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This Week in Personal Finance

Posted on April 20, 2008
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Note: New look for Oh My Aching Debts as the changes were breaking things in the old look. This will probably be a temporary change unless everyone falls in love with it.

Personal Finance Buzz

Our very own Lynnae at Being Frugal was interviewed for a CNN article on extravagant birthday parties for children. Just think we knew her before she was famous! Check out her article on her 70s party for her daughter.

Lending Club recently announced that they were taking on no new lenders during a quiet time for SEC registration. It’s created quite a buzz within the Personal Finance blog world with lots of differing opinions. I am not a member so have been keeping up from afar. Sometimes it’s a nice place to be. Here are a few articles on the announcement

Is Lending Club Bankrupt? at Quest for Four Pillars
Lending Club is Dead from Lazy Man and Money
No More Lending Club… For Now? at The Amateurist Financial Journey
The Future Of Lending Club: Will They Survive and Thrive or Crash and Burn? at Cash Money Life
My Take On Lending Clubs SEC Registration at Debt Kid
Why Has Lending Club Stopped Taking New Lenders at Moolanomy

Budget Busters

The Budget Buster meme is appearing all over the place. I have had fun trying to track all the posts down. Other than the three that I tagged initially, I have searched out a few others;

Wide Open Wallet had a hard time coming up with 5 things. I wish I were her!

Remodeling This Life Emily (not LJ) confesses to having a Starbucks habit!

Antishay Ventenne all the secrets are coming out of the closet! You will have to read it.

Debt Free Revolution has been double tagged. Don’t you think she should list twice as many?

If I missed any that posted this week, go ahead and leave a comment with a link below, I’d love to check them out.

Some Personal PF Buzz

Mrs. Micah is disappointed with Hamburger Helper. You would think that they could put enough rice in the box to make a meal. Isn’t rice supposed to be the ‘cheap’ part? To help Mrs. Micah out, here are some links to some easy dishes that are MUCH better than HH.

Frugal Dad posted a tribute to his wife on their ten year anniversary. It reminded me of why it’s really important to have the same goals in a marriage.

Peter at Bible Money Matters asks us to say a prayer for his wife. She is in the hospital and he has been keeping us updated from his blog. We are praying for her, Peter. He also has a guest post from Quest for Four Pillars on concentrating on saving money.

Bouncing Back From Bankruptcy shared that her house was a disaster zone. Boy, can I identify with this one.

Trent at The Simple Dollar shares some thoughts about his grandmother’s finances and whether he should intrude. It’s hard to watch someone you care about make financial mistakes and not get involved.

It’s been a busy week here on the farm and I have been working on the yard, garden and some home improvements.

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Comments

7 Responses to “This Week in Personal Finance”

Four Pillars (1 comments.) on April 20th, 2008 1:12 pm

Thanks a lot for the link!

Mike
Emily (3 comments.) on April 20th, 2008 1:46 pm

Thanks for the link! I’m Emily not LJ though

My name is Emily and I am addicted to Starbucks!
Mrs. Micah (19 comments.) on April 20th, 2008 1:51 pm

Thanks! I’m thinking a crock pot would be useful to have around the house.

I like the new look…this is new, right?
cindys on April 20th, 2008 3:48 pm

Emily, I am so sorry! Where in the world did I get LJ from?? Have you considered changing it to LJ?
Shanti @ Antishay (1 comments.) on April 20th, 2008 4:25 pm

Thanks for the link! Yeah, I used to have a real problem with busting my budget, but since I don’t have one, it was really hard to pick! The last point (#5) was the only one that I still honestly have a problem with
Frugal Dad (3 comments.) on April 20th, 2008 5:19 pm

Thanks for the mention! We enjoyed a wonderful overnight trip back to the college town where we first met, and it was a lot of fun (except we felt old!).
Patrick (2 comments.) on April 22nd, 2008 12:54 pm

I think it will be interesting to see what happens with Lending Club. Thanks for the mention.