MAYkeover Madness

Swagbucks is having a Swag Code Extravagnaza called "MAYkeover Madness" next Wednesday, May 22nd. It starts at midnight PT, and there will be a total of 7 codes and if you get them all, it totals out to 70 Swag Bucks! 

Check below for a schedule with the values and times of all of the codes, but not what they are. You'll have to show up for that!

If you're asking yourself "what is a Swag Code?", it's another way to get yourself closer to free gift cards on Swagbucks.com, which is a site that rewards you for most of the things you're already doing online—I've talked about all the great stuff I've gotten through this site, but it's also a fun way to spend some time chilling on the Internet, playing games, watching videos, and all the while earning points. You can get all sorts of things with the Swag Bucks you earn - for example, I've redeemed my Swag Bucks for Amazon Gift Cards—it's how I trick out my bike and get sweet yoga props.

Join today by clicking here!

Double Stuffed Swagbucks!

Before April ends Swagbucks is giving you another opportunity to earn big! This Tuesday, April 30th Swagbucks is holding another Double Stuffed Swagbucks. If you missed the first one, here's how it works:

Double Stuffed Swagbucks means you'll get DOUBLE the SB amount in many of the ways to earn: Shop & Earn (in countries where available!), the Daily Poll, NOSO, the Toolbar, Games (aka Play) & on SBTV (aka Watch)! 

In addition to Double the SB-earning fun, there will be 35 Swag Bucks worth of Swag Codes given throughout the day in each country of the Swag Nation.

If you haven't joined Swagbucks yet, now is the time. It's your chance to earn Swag Bucks twice as fast on Tuesday -- which means more free prizes like gift cards to Amazon, Target, Walmart & Paypal! Use the sign-up code 70DOUBLESTUFF for an extra 70 SB bonus when you sign up here.

Reasons I Hate You

I am standing at the elevator bay. You come up behind me. We make eye contact. I nod and smile. You grunt. The light is on, the elevator is on its way. You pause. You reach into my personal space to press the button again. Twice.

I take the stairs.

The 5th Birthday Blowout Is Coming! With a Swag Code!

Swagbucks has some big things in store for their 5th Birthday this year - they're giving out five $1000 cash prizes and holding a HUGE Swag Code Extravaganza where you can earn 135 Swag Bucks worth of codes! There are also some huge games planned, and while the party doesn't happen until February 25th, today (Monday the 11th) you'll get more info, including how you can win one of those $1000 prizes! Haven't joined Swagbucks yet? Click here to join and use the Swag Code 5THBIRTHDAY during registration - you'll start with 120 Swag Bucks instead of the usual 30. I've earned over $500 in gift certificates to Amazon, Zappos, and Best Buy from using Swagbucks and you can too! I turned my most recent Amazon gift cards into a really sweet pair of headphones.

Project 365 Update: November and December

Wow, a whole year flew by before I even knew it.

November was a month where I voted, where we celebrated squash, and then we went to PA for Thanksgiving. I don't think I have a favorite photo, but gun to my head, I'd choose this one from a bike ride we took with some friends:

December was Christmastime, but the photo-taking was abysmal. It was my first month of unemployment, and even though I saw it coming from months away, it was painful and I stayed in like a hermit a lot. Not a lot of good photo-ops.

Still, we got our first real snow of the season, I finally finished Matt's gloves, I made dry shampoo, we ate frozen wedding cake, and my sister and I got really drunk on Christmas Eve drinking Jack Daniels out of a mason jar. I then caught the flu from a baby, and was wiped out for three weeks. By the way, babies are the worst.

Whatever, I still dressed up for New Year's Eve. And I looked fucking amazing for someone with a nasty head cold or the flu:

Swagbucks On the Go

Swagbucks has just added a new way to earn from their mobile site: Special Offers, where you can earn a lot of Swag Bucks in a small amount of time. Just go to the "Earn" Menu and you'll find them - you can choose from a bunch of different offers and they'll add new ones as they become available. Once an offer credits, it'll appear in your Swagbucks Ledger as "Special Offers: Trial Pay Mobile". Offers can range from a few Swag Bucks to thousands of Swag Bucks and can be a simple as watching a video.

It has never been easier to earn swagbucks now that they've allowed us to access the site on the phone in your pocket. Earn on the bus, earn while you're waiting in line at the supermarket...the sky's the limit—as long as you have internet access.

Not a member of Swagbucks? Sign up for your free account with this link and earn with me!

Last year, I earned over $250 in Amazon gift cards, plus a $100 gift card to Best Buy (free fitbit upgrade!), and a $50 gift card to Zappos (free winter running pants!). I intend to earn so much more than that this year. Who is with me?!

30 Things to do Before I Turn 30

Up until 30, for some reason it made sense to me that I wanted to to x-1 things before I turned x. But 29 before 30 seemed kind of...silly. 30 is big. 30 is...thirty. So without further adieu, my list of thirty things I want to do before 30:

1. Learn to drive standard
2. Visit a new state
3. Visit a new museum
4. Make my own flavored vodka
5. Make ice cream
6. Find a piece of good furniture
   I feel like I did one better and got a very beautiful rug by Austin artist Alyson Fox (from West Elm). It is gorgeous and I love it. We even bought a vacuum cleaner JUST BECAUSE I love this rug so much, and want to take care of it properly forever. We also finally got around to getting a cube Expedit for our vinyl collection.
7. Adopt a greyhound
8. Add a lens to my camera collection
9. Take bird pictures
   Done! Got a photo of a hawk, which was more than I ever could have dreamed! Now I need to use the good old telephoto lens and get some "real" bird pictures as the telephoto intended.
10. Make a lightbox
11. Knit a sweater
12. Sew a skirt
13. Make a travel book for guests/Scrapbook about Boston
14. Take a haunted trolley tour
15. Ride the Swan Boats
16. Learn to play guitar
17. Take spanish lessons
18. Read Three classics: War and Peace, Persuasion, and Crime and Punishment
19. Start waking up early
    I had to start waking up before 6:30 for my new job. So...done!
20. Visit a national monument
21. Run a 10K
22. Repaint/refinish our kitchen chairs
23. Overhaul the sh*t out of my closet
24. Overhaul the sh*t out of my online portfolio
25. Open that damned etsy store
26. Get my first tattoo
27. Do 30 days of yoga
28. Keep a Therapy Journal
29. Set a measurable goal in therapy
30. Eat a cleaner diet

28 before 29