What in the world have we been doing all week? Being awesome. Also, some other stuff. Scroll on down to check it out

What Am I doing?

This week we took a break on the yard work (shocking, I know) and had some family hangout time with our cousins. When we all get together, for some reason, we end up staying up late, losing our minds (in a non-drug-induced kind of way), joking and laughing the night away. It’s always refreshing and bummer it doesn’t happen more often.

And just a quick car accident update; They we supposed to send me a check for the damage value, and they “accidently” removed 1 number from the check, which ended up shorting me  over $1,300! I called, and they were very polite, admitted the mistake, and said a check for the difference would be sent out. About 3 weeks later, I still have no check, and I bet it was never processed. If you read through my billing mistakes series, you know I’ve already seemed to have misfortune with errors on bills. Seems like I’m keeping my streak alive. Woo-freaking-hoo… :\

Carnivals:

These awesome blogs included me in their carnivals this week:

Finance Product Reviews included me in The Carnival of Financial Camaraderie #46

Blue Collar Workman included me in Yakezie Lifestyle Carnival

Canadian Personal Finance included me in Canadian Personal Finance Happy Hour – 10th edition – What to buy?

Frugal Portland included me in Yakezie Carnival, Dog Days of Summer Edition

Saving to Inve$t included me in Carnival of Retirement – Tips and Topics For Your Golden Years

Wealth Artisan included me in Good Week, Drive-in Theaters and a Carnival

Mentions:

There are other, very cool blogs who have been generous enough to mention iHeartBudgets on their sites. The list seems to be growing week by week. Anyone else who loves me as much as these people do, feel free to mention me as well to join the elite list below!

Modest Money mentioned me in Mid August 2012 Blog Update and Mid August 2012 Favorite Blog Posts.

Money Counselor mentioned me in Money Counselor Tweets and Mentions on the Web.

Tight Fisted Miser mentioned me in Personal Finance Links – Kansas City Edition

Eyes on the Dollar mentioned me in How to Afford Expensive Hobbies

Finance Fox mentioned me in Finance Fox Weekend Recap – Rocking the Vote and Lucky 13 Reads From This Week!

Club Thrifty included me in The VIP Club – Weekly Roundup 2nd Edition

Canadian Budget Binder mentioned me in Mr. CBB’s Blog Post Picks Of The Week

Thanks for the love, glad you enjoy reading my junk! If I missed anyone, feel free to send me some hate mail

What’ I’ve Been Reading:

Check out some of the coolest blogs on the interwebz!

Modest Money – Vehicle Insurance – Better Safe Than Sorry

Add Vodka – Four Countries I’d Like to Live In

See Debt Run – Insurance for the Rainiest of Days

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff - Vehicle Insurance – Better Safe Than Sorry

Money, Life and More - Why Redbox Isn’t As Cheap As You Think

Making Sense of Cents - Do You Want To Be Self Employed?

20′s Finances – Why do People Get in Debt? How to Get Out of it

Canadian Budget Binder - How We Designed Our Budget Step 10- Projected Expenses

Club Thrifty - Start Saving Money Today with These 4 Simple Tips

Work Save Live - A Favor or a Handout, There is a Difference

Financial Samurai – Can You Blow Through $100,000 Like A Rock Star? – I’m a little biased on why I like this post

Bog Of Debt - Seriously I hate my student loans

Married With Debt - The Savings to be Made from Paying Off Your Mortgage Early

Budget Blonde - How To Budget Your Time

Thousandaire – Protecting Your Income from a Recession

Finance Fox – The Cold Hard Truth On Being a Personal Finance Blogger – What I Learned In Less Than 2 Years!

Step Away From the Mall – I hope you really like Angry Birds…. – Fav post of the week! (besides the FS one…)