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!

Photo Credit: hirotomo

• What is Cool Around the Web This Week Every Friday, I’ll pull out the 15 coolest personal finance article I found on the blogs I read weekly: #1 Stop acting rich @ Joe Taxpayer #2 How to become financial planner @ The Wealth Pilgrim #3 Why are president Obama and the Democrats against charity? @ Financial Samurai #4......
• Weekly Round Up: Blog Review Another week has flown by and I’m sad to see it's Sunday afternoon. The sun was out all this week and I was feeing it as I was address canvassing for the Census. The weekend was  nice and cooled down, allowing us to take advantage and have a dinner outside on......

• Learning How to Promote Specific Posts On Your Blog When corporate blog owners first get started, there is a lot of pressure to focus on promoting the whole blog. While this does work, there is an easier way to get attention and increase your chances of success. By breaking down your blog promotion into actual posts, you can see......
• Personal Finance Links (and on being NFL perfect) Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin said a week ago that he'd trade his Hall of Fame inclusion and his 3 Super Bowl rings for a perfect season. Earlier this past Sunday, he went into more detail on his reasoning, which many found curious. Irving said that there have been......