Update
Well, I am going to count and deposit my change at the end of this month, so it will show up on the totals for April.
I think I have a pretty good chance of reaching my goal of $1 per day this month because of the Sirius/XM merger, since I have about 40 shares of Sirius for this blog that will be affected. I currently have a sell trade set up if the stock reaches $4.65. The shares for this blog were purchased in 5 increments of $2.84, $3.02, $3.80, $3.81, and $3.95. So I will make a small profit for this blog, if a sell is reached.
I am also looking for some ways to recycle magazines, I have 3 magazine subscriptions which gets me about 7 magazines per month. I am looking for a way to be green and make some green.
The worm thing is very interesting and helping me protect my identity. I am able to shred the credit card offers that I get in the mail with all of my information on it and feed it to the worms.
By the way, the totals for the worm experiment are as follows.
$2 plastic barrels (bought 2 but only needed one, the coca-cola company sellss their old barrels for $1, plus I own stock in them)
$10 8 dozen worms (dillie variety since I couldnt find the red wiggler variety locally)
$12 extra organic dirt
$23 Containers, these will be used to sell single doses of compost tea mix, I got 100 containers.
So so far I am down $47 for the worm experiment!
I will be selling some items on ebay and will be giving 10% to this portfolio, to help keep the principal growing, so I can make more money!
As of right now, the portfolio ha made over $1 for the month, but that is mostly due to stocks, that could all change in the last week of the month.
Those Recycling Worms
This post will be updated periodically as needed. If you remember, I started the work project for two reasons: to make money and to do something Green!
So...on this post I will keep track of how much has been recycled or saved from the landfill!
To start out:
2 tires
2 plastic barrels
1 newspaper
1 pc of junk mail
March 20th
3 pc of junk mail
coffee grounds
coffee filter
March 24th
Some brown lettuce that I forgot to eat in the fridge, about 1/4 pound
April 2nd
about 4 cups of green ruffage from when I was cleaning some vegetables
April 17th
Coffee grounds
2 tea bags from Starbucks (I had a cup of tea for lunch) *How many other worms do you know of that get Starbucks! LOL
April 31st
1 newspaper
3 pc junk mail
Save that Change
Many people (including me) primarily use a debit card, credit card, or check to make everyday purchases because our paychecks are electronically deposited into our accounts at our favorite banks. We may be losing the advantage of one of the oldest and easiest savings methods there is.
What I do, like I said, I hardly ever use cash, so I go to the bank and ask for $50. I then use that money to buy lunch, bottled water (it's $1.25 so I get .75 cents everytime) etc... Every night I put my loose change into an old Coka-Cola piggy bank that I have had literally for years. Every 3 months (when I receive my dividend check from my credit union) I roll up the change and deposit it into my savings account! My change is now making me interest and I don't miss any of it!
*Note*
Depending on your where you are depositing your change you will take it in loose or it has to be rolled with your account number on it, call before you go to your back. Nothing sucks more than having to unroll $80 in pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters so that it can be put into a coin counting machine!
Let me know if you do something like this or do it better!
UPDATE 3/11/08
Yesterday alone I was able to put $2.59 into my change bank and so far today I have got .53 cents back from the post office!
Makes you want to bend over and pick up that penny huh!
Also, today I will be taking advantage of my "day off" (I have to go in for about 2 hours) and I will be building my worm beds. I was able to find 8 dozen worms. more on that later, I will post pics of the process!
