Normally the dogs barely wake up when C leaves for class on Saturday morning. But not today. Today they are up and barky and wanting to play tug with my clothes. Foster dog Howie keeps asking to go outside. Finally, on the fourth out, the one I have to put on shoes and a sweatshirt for, he does something. And, this all seems worse than it really is because I feel like crud. I have sinceread more…
While I ponder whether or not I’m going to do anything about Comcast charging me $90/month for internet and one channel (the Discovery channel, everything else I get is a broadcast or PBS station and could be picked up without cable), here’s what I ‘ve been reading this last week. Over at the Money Principle, John talks about being a baby boomer, and what that means to him in these uncertain financial times. Super Frugaletteread more…
I avoid lots of chores by instead “working” on growing my blog. It’s really a fine way to spend the 5-6 hours I’m home alone on Saturday, even though that’s also prime chore doing time. (I am more likely to do chores when there aren’t people here to distract me.) One of the chores that comes along with having dogs is picking up poop. Not only has it been a while since we’ve picked up theread more…
Tuesday is Saint Valentine’s Day- not that C and I are doing anything. I get my braces off on Wednesday, and that’s what I really want to celebrate. Of course, I’ll need to give my mouth some time to recover, so we won’t be doing anything until next weekend. But it still makes a great theme for this weekend’s roundup, so here we go. Frugal Beautiful asks that ever important question- Love and Money: Are Youread more…
I love the teams over at Yakezie. I am now on my 4th (maybe 5th) team. Each time, I get a whole bunch of great new blogs to read and bloggers to interact with. Special thank you to Suba who sets this up, and who is, for the first time, a member of my team this time round. Yay! In fact, with one exception, every blog on my team this January is new to me. Theread more…
Welcome to the Dollars & Pets Carnival. Today we’re featuring a number of blog posts from both personal finance bloggers and pet bloggers. But what they all have in common is that while they love their pets, pets cost money. (Don’t we know it.) Sometimes those expenses are planned, and sometimes… well, not so much. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the blog posts do not necessarily reflect our opinions here at The Dog Ate Myread more…
Here’s the honest truth- I’ve lived in Seattle for 10 years now. Roughly every other year we get a major winter storm. It makes no sense to me why we are so ill-prepared every time it happens. Fun fact: Washoe County, NV (where Reno is) has more snow plows than the entire state of WA. And most of WA’s plows are in the central and eastern parts of the state, not the western edge. For theread more…
It’s a Blog Swap! Today’s topic is How to raise a millionaire – developing your child’s entrepreneurial aptitude. I am very excited to be swapping blogs with Money for College Project, where they recently changed their focus from paying for their own college costs to saving for college for their soon to be child. I hope you enjoy this take on the topic, and don’t forget to hop on over to Money for College Project toread more…
Tomorrow I’m participating in a blog swap, so today’s post is just a simple announcement- I’m hosting a Carnival! That’s right, to celebrate my Alexa ranking making it under 200k, I’ve decided to host a Pets and Personal Finances Carnival. The carnival will go up on Saturday, January 28. If you’ve got a post about pets and money or money and pets, send it on in. Just head on over to my Contact page forread more…
Today is C’s first Saturday of classes this quarter. I’ve got a ton of stuff I want to get done today, like starting at least 2 loads of laundry, ding a load of dishes, putting away laundry (my least favorite chore), and I have a birthday party for a 3 y/o later this afternoon. So there’s no time for idle chit chat, let’s get on with the links. One of the many things I haveread more…
