Wow! It sure has been quiet these past few weeks at Peyton's Penny Pinching Momma! There used to be daily postings of reviews and funny life stories at least 3 times a week and then it went to pretty much nothing. I know this is how many of my readers have felt over the past month. And I am truly sorry to have left so abruptly. But the truth is I have been in way, way over my head these past few months with a remodel project. At the end of May we started to remodel our current home to ...
Lifestyle
Is Mystery Shopping Really a Good Way to Make Extra Money?
Photo Credit: PicJumbo Since I am a single mom, with no child support or assistance, I am always looking for ways to earn a little extra income without sacrificing time with my daughter. I had seen other bloggers say they had fun and made decent money doing mystery shopping. So I thought, "Hey, I'm always looking for ways to have more fun and it would be nice to have a little extra cash." I decided to give mystery shopping a try. I spent hours signing up with various companies. Filling out form ...
Encourage Individuality
Well Peyton has taken to dressing herself in the morning! These last few month's her individuality is really shining through. And I try to encourage it as much as possible. I think it's wonderful she likes to be unique. She likes to mix patterns and colors. I want her to be herself and dress the way she thinks is fun and funky. But the other morning she took it to a new level. She found a wig I was sent to review and she really latched on to it. For some reason she was drawn to it. She LOVED ...
The Compassion Experience – Reuben
Now we were on to our last tour, Reuben. My daughter really seemed to have some revelations while we were learning about his story. Maybe because he said his age at one point during the story and he was only a year older than her. She really seemed to notice how much more he had to do and how much less he had than she does. When we enter Reuben's world we entered into a room where his drunk father was sleeping. Right away we knew he came from an abusive home. His mother took him and his ...
The Compassion Experience – Brinda
Once we done with listening to Julia's life we went back to get in line to listen to Brinda's story. Another young girl, living in a different country, experiencing things a small child never should. I was not sure what my daughter was thinking at this point but I figured we would discuss her feelings and thoughts once we had gone through the whole experience. So we took our iPods and entered Brinda's door. Brinda lived with her sister's and mother in a very scary neighborhood. I ...
The Compassion Experience ~ Julia
A few weeks back I heard something about a project called the Compassion Experience and it was coming to a town very near us. So I took a moment to look it up and see what it was all about. After doing a little research I learned it was a group of trailers set up to show how children in other countries lived. It was to depict the actual living situations and issues each child faced and 3 children from different countries were to have their personal stories told. I feel that in my ...