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What Am I doing?

This last week was a short one, but a good one. We went to the county fair with our little guy to share with him the joy of being a redneck for a day. We saw all the animals and even had him pet a baby pig!  We stuffed ourselves full of onions rings, burgers and ice cream and stared at the millions of hot tubs that we can’t buy. Overall, I would say it was a success!

Yard work has ceased for the next few weeks. If you thought I was just taking a few days to relax and sleep a bit, YOU WERE WRONG! We’re taking the next few weekends to help my mother-in-law re-paint and re-roof her house. No one in the world is more deserving and we are extremely grateful for the chance to help her out!

Also, my sister is awesome and made me a keychain…uhh…thingy for my website. I also have 2 identical bumper stickers for my cars. We might give one away, I’ll let you know soon. For now, here’s a pic of my awesome iHB swag:

Carnivals:

No Carnivals again this week. I need to get on this!

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!

Blue Collar Workman mentioned me in Blue Collar Roundup — Didn’t Make the Cut Edition

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

Club Thrifty included me in The VIP Club – Weekly Roundup 4th Edition

Blue Pelican Loans mentioned me in Friday Madness – SEO and Money Posts Around the Web.

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! Srsly!

See Debt Run – How to Save $200,000 When You Buy a Car – Cars are the worst investment in the history of mankind. Here’s proof.

Money, Life and More - I Maxed Out My Roth IRA and You Can Too! – Great idea, especially for the younger folks. And it’s easier than you think!

Making Sense of Cents - Top 5 Ways to Make Money Online - These are some great ideas….if only I had a blog…OH WAIT!

Canadian Budget Binder - Frugal Party Planning – Let’s Party! – The iHB household loves a good party, especially a frugal one!

Modest Money – 6 Ways to Avoid Blogger Burnout – Great ideas for the bloggers who just figured out there’s only 24 hours in a day.

Add Vodka – Is It Ethical to Buy at Flea Markets? – Very interesting info here.

Club Thrifty - A Cautionary Tale: My $140 Gym Visit – I hate gym memberships. This is why.

Work Save Live - Tragedy Strikes Close to Home: Why You Need to Have Life Insurance – A VERY sad story. Please help if possible.

Thirty Six Months – How to be Cultured (on a budget) – I like to think I’m cultured….maybe…sorta…

Financial Samurai – I’ve Seen The Future And It Looks So Bright – This one gets political.

The College Investor - How 5 Top Bloggers Made The Financial Jump To Self Employment – You can see a theme in my fav. posts this week. Bloggers turning a hobby into a job.

Tight Fisted Miser – August Income – $2077.44 – Almost all from online income. Impressive!

Budgets Are Sexy - Net Worth Update: $300,032.81 – We’re Back on Top! – I’m near $0, so this is pretty outstanding.

My Multiple incomes - Should You Start Your Own Side Hustle? – Yes. Yes everyone should!

Finance Fox – How Your Finances Affect Your Health – I’m assuming bad finances = bad health. This post gets into the details.

 

And that’s it. Have a great weekend everyone!