mixed emotions on something

I don’t know exactly where this came from but I remember being told that if I tell somebody about my dream, I will sort of jinx it. So it’s like, if you have a bad dream, it’s better to let a soul knows about it so it won’t happen. The same goes with plans and what might happen in the future so I am going to tell you something in the hope that it won’t happen.

Of course, nothing is fixed yet. This will just happen if all the ifs happen first so it is not really concrete yet. But anyway, the thought that we might be moving to Munich, Germany is something I just can’t smile about now. First, I like it here. I am already adjusted to the life here. Second, we just bought our place last year and with all the hard work we put into this place, it’ll be a shame to leave it now. Lastly and the most important one, we are going to have a baby and I just don’t like all the hassles of moving to another city with a baby. I think that’s a lot of adjustment for the family. Also, I’ve been to Munich. It’s a place to see of course but right now, I just can’t imagine living there.

It’s really crazy how often we moved from one place to another in the last four years. At the beginning it was fun but I now reached a point where it’s all too tiring for me. I can’t do this over and over again.

BUT in the case of my husband’s job, this kind of move means a lot to our finances so it can’t be that bad. It’s actually good. I am just getting all sentimental and panicky. Maybe it’s with the pregnancy.  Maybe I just really like it here. *Sign, why can’t we just stay here and just get the money we would get if we would move to another city?

almost Paris

Hubby flew to Paris tonight to attend the JEC composite trade show tomorrow. Not having been to Paris, I wanted to go with him. Since this is a business flight for my husband, the company he works for pays for everything, and if I would go with him, we would have to pay for my plane ticket ourselves. At first, it was a very brilliant idea. We just have to pay for ONE rountrip plane ticket! We don’t have to pay for a hotel accommodation because the company he works for covers that.

The plan was, while he attends the trade show, I could go and roam around Paris. Then when the day is over, we could go back here in Graz together (it’s just for one night and one day). Brilliant. But the thing is, the cheapest roundtrip plane ticket we can find is 571Euros (graz-vienna-paris-vienna-graz). The fact that there are no Graz-Paris direct flights could be the reason why it’s that expensive. So…I think, I would be plain crazy to spend that much for just a day in Paris.

Then I got the crazy idea to go ahead and take the train in the morning and meet my husband in Paris when he arrives at night (around the same time I will be arriving with the train) but because I am very pregnant, there’s no way my husband is going to allow me to take such a long train ride alone. My husband can’t ride the train with me because he has to work during the day. Sad to say, there’s no way this crazy idea is going to work.

So I am home alone tonight because I am a stingy rat. I’d rather save the 571 Euros for future holidays that will give us ample time to see and enjoy a place. Heck, I am not going to spend that much just to go pee in Paris. LOL. Paris will always be there and there will be still plenty of chances to see it.

link from blogs: another way to earn money

It’s the middle of the week and I haven’t got any writing or editing tasks from my employers yet. Being a work-at-home-wife (and soon to be mom), it irks me that I am not able to make the most out of my time. I want to earn money but opportunities don’t come so easy—I have to search for and seize them.

If I don’t act now, I will end up earning zero this week. So in my attempt to look out for other sites which has pay-to-blog schemes, I came across LinkFromBlog. It looks like this site has has been around for about two years now but I never read about or heard of them until this day.

Buy blog reviewsI’ve read their FAQ and their terms and both sound professional to me. The only thing that makes me a bit uneasy is the fact that I have to put on a code on my blog…but I think I can live with that. Of course, I also read some of their current bloggers review on them and so far, all I’ve the things written about them are positive. Personally, I still can’t say if it is legit or scam or if it is are better or worse than other sites that offer paid reviews because I have yet to test them.

I hope they are legit and that they are better than the rest though.

thoughts of a stay at home wife

I am going to write a quick post here while waiting for the laundry to finish its time in the washing machine. I’ve been contemplating a lot today about my decision to be a stay at home wife. I am thinking of ways to make this time productive and beneficial to me and to my family. Sometimes, I can’t help but feel negative towards it and when I do, I wallow about how I am not earning enough from my writing jobs.

