I am happy to report that my intense work period is over (probably)!  I both worked through my problems and found that my deadline had been pushed back!  Kyle has slowed down but is still writing his dissertation.

Last night, Kyle and I saw Ender’s Game and went out for dinner.  As Ender’s Game is my all-time favorite book and I have read it numerous times, we spent the entire dinner discussing the differences between the book and the movie (i.e. virtually everything).  I was pretty disappointed, but Kyle had to explain to me why some of the adaptations made sense for turning a book into a film.

Posts I Liked

Johnny Moneyseed discusses the areas his family sacrifices in to save 75% of their income and how difficult they perceive those sacrifices to be.

Jordann from My Alternate Life gives us the blow-by-blow of how she paid off $38,000 of debt in 2 years.

My Money Design gives his take on the recent article on Dave Ramsey’s irregular investing advice.

Jon from Money Smart Guides laid out at Making Sense of Cents the small savings tricks he employed to pay for his recent trip to Ireland.

Erika from Newlyweds on a Budget made $20,000 in side hustle income last year – way to go!

Kali from Common Sense Millennial reveals at Frugal Rules her dream of location-independent work in retirement.

Mrs. Pop from Planting Our Pennies asks her husband if she is financially bullying him.

Matt Becker from Mom and Dad Money explains that if you depend on your own income you need long-term disability insurance.

Mentions

Trent from The Simple Dollar listed Talking to People Who Are Different from You about PF in his weekly roundup.

Carnivals

Accepting Money for a Favor was featured in the Festival of Frugality #408.

Would You Take a Break from Working? was featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance #429.

October 2013 Month in Review: Money was featured in the Yakezie Carnival.

Top Comment

Bryce from Save and Conquer augmented my post on easing your way into credit card use by making great basic points about proper credit card protocol: “I am glad when people are a little afraid of credit cards. They will probably use them correctly. The main thing to make sure credit card users understand is that credit cards are not free money. They will have to pay for their credit card purchases. Carrying debt on their credit cards essentially increases the cost of the items they bought with credit. As long as they purchase things they can afford with money they’ve already saved, and pay their credit card balances in full each month, they are golden.”

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