Walk Around the Blogs: Cross-Pollination

Starting today, I’m trying something new with my round-ups. From now on, I am writing one round-up post a week and it will include both personal finance and pet blogs. I’m writing it once and posting it on both sites. My goal is for 10 links- 8 blogs I already know and love (4 from each category) and 1 new to me blog from each category, as well.

I’m hoping this will end up saving me time, though I may also switch to an every other week format, we’ll have to see. It will depend on how things go and how busy I am (or want to be) on the weekends as the holiday season approaches.

For those of you familiar with My Broken Coin, you’ve probably already gone over to Aloysa’s new site, What Your Boss Really Thinks. But if you haven’t been by, you should head over there now. I love her advice columns, but today I’m highlighting this post on being a woman in management- How to Infiltrate the Good Ol’ Boys Club.

If work is getting a to be a little too much for you, then maybe it’s time to get away. Carrie from Careful Cents gives us advice on making travel a priority, even on a limited budget.

But what if you have no money because the IRS is taking it all? Nick from Step Away from the Mall finally won his years long battle with the IRS.  It can be done.

So now you’re having a hard time at work, you want to travel but the IRS has taken all your money and you don’t even know what you’re going to eat. What do you do? Go over to Yes, I am Cheap and raid Sandy’s garden. She’s been growing her own food (in New York no less) using aquaponics.

Stressed about money? I’ve got a great way to relax you. It’s free (well, free if you were going to have dogs anyway)- go take a walk with your dogs and explore.

Over at No Dog About It Blog, Mel shows us Near and Far.

Pittieful Love takes the opportunity to go Over the River and Through the Woods.

The Take Paws blog from Go Pet Friendly shows us Kentucky’s Land Between the Lakes can be a great spot to get away from it all with your dogs.

And even if you live somewhere known for bad winters, Lindsay from That Mutt shows us that fall walks, even in North Dakota, can be things of beauty. (And yes, having grown up in eastern Montana, I am contractually obligated to make comments along the lines of “even in North Dakota”.)

Everyone feel better now? Good, let’s stress you out again by talking about investing, a topic even many personal finance bloggers try to avoid. Actually, let’s not. Brick by Brick Investing may be mostly about stock investing for the Average Joe  (we’ll have to see what our friend, Average Joe thinks about that), but today, let’s focus on great things, like why Marvin loves his wife. (Happy Anniversary.)

Now that we’re all relaxed and happy, it’s time to hit you with the whammy. As many of you know, this last Monday was a Blog the Change for Animals day. The good folks at This One Wild Life shared with us why the US Fish and Wildlife service isn’t doing more to protect the critical habitat of jaguars in the southwestern US. I’m a personal finance blogger. You won’t ever hear me say money isn’t important, but it is never the most important thing.

Hope everyone likes the new format and takes the chance to read a blog or two outside their normal rotation. I’ve already bathed the dogs and picked up poop today. With any luck, I’ll also be purchasing a new refrigerator. Hope your plans are just as exciting.