Extra cash for our trip

A few weeks ago we decided to take a vacation to North Carolina. We went a couple of years ago, and really enjoyed it so I vowed to go back one day. After making reservations months ahead of time I soon realized that it was going to be incredibly difficult for me to drive nine hours to North Carolina with 3 fighting boys and just myself. I asked my ex-husband if he would come along and help with the kids, and he agreed.

I knew we would need to take as much money as we could scrounge up so I decided to cash in my "mypoints" points, and my "inbox dollars" points which I had been saving up for awhile. I received $85.00 from mypoints, and $30.00 from inbox. My cash from mypoints was quickly distributed into my paypal account within a few days. Inbox made me wait a few weeks and then sent me a check in the mail. It was the first time I had cashed in my points and was really excited to receive money for basically nothing but clicking on emails. I also sold a few things on Ebay which I do occasionally and made a few extra dollars.

Needless to say, the trip was a little hectic, but yet fun all at the same time. We stayed in a cabin at Deepcreek Campground. It rained just about everyday, but only for a few minutes at a time. It didn't stop us from doing everything we wanted to do though. We went to the National park so the older boys could go tubing. That was quite the experience. We visited Cherokee Indian Village and thoroughly enjoyed wading in the water at Ocunuluftee Island. After visiting the shops nearby, my youngest son decided his new favorite thing was Indians and had to have a bow and arrow. He has been playing with it ever since. We also went digging for gems while we were there. I am in the process of tumbling the gems now. I'm thankful we had the chance to go back and make some memories for the boys.