Thanks to Kyle at Amateur Asset Locater, Budgeting in the Fun Stuff was chosen for the Carnival Of Personal Finance #249 with Determining Our Allowances!
BFS was placed in the “Nun” category, which is as close to that as I’ll ever come. Thanks Kyle!
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 Leave a comment  http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/bfs-is-in-carnival-of-personal-finance/ http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/bfs-is-in-carnival-of-personal-finance/trackback/Well, the winner of the poll was WHITE by 2 votes! Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote! I had no idea how white that white could be. I do believe that this will be an 2 week experiment, but maybe it will grow on me. I see Ochre in our future (it looks better than it sounds). I truly do appreciate all of my readers and everyone who voted. Thanks again! Leave a comment http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/that-is-lot-of-white/ http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/that-is-lot-of-white/trackback/I have slowly come to the realization that many of my readers have kids *gasp*. In order to include more aspects of financial life, I hope to start including a few more blogs on children. Feel free to send me ideas to look into or guest posts if you feel like exposing yourself (sorry, couldn’t help myself). I remember a few failed attempts by my parents to pay me an allowance for doing certain chores. Yes, these attempts failed miserably since I hate chores and have indeed hired a housekeeper now that I’m all grown-up. BUT, my little sister was able to pull off an allowance of $10 a week regularly from age 10 and into her early teens. She was almost as much of a tight-wad as I was, but I do know she bought a few books and some candy now and again since we usually we shared our hidden stashes for variety. I still have my hollowed out candy book. Do your kids get an allowance? If so, what do your kids buy? Also, do you have a family system like Trent over at The Simple Dollar? Are they required to save a certain amount? One comment http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/do-your-kids-receive-allowance/ http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/do-your-kids-receive-allowance/trackback/Budgeting in the Fun Stuff will be switching from a blogspot url to http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/. With any luck, this transition will be complete no later than Monday and nobody will ever notice a difference. I wanted my own domain name, so I coughed up $10 for the year. Hope this works! Leave a comment http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/bfs-has-bought-domain-name/ http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/bfs-has-bought-domain-name/trackback/All state parks have something that makes them special. Brazos Bend has alligators and the very cool George Observatory. Brazos Bend consists of 5000 acres of swamp and forest. Trails take advantage of the many different lakes spread throughout. This was definitely not my first visit during the day, but I still got excited when I saw an alligator, a rabbit, a few deer, and a billion birds. I didn’t know that I would enjoy star-gazing until last weekend, but my friends took me to the George Observatory and we had a blast! I actually got to see Saturn, which was very cool. I also saw the Greater Orion Nebula, cluster M79, and took a closer look at Mars. I liked seeing Saturn and the gas clouds the best. I visited with two of my adult friends, but there were a ton of kids having a great time too. I loved hearing everybody’s reaction to the wildlife during the day and the sky at night! The entrance fee to the park was $5 for an adult and the fee to use the smaller observatories was $2. The large observatory was sold out but would have only cost $5. We brought our own snacks, water was free, and we spent about $10 on gas. I took digital pictures as my souvenir, so that was free as well. Overall, it was a truly great day for less than $10 a person! Here’s the link to Texas Parks and Wildlife. You can do a quick search online to find a park near you. Have you visited any state parks? If so, what did it have to make it special? If not, do you think it’s something you or your children would enjoy for some frugal fun? One comment http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/fit-in-fun-friday-state-parks/ http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/fit-in-fun-friday-state-parks/trackback/As the title said, BFS has joined the Yakezie Alexa Ranking Challenge! My current ranking is 8,531,858* and the goal is to be in the top 200,000…needless to say, we have a ways to go. Go Yakezie group marketing! For anybody who’s lost, top Alexa rankings can really help out a blog. Yakezie members help promote each other in order to get as many visitors as possible! Whoo-hoo cooperation!
I’m borrowing the current group list from Sweating the Big Stuff until I get added to the membership emails, so thanks Daniel! Personal Finance Journey *Updated 3/25/10 after buying my own domain name…first ranking was based on blogspot data. Leave a comment http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/budgeting-in-fun-stuff-has-joined/ http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/budgeting-in-fun-stuff-has-joined/trackback/I’ve read a bunch of blogs that bring up tithing. I’ve read others that simply put a strong emphasis on monetary donations. I’ve even been judged since we donate so little actual money every year. That is true. We don’t tithe and we don’t donate much money (<$200 a year in cash), but we do contribute to society through charity work. My husband and I are foster parents for Pughearts: Houston Pug Rescue (although we have taken a break while he completes graduate school). I volunteer regularly at the Houston SPCA. Hubby will occasionally officiate basketball games for free if there is a school in need. In short, we donate time. This allows us to help without slowing down our progress towards our personal financial goals like early retirement. Plus, it is way more fun to me than writing a check! What do you think? Is donating money better than donating time? Do you like one over the other? What charities are you involved in either way? Leave a comment http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/charity-work-does-it-count/ http://www.budgetinginthefunstuff.com/charity-work-does-it-count/trackback/ |
   
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