by Jeff on August 26, 2010
This week, a friend needed to borrow my truck to use it to do some work. I didn’t mind, because it would mean putting less miles on it than I would have, and could help me with my goal of not spending a lot of money this week. When it was returned, I was notified of a warning light that had come on for low tire pressure. I checked the suspected tire, and sure enough, it was low. Given that this is a new truck with new tires, I was surprised, but decided to give it a quick once over when I got to work. Sure enough, there was a screw in the tire. So, I had to get that fixed and then all was well. Here are some of my favorite posts this week.
Yakezie
Nerd Wallet unearthed a great deal on frequent flier miles for American Airlines. With this high amount of rewards, you’ll have enough to get to and from Brazil (!!!) twice. I think I may have to jump on this.
An Infographic from Mint on Student Loan Debt. I cant believe 1 in 14 defaulted on their student loans within a year! Absolutely stunning.
How Personal Finance Changes as You see Success at the Simple Dollar
Kevin at 20′s Money talks about how to connect risk with personal finance.
The Yakezie Website has launched, and I was glad to hear everyone stories, espically fellow Mountain West resident Jesse from PF Firewall.
Welll, now that it’s june, I’m pretty confident that its not going to snow again – although not positive. Along with working (probably more now than I figured even yesterday at this time, I’m looking forward to camping, hiking, hopefully some swimming and a vacation (maybe). I’m also looking forward to parades and rodeos all summer long!
What do you like to do during the summer? Put your answers in the comments, or post about it!
Credit: vickigibson, flickr
Finance Posts
I started reading the girl with the red ballons blog about 2 weeks ago, and It’s great. In a post this week, she talks about how to donate your wedding dress.
Carrie from Carrie…On the cheap talks about what to do after having a brain dump huge test. I know the feeling after a huge test/project when you just want to turn off your brain for a while. It’s usually a good time to get some exercise in!
My Pretty Pennies talks about how her favorite date cost $17. Keep this in mind during your summer romances, readers! You don’t have to have money to impress someone.
Stacking pennies updates her net worth. She’s moving in the right direction!
Wealth Pilgrim talks about 7 Unique ways to put retiree’s to work
I just discovered Little House in The Valley, and her blog is AWESOME! She’s working on biking more each month and paying down her debt in her may review, and had an interesting post on how she was rich last sunday.
Environmental Posts
Biodiesel from sludge’s price went down! I’ll be talking more about this next week, but now the price is almost the same of conventional diesel
Designing for Extreme Affordability: Why are people not doing more of this?
Another City going Green. This time it’s Toronto, who gave its city hall a green roof
Here are some of the places that Sustainable Life Blog has appeared in the last week
Matt Jabs’ Gardening Saves Money Link Rally at Debt Free Adventure!
Memorial Day Rememberance and Links at Free From Broke
Yakezie Weekly Round-up at Engineeryourfinances
The Health Carnival #156 at fitbuff with my post on getting a water bottle
Carnival of Financial Planning #142 at The Digerati Life
