Weekly Thoughts:

So far this has been a pretty bad weekend, I didn’t get anything accomplished.  My site has gone down 3 times for an hour each.  Once me fault, and twice become of my host.

The I watch my daughter play soccer!  She was quite literally a star out there on the field, with even the opposing team saying nice things about her performance.  She made 3 goals and owned the field.

I guess every dark cloud has a silver lining…

I’m only doing a few links this week because I’m very, very behind on everything this weekend!

My Favorite Reads of the Week:

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff:  Fit in a Fun Friday – Blogging  – BITFS announces her 2 new websites:  Crystal Clear Thoughts and It’s a Dog’s Life For Me

Everyday Tips and Thoughts:  How My GPS Has Affected My Driving - This piece could have been called Ode to GPS (lol), but it’s all true!  I love my GPS, it has helped make my driving much, much less stressful!  Visit her and state you opinion of GPSs!

Financial Samurai:  Why Pay Taxes If Government Employees Don’t? - The Samurai brings up so really great points about taxes!  Check out the great comments too!

Free Money Finance:  Help a Reader: Moving in with Parents -  This is a post from letter that a reader sent in, it reminded my a lot of my post:  Living With Your Parents While Being Young, Successful And Married.  I guess such scenarios are more common that I thought.

Len Penzo:  What a $168 Cheese Sandwich Can Teach Us About Hype & Value - Wow a $168 dollar Cheese Sandwich!  Yeah, it’s made with expensive stuff, but does that really equal a better tasking cheese sandwich, or is it because it’s made by a celebrity chef?  I’ll stick the the cheap version in the U.S. that are tried and true.

My own favorite post of the week:

I finally broke down and confessed my sins in:  Frugal Sins Of A Personal Finance Blogger.

Carnivals:

Personal Finance Carnival-The Millionaire Nurse Edition

Engineer your finances - I missed this last week…

• Previous Entry: Sometimes Life Throws You A Curveball Example
• Next Entry: Wealth Tips # 6 – Trying Harder To Become Wealthy