Making Money, Squeezing Money & Thanking God

Is there really anything out there that isn't a scam? I have been trying the survey thing. Most legitimate survey sites will tell you that you are not going to get rich doing surveys through them, which is true, because when you actually qualify to do one of their surveys, which seems to be never, they are only worth a buck or two at most. If you are not making money you are earning points towards money or prizes. And most of the time you just get entered into a daily, weekly or monthly prize drawing. Most surveys are scams to get you to buy something or join survey sites that you already belong to. And then you have the survey club sites that say they have researched all the sites on the internet and they know the top 25 sites that can make you money, and most of them you already belong to anyway. I decided I would try this survey taking thing for a month and see if anything pans out. I will let you know.

More bad news: Our health insurance is going way up! The claims filed, where my husband works, went up over 230%, so I can't blame the insurance company for increasing the cost. We researched around and because we have so many kids we are eligible for something called Hawk-I Insurance, which is a health insurance for kids in Iowa for lower income families. I've not really considered our salary on the low end, but with this many kids I guess it really is. We finally sat down and actually figured our budget with the new paycut. It is going to be extremely tight, with no room for junk food, prepackaged foods, going out or emergencies, but I think we will survive. My sister from FL, Dawn, was all over that and can't wait to send junk food up to the kids for Christmas!

I am very thankful to God. I know everything happens for a reason, but sometimes we don't find out until later what those reasons are, but it is my goal not to fail the test. I am thankful that my kids are appreciative and grateful and will be even more so now with the cut backs. I am thankful that my husband has a great job and makes great money still. I am thankful that he has a friend in need that he can help and make some extra money doing so. I am thankful that keeping things tight keeps me closer to God. I rely on Him so much more now than I did two weeks ago. I know I can't do it without Him. I know he will not give me more than I can handle. And I trust in Him and His Word. I give Him all my burdens and let him worry about them so I can relax and do my job.

Speaking of my job, I have math and phonics to do with two of my children.