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50th Birthweek Thoughts and Roundup

Posted on May 29, 2008
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No matter how fast time rushes by once you hit 40, it seems like it is going to slow down for this last week of my 40s. It’s pretty much been a celebration since last Friday when I got my new computer for my birthday. Tomorrow night I am going out for a birthday dinner with friends and gee, my birthday isn’t until Saturday so instead of having a birthday, I am having a birth week.

Most of this week, I have been trying to reload software, restore data, recover passwords and just generally get back into the habit of writing again. This evening I spent visiting my favorite sites and catching up on the news.

These are a few of my favorites:

Frugal Dad had an awakening when he sat down and did the numbers on Kroger’s fuel discount. I am always amazed at how much difference there can be in food prices between local grocery stores. Frugal Dad’s experience just highlights it.

Ana at Debt Free Revolution had a revelation when she talked to her husband about how to spend their economic stimulus check. Sounds like there might be a little revolting going on in the troops there but it also sounds like they are well on their way to working it out.

Telling It Like It Is has a post that will go down as one of my all time favorites, In Memory of the Sad Passing of Common Sense.

You will want to read Paid Twice on Don’t Let the Reality of Future Debt Discourage Present Progress. Do we define ourselves by our financial situation? Check it out!

Squawk Fox spends 24 hours without electricity and lives through it! It’s amazing how little we really need.

Being Frugal is looking at how to save water this week as well as money. She has some great tips.

Dead beat relatives are always a way to get people’s blood stirred up as Mrs. Micah discovers in this post. My personal rule is that if I give money to a relative it’s a gift. If I have it to give away, that’s fine and if I don’t I say so.

The Simple Dollar has an article on Tomorrow Boxes. I have used this method in the past with a little modification. I have a box for stuff that I am not quite sure what to do with or if I want. I put it away for 6 months to a year and anything that has stayed in the box is most likely going to be given or thrown away.

I could go on and on as I have been catching up on 3 weeks worth of reading but I think this is enough for today.

This Week in Personal Finance

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Comments

8 Responses to “50th Birthweek Thoughts and Roundup”

Mrs. Micah (19 comments.) on May 29th, 2008 7:54 am

Happy birthweek, Cindy! I hope it’s fun all around.
Frugal Dad (3 comments.) on May 29th, 2008 9:41 am

Great roundup, thanks for including my article. And happy birthday to you!
squawkfox (9 comments.) on May 29th, 2008 10:49 am

Happy Birthday WEEK Cindy! I am so happy to see you back online after your computer went kaput.
cindys on May 29th, 2008 3:59 pm

Thanks for all the birthday/week wishes.
marci on May 29th, 2008 4:57 pm

Happy Beginning-of-the-2nd-Half of your Life - the Fun and It’s-ALL-about-YOU half of your life! ENJOY! ENJOY! ENJOY!!!

Be prepared for the “Upbeatness” of being 50! It’ll catch you by surprise!
It’s wonderful to be over 50 and FREE!
Free of past constraints and ways of thinking.
It opens a whole new world to you and a whole new
way of thinking! Enjoy this brand new 2nd Half of your Life!
Lynnae (6 comments.) on May 29th, 2008 10:47 pm

Happy Birthweek! I’m so glad you’re back!

And thanks for the link!
squawkfox » Babies, Gardens, and Carnivals Oh My! on June 2nd, 2008 12:36 am

[...] huge Happy 50th Birthday goes out to Cindy at Oh My Aching Debts. So happy you got a new [...]
Jungleswife (4 comments.) on June 4th, 2008 10:55 am

Happy belated birthweek! Welcome back to the blogosphere. And thanks for the great links.