Not that I don’t love all of the blogs I regularly read, but this week I was looking for something a little different, something new. So I headed over the Yakezie member forums and went to see who the new challengers were. So today, I have six new (or at least new to me and to Yakezie) to share with you. I hope you enjoy them.

We start with a Family Bucket List over at Planning Makes Cents. I think it’s important for families to have these kinds of lists, but also to revisit them every once in a while, and to make sure that you do not pass up once in a lifetime opportunities just because they were not on your list. It’s nice to have goals, but let life surprise you once in a while.

Not too far south of me, Frugal Portland experienced what I’m afraid to tell her, will probably be the first of many frugal failures when it comes to Buying a Birthday Present. C used to have to tell me that I should not buy myself anything in the few weeks before my birthday and Christmas (before we reached the agreement that he does not have to get me anything for birthday or Christmas). Still, it was a great gift she got her boyfriend, and hopefully she will get some of her Amazon dollars back.

If you are a regular (or even semi-regular) reader of this blog, you know I work in the medical field. I am a big proponent of having insurance and understanding how your insurance works. Bog of Debt is feeling the pain of not having dental benefits before now in her post High Cost of Not Having Insurance Part 1 (and I must admit, I’ve been there, too.) And because I’m me, you should also check out his pictures of her adorable cat.

I had heard from other bloggers who blog professionally, or at least have blog based professions, that something big had happened in the Google-sphere recently that caused a big dip in advertising revenues and such. I really had no idea what had happened until I read Housewife Empire’s excellent post Biggest Internet Changes to Date- Grab Your Crash Helmet. Thank you for the explanation, Nell. It all makes so much more sense to me now.

Back to the “as regular readers know” kind of thing, my mother-in-law recently passed away. So I have an idea of what Kurt from Money Coun$elor and his family are going through right now. I absolutely loved his tribute to his father-in-law- Have a Back-up Plan.

And finally, we have So Help Me Todd, where Todd had The Month of Trying Everything. He has been investigating some new ways to make money, which I do not think distracts from his goal of starting a non-profit at all, as even non-profits need money to keep running. I wish him the best of luck in all of his endeavors.

I really enjoyed this little experiment of mine, and I think I’ll be returning to it every couple of months or so. I hope I had the chance to introduce some of you to a new blog or two that you will start reading regularly.

Edited because my reading comprehension is poor this week and I accidentally listed Bog of Debt as a “him” instead of a “her”. My apologies.