Are you ready for some football?!? I know it’s a little early for the regular season to start, and baseball is still running strong… but I’m already getting feared up for Fantasy Football season! Last year was my first time playing and I had a strong showing by taking my team to our league Super Bowl and finishing 2nd out of 10 teams. I’ve got high expectations to continue my success, but let’s face it – there is a lot of luck and skill involved. So hopefully I can keep it going.
Play FREE Fantasy Football at Yahoo!
If you are looking for a great way to have some fun and follow the football season, then I recommend playing. You can join a free league through Yahoo! A new feature to Yahoo! Fantasy Football is FREE real time scoring with StatTracker, which allows you to see real time updates to scores in the real games, and how it affects your fantasy league and team. StatTracker makes it much more enjoyable because you can watch how the play on the football field affects your team. Sign up by clicking here or the banner to the right.
Mrs. Micah celebrates her 2 year blogging anniversary! A good friend of mine just celebrated her second year as a personal finance blogger. You can read about her Second Blogiversary. Here are two more recent articles from her site that I highly recommend:
- Where Your Library Fines Go. The answer is probably not what you think, and Mrs. Micah also lists some other ways to support your library.
- Handling Clients Who Won’t Pay. This is every small business owner and freelancer’s worst nightmare. These tips can help you solve the problem before it happens, or give you recourse after the fact. The comments add a lot of value to the article.
Recommended Financial Articles:
- How To Support An Unemployed Friend. This is a tough situation to be in as the unemployed person, or someone who cares about the person who is unemployed. There are many ways you can help – just don’t recommend they sue their college because they can’t find a job.
- Is There Ever a Moral Obligation to Pay More?This is an interesting moral dilemma.
- Increasing Your Net Worth- Increase Your Income or Cut Expenses. There are two ways you can increase your net worth – adding more income or decreasing debt.
- What Yoda Taught Me About Money Mastery. Star Wars and Money? Excellent!
- Can an S corporation save me money?. I recommend this article for small business employees who are looking into tax planning.
- Frugal Car Buying: A Complete Guide To Getting The Best Deal. If you are looking to buy a car, this article lists dozens of helpful resources.
- What’s Old Can Be Brand New Again. This is a fun story about giving your childhood toys to a new generation of children.
- Create Your Own Layaway Plan. Layaway plans pretty much went extinct a few years ago, but are now making a comeback. Do your own instead, and you can save time, money, and the hassle.
- How to Plan a Funeral that Doesn’t Cost an Arm and a Leg. Not something you want to plan for, but planning is the best way to save.
- How To Become a Certified Financial Planner. Great info if you have ever desired becoming a Certified Financial Planner.
This week’s carnivals:
- Prudent Money Carnival August 3, 2009 Edition @ Prudent Money.
- The Carnival of Money Stories @ Funny About Money.
- Carnival of Debt Reduction – The Federal Debt and Deficit Problem Issue @ Ask Mr. Credit Card.
- Carnival Of Twenty Something Finances: 3 August @ How I Save Money.
- Festival of Frugality #189 – Extreme Heat Edition @ Modern Tightwad.
- Money Hacks Carnival #76 – The Fun Money Facts Edition @ Moolanomy.
- Carnival of Financial Planning – Edition #101 – August 7, 2009 @ Watson Inc.
- Carnival Of Everything About Personal Finance – 8th Edition @ Nil2Million.com.
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Good luck with the digital pigskin, and thanks for recommending my post on S-corps.
It is hard to believe that football season is getting ready to start. Time flies! Thanks for including my article on frugal car buying!
Good luck with fantasy football!
And thanks. I’m very glad I started this blog in the first place and that I got to meet you.
It’s been two years of tremendous growth and education, more than I thought possible when I was coming out of college just before I started the blog.
Thanks for the mention. I’m honored….
May the force be with you this fantasy football season!