Hello Everyone, and Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you have the opportunity to spend some time with your Mother and loved ones today. Unfortunately, my wife and I live a long distance from our respective Mothers now, so we will have to make do with a phone call. They did receive the cards and flowers we sent, so at least we were able to send a little something to them.

Blogger meet up. This week I had the privilege to meet a personal finance blogger in person. Ron, from The Wisdom Journal, happened to be in my area and we met up for a lunch at City BBQ, a local BBQ joint. Ron is a true professional and it is easy to see why his blog is called The Wisdom Journal. We sat outside on a picnic table situated under an overhang and talked for about 3 hours. It’s amazing how much you can learn in one sitting!

Ron is a great guy, and hopefully I will have the opportunity to meet up with him again sometime.

If you aren’t familiar with his blog, I highly recommend visiting and subscribing. Here are a few of my favorite articles from his site:

• 12 Things I Learned By 42 That I Wish I Knew At 22
• 5 Massive Money Mistakes I’ve Made
• An Open Letter From Employees To Bosses
• Ron is also writing a book, and you can help!

Mother’s Day - A Day of Appreciation

In honor of Mother’s Day, I thought I would share a bunch of articles about Mother’s Day. I hope you enjoy them.

• Mrs Micah says “Any day is Mother’s Day.” I agree.
• Lazy Man tells us to celebrate Mother’s Day the way she would want you to.
• PaidTwice talks about Marketing and Mother’s Day.
• WiseBread shares some insight to the inventor of Mother’s Day and how she felt about the mass marketing it brought on.
• Pinyo shares a couple Mother’s Day gift ideas.
• Quest for Four Pillars has a couple frugal Mother’s Day gift ideas.
• Frugal Dad recommends sending flowers as a Mother’s Day gift.
• Get Rich Slowly shares some Consumer Reports articles regarding common Mother’s Day gifts.
• My Super-Charged Life shares Valuable Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day.
• Don’t Mess With Taxes has a few Mother’s Day gift ideas.
• Single Guy shares a poem in honor of Mother’s Day.
• If you forgot to buy a Mother’s Day gift, Madison is giving away a $50 Amazon gift card…

I guess it might be too late to use many of these gift ideas this year, but there are a few ideas that you may be able to use next year!

This week’s carnivals:

• The May Edition of the Carnival of Financial Goals was held at Debt-FREE Revolution.
• The Carnival of P2P Lending #9 - Cinco de Mayo Edition, was hosted at Lazy Man and Money. My article, The Future of Lending Club - Will they Survive and Thrive, or Crash and Burn?, was included.
• The Festival of Frugality #124 was held at Frugal for Life. My article, Save Money with Refurbished Electronics, was included.
• The Carnival of Personal Finance - Bloggers on Surviving the Squeeze was held at US News and World Report. My article, How to Dress For an Interview, was included.

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