The document discusses various options for earning extra income as a parent in a difficult economy. It provides examples like selling items on Amazon and eBay, doing hobby-related work, online surveys, tutoring, pet-sitting, and more. It emphasizes being diligent and not letting financial struggles undermine family happiness. The end discusses new research showing teens' sleep cycles change with puberty, making some schools adjust start times later to improve student performance and safety.

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It’s work,
Tom Iacuzio
but church
FATHERHOOD
wedding
Options right move
abound By EILEEN ZAFFIRO
STAFF WRITER
News-Journal reporter Eileen
for extra
Zaffiro will periodically write
about her upcoming wedding
and her experiences. Here’s
another installment:
incomeBy TOM IACUZIO
DAYTONA BEACH — Almost
every time my fiance and I get
overwhelmed by the rather gar-
gantuan list of things we have to
STAFF WRITER
do before our wedding day, we
T
escape with a joke about quickie
he thing I remember most weddings.
about my days as a college Maybe those leather-clad peo-
student is something a pro- ple who sit on Harleys through-
fessor once said to me. With all out their Las Vegas drive-
the sincerity he could muster, he through weddings have the
looked at me and said ‘‘Tom, if right idea.
you want to make money, don’t Or maybe
seek out a career in journalism.’’ we should
Like a typical kid who knows find a quiet
it all, I didn’t listen. little stretch
Now, years later, I find myself, of beach be-
like many other parents in this hind a sand
dreadful economy, looking for dune at sun-
ways to make extra money for se t, and be-
my family. c o m e
My situation is a generic one: a husband and
house payment, a car payment, wife with only ZAFFIRO
student loans and utilities. To a small hand-
that list, add groceries, gas mon- ful of people
ey, an out-of-work wife, baby beside us.
food and the need for a never- Then we re-
ending supply of diapers and un- member what
less your last name is Gates or we’re really
Buffett, you’ve got a problem on doing: Join-
your hands. ing together
But no matter how bad things forever.
get, having a child means that I think of it
failure is not an option. as even more KEAN
So outside of hitting the lot- than till death
tery or waiting on a rich relative do us part. I fully expect to hang
to go on to their final reward, out with my husband-to-be, Don
what can you do to scrape togeth- Kean, in the Great Hereafter,
er a few bucks? Let’s take a look and I expect we’ll have a blast
at some options. flitting around the clouds.
Amazon: Take your old video ‘‘Hey, Don, let’s go over to
games, textbooks or movies and
cloud No. 1,793 and find out who
trade them in for credit on Am-
azon purchases. And guess shot JFK and why. Then why
what? The trade-in prices are ac- don’t we grab a few doughnuts
tually pretty good. A recent off the Krispy Kreme tree before
trade of 14 DVDs netted me just we ride some shooting stars?’’
over $60. And what can you do To be joined in the spiritual
with that money? Amazon sells sense, not just the legal sense,
diapers, baby formula, baby we’ve chosen to be married in a
toys, clothes and anything else full Catholic Mass, in church.
you might need. I’m basically a live-and-let-live
eBay: What do you do with the person, so all of you drawn to
stuff that Amazon won’t take? City Hall civil ceremonies and
Sell it on eBay, of course. Every- hotel banquet room weddings,
one has some things around the may you be happy together until
house that they don’t need, nev- you’re 112.
er use or might be worth some stock.xchng For us, church was the way to
money. And on eBay, there’s a New research shows that puberty alters sleep cycles, making sleeping late natural for teens. Now many schools go.
market for everything. Yes, even Does the Catholic Church de-
are rolling back start times in hopes of having more energetic students.
School Daze
that 36-inch inflatable penguin
mand more pre-marriage scruti-
that you bought at a yard sale.
(Guilty.) ny and preparation than other
Turn your hobbies into cash: We all religions? Yup. And for us it’s ab-
have something we love to do solutely been worth it.
and what better way to get paid Back in November, we at-
than by doing what you love? En- tended an all-day marriage pre-
joy fixing computers? Like build- paration class in Orlando at the
ing stuff? Maybe you’re a fan of Catholic Church diocese head-
mowing lawns? Well take out an quarters. Not only did Don rave
ad in your local newspaper (hint, about the tasty mini muffins, he
hint) and offer your services for was also amazed at how close he
a price.
Should start times change for sleepy teens?
felt to me by the end of the day.
Opinions are like . . . everybody has I felt it, too. Something hap-
one: Why not get paid for yours? pened in that room as we and a
Granted it’s not much, but dozen other engaged couples sat
sometimes filling out online sur- close all day listening to a witty
veys can net you an average of By MARISSA CEVALLOS school day would cause marriage counselor give us great
$5-$15 for a few minutes of your SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS chaos at San Jose Unified, be-
time. But be wary of scam art- Emerging research shows that puberty upends sleep cause the large school dis-
advice and a priest explain the
When Glorianna Klyce’s special bond we’re going to form.
ists. Check out reputable sites radio blasts hip-hop at 5:45 cycles, making snoozing into the late hours as natural trict would need to
like freepaidsurveys.net and reschedule buses for 40 My favorite moment was
a.m., the 17-year-old rolls when the lights were turned
findfocusgroups.com for teens as hairy armpits and embarrassing schools. Officials fear that af-
over and hits snooze. If it down and we lit small white
Sell other people’s stuff: Remem- ter-school activities, sports,
weren’t for the second alarm ‘‘marriage candles’’ they gave
ber Tupperware parties? They
clock that goes off at 6, she voice squeaks. and jobs will suffer, accord-
us. By the flicker of that tiny
are on their way back in, but this ing to Karen Fuqua of the San
time they are being joined by might have a much harder flame, Don and I each said an im-
Unified, which pushed back much the same for years, Jose Unified School District.
