I’ll be rooting for Dale Jr. this weekend, much to my husband’s chagrin.
NASCAR started up again this week, and my husband and son are in full NASCAR mode. Sam bought a little Dale Jr. car at the store this week, and he’s been carrying that thing around with him everywhere. At least he has good taste in drivers.
So this weekend I’m going to be busy watching the Nationwide race and the Daytona 500. It should be lots of fun. I learned a long time ago that I could either resent my husband’s sports addiction or join him. It’s more fun to join him, so I’ve become a NASCAR fan. Now to convince my husband that Junior is a better driver than Jeff Gordon. 
If you’re not going to be sitting in front of the TV this weekend, I have a ton of great reading for you. Since I didn’t get to my carnival roundup earlier this week, I have that as well as my regular weekend roundup.
One announcement before I get started with the roundup. I’d like to start featuring guest posts on Being Frugal. So if you’ve ever thought about writing a guest post, feel free to contact me. I’d love to work with you on that. I’ll work out a schedule, depending on the level of interest out there. Now on to the roundup.
Favorites From the M-Network:
- How Do You Negotiate Salary? at Cash Money Life
- Gazelle intensity is scriptural at Gather Little by Little
- How Loudly Does Fear Speak? at I’ve Paid for This Twice Already
- What is a Certified Financial Planner? An Interview With Ciaran McKeever at Moolanomy
- You Are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff Is Not You at My Two Dollars
- sadly, we don’t have time machines, but we can start now at Plonkee Money
- Modern Day Bartering to Save Money at Single Guy Money
- How To Stop a Debt Collector From Calling or Contacting You at The Dough Roller
Favorites From the Rest of the Web:
- No More Deprivation in the Name of Being Frugal at Sense to Save
- Appreciation at Remodeling This Life
- Joe Sixpack and the Attack of the Ninja Bills at Credit Withdrawal
- 10 Simple Tips to StumbleUpon Success (That I Wish Someone Had Told Me About) at Chance Favors
The Carnivals:
I participated in three carnivals and a festival this week.
- The Carnival of Personal Finance was held at My Dollar Plan, and my post 7 Things Women Wish Men Knew About Money was included as an editor’s pick!
- Moggie Madness hosted the All Women Blogging Carnival and included my post My Grocery Shopping Method.
- Lazy Man and Money hosted the Festival of Frugality and included my post 75 Frugal Hacks for Your Home.
- The Carnival of Money Stories was hosted by Mrs. Micah. She included my post Why You Should Always Have a Backup Plan.
A big thank you to all of the carnival hosts! It’s a lot of work to put on a blog carnival, and I appreciate all the effort they put into the carnivals this week!
Finally, I noticed from the comments on yesterday’s post that a lot of you are book addicts, like me. If you’re into Christian fiction at all, head over to my book blog. I’m giving away a copy of Healing Stones by Nancy Rue and Stephen Arterburn. It’s an excellent book, and I highly recommend it! And it’s free to the lucky person who wins the drawing!
Have a great weekend, and enjoy the reading! And Go Dale Jr.! 
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February 16th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Well, at least Junior is on the right team this year, I think that will help him a lot. Can he outrun Jeff and Jimmie? I doubt it, but we’ll see.
Honestly, it’s going to be REALLY strange watching them race on the same team. I thinks going to be a real tough transition for me after having Earnhardts as the enemy for so long….
February 16th, 2008 at 5:16 am
I know nothing about the race this weekend other than that it’s really close to me so I’m hiding out.
Thanks for the mention!
February 16th, 2008 at 6:18 am
NASCAR time already? Wow, where does the time go. I don’t keep up with the details much, but we have been invited to Bristol this year. We might go see what the craze is about…
February 16th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Thanks for the mention!
I can’t believe it’s Nascar time again! Time sure flies!
Everyone in the family has their favorites though, so it makes for interesting race days!
I’m a Dale Jr. Fan-just because I think he is one handsome boy
Take Care
LJ
February 16th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Thanks for including my post. I’m thinking of making the Joe Sixpack a semi-regular thing. What do you think??
February 16th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Thanks for the mention.
February 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Thanks Lynnae for including my post. I actually watched the Daytona 500 and I live just outside of NYC which is probably an area where Nascar has a small following.
I’m not sure what that means for Nascar since I never watched it before last year and now I find myself knowing quite a bit, surprised to see the Penscke racing team come out of no where today:)