Dreary Mondays Work

It's Monday. Dreary Monday. Dark clouds have settled over the mountains and rain threatens but haven't seen it actually happen. I was up late last night watching Netflixs' Battlestar Gallactica, the pilot. My husband insisted. The opening was a drag but it eventually got pretty psychologically intense. I went to bed around midnight and around 4AM, a deep pain in my stomach awoke me. I don't think I went back to bed until 5:30ish. It wasn't until 11:44 til I awoke again. Gotta love the days where you sleep halfway through.

I didn't begin work until noon practically. I got my eBay shipments out, I sold something for $60 but was only able to keep $45. It kind of sucks, but I wouldn't be able to sell it any other way. USPS costs a lot of money. Need to figure out ways to drastically reduce my output. 15% of my sales is USPS and 9% eBay. However, I just became a Power Seller and eBay says that reduces my Final Value Fees by 20%. I work hard to make supplemental income. I am trying to de-clutter this house but it doesn't seem to make any headway. It's weird how much we have and yet we feel we have nothing. My husband and I have plenty of assets, but low on cash. I don't sell anything online that makes me pay to list it. I just wait until they are free; not because I am "cheap" but because I don't know if the item would sell first time around. Sometimes my items don't sell until the fourth run and if I paid for those listings, that would be costly. Anyhow, looks like I've been able to make $434 so far which isn't much at all but it's a few bill payments for sure.

You may be thinking, why don't you go find work? Well, I have but at the moment it's hard for me to land a job. I know I'm not alone in that but with business employers unsure of their futures, hiring is minimal, even when they advertise it. So, I work here at the house next to my two puppies. Right now, I'm working on uploading every single 2012 Receipt we saved to Quicken database and calculating our sales taxes paid so that we can deduct that from our tax bill. It's very tedious to go through every single one but it is extremely necessary and important that everything is calculated for when we input it into HR Block or whatever e-file system.

I'm also doing some legal work for my husband and watching TV. Yes, I can multitask. It's good for the mind to keep it busy as possible and away from any emotional feelings. I need to wear it out more later tonight, possibly head to the gym or walk the puppies, depends on this weather.

Anyway, tata for now.