Weekly Thoughts:
The snow and the unusually high number of houses with Christmas lights, the outside aesthetics has been a thing of beauty! The Christmas lights shining thought the snow covering bushes and trees made practically every house that had Christmas decorations out look like something out of a classic Christmas movie!
This Saturday evening as I left for dinner, I had to stop and just walk around the driveway admiring all the beautifully light houses along the street. I usually don’t do this, but everything looks so spectacular, I couldn’t resist! Plus the brisk chill in the air made me think how pure and crisp the air was. I was a great experience and I’m honestly thinking about walking around the neighborhood just to enjoy the experience.
My Favorite Reads of the Week:
101 Centavos: Mainstream Financial Media vs. PF Bloggers: 401K loans – I totally agree with this observation!
Budgeting in the Fun Stuff: Passive and Residual Income Defined – For those that were curious as to what the difference is!
Canadian Financial Blog: 4 Reasons Your Resolutions Fail – And How to Overcome Them – I have this problem every year, perhaps I’ll take the advice this year!
Everyday Tips and Thoughts: Sometimes Saving Money Isn’t Worth It – Items I Refuse To Buy Generic – I feel the same way! Sometimes Generic makes sense, then other times generic is garbage!
Fabulously Broke in the City: Are people wealthier because they’re business owners (or self-employed)? Check out FB’s proposals and conclusion as to why business owners are millionaires!
First Gen American: Is Uncle Sam the New Bank of Mom and Dad? – I was honored to be mentioned in such a well wrote out article! Sandy L. provides a great time line as to when benefits-a-plenty has come into the American public program. I was impressed with the well throughout research Sandy put into the article! It was like reading a post from time magazine! Excellent read!
Len Penzo: Gee, Thanks: 4 Presumptuous Gifts That Can Strain A Budget – Some real nightmares here! I would hate for someone to pick an automobile for me, so I totally agree that those “car as a present” commercials suck. I can see it now Christmas day, and my wife gets me a “purple minivan”! Oh joy!!!
Squirellers.com: Unforgettable, Funny Holiday Gifts that were Given as Real Presents – Very funny and cheap presents! A good chuckle on most of these!
Watson Inc: Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears Round Up and Uncommon Money News Looks and the way a person acts is sometimes deceiving! Jessica and Britney are going extremely well, even though they don’t sing as much as they use to.
My Favorite Post from MoneyReasons.com for the Week:
This week, my favorite post was Christmas Experiences During The Great Depression! This was a post that was wrote from the heart and to date one of my best posts! It involved a personal tragedy to my grandmother when she was a child and how she overcame the childhood experience to make Christmas a special time for her children and grandchildren.
Closing Thoughts:
Where I live it truly is beautiful! This may be the only time that I’d rather live in my city than California or other warmer, ocean front areas.
-MR
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I enjoyed reading about your Grandmother’s Christmas experiences during the depression too. My mom was the youngest of 15 kids and the older kids were probably the same age as your grandmother. The stories told by my Aunts and Uncles and their difficult financial times growing up are more inspiring to me now as I become older.
It amazes me that not that long ago, it seemed like most of us were poor. Like the peasants in olden time in England…
Your depression christmas article was my favorite as well…very thought provoking…so much so that it inspired a whole post.
Yeah, your article was great, loved it!
Hello MR – thanks for the mention. The lighted neighborhood is also one of my favorite things about Christmas. Next year we’re switching to LED lights, I’m getting tired of throwing the regular ones away because they don’t work.
It’s great how the LED technology seems to get better all the time.
Hello Money Reasons!!!
I agree that this is truly a beautiful time of the year. I have been in a better mood than normal, not that I’m typically cranky though. Thank you for linking to my post.
Shawn
Thanks so much as always! I’ve been enjoying all the Christmas lights this year as well – they are even pretty without snow, lol.