This weekend was great and relaxing as I got to hang with some of my family. I just needed go down and visit my mom since I hadn’t seen her for a couple of months. She’s been busy this school year and  so I decided to make the trip down. My husband brought his laptop for some side projects and we were good to go.

I also got to hang out with my brother for a little bit which was a nice bonus. We played some of the Wii Sports Resort and I discovered how much I enjoyed video archery.

Lots of games and group activites - perfect for a party!

Some of the games that we played included:

• Swordplay
• Bowling
• Archery
• Canoeing
• Dogfighting (my husband is a beast)

Now that we’re back home, I’m going to relax a bit and write some of this weeks articles a little ahead of time.

Personal Finance Carnivals

• Carnival of Personal Finance
• Festival of Frugality
• Carnival of Debt Reduction
• Money Hacks Carnival
• Carnival of 20 Something Finances

I want to thank Brian for the wonderful guest post this week. If you loved his post as much as I did, check out My Next Buck.  I love accepting guest posts and I have been fortunate to have high quality bloggers submitting so far. If you’re interested, please contact me with your ideas.

I will include links to your blog, subscription option, and twitter account.

Guest Post Guidelines:

- YOUR original content.
- No affiliate links
- Write up your own intro
- Feel free to add a link back to your own blog
- Any finance related topic is good
- I reserve full editorial and approval rights, including adding my own links to the article.
- Include images if you like, but only if you own them outright. You can suggest images from sites like Flickr, but they have to allow derivative rights (so I can resize and use them).
- Feel free to republish your content after 2 months period.

** Baker from Man vs Debt has launched a new site, Man vs Fat. I’m a fan of his style and I’m on board with this new project.

Best Personal Finance Posts This Week

This week I was reading a ton of posts. I just want to mention a few of them.

• The Relationship Between Tatoos and Income
• Your Take: What Are Your Rules of Thumb?
• Top 10 consumer complaints and how to protect yourself
• 10 Attributes Of The Perpetually Broke
• Ask the Readers: Do You Carry a Credit Card Balance?
• More ways to get to work
• Credit Cards – Close ‘em Shred ‘em & Forget ‘em!

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