Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 12May2013

We had a busy last week but our weekend is pretty open.  Because Monday was my only free evening, I worked late.  On Tuesday we saw Sister Act – probably our last show at our local theater EVER!  So sad.  On Wednesday we had small group as usual.  On Thursday my parents spent the night at our place on their way to Atlanta.  We were planning to go out to dinner with them but they didn’t get in until after 10 PM so we went out for breakfast on Friday morning instead.

new haircut. not hiding braces.

This week I also did a clinical study for $35 and got a new haircut.  The last haircut I got was terrible (as in, uneven); when the stylist I went to saw it she was like “What was this person thinking??”  I changed my bangs style and it’s something to get used to.  Kyle said that my hair now looks like the hair of someone who has braces.  That’s probably the weirdest hair observation I’ve ever heard!

Posts I Liked

Kim from Eyes on the Dollar explains how to stay out of credit card debt after you fight your way out.

nicoleandmaggie recommend that you focus on what you can control regarding your investments instead of what you can’t.

Eric from Narrow Bridge Finance has a 15-year mortgage at a low interest rate – should he pay it off ahead of time?

G.E. Miller from 20 Something Finance reviews The Retirement Gamble and provides great further reading/watching for passive investors.

My Financial Independence Journey lists several avenues for passive income and a few more than are most certainly active (blogging!).

Cash Rebel muses on whether exercising self-restraint will bring us more happiness than binging on what we love.

Mentions

Kim from Eyes on the Dollar added Long Distance Marriages: Communications and Personalities to her 20/20 posts of the week.

Crystal from Budgeting in the Fun Stuff listed Long Distance Marriages: Communications and Personalities in her weekly favorites.

Carnivals

Money Management Systems Visualized was featured in the Carnival of Money Pros.

Debate over Outsourcing Cleaning was featured in the Festival of Frugality #388.

Long-Distance Marriage: Meet the Couples was featured in the Financial Carnival for Young Adults.

Top Comment

Well Heeled Blog made a great point on communication about finances that I think is applicable to all couples, long-distance or not: “I also like to talk about money stuff over email or texts – that way there’s a paper trail and we can reference the info later if we forget (how much $$ to transfer from savings to checking, how much $$ do we need to budget for XYZ, etc.)”

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