Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Blueberry Muffins

  • 1½ cups Flour
  • ¾ cup Sugar
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • cup Oil
  • 1 Egg
  • cup Milk
  • 1 cup Blueberries

Crumb Topping
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • cup Flour
  • ¼ cup Butter
  • 1½ tsp Cinnamon

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 400ºF
  2. Combine Flour, Sugar, Salt & Baking Powder
  3. Mix Oil, Egg & Milk then add to dry mixture
  4. Fold in blueberries and Fill cups
  5. Mix Crumb Topping with a fork and sprinkle over filled cups
  6. Bake 20-25min or until done

Snowball Cookies

  • ½ cup Butter
  • ½ cup Milk
  • 1½ cups Sugar
  • 3 cups Rolled Oats
  • 4 tbsp Cocoa
  • ½ cup Coconut
Directions
  1. Mix butter, milk & sugar. Boil.
  2. Remove from heat, add oats and cocoa
  3. Form balls and roll in coconut
  4. Refrigerate

Modified BBQ Sauce Ribs

Sauce
  • 1 bottle Kraft Hickory BBQ Sauce
  • 1 ½ cups Brown Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Garlic Pepper Salt
  • 2 tbsp Onion Salt
  • 2 tbsp Chili Powder
  • 1 tsp Chipotle Tobasco Sauce/Tobasco Sauce/Luisiana Sauce(optional but recommended)
Ribs
  • Boil ribs minimum of 45min
  • Cut ribs and put into slowcooker
  • Pour rib sauce over turning to coat
  • Use baster to draw sauce from bottom and pour over ribs every half hour from start time and right before serving
  • Leave on 'High' for at least 2 hours
  • Turn to 'Low' for minimum of 1 hour
  • Turn to 'Keep Warm' until ready to eat

Thursday, July 5, 2012

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

I have been asked a few times about Tips for using SuperPoints, Swagbucks and LikeNET. The best tips I have come across are by Canadian Money Makers and Savers. I have requested permission to share her tips with my readers. Don't forget to visit her blog and Like her page on Facebook for up to date info on all the money maker sites.


LikeNET Tips
Swagbucks Tips




SuperPoints Tips by CMM&S

*Borrowed with permission from Canadian Money Makers and Savers*

New to The SuperPoints Network or want to join SuperPoints? Some information for you to help you get started:

Make sure to click the SuperLucky button every day! You can get 1 - 300 points on the button and if you get 25, 50, 75, 100, 200 or 300 points on the button you get a bonus referral link.  When you get a bonus referral link they last for 2 days and you earn the bonus points + 25 for each referral that makes it to Basic member.  So don't forget to click the SuperLucky button every day!  Mouse over "Get Points" and then choose "SuperLucky button"

Refer other members with your regular link and you get 25 SP for each referral, and 25 + whatever the bonus invite is if you have a bonus. To get your referral link click "Friends" then "Special Link" and you can put it on your own Facebook page, here, other fansites like Share it With Erik and on the "Forum-Invites" of the SuperPoints Facebook page (not on their wall).  If you get a spin with 25 points or more your invite link will be on that bonus spin, copy and paste it.  These last for 2 days, so if you need to go back and get it click "Friends" at the top then "Check Invite Status".  If your link is still active you will see it at the top and how long it's active for.  To get credit from your referrals they must get to the "Basic Level" explain to them they need to click on the email from SuperPoints and then click "Settings" when logged in and fill out their name, address and phone number to confirm they're a real person.

Superpoints has tiered level memberships.  Must complete the first tier to advance to the next.

Basic Level Membership: 30 spins per day, cash out at 1000 points.  You must have a valid email registered and fill out your basic profile in Settings.  No referrals required.

Gold Level Membership:  50 spins per day, cash out at 750 points and earn what your referrals earn on the SuperLucky button up to 1000 points each.  Requires two referrals at Basic Level. Must add a valid picture to your profile and fill out your advanced profile.  SuperPoints uses the information in your advanced profile to send you surveys you may be eligible for.

Platinum Level Membership: 100 spins per day, cash out at 500 points and earn what your referrals earn on the SuperLucky button up to 1000 points each.  Requires five referrals at Basic Level.

Other ways to earn on SuperPoints.

Click "Get Points" and check out the various offer walls.  You can check the offer walls for surveys, or other offers to do, like signing up for a survey site, or downloading a game and trying it, etc.

They send "Lucky Emails" every day which can contain 1 - 450 free points.  To make sure that you get these emails every day click "Settings" when signed in and then "Communication Preferences" and make sure that "Send me Bonus Emails" has "Yes" checked.

