In these tough times any ideas on how to pick up a few extra bucks are well worth the time to read them. As embarrassing as it is to admit, I got these ideas from the AARP magazine. If you want more details I suspect you can go to aarpmagazine.org. 1. Home Parties such as Avon, PartyLite, Simply Fun, Tupperware etc. can put some extra money in your pocket. 2. Pet Jobs, even in this economy some people are still traveling. Many pet lovers will not board their pets so there is an opportunity to pet sit. Dog walkers can make decent cash too. 3. Teaching your skills can be particularly lucrative. Adult evening school or even private teaching of all sorts of craft and art skills as well as cooking, archery or computers. 4. Tutoring kids can be both fun and financially rewarding particularly if you like kids. 5. Rent out your extra rooms. This can be very good if you are in a college town. Check your insurance and your renters references very carefully and get a good security deposit. 6. Per...