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Vote For Financial Reflections at FMF!

By admin • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Reflections

The blog Free Money Finance runs a contest they call “Free Money Finance March Madness” where they pair off personal finance blog entries and have readers vote on which they thought was the best.
FMF was kind enough to accept my entry What Makes Kids Happy as an entry and today it is in the second round of the competition. [...]



Introducing Skribit

By admin • Mar 2nd, 2009 • Category: Reflections

You might have noticed a new addition to the blog. I added a Skribit widget not long ago and thought I’d point out how it can help you get topics you’re interested in on the blog.
It’s pretty simple.  You put topics you’d like me to write about in the widget (in the sidebar over to [...]



This Week’s Carnivals and Festivals

By admin • Feb 20th, 2009 • Category: Reflections

Here’s my recap of the blog carnivals and festivals I have articles in this week. Blog carnivals happen when one blogger posts links to lots of great posts from different blogs. I’m lucky enough to be in some great ones this week, so read on.



Is It Time to Retire the Penny?

By admin • Feb 12th, 2009 • Category: Government, Reflections

Is it time for Abraham Lincoln to retire? The US Mint doesn’t think so. To honor Lincoln’s 200th birthday, the US mint is going to issue 4 new versions of the Lincoln penny, each with the face of lincoln on the front, as it has been for 100 years, but with 4 new designs on the back.



Vote For Financial Reflections!

By admin • Feb 11th, 2009 • Category: Reflections

The blog Free Money Finance runs a contest they call “Free Money Finance March Madness” where they pair off personal finance blog entries and have readers vote on which they thought was the best.

FMF was kind enough to accept my entry What Makes Kids Happy as an entry and today it is in the first [...]



One Carnival, One Festival

By admin • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: Reflections

I’ve been featured in two “blog carnivals” this week. The first was at Credit Withdrawal who hosted the Festival of Frugality Credit Withdrawal was kind enough to consider my post The Joy Of Owning Nothing a favorite.  Thanks!  It has tons of great articles and some rather funny “motivational” posters.
Money Beagle sniffed out my [...]



The Joy of Owning Nothing

By admin • Jan 8th, 2009 • Category: Reflections, frugal, thrift

If you had millions of dollars, what would you buy? For some of us, the best answer might be “nothing.”



My Trip to the Carnival (of Personal Finance)

By admin • Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: Reflections

Thanks to Clever Dude  who has been kind enough to host the Carnival of Personal Finance this week.  If you’re unfamiliar with the term, a blog carnival is a periodic event where one blog profiles links to other blog articles.  This carnival is huge and happens every week, so I’m glad to support it.
The Carnival of [...]



2008 By The Numbers

By admin • Dec 31st, 2008 • Category: Economy, Investing, Jobs, Reflections

It’s been a wild year.  A 700 billion dollar bailout, a 50 billion dollar Ponzi scheme, the Big 3 auto makers begging and stock indexes dropping like a rock.  I decided to take a look at a how a few key numbers changed over the year to help see just where we are — and [...]



3 Things to do After the Holidays

By admin • Dec 29th, 2008 • Category: Budgeting, Goals, Reflections, taxes

The holidays have passed, gifts have been given and received, relatives have been visited and I’m back to my day-job.  It was an enjoyable break, but it’s back to reality.  With that in mind, I’ve got three post-holiday plans (besides watching bowl games) to help out with the finances after the holidays.

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