(Canadians) - If you haven't tried Netflix before there is an offer on TrialPay for 1500 SP. You click on the link, sign up for the Trial and you should get your points instantly. You need a credit card or PayPal and you cannot cancel for at least 3 days. It's super easy to cancel, you just go into your Netflix account and there is a cancel option.

There are also tasks every day. "Casino Tasks" come out every day in the evening around 5:40pm CST - 6:10pm CST.  Click "Get Points" button and then the "Matomy" button and then "tasks". The easiest to do look like: Answer a few questions about a website (Canada - Wednesday task #5) and are commonly referred to as "Casino tasks". You just follow the instructions on the page and then submit. Sometimes these tasks work, sometimes they don't. If they say "Finished" or "Thanks you've done all you can do" just go to the next one. If you get one that allows you to do some work, then the best advice I can give you is find the page and click on it, remember where it was on the google list (1st page, 3rd on the list) then wait about 10 seconds, then click on the "Featured Games", wait about 10 seconds then click on the box at the bottom before you fill out any of the work. If it doesn't give you a red box with an error you can finish the work and submit it.

LikeNET Tips by CMM&S

*Borrowed with permission from Canadian Money Makers and Savers*

  LikeNET.ca was created by SoftCorp Software Ltd, a company located in Victoria, BC and is open to all Canadians and they looking to expand into the US in the future.

LikeNET uses a points system and each point equals one penny.  So 100 points = $1.00.  You can cash out and get paid at 3500 points or $35.00.  While this may seem high, I feel it is definitely worth my time.  By spending an average of less than 5 minutes every day, I earn from 1 point to sometimes more than a $1 a day.  I like to compare it to sites like SuperPoints where you can do 100 spins in a day and not earn any points at all.  If you look at it that way, even earning 1 point for 10 seconds of work every day it totally worth it.

If you sign up to LikeNET using a referral link from another member you start with 250 points automatically ($2.50).  LikeNET uses Facebook as their Login and you must allow LikeNET some basic permissions like being able to Post on your behalf and access your friend's list and contact information.  Because you must have a valid email to sign up with Facebook you won't get a confirmation email when you sign up.

When you log in you will see Tabs on the left that allow you to access the different sections of the LikeNET page:
  • Opportunities
  • Games
  • Leader Board
  • Contests
  • My Account

How can you earn with LikeNET?

They have various ways of earning which they call "Opportunities".  Each Opportunity has budget that is set by the business, so Opportunities are on a first-come first-served basis.  The various Opportunities they offer are:

Facebook Likes: "Like" a Facebook Page.  You ~must~ continue to Like the page to get paid out.  If you Unlike the page, when it comes to cash out time those points will be deducted from your total.
Facebook Shares: "Share" a status from a company on Facebook
Google +1: +1 a company through Google, this is equivalent to a Facebook "Like"
Leads: These are where a company pitches a product or service and you choose if you would like the company to contact you.  If you want them to contact you, you provide either your phone number or email to the company and they will follow up with you.
Website Codes: There will be code hidden on a website in one of the many pages.  The code will often be in brackets like this [ ].
eSurveys: These are short surveys that ask you targeted questions.

Each Opportunity that you do can be ignored.  If you don't want to participate in any of the Opportunities, you're not required to, but you won't get paid for them.

They also have the "Bonus Button".  If there are no Opportunities available, you can click the "Games" button and then scroll down to the "Free Daily Bonus" button.  You get from 0-10 points from the button and you can click it every day.

LikeNET also has "Bonus Codes" at least once every week.  These codes can be found usually on Facebook, but also sometimes on Twitter or in their email Newsletter.  Codes are usually designated by being in brackets [CMMnS].  If there is a random post on the LikeNET Facebook page in brackets, better log in to LikeNET quick and put it in the "Bonus Code" spot located at the bottom of the "Games" section. Bonus Codes like Opportunities are limited and are on a first come first serve basis.  When entering the code, sometimes they do not copy and paste correctly and the code will say "Too Slow", in that case try typing it in.  Bonus Codes are always case sensitive and must be entered correctly.  Do not include the brackets, but do type in the code exactly as it appears.  If you have double-checked all of this and it still says "Too Slow" then the code has expired.

On the "My Account" section you will be able to change your settings.

You can choose to receive SMS Messages (text messages)
You will get both your LikeNET referral link and your LikeNET Business Portal Referral coupon code.
You can set your preferred payment method.  You can choose either having a cheque mailed to you, PayPal, or you can pick up your cheque if you're in Victoria.

