Happy Holidays and Can’t Miss Links
Happy holidays everyone! A special happy birthday to my mommy as her birthday is Christmas Day. It’s a big deal to us because she gets screwed out of having an extra “Queen for a Day” day that everyone else gets. (But she doesn’t read my blog.)
At any rate, I will be leaving tonight for the holidays and I really hope everyone, regardless of their predilections, has a wonderful week next week. I am a little sad that there will be no snow in my holiday, but I will have wiggly worm nephews and many hugs and kisses, so it’ll be just fine.
I am remiss in commenting on blogs and collecting my favorite links for the week. I’ve been busy with year-end work and focused on my non-finance personal life.
The can’t miss links are these:
Madame X’s NY Stories. Real people. Real tales. If you want DC Stories, please email me with your preferred pseudonym, blog, and story. There are 4 stories so far, but there are many more New Yorkers out there so I suspect there are many more waiting in the wings.
BostonGal, always hip to the latest financial news, brings you changes to credit scores. Given how important this is, I am surprised more PF Bloggers haven’t written about it. Thanks BG for the article.
Again, Miss BostonGal highlights an article from the NYT asking the age old question, Is it OK to rent when home prices are too high? Read and decide for yourself based on your location, location, location.
Tricia at Blogging Away Debt has 7 sites where your clicks make a donation.
NCN asks PF Bloggers to spotlight their favorite charities. Click the trackback links to get to the reply posts.
Jim’s list of Medical FSA spend down items. A variation on mine, but hopefully it will generate some more ideas for you. (Mine was focused on less perishable items, i.e. non-medications.)
Frugal Duchess on writing down your goals.
Oh and as a final note about my last post about rich people because someone accuses me of being an apologist for capitalism, here’s a story about Chuck Feeney, a founder of Duty Free Shops and his philanthropy. I remember when the story broke about his wealth, or lack thereof. It made a strong impression on me that sometimes what matters most is the utility of things in our lives and not what it costs. (He work a plastic digital watch for many years.) While stuff can exist to be beautiful, what’s most important is its use. As much as I covet the Maserati I saw on I-66 this week, my Altima lovingly gets me to and fro for cheap.
Mrs. Micah wrote:
Merry Christmas!
Have a really fun trip.
Posted on 21-Dec-07 at 1:59 pm | Permalink
Frugal Duchess wrote:
Thanks for the mention.
I hope your mother enjoys her birthday.
Happy Holidays!!!
Posted on 21-Dec-07 at 3:05 pm | Permalink