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Weekend Wind Down 10/20/2012 – Back Home

October 20, 2012 by MMD 15 Comments
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There is nothing like being back home after a long business trip. This week I was traveling the east side of the country through NY State and then back through Canada. Everything was going smoothly until I hit the 401 highway to come home and got stuck in a wallop of traffic. I could not believe how business the road was on a Friday. Even the service station I stopped at for a quick bite was busier than a mall on Christmas Eve. Who knew that’s where everyone hangs out?

 

Blog News:

Do I smell a Google PR update coming soon? Let’s all cross our fingers, pray we did everything right, and wake up with PR 10’s (yeah right!)

Next week we’ll be starting off week with a little bit of sarcasm. It’s a post about all the things that bore me to tears when I read resumes of new job applicants. This won’t be the resume advice you’re use to receiving …

Scary movie post won last week. So this week, I’ll be scheduling the other post I had ready about Flexible Spending Accounts. If you have kids in daycare or pay medical bills, you’ll want to take note of this one. You could pay for these expenses tax free if you know what to do.

 

Link Love – Blogs You Should Check Out:

In case you missed them, here are a few great stories you should check out this weekend:

  • Curious about annuities for your retirement?  Free Money Finance posted an interesting piece about them in Checking Out Annuities.
  • GE Miller from 20 Something Finance announces the 2013 Maximum 401K Contribution Increased.  We’re moving on up to $17,500!  Time to take advantage people!
  • Daisy from Add Vodka posted a controversial piece called Is Entrepreneurship Dying?
  • Do you feel like you “have to” buy from everyone’s fundraisers?  Kim from Eyes on the Dollar asks Can You Avoid Spending Money on School Fundraisers?
  • Justin from The Family Finances writes Streamlining Our Monthly Bills
  • Pauline from Reach Financial Independence writes a cute little message to Google in Dear Google, I love you! Please love me back!
  • Nurse Frugal reaches a pivotal point in her finances with The equation to having a positive net worth.

 

Carnivals:

MyMoneyDesign was featured in the following personal finance carnivals this week:

  • Carnival of Money Pros
  • Weekend Rambling – October 13
  • Dividend Aristocrat Ex-Div Dates and a Carnival

Thanks again to all my new and returning visitors. I really appreciate your support and hope you continue to enjoy my site!

 

Posts This Week:

1) My Money Design – October 2012 Update

2) My Favorite Scary Movies – Have Some Cheap Halloween Fun!

Image Credit: eCards

Filed Under: Weekend Wind Down Tagged With: Carnivals, link love

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Comments

  1. Michelle says

    October 20, 2012 at 9:25 am

    I hope there’s a PR update soon! 🙂

    Reply
    • MMD says

      October 21, 2012 at 9:52 pm

      We’re right about on time for the next one. If things hold true to form (about every 3 months), than we should see one within the next two weeks. Fingers crossed ….

      Reply
  2. Lance @ Money Life and More says

    October 20, 2012 at 9:35 am

    Traffic is the least fun part of living near a city. Part of the reason I left the DC metro area.

    Reply
    • MMD says

      October 21, 2012 at 9:53 pm

      I bet you’ve never regretted that decision! That kind of traffic would drive me crazy!

      Reply
  3. Pauline says

    October 20, 2012 at 9:39 am

    Thanks for the mention! Did you see the disavow links update? Time to make some cleaning!

    Reply
    • MMD says

      October 21, 2012 at 9:54 pm

      I read about the disavow update this weekend. Did not see that one coming. Unfortunately, I have very few backlinks to my site, so I think I’m okay.

      Reply
  4. Tackling Our Debt says

    October 20, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    I use to drive the 401 quite a bit. It can get especially busy around Toronto too.

    I have a feeling we are due of a PR update too. Anytime now would be nice.

    Enjoy your weekend!!

    Reply
    • MMD says

      October 21, 2012 at 9:56 pm

      South of Toronto was right where I was. I figured it had to do with traffic from Toronto. Man was it slow …

      Reply
  5. Kim@Eyesonthdollar says

    October 20, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Gas station, huh? I’ve been hanging out at the wrong places! Thanks for the mention.

    Reply
    • MMD says

      October 21, 2012 at 10:00 pm

      I know, right? I would have never guessed that was the place to be on a Friday night!

      Reply
  6. Liquid says

    October 21, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    Traffic can get pretty bad on the weekends. I think Canada has 3 of the 5 most congested cities in North America, Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto. If I ever just woke up with a PR of 10 I might just have a stroke, In the best way possible.

    Reply
    • MMD says

      October 21, 2012 at 10:10 pm

      Ha – the funny thing is that I don’t even think Google has a PR 10, and its their system! And even still, we’d still get a whole bunch of low ball offers from advertisers. 🙂

      Reply
  7. AverageJoe says

    October 22, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    I often forget you’re in the Detroit area, aren’t you? Great reading list here.

    Reply
    • MMD says

      October 23, 2012 at 10:22 pm

      Living large and working hard near the dirty D!

      Reply

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