets. This twine is awesome and the colors are bright and pretty. This is my online store that I am referring you to (I gotta earn money for this blog somewhere). I am able to sell these hemp twine balls at a great price because I order them from the manufacturer in bulk and then I sell them to people just like you so that you can get your hands on it. The picture above represents the colors that I sell and these are actually some of the hemp balls that I have. I am constantly getting new items in stock and would love you you guys to stop buy and make sure that you check out my  monthly specials  and use the  coupon codes  to...

 One thing that I absolutely hate about selling online is when a customer is not satisfied with their order. If you sell online or even out in the real world, you are going to have to deal with this at some point during your selling career. There are many ways to deal with them and this is just one of the but, this is the way that I handle order through EBay since there can be a lot of unruly customers on there. First of all , my EBay return policy is set to where a customer can return and order for up to fourteen days if they are not satisfied and they can get a refund or I will replace their item with a similar one. Secondly , if they do decide that they want to get their item replaced or get a refund, they must send the items back and they have to pay for the shipping. This is so that you know if they are for real or not. If it is a regular customer then I will normally talk to them and replace the items and allow them to keep the ones they have just because ...

 This was something that I learned after reading this article  Cut Fat, Calories and Your Grocery Bill! Make Your Own Cooking Spray.   It was a lot simpler than I thought and works great, saves money, and is great for people who are on a diet or for those who like to eat healthier. All you do is add 1 part olive oil to 5 parts of water, add to a spray bottle, set it on mist and your done. Pretty easy huh?! Give it a try and see what you can come up with. I love this stuff and I really love that it saves me money. Give it a try and let me know how it works for you.

 So along with saving money to help cut out the debt, I am also into finding ways around the house to make things cheaper for us. For instance, I would absolutely love to be able to give my house a make over and darn it, I am going to do it with a low budget but for now, I will continue to save as much as possible to lower the debt that I am in and I was determined to make my own  Homemade Dishwasher Detergent  and by golly I finally did it. It was super easy and it cost me pennies to make. Actually I spent about $15 or so dollars at Walmart to buy the ingredients and you can use the same ingredients to make other homemade cleaning supplies which I need to do a tutorial on those as well for my other  blog . I have so much fun trying to be cheap….is that wrong of me?

 I have so many ideas running through my head at all hours of the day. I can’t keep track half the time and I am always in a rush mode and sometimes I would like to just sit back and relax. The reality hits and hits hard. I plan my day. I am a planner and that’s what I do. I jot down stuff all the time and then I try to accomplish everything in one day but it doesn’t always work and this is where time management comes in. I have to manage my time or it will slowly slip away from me. I have children still living in the home between the ages of eleven and four and so my house is always in  chaos or so it seems. I have been experimenting with different ways to keep things on track and to manage my time along with my household. I work from home and my oldest daughter is homeschooled so things can get pretty hectic around here especially with the start of school coming up and the summer fun ending. I even went and bought me a handy little binder with some seperaters to he...

 Yup it’s me again and this time I want to talk about something that a lot of people do on sites like EBay. I ordered some products from a gentlemen, paid for them, and then waited for them to ship. To my surpise and a few days later, I get this nice little email saying that my money has been refunded and that the person ran out of stock. Well, what do you know. Another wannabe money maker hasn’t figured out how to actually manage an online store. Anyways, I am going to give you a tip that I hope you will take into consideration the next time that you put merchandise in your online store. A lot of people will take photos off of other sites and place them on EBay at a higher price and then when someone orders the merchandise they simply order from the website and then when it arrives they simply ship it to the customer. I am not going to lie, I have done this before but I do it a bit differently so that I don’t run into any problems like the guy up above did. Here is what I do: ...