Patches, one of our new kittens. She’s cute, but she’s trouble!
Wow, what a week! I thought for sure after getting back from my trip, I’d catch up on my sleep and be good to go. Boy, was I wrong!
The kittens we adopted a couple of weeks ago are needing a little less sleep these days. So every morning, my husband gets up to go to work around 4:00. And every morning around 4:00, the kittens get up and decide they want to play with me. They’re cute and all, but the last thing I want in my face at 4 a.m. is a ball of fur.
Still, they make up for the bad times by wrestling around and providing us plenty of free entertainment. That’s frugal, right?
News of Note
Blog Action Day is over, and I decided to donate all revenue, not just the Amazon revenue, from this site, plus a personal donation to Project Peanut Butter. The total from this site is $50, which Walmart will match, for an even $100. According the the PPB website, $15 will fund one child for 6 weeks, so that $100 will help over 4 children.
Thanks to all who participated in fighting poverty this week, whether by raising awareness, raising money, or donating to your food pantry. Every little bit helps!
There are only a few hours left to win the Flip Ultra Digital Camcorder I’m giving away at Frugal Mom Reviews. The contest ends at 12 p.m. PST today! Head on over there, if you haven’t entered yet. And while you’re there, make sure to subscribe, so you never miss a giveaway! I’ve got a lot more planned!
A new financial community launched this week. Tip’d is like Digg, only for financial sites. So if you’re into sites like Digg, you should go check it out!
Scott emailed me about a new debt-reduction toolset that’s in the works: GoalSpring. It’s still in it’s very early stages, and right now they’re looking for people to provide ideas and feedback on the program. If you like providing input, there are a couple of opportunities for you.
- Feature Prioritization Survey
- Debtgoal.com User Experience Survey. First go to Debtgoal.com and try out the site, then take the survey. If they call you to follow up with feedback, they will pay you $30.
The Frugal Roundup
As usual, there were lots of good posts out there this week. Here are a few of my favorites.
- A Good Home Inspection is Worth the Money at Gather Little by Little. I totally agree!
- Back to Basics: 79+ Brilliant Budgeting Resources You’ll Love at My Supercharged Life. If you don’t know how to make a budget, you have no more excuses. Everything you need to know is right here.
- Five Steps Toward Frugal Living at Blissfully Domestic. A post after my own heart!
- Tips for Saving Money on Organic Food, a guest post by Patricia Wooster at Money Saving Mom. Buying organic food can be expensive, but there are ways to save a little.
- Ten Blogging Mistakes I Have Made at Pretty Your Blog. You know, I think I’ve made all 10 of those mistakes myself! Kelly, the author of Pretty Your Blog also writes Almost Frugal, which is a personal finance blog that I love!
- The Great Coupon Debate at Wisebread. It will be interesting to see how this turns out….
- This Recession Can Ultimately be a Good Thing at Sense to Save. I’m glad I’m not alone in that train of thought.
- What’s Your Definition of Rich? at Frugal Dad. My definition really doesn’t have much to do with money.
- Will There Be a Second Stimulus Check? I Hope Not! at My Two Dollars. I completely agree with David on this one.
- Winter Checklist – 99 Ways to Get Ready for Winter at Homemaker Barbi. I always love a good checklist, and this one is comprehensive!
As I finish writing this post, it’s 10:45 Thursday night. The kittens are in full-play mode, running around and tacking each other (and chewing on my feet…OUCH!). I sure hope they settle down, so I can get some sleep tonight!
Have a great weekend!
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Lynnae,
Thanks for a great roundup. I know I can always find good resources here. My day does not start without Being Frugal, and I’ve added more sites to my keepers list again this week.
Love kittens at 4am! ;-) Thanks for the mention, Lynnae
@Angelsong – Thanks so much!
@David – They were up at 4 again this morning. And now I’m exhausted, trying to get some work done, and they’re asleep on the couch. That just doesn’t seem fair. ;)
My kitten is now a cat. When he was little I swear I hardly slept. It was like having a baby. Even