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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Hi Patrick! Congrats on the 1/2 million visitors. Amazing! Thank you also for linking back to the Festival of Frugality: Bare Necessities Edition!
Was I #500,000?
Congrats, that’s great Patrick! Thanks for the mention as well…
Squawkfox, Thanks!
David, in fact, you were #500,000! E-mail me to claim your prize!
Congratulations on the success of your blog. As a Pennsylvania resident, I hope your sister enjoys it here. I’m not sure what side of the state she’s going to be on, but if it’s the Pittsburgh side, there are lots of great things to do here.
Patrick, Congratulations on 500,000. You are amazing and your success is well deserved. Thanks for a great job.
WOW! The big 500,000!
Congratulations. That is really an accomplishment. But I am not surprised; your site is great and just loaded with helpful information.
Be well…
Thanks for the nice comments everyone.
Thanks so much Patrick – you’ve got a great site, too, and you’ve been a great guy to get to know! I’ll second everyone’s comments here and say you and your blog are great – 500,000 visitors is not surprising at all!
Congrats Patrick! Your success is well deserved-you have a great blog! I am sure the 1 million mark will come even faster!