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\"\"<\/a>Hello! It’s me, Nina, again! My dad asked me to write another post for him. He let me pick the picture too!<\/p>\n

He paid me $15 for this, by the way. (Thank you, Dad!)<\/p>\n

That money’s going to come in handy too because lately I’ve been trying to save up for a new laptop computer. The one that I have my eyes on is made by Compaq, which is the same laptop that my brother, Matthew, has. My mom and dad only use Macs, but since Macs are very<\/em><\/strong> expensive, I decided to get a PC.<\/p>\n

In order to get my laptop, I need to gain around $240.<\/p>\n

Back in April, I saved up enough money to buy a new iPod 4G, which was around $300. So I know for a fact that I can save enough money to get a laptop in no time.<\/p>\n

Now, I have many ways that I can earn money in my house. For each chore that I do, I get about 25 cents.<\/p>\n

I know what you’re thinking: But Nina: 25 cents? Isn’t that such a small amount?<\/em> Actually, no! If I do every chore right every single day, it adds up to about $2 a day, which would give me $60 each month. Not bad.<\/p>\n

I keep track of everything I earn in a special book called a ledger<\/a>. It also has a list of all of my chores in it and the amount I get paid for each one. If you think about it, a ledger is very similar to a savings account.<\/p>\n

My dad also gives my brother and me a chance to earn extra money once a week with something he calls The Monday Ten Dollar Question of the Night. (We have a theme song too, which is really just the “Dancing With the Stars” tune.) Every Monday night during dinner, my dad tells me and Matthew to get a piece of paper and a pen. He then asks us a very difficult question that we might never guess.<\/p>\n

Our most recent question was this one: When you go to a carnival and you hear people shouting out, “GET YER RED HOTS!”, what are they really selling? I got it right. (It’s hot dogs!) So I got to add $10 in my ledger this week.<\/p>\n

Matthew guessed “hot tamales,” so he lost out.<\/p>\n

To earn extra money I used to have a lemonade stand<\/a>, but now I wash cars. My best friend, Ashley, and I have a car washing business that we began in late May. We call it the “Rubber Duckiez Car Washing Service” and our motto is: “We leave your car SQUEAKY clean!” We wash on Saturdays from 10 AM to 2 PM, and we charge $10 for cars and $15 for trucks and vans! That money rakes in very<\/em><\/strong> fast.<\/p>\n

I am hoping to raise enough money for my laptop by the end of the year. The effort that I will have to put in will be incredible, but I can do it!<\/p>\n

I have enjoyed writing for you all once again! I hope to come back soon!<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Alan Cleaver<\/span><\/p>\n

(This is an article from the Len Penzo dot Com archives that was originally published in 2011.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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