[miclason]

LOL! I didn't even realize I had been nominated! I started my $20 challenge in 2006 by paying for a copy of my police records and other stuff that I needed to apply for an English-teaching position, and, taught 8 hours/week during the first few months...later on switched to provinding administrative services to non-domiciled people (foreigners trying to set up businesses in my country, just making basic phone calls, typing up some documents, some light translations, etc.) all these were included in my $20 challenge...alternative sources of income that were not considered were: toy and school supply sales that we generally do every year....total without these was: $3,690.95 ($309.05 "short" of my goal of $4,000 for the year)...if we were to include the sales, then total for the year would have been $4,640.95