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This is a guest post by Bill G. Page. He is the author of Making Money Work: A Christian Guide For Personal Finance.
Archive for August, 2007
We're a Founding Member of the M-Network!
As I have mentioned before, through blogging I have had the opportunity to meet and talk with tons of people I would have never met otherwise. As a result of this, a few us personal finance bloggers, thanks to the efforts of Pinyo, decided to form the M-Network.
You can read about the M-Network by visiting the main page, but it’s basically a network of like minded personal finance bloggers. The benefit to you the reader is a high quality single RSS feed for all blogs part of the M-Network. Don’t know what RSS is? Please visit my RSS info page to find out more about RSS.
Opps! Partial RSS Feed Returned to Full Feed
I implemented a new plugin this morning to show post summaries on my main page. I did this to keep it from being so long and allow new visitors to see more of my content on the main page.
What I didn’t realize was that this same plugin made my RSS Feed a partial feed. I am not an advocate of partial feeds, and my sincere apologies to those of you that may have seen this. Just hope none of you unsubscribed as a result…if you did, hopefully you’ll forgive me.
Frugal Wealth Building – How To Build Your Wealth Cheaply
2 Chronicles 1:11-12 God said to Solomon, “Since this is your heart’s desire and you have not asked for wealth, riches or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king, therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also give you wealth, riches and honor, such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have.”
The 100th Carnival of Debt Reduction Posted
NCN posted the 100th Carnival of Debt reduction on his No Credit Needed Blog. Featured in this edition is Step 6 of my How to Get Your Finances Under Control series.
There is a boat load of great articles about reducing your debt. Make sure you check-out NCN’s podcast too. It’s one of my favorites!
This picture is making me want some carnival food though…elephant ears…mmm. Don’t worry, the grease kills all the germs…hey, it convinces me!
How To Make Your Money Greener
I recently finished reading Forty Signs of Rain
Here’s a few tips for making greener financial decisions:
Take advantage of fuel efficiency and energy related tax credits
Money Saving Monday Tip #6 – Kids Eat Free!
Want to eat out more but your budget just can’t handle the expense? You’ll be surprised at the number of places that offer kids eat free nights. We love to eat out, but with 6 children it’s incredibly expensive regardless of where we go. We are always on the look-out for coupons, specials, etc. One of the things we have been doing recently (and honestly should have been doing a long time ago) is eating at restaurants that have kids eat free nights.
Chromed: How to Look Cool and Waste Your Money
While driving down the road the other day, I saw a car that looked very similar to this one:
The first thought that came to my mind was why???? But then I realized I am probably just getting old. I’m quite sure my Dad asked me why many times when I was younger.
Free Money: Wachovia and ING
Here’s an easy way to make some free money. I bank with both Wachovia and ING. Both are currently offering referral deals:
Wachovia will give both you and I a $25 gift card when you open a new checking account. A minimum balance of $100 is required and the account must stay in good standing for 30 days.
INGDirect will give you $25 and myself $10 when you open a new INGDirect Orange Savings Account. It requires a minimum deposit of $250 which must stay in the account for 30 days. ING’s accounts offer a high interest rate and their online banking interface is simple and easy to use. Orange Savings accounts make a great place to store your Emergency Fund or to create Savings Accounts for your children.
The Friday Gathering for 8/10/2007
Another Friday has arrived, and rather quickly I might add. Here in the Carolina’s we’re reaching record highs of 104 with heat indexes of 108! To make matters worse, football practice for my oldest son started last night, so needless to say it was a bit miserable. Anyway, here’s some of the “hot” posts this week from the Personal Finance Blog community that I enjoyed reading:
- Getting Green had two articles I enjoyed, one on how to make a guaranteed 14.57% return on your money and the other on why using home equity lines to pay off your debt doesn’t make sense
