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Re: Eight Tips for Living Through a Recession

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:25:17 -0000

Great article! I especially love point #2. My husband lost his job (twice) two years ago, when the tide started to turn in the advertising business (he was in newspaper advertising sales). It took a while for him to find a new job, and eventually he ended up doing something that was a hobby for him in college (sports announcing on the radio). He loves it, and he's much happier than he was in sales.

Thanks for mentioning the big list of frugal tips from my readers!

Re: The Carnival is Up!

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:12:12 -0000

Thanks for the mention!

Re: Morning Roundup: Goals Across the Web

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:34:31 -0000

Thanks for the mention!

Re: The Carnival is Up!

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:59:34 -0000

Thanks for the mention!

Re: People Fail at Financial New Year’s Resolutions

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:20:50 -0000

I definitely think blogging has helped me stick with my financial goals. And resolutions will always fail unless you have a plan.

This year I'm working on actually setting some goals (not one of my strengths). I'm going to keep track of them on my blogs, and whether I fail or succeed, at least I'll have a written record, so I can analyze what worked and what didn't.

Re: Early Morning Roundup: Journeyman

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:49:58 -0000

Thanks for the mention!

Re: The Carnival of Personal of Finance is Up!

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:04:12 -0000

Thanks for the link! :)

Re: Overspending for the Kids

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:54:12 -0000

This is so sad. These parents are setting up their children to fail by not saying no to them.

What's going to happen when the kids go off to college, get their first entry level job, and can't afford the expensive clothes? They'll probably end up in credit card debt.

And even worse, what's going to happen when little Katie gets married and expects her husband to provide all of these things? The poor guy is going to have some high expectations to live up to.

Re: Weekly Blog Roundup, Holiday Shopping Edition

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:15:03 -0000

Thanks for the mention!

Re: Intuit Quicken 2008 is Here! And Here’s a Giveaway!

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:42:21 -0000

I've been using Mvelopes, but I'd love to go to a program that isn't so spendy! My site is called Being Frugal, and Mvelopes isn't too frugal. Makes me feel like a hypocrite.

Now if I were to use a FREE program that I WON, I could still call myself Frugal. :)

Re: Personal Finance Bible Verse of the Day: Storms

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:08:52 -0000

Thanks for the reminder. I went through a pretty wild time in college too, and though I'm not proud of the stuff I did, I'm glad that God was able to use it to get me back on track.

Re: 5 Things I Can Do Without

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:04:15 -0000

I had a hard time giving up our YMCA membership last year, but so far we haven't missed it. It might be tough come summer, though.

And finally, another personal finance blogger that's afraid of the kitchen! Fast food is my #1 budget buster!

Re: 3 weeks with Mint.com

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:11:22 -0000

That's a great overview of Mint! I like it too, though it doesn't do quite everything I want it to do yet. I'm hopeful that it will keep improving though.

Re: When did you have your Epiphany about your finances?

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:43:55 -0000

That's a great story. It's amazing how big life changes, such as buying a house or having a baby, often make us more aware of our finances.

Re: Post Roundup: Some of My Favorites This Week

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:03:29 -0000

Thanks for the mention!

Re: My 5 Biggest Money Mistakes

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:55:22 -0000

Other than the expensive gadgets, I've made all the same money mistakes you did. In fact I took out a $10K student loan for a degree I never finished....and spent all the money anyway. That's my #1 mistake!

How was San Francisco? I haven't been there in years. My family used to go at least once a year, but that's when I was growing up and lived in California.

Re: Please pray for my wife

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:51:51 -0000

I'm so glad it looks like everything is going to be OK! I'll keep praying. Thanks for the update.

Re: Weekend Reading and Post Roundup

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:41:59 -0000

Thanks for the links!

And I'm looking forward to the group project. I'm still deciding what to write about. :)

Re: The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in 2008

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:59:35 -0000

My entry is up! This is a very cool writing project!
http://beingfrugal.net/2008/05/10/top-10-emergi...

Re: ten tips for new bloggers

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:19:17 -0000

Great post! I totally agree with offering full feeds. I usually remove the sites that only offer half feeds. I don't have the time to be clicking through to read every post. If something in a full feed is great, I often click through to comment, though.

Re: Sunday poll

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:21:45 -0000

I'm with paid twice. I'll be blogging tomorrow.

In all seriousness, I'm discovering that I love writing, and I've known for a long time that I love being a stay at home mom. So I'm already doing my dream job. :)

Re: 7 ways to stifle your creativity

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:46:52 -0000

I find that reading books helps my creativity, and I haven't been reading enough books lately. Reading blogs definitely gives me information overload, though.

And I think it's very important to carry a notebook or something, so you can easily jot down your ideas. I don't know how many times I've thought of a great blog post, didn't write the topic down, and then forgot about it.

Re: Sunday poll

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:07:22 -0000

As a stay at home mom, I work no matter how awful I feel. :)

Re: a tale of 3 grills

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:01:03 -0000

You should check your local Target. We had the same problem and were considering a switch to a gas grill. While I was shopping at Target yesterday, I found a nice, regular sized gas grill on clearance for $30. We still need to buy a propane tank, but you can't beat $30 for a nice grill!

Re: the myth of the parent that NEEDS to work

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:43:42 -0000

I just posted about being a stay-at-home mom this morning. The first year I stayed home, my husband and I made $19,000. That's it. If we can make it work, almost everybody can. It's all about priorities.

Re: how to be a good partner to a stay-at-home spouse

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:34:29 -0000

Excellent post! Maybe I should pass it on to my husband......
Actually, he already does most of these things. :)

Re: linklings, the leap year conspiracy edition

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:38:48 -0000

I love the book On Writing Well! I really should pull it out again.

Thanks for linking to the Carnival of Financial Goals!

Re: The Carnival of Financial Goals III

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:25:27 -0000

Thanks for hosting and for including my post!

Re: Will Fav.or.it get me off of Google Reader?

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:58:09 -0000

dadshouse is right on. fav.or.it is STEALING my copyrighted content and making me look like a willing party, too.

Their model is all wrong. If fav.or.it wants to aggregate feeds, they need to ask the owners of the copyrighted material permission before republishing it IN FULL. I wonder how many people are unaware their content is being STOLEN.

I have asked them to remove my content and am still waiting.

Re: Como enseñé a mi hijo pequeño el valor del dinero

Lynnae @ Being Frugal.net — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:57:42 -0000

Gracias!