School is out for the summer! My daughter is done, my wife has a day or so left, and my son completed his first year of day care. I, on the other hand, still have to wake up and go to work. I look forward to phone conversations that go some thing like this:
Wife: Hi, how’s work today?
Me: Ok, a little busy but no big deal. Sounds like you’re on the cell. What’re you up to?
Wife: We’re at the beach!
Me: (grumbling) lovely.
At least we have the NYS Empire Passport so we don’t have to pay for parking at the beach.
Speaking of summer (you like that segue way?) there’s still a little time left to enter the Summer Savings Series $100 Amazon gift card giveaway. You have until 11:59 am Monday June 30th to enter.
Don’t think you have a chance at winning? Of course you do! But you have to enter. In fact this past week I won a copy of The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing
Now to the carnivals I was in this week:
The 158th Carnival of Personal Finance - Vampire Slaying edition was hosted by Mrs Micah. This included my article Murphy’s Law of the Workplace.
The 65th Carnival of Money Stories was held at The Dividend Guy. Our Disney World Vacation was included.
The Festival of Frugality #131 - Summer Savings Edition was hosted by Broke Grad Student which included Running - Frugal or Not.
The Money Hacks Carnival #18 - The History of Money was hosted by fellow Money Life Network member My Investing Blog. Customer Service Done Right 1800 Contact.com was included.
Now to some favorites I found in my Google Reader:
Introduction to the Stock Market at Moolanomy. A good intro to what stocks and the stock market is.
But I Just Don’t Feel Like It…Four Strategies to Fight the Takeout Urge at I’ve Paid for This Twice Already. We’ve been doing the whole takeout thing too much lately. It doesn’t help us that our kitchen is being remodeled.
The Hidden Costs of Renting a Car at Five Cent Nickel. We rented a car in Miami a couple of years ago and got stuck paying for an extra day because we didn’t return the car by the cutoff.
Ceiling Fan Hacks: Save Big on Energy Use at The Simple Dollar. I didn’t even know that the direction the fan turned made a difference!
Is Blogging Passive Income? at Mrs Micah. Umm…no, it’s not.
A Post in Which the Author Opines On the Possibility of Managing One’s Time Successfully With Two Children Under the Age of Three at Brip Blap. If you think the title is verbose wait until you read the article!
And some great ones from the Money Life Network:
Bible Money Matters - Saving at the Movies This Summer
Prime Time Money - Save Money and Get Fit With These Summertime Activities and Programs
Milk Your Money - Save on Mandatory Fun Trips
My Investing Blog - Don’t Drive Ten Miles Out of Your Way to Save on Gas
Remodeling This Life - Love and Live Happy
Sense To Save - Just Turn Off The Car Please
Wait…who was that? That’s right! The Money Life Network is pleased to announce the addition of Remodeling This Life and Sense to Save as members. We know Emily and Kacie’s perspectives will add value to our group. Stop by their blogs and subscribe to their feeds to get up to date on their writing! Welcome to the group!
Until next time - Read, Learn, and Enjoy!
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I like your straightforward response about blogging’s “passive” part. I find it the same…quite active. But I like it most of the time.
@ Mrs Micah - Thanks! If I didn’t enjoy it I couldn’t keep up with it.
Let us know how the book turns out for ya! Also, how did you get those nice icons by the comments?
@ Digerati - Will do. It’s behind a couple of other books right now so I may not get to it soon. Oh, the icons are from the plugin Easy Gravatars.
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