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…
One of my goals for 2012 is to be better about sharing what I’ve been reading. While I’d like to promise I’d do this every Saturday, that’s a promise I’m not sure I can keep past C’s first quarter of school (when he will have a Saturday class, so I will be home with nothing to do but post links to other blogs). So I am going to aim for developing the habit during this firstread more…
This is part 2 of a long post about self-promotion. Click here for part 1 Even beyond my fiction writing, I am not great at self-promotion for my blogs and online writing projects. I have mentioned here before that I have two other blogs (a daily micro-blog and a pet blog) and host a weekly/monthly micro-fiction contest. I always feel self-conscious about doing so, but how can I let people know those places exist if Iread more…
Day Amount Place Category Monday $43.44 Gas Car Tuesday $5.00 Fiction in 50 Allowance Wednesday $21.70 Chinese Eating Out Thursday $80.00 Christmas Gifts Allowance Friday $30.00 Thai Eating Out $25.00 Christmas Gifts Allowance Sunday $34.27 Fred Meyer Groceries $15.00 Christmas Gifts Allowance About $255 in spending this week, and that includes $75 in Christmas gifts for my family and $25 in gifts for those who will be at our house on Christmas day. My familyread more…
I was challenged by Frugal Students to participate in the 7 Links Project. While I am happy to comply, it’s a little hard with this particular blog, as this will be post #44. That’s not a whole lot to draw from. Since I have two other regular blogs (and a micro-fiction site) I’ll be drawing some of my entries from those. I’ve listed the name of the blog right after each link, so if you onlyread more…
