There’s less than a half hour until the Oscars, so I’m going to keep this short. Let’s jump right in to the articles that I enjoyed this week!  
Money and Income
My Two Dollars identified his sources of alternative income. I’m especially interested as it is one of my goals in 2008 to work on passive and [...]

Posted February 24, 2008 in Carnivals, Roundups | 5 Comments »

photo credit: BigMcGuire
So you’ve got a debt? What’s the first step in getting rid of it? Let’s take a look at one of my hot-button items in our budget and work through it. In the fall we decided not to sell my car just yet. However, now that spring is almost here it’s time [...]

Posted February 24, 2008 in Debt, Goals, Our budget | 1 Comment »

The February 2008 Personal Finance Site Rankings based on subscriber counts are in. There were numerous requests to update the original rankings from January.
About the Ranking
Included are blogs that meet the following criteria:

Personal finance related material
Minimum subscriber count of 200
Publicly displayed feed count and source

Sites are ranked as of Feedburner subscriber count on February 22, [...]

Posted February 22, 2008 in Blogging, Dollar Plan News | 7 Comments »

It’s not possible to do everything. In every area of life, we’re forced to prioritize and skip doing those things that fall at the bottom of our list. This includes financial strategies. I find that I’m eliminating more items each year, essentially leaving money on the table!
In balancing our life mix I showed how much [...]

Posted February 21, 2008 in Savings | 7 Comments »

I love free money. I checked my mailbox this weekend and was pleased to find a $10 gift card from MyPoints.
I had actually signed up awhile ago and had forgotten about the account. As I was going through a list of points programs that I belong to, I checked my MyPoints balance. I was surprised to see that [...]

Posted February 20, 2008 in Frugal, Quick Money | 2 Comments »