The Brumwell Chronicles

There are lots of great ways to earn extra money from home that you can do in your spare time and now is a great time to get started. Here are a few fun and easy ways to make some extra cash for the holidays this year from the comfort of your house.  Apps! There are so many free apps that you can download on your phone to help earn you money. While you are sitting there watching Netflix you can just have different apps playing short videos to earn points/cash. When you have 5 minutes to kill during a commercial break on TV instead of stalking your ex, do a quick survey for cash! Those little moments can add up to some nice cash over time. Here are a few of my favorite apps:   ibotta  this is my favorite cash back app. Okay so technically for some of this you might need to leave your home but there are also plenty of online options within this app. I do tend to use it most for in store purchases however. You can go through and select a store and find cash back f...

As most of you know I love me some free stuff and easy money! I also love sharing my thoughts and experience with products or companies with people. I've had multiple people ask me how I can get $400 baby gear for free, or make hundreds of extra dollars without changing anything and simply being on my phone in my free time. I thought I'd share with y'all some of the things that I do. Weather you're a stay-at-home mom, struggling college student, or just want to start making some extra spending cash in your spare time. These are great fun and easy way to get some extra cash and free products all from the comfort of home in your pj's. Surveys, Printing Coupons, and Watching Videos One of simplest ways to earn some extra cash is by doing surveys online. Companies need real feedback before launching products or when changing up aspects of their company and often turn to survey sites to help get that feedback. There are lots of different sites that will pay you m...

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love getting dressed up with the kids and going trick-or-treating! I love going to pumpkin patches, and getting carving pumpkins, and decorating the house. Granted we didn't do much decorating this year, but we still had our pumpkins out and our doorway decorated. Carving pumpkins with the kids is so much fun, we put on Halloween music, lay down an old blanket, grab our tools and a big bowl for the guts and get to work! Oliver kept trying to eat everything, he did not like it  This year we were super excited since this would be our first year to be able to hand out candy as well. I love family themed costumes and will probably cry when my kids start telling me that they don't want to do them anymore. Maddison already has her own ideas on what she wants to be but we were still able to talk her into doing our family costume. We did however run into a few hiccups this year. We didn't start getting our ...

It's never easy to lose a loved one, even if that loved one is a pet, and even if that pet is a fish. About two years ago while Ryan was gone doing an internship for the summer, Maddison and I took it upon ourselves to get a pet. I took her to PetSmart to look around and she found Rainbow Dash, a male betta fish. We bought a bowl, some toys, food, water treatment, and treats to go with our new addition to the family. Maddison was so excited to have a pet and loved to feed her and give her treats. Maddison said that Rainbow Dash was girl because it was pinkish/red and purple. We got her a treasure chest and she actually really liked to get inside of it and rest. Maddison loved the fact that she loved the treasure chest and go so excited whenever Rainbow Dash would go inside of it. Rainbow Dash didn't live a regular sit on the counter and do nothing kind of fish life. She had an active lifestyle and enjoyed taking trips and going on adventures. She rode up front with me on...