Avon, PartyLite and a slew of time getting to Kennedy High promptu prayer for our mar-
its morning bell to 8:40 in with high schools starting Kennedy senior Andrew
other companies allowing you to School in Fremont, Calif., for Vardas admits he occasional- riage to one another.
sell their merchandise for a cut the 7:35 a.m. first block bell. 2007. But a few parents com- generally around 7:29 a.m., We’v e also sa t down and
plain that sports and extra- and middle schools at 8:56 ly spaces out in his morning
of the profit. And it’s not just When she’s running late, classes. Cross country or talked to our priest a few times,
kitchenware and makeup. You she skips breakfast and curriculars can spill into din- a.m.
swimming has him sweating we took a 190-question quiz to
can sell anything from candles doesn’t do her hair. ‘‘I nertime, and in the winter, It sounds obvious: Stu-
into the dark. ‘‘That is a con- dents don’t test well at the until 5 or 6 p.m., and then he evaluate our compatibility and
and wine to jewelry and ‘‘adult’’ wouldn’t care what color has homework in his AP communication, and we’ve met
products. socks I pick out,’’ said Klyce. cern,’’ she says. ‘‘It’s not per- crack of dawn. In one Illinois
fect, but you can’t please study, every high school classes before hitting the twice with a couple from our
Use your smarts: If you’ve got ‘‘Yesterday, I wore cat sack at 11 p.m. He has a love- church who’ve been married for
some spare time and a good head striped on one foot and pink everybody.’’ senior performed better
Proponents of accommo- when tests were given in the hate relationship with his 6 25 years.
on your shoulders, you could al- flowers on the other.’’ a.m. alarm. We still have to go through 32
ways look into tutoring. Check Emerging research shows dating the pubescent sleep afternoon than the morning.
cycle cite research that teens But most standardized tests, ‘‘Sometimes I’ll switch off Bible excerpts, and choose three
out Web sites like WyzAnt.com that puberty upends sleep cy- my alarm clock and be late
to sign up and offer your services perform better on tests, get in like the SAT, start at 8 a.m. for our wedding ceremony. We
cles, making snoozing into for school,’’ said Vardas. Or also have to make several other
to prospective students young fewer car crashes and enjoy ‘‘Their brains just aren’t
the late hours as natural for one morning, he was still decisions for the wedding Mass.
and old. more shut-eye when allowed awake then,’’ said Sullivan.
teens as hairy armpits and to function on their biologi- ‘‘Young people are so horrifi- snoozing while his friends Don joked that it’s a shame
Sit for something: Plants, ani- embarrassing voice squeaks.
mals, houses, children. All these cal clock. cally sleep-deprived.’’ were piling into buses to Sac- someone hasn’t come up with
When teens hit puberty, their ‘‘Momentum is building,’’ More sleep means fewer ramento. CliffsNotes for the reading we
things need looking after some- internal circadian clock
times. So offer to keep an eye out said Shannon Sullivan, a pe- drowsy drivers, suggests an- ‘‘I was the only one to miss have to do.
winds forward 1-3 hours, and diatric sleep specialist at other study. Car crashes the field trip to our state’s We didn’t choose the easy way.
and watch your wallet grow.
While there are plenty more they need 9 hours of sleep on Stanford Sleep Medicine dropped 16.5 percent among capital,’’ said Vardas. But as I’ve told him several
possible ways to make a buck, average, and a couple more Center who sees sleep de- 17- and 18-year-olds in a Kan- Vardas is all in favor of times, I wouldn’t really feel mar-
the biggest key is diligence. You hours than their younger sib- prived teens every week. In sas county after schools moving the school bell for- ried, at least not the way I want
know you want to provide the lings. 2005, almost one-fifth of there moved their start times ward. But not every student
to be married, if we had chosen
best life you can for your family Now a growing number of schools nationwide had con- forward by one hour, while minds the morning alarm or-
another road.
and unfortunately no one is gon- schools are pushing back the sidered chiming the start bell the rest of the state saw a 7.8 deal — Glorianna Klyce
I love him in a way I almost
na hand it to you. morning bell so class times later in the morning. percent increase in car wouldn’t trade it.
‘‘I like getting out earlier,’’ don’t have words for. And I know
But no matter what your fi- and students’ energy are bet- Flagler County changed crashes. Most teen deaths are
said Klyce. as we stand together in church
nancial situation, don’t let mon- ter aligned. their school start times in in car crashes, and about a
‘‘The good side is, students on Oct. 30 and vow to love each
ey determine your family’s 2009, with high schools and fifth of auto accidents can be
are more awake,’’ says prin- middle schools beginning at 8 other eternally, God’s going to
happiness. The struggle is part traced to drowsiness. News-Journal reporter
of life. And besides, how would cipal Amy McNamara of Log- a.m. Volusia school start Not everyone is pushing thank us for inviting him by tak-
Linda Trimble contributed
we recognize the great times if an High in New Haven times have remained pretty back the clock. Shifting the to this report. ing us to a place of love we can’t
we didn’t fight through the bad? even imagine yet.
tom.iacuzio@news-jrnl.com eileen.zaffiro@news-jrnl.com
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