Kate from The Paycheck Chronicles has tagged me for a meme. I haven’t done one in awhile, so I’m up for it. 

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me” Meme Rules

1. Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.        

2. Share seven facts about yourself in the post.        

3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged.
    

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

1. My favorite dessert is tiramisu. I discovered it by accident in 2007 in a little hole in the wall Little Italy resturant in New York City.
2. We have a cat named Hurricane. My family rescued him at a shelter and slowly he went from the family cat to my cat to our cat. 
3. I’m a Star Trek and Star Wars fan. I followed pretty much all the series except Enterprise. I got hookedon Star Trek from my family and yes, I’ll see the new movie opening day. I also enjoy Jedi Academy, KOTOR, and The Force Unleashed. I laos made my husband play KOTOR and he loved it. 
4. I started this blog as a way to keep a record of interesting news clips, it eventually became my personal finance blog (hence the very unfinancial name).
5. The maximum amount I can drive for a single shift is 8 hours. After that, I get irritable. I also helpped my husband learn howto drive stick shift. 
6. I’m a champ in Mario Kart 64. This has not translated to the Wii Mario Kart. 
7. This weekend is my in-laws’ 30th anniversary. 

I decided to tag some personal finance bloggers

Who I’m tagging:

• The Weakonomist
• Financial Nut
• Fiscal Fizzle
• Change Jar Savings
• Suburban Dollar
• MoneyEnergy
  

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• Guest Post on Moolanomy.com Yesterday I published a guest post on Moolanomy.com.  Moolanomy is a personal finance website and a fantastic one at that.  Its blogger, Pinyo, recently launched a new program called Moolanomy Answers, where you can ask questions about personal finance or even help answer other people's questions. My guest post confronts......
• Top 5 Things I Hate About Personal Finance Blogs OK, I gave it a shot. The Weakonomist tried to do the traditional personal finance blog thing. It didn't work. The dry, daily content was slowly killing me. I love personal finance and its my passion, but I can't do what the other blogs are doing. Those close to......