I’m in a couple of personal finance blog carnivals this week: “Malachi and mud” made the cut at the Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted this week by Funny About Money. My piece on the potluck as frugal hack was chosen for the Carnival of Money Stories at Suburban Dollar. I didn’t cite the title because … Read more
It’s hot just about everywhere but here, apparently. At my nephew’s Little League game yesterday it was in the low 50s and so super-windy that I was actually cold.
Not to rub it in, or anything.
Everywhere else, it’s hot. Too hot to play sports. Too hot to watch sports. Too hot to lie by the pool (the sun’s out there, remember?).
It’s been fun trotting around the blogosphere this week. Why keep it all to myself?
“Delayed gratification,” at Girl With the Red Balloon
“What’s your frugal Kryptonite?” at I Pick Up Pennies
“The words I hate to say the most” at Modern Tightwad
“Overcoming the wall” at Financial Samurai
“A critique of marriage, from a bride-to-be” at Tiger Beatdown
I was delighted to have been selected for the two blog carnivals I entered this week. “Frugal materialism” was an Editor’s Pick in the Carnival of Personal Finance, at Rainy Day Saver. “My first laptop, finally” was selected for the Carnival of Money Stories, hosted this week at My Journey to Millions. At both carnivals … Read more
Have you ever used a Blackberry or a Bluetooth to get out of interacting with a crashing bore or an insistent vendor of organic skin care products?