My family stopped by our house for a couple days en route to my sister’s college orientation. They live in TX and my sister will be going to a small school in Pennsylvania, so she is in for a big change! I wish her the best.

We had a great time visiting. I’ve lived away from my family for about 10 years now, so I enjoy every opportunity I get to visit with them.

Milestones

1/2 million visitors! This week my blog had its 500,000th unique visitor. My site has been online since March 07, and sometimes I am amazed at how well it has done. Thanks everyone, for visiting, linking, sharing, and contributing to my site. I have a lot of fun with it, and I hope you all enjoy it as well. I hope you all stick around for the next 1/2 million visitors and beyond!

Brip Blap turns 1! Steve, of Brip Blap fame, celebrated his blog’s one year anniversary this week. Steve is a good friend and a great blogger. I always enjoy reading his thoughts on career and money topics. Congrats, Steve!

This week’s recommended articles:

• David says to Save Money, Reduce Waste: Stop Buying And Start Borrowing.That’s not a bad idea. A lot of people spend hundreds of dollars every year buying DVDs when they could spend $5-10 per month to get Blockbuster Total Access or Netflix delivered to their door.
• Mrs Micah responds to David with some Criteria for Buying vs. Borrowing or Renting.
• Lynnae is buying a house. Congrats and good luck!
• PaidTwice’s parents surprised her family with an unexpected gift. Very cool! I hope you enjoy it!
• Pinyo shares his family vacation. Looks like fun!
• Plonkee got a bonus! Sweet! Now what should she do with her bonus?
• Dough Roller has an article about buying a HUD foreclosure.
• Jeremy writes about how to de-clutter your life - Need to Get Rid of Some of Your Junk? Don’t Underestimate the Power of Free. I’m getting to the point where my time worth more than the money I might receive if I tried to sell the stuff in my basement.
• Kevin at Rich Credit Debt Loan gives 3 Examples of money-making hobbies. he shows you how to get free money for fishing stories.
• Jonathan writes about One Way To Track Your Progress Towards Financial Independence.

This week’s Carnivals:

• The Festival of Frugality: Bare Necessities Edition was hosted at Squawk Fox. My article, How to Save Money on Gas, was included.
• The The Carnival of Personal Finance: American Flag Edition was hosted at Mighty Bargain Hunter. My article, The Other America - Commentary on Food Stamps and the Economy, was included, as was The Only Mutual Fund You Should Invest In from my other website, Military Finance Network.
• The Money Hacks Carnival #19 — Personal Finance Destinations was hosted at Money Hackers. My article, How to Save Money on Gas, was included.

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