Tuesday was payday. I did the usual reconciling of the checkbook, paying the bills, and creating our budget worksheet for the remainder of the month. Vonnie and I sat down to have our usual Payday financial discussion. When we got to the part of how much we had in our checking account she stared at me and said, “What? How come it’s so high?” We went through the numbers in detail, and I explained that apart from not having to make a huge payment to our now complete debt management plan, we didn’t spend all of our discretionary funds from the first half of the month.
Wait, that can actually happen? Apparently so. It’s a new concept for us, so I’m just going to enjoy it for the moment.
Speaking of awesome, last night I participated with a couple of other bloggers in the recording of a podcast for the site Stacking Benjamins. It’ll go live in a few weeks, I’ll make sure I point you at it when it’s live. So. Much. Fun.
Finally, it’s time to get those fists up. There were an unbelievable amount of articles that deserved a fist pump this week so the list is longer than normal. Partly because of this week’s Financial Literacy Carnival hosted by Shannon over at the Heavy Purse. I had a hard time keeping it under ten to be honest with you. Pace yourself, you’ve got some extra work to do this Friday, and I don’t want you to pull something in the process.
Happy Friday!
Posts That Make Me Fist Pump
- What’s Stopping You From Pursuing Financial Freedom? from The Frugal Farmer
- When I Realized Ownership and Passive Income are Key to Wealth from Young Adult Money
- The Convenience of Credit Card Debt from Budgeting In The Fun Stuff
- Keeping Up With the Smiths from Beating Broke
- 4 Signs You Could Be Headed for Financial Problems from Frugal Rules
- Progress, Not Perfection from Budget And the Beach
- 10 Ways for Couples to Master Their Money from Couple Money
- How We Broke the Cycle of Car Payments from Money Talks Coaching
Shameless Self Promotion
Other fist-pumping posts I wrote this week from around the personal finance blogosphere:
- Taking Care of Delayed Expenses in the CareOne Community
- The Surprising Place I Taught My Daughter About Money at MoneyNing
Wow, Travis – that’s awesome!!!! I can’t wait till the day that happens in our house. 🙂 Thanks so much for the mention, and have an awesome weekend. Our foot of snow from yesterday is about half gone at this point – hopefully we’ll lose the rest today. 🙂
It’ll happen in your house too, Laurie…it WILL! I would guess that most, if not all, of your snow is now gone. AWESOME weekend!
Yeah that’s never been a problem for me. lol! But yay, that’s great to hear!! Loved being a part of the podcast with you, and thanks for mentioning my post! Have a great weekend!
The podcast was SO fun, Tonya – I’d love to do it again – looking forward to it going live in a few weeks!
That’s a pretty awesome problem to have Travis! I say enjoy it for all it’s worth. 🙂 Thanks so much for mentioning Laurie’s post over at Frugal Rules, I really appreciate it! Have a great weekend sir!
It’s definitely an awesome “problem” to have….and by the looks of it, we’re coming in under this weekend too. I’m thinking our retirement funds are going to get a kick in the pants. 🙂
Thanks for the mention!!!
Anytime, my friend – hope you enjoyed your weekend!
Thank you! And congrats on a good problem to have!
I hope it continues, Crystal – and thanks for stopping by!
Thanks so much for including my post in your roundup! Hope you guys had a great weekend!
Anytime, DC….as always, had a GREAT weekend! Picked up some coworkers from India that will be here for the next month or so – looking forward to having them here!