Cash Outs:
When you reach 3500 points ($35.00) you will then be able to cash out.  LikeNET does their payouts on the 7th and the 21st of each month.  The $35.00 cash out and the twice monthly payout dates helps them reduce administration costs so they can provide you with more bang for buck aka "Opportunity".

Swagbucks Tips by CMM&S

  *Borrowed with permission from Canadian Money Makers and Savers*

How I make $25.00 in Amazon Gift Cards and more a month with Swagbucks.

My daily goal is 150SB and it can be tough to get. A more easily obtainable goal is 75-100SB per day, I like to try to get the 150 so I can have my 5 x $5.00 AGC for the month + have enough for the next months 5 x $5.00 AGC. Then what I make from there goes towards a $50.00 AGC

10 points for games
7 for "dailies" (Daily Poll (1), ToolBar (1), NOSO (2), Inbox Survey (3)**may not always come**
15-30 for search wins
Do as many videos as possible on Supersonic (may be different for you, Americans have Gambit)
Tasks
SBTV
If I get special offers, videos, or surveys then I don't need to work quite so hard on SBTV

Here is my day:

If I am sitting at the computer, I do SBTV on the toolbar while I'm browsing forums/pages/facebook, etc.

I use the Toolbar to watch and just click the next video as soon as the bar goes up. SBTV is SwagBucks TV. After 10 videos you will earn 3sb, normally up to a maximum of 25 rounds (75 SwagBucks), but it's been extended to 50 rounds (150 SB)  This may eventually go back down to 25 rounds. You do not have to watch the whole video, the progress bar will go up 10% when you've watched enough of the. It will go up approximately every 36 seconds. If you don't have the Toolbar, I recommend getting it. It gives you an extra SB (SwagBuck) daily as well. Great thing about SBTV on the toolbar is you can move it to where you want it by clicking it and moving it. I like to move it to the add space while browsing Facebook pages. To make it smaller, click in the box where the "Meter" is and hold down the CTRL button and use your mouse scroll wheel to make the picture smaller. Then go to the bottom right corner and drag the actual window to the size that you want. You can get it here

I also do games daily. I play a game, then when I'm done I go back to "Game Details". You should get 2 SB for every 2 games doing this up to a maximum of 10.

You also get 1 point for answering the daily poll, 2 for doing the NOSO. Just keep clicking the "skip to Next offer" button until it comes up as "proceed to next step" Then enter the text it tells you and you will get 2 points.

If you're going to visit a website like Facebook, Hotmail, Twitter, etc instead of going straight to the site, enter it into the SwagBucks search for more chances to get a search win. Usually you can get at least 2 search wins a day, which can net you 7+ SB each win.

If you're on Facebook, like SwagBucks and keep an eye on the wall for when codes are available. Also when a bunch of people there say they're getting search wins it's a good time to search. You can also like "Special Offers that Credit" as people post when they did a Special offer and got points.

Check your "Trusted Surveys" daily and check Special offers for easy videos on SuperSonic sometimes.

If you're Canadian you may receive an "inbox survey" daily for 3 SB. It's really easy, open the video and let them know if it had an Ad, click it and let them know if it goes to the right website (telus Ad goes to Telus website) or if it doesn't, choose no.

There are also tasks every day. "Casino Tasks" come out every day in the evening around 5:50pm CST - 6:10pm CST. Mouse over the "Earn" button at the top and click "Tasks". There are a lot of tasks available, however the easiest look like "Answer a few questions about a website (Canada - Wednesday task #5)" and are commonly referred to as "Casino tasks". You just follow the instructions on the page and then submit. Sometimes these tasks work, sometimes they don't. If they say "Finished" or "Thanks you've done all you can do" just go to the next one. Canadians can also do the ones that say "US" in them, and if they have "0" beside them, still click them to see if they're available! If you get one that allows you to do some work, then the best advice I can give you is find the page and click on it, remember where it was on the Google list (1st page, 3rd on the list) then wait about 10 seconds, then click on the "Featured Games", wait about 10 seconds then click on the box at the bottom before you fill out any of the work. If it doesn't give you a red box with an error you can finish the work and submit it. You can earn up to about 60SB per day from the Casino Tasks if you're fast and get them all!

Lucky Spider Monkey: Daily Contests

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Monday, July 2, 2012

Winners!

The two giveaways I participated on sharing have both ended. Check your email to see if you're a lucky winner!!