maezee

@maezee (41985)

United States • Age 35

Joined myLot 17 years ago

28 in Minnesota with a propensity to travel, read, and work too much!

www.somebrokegirl1.wordpress.com

Discussions (2817)

maezee's Discussions

10 day no spending challenge....starts now!

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 9 Feb 23

Day 1 of 10: 2/9/23 Hi! Hope you all are doing well. I have been a little bit busy between work, work and more work lately it seems. My spending lately has REALLY been out of control and I need to reel it in some. Last time I...

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Transcription Sites for Earning?

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 29 Jan 23

I have been looking for a website to try to do transcriptions on, such as transcribing audio. Mostly for this, I am looking for something my mom could figure out and do online (or maybe myself when I really need the extra cash) -...

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House Plant Collection

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 17 Jan 23

orry, but about all of my posts will likely be house or garden related moving forward....They used to be about fun travel and fitness but my focus has changed some with getting my first mortgage and buying my first house and...

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Garage Service Door Replacement - mostly complete

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 17 Jan 23

Hi! I just bought my house on November 15th - 2 months ago - and it's a house built in the 1950's so there is PLENTY to be done. In fact, my list of projects keeps getting longer and longer...Urg! But I am excited to make this...

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House Goals for 2023

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 2 Jan 23

I bought a house about a 1.5 months ago and I have been working on updating a few things here and there and have tons of plans for next year, as long as can I can afford to do them - both money and time. *Finish basement I have...

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Mystery neighbor snow plowed my driveway!

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 27 Dec 22

Hi! I hope your Tuesday is going well. I'm doing my 12 hour shift of overtime this Tuesday afternoon and have about 5 hours left of my day. It hasn't been real busy, so I'm hopping on MyLot for a little bit. I have been a home...

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Frugal pantry vegetarian chili

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 17 Dec 22

Hi! How is everyone's Saturday doing? I'm trying to come on here a little bit more than I have been lately, just busy and trying to stay caught up with life things! I was proud of myself for this meal because all I bought for it...

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My November 2022 Online Earnings

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 4 Dec 22

I used to keep track of my monthly online earnings because I was an avid survey-taker, occasional mystery shopper, etc. I am going to get back into it as I need some extra spending money and have some extra time on the internet...

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Back to myLot after a long break

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 4 Dec 22

Hi! I haven't been around in quite some time on MyLot - it looks like I haven't been on here since May of this year - but gosh it feels SO much longer! I didn't intend on taking a break, but I have been pretty busy with both jobs...

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COVID quarantine day 4

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 24 May 22

Wow! How is everyone doing? I finally got COVID, first time since the pandemic began. I have been traveling, and I do not wear a mask at work (but I generally stay in my cubicle) but outside of that I am always wearing a mask -...

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Finances & Financial Goals Update May 2022

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 24 May 22

Whoa, it has been a very long time since I've been on here - at least a couple months. I keep trying to make time for it and then I forget, get distracted, or "run out of time", so it just has not felt possible. In fact, rarely do...

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Vegetable Scrap Veggie Broth - Frugal

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 28 Mar 22

How are things going here? I haven't been active posting at all for probably months upon months, but I need to start hopping on here and there. I've been spending a lot of time on Reddit with my spare time- especially in these...

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Dyed hair for first time in 4+ years

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 28 Mar 22

I had my hair dyed for the first time in.....a while. In fact, I haven't even had it professionally cut in years - I chopped some off the other day and it was totally crooked I realized in this picture (it has been since...

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February 2022 Financial Goals/Debt Update

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 21 Feb 22

I have been writing updates on my financial journey...From financially irresponsible / in debt - to an eventual goal of saving up a small savings account + a down payment for buying a house. Right now, I am debt free (MOSTLY!) - I...

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Thrift store book haul

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 17 Feb 22

I went to the thrift store the other day and for the first time in a long time I actually went through, aisle by aisle, shopping. What I ended up with was exactly what I was looking for: some interesting looking books to read,...

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Happy Monday

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 14 Feb 22

Hi! How goes it? It's Monday which is normally my day off but I picked up overtime for some stupid reason today for 8 hours. (It's not stupid, it will be nice extra money - but still, hard to bring yourself to work on a day off,...

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Frugal meal: veggie soup

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 4 Feb 22

Totally uninventive here but my mom gave me some veggies that she wasn’t going to have time to use, so I decided to make an improvised crock pot soup. She gave me 3 potatoes, a bag of carrots and a bag of celery. I chopped them...

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Frugal recipe of the week: slow cooker seasoned pinto beans

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 2 Feb 22

I was trying to get creative with this 99 cent bag of dried pinto beans I had lying around. I’ve had bad experiences with these dried beans in the past (AKA undercooking them and trying to eat them) so I almost never use them....

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2 year anniversary as a non-smoker

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 1 Feb 22

Hi all! I meant to pop on here a couple days ago but lost track of time. It has been a really busy last month. I didn’t have a car (was borrowing my sisters and dads when able to) due to it being in the shop after someone rear...

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Frugalish meal: Mung Bean & Coconut Curry

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 21 Jan 22

I found this recipe online based on these split mung beans I had already had...Someone gave me these on my free community site (Buy Nothing) and I wanted to make a recipe around them. Unfortunately, I didn't have like any of the...

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