It’s true. I get sad when I don’t get the online writing jobs I applied for specially when I know well enough that I am competent to do the job. Sometimes, I wonder if there are other ways to earn from home other than providing web contents to clients. And such times, I think I could venture into something else like having my online store but I have no idea about what to sell. Maybe I am too ambitious.

But come to think of it, a lot of people are really successful with this and if I would have the talent and the know-how, I would also get into it. But I don’t so that’s it. Maybe I could also do it if I have all the money. I’ll just have to outsource the job to freelancers and they’ll do the necessary development, marketing, etc for me. Then I also have to do a payroll outsourcing. I have to outsource bookkeeping jobs to people who can do it because although I have background on that, I am not very confident that I can do some serious accounting.

Oh well, I would have to think about it again once I have the money to use as a capital.

payday loans this christmas

I hate winter but I have to admit that despite my hatred of the season, I look forward to it. That’s because winter also means Christmas and I wouldn’t skip this day for the world.

Right now, I am busy preparing my shopping list. I haven’t actually started shopping yet, I should soon, I know, but …well, I am still sick. I am sick for like three weeks now and that’s really the reason why I can’t go out to do my shopping.  I hope that I get better soon though so I can start shopping for my gifts. I don’t like to do everything on the last minute!

But having plenty of time thinking of what to buy this Christmas helps me budget my money wisely which is good because I really don’t like to overspend this month. I don’t have a problem with those who are going all out this season but in my case, I have to save up for something else and one way to do that is not to go overboard this month.

For those of you who are a bit short on money this season, it’s easy to find remedy for that.  There are a number of payday loans sites in the net and if you just give some minutes of your time and read what they have to offer, you might find the perfect payday loans scheme for you. This way you can avoid the embarrassment of having to borrow money from friends and relatives. Just be sure to be able to pay the loan on your next paycheck though.

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not on our holiday!

The first week of my husband’s leave from work was mainly spent with my in-laws. They came down to Graz and stayed with us for a few days. While they were here, we went to see a couple of places with them and there was a day when we all went down to Italy. It was just a day’s trip. First, we drove to Ljubljana, Slovenia and ate lunch there and since Trieste, Italy is just about an hour away from Ljubljana, we decided to go there and have an ice cream just like my husband and I did last spring. Then, on the way back north to Austria, we stopped by Maribor, Slovenia and ate dinner there. It was a really nice day with the whole family.

The second week was spent in Lower Austria and Vienna. We’ve been visiting some friends there and it was all cool except for one thing. My husband’s car just won’t start at some point. It’s really a total “kill joy” because we are planning to have another trip to Croatia next week. Now, we will always worry about whether the car can make it or will it just die on us again.

My husband’s car is a 13 year old Audi A4. It is a very good car but we have to admit, it is old. Sooner or later we will need a more reliable car and that is something we can’t afford at the moment. Before buying our place, we said that we won’t take loans except the one we need for the house and until now, we still follow that decision.

I suggested that we get a brand new car we can afford. It doesn’t matter if it is not one of those known brands but that, internet, it is not an option for my husband who works for the car industry and who believes that if he would buy a car he would buy it from the market which he works for (the European car industry ie; BMW, Audi, Mercedes, VW, and so on). But the thing is, even the secondhand cars from these brand are expensive. Of course, there are also cheap ones but I bet that the cheap ones are in the same state like that of my husband’s current car—crappy. And who wants a crappy car?

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this summer

Summer is fast approaching and that means that sometime soon, we are going to go somewhere for a holiday. This year, we are going to do it simple. We will not be going to a far away tropical paradise because we would like to save on plane tickets and hotel accommodations. This year has been really tough on us financially especially because we bought a house so we have to tighten our belts a little bit.

Holiday this year would be just in Europe. We are going to travel as many countries as we can by land. At first, we contemplated about using my husband’s car but later on we agreed that renting a one of those motorhomes will be the wisest and most practical choice. If we use the car, we will still need to pay for hotel accommodations. With a motorhome, all we need to find is a camping place where we can park it.

There are a lot of these camping places here in Europe because camping and traveling the continent by land is still an in thing to do here. Some people even use their bicycles. They ride their bike on the road along the Danube River from Germany to Austria. How cool is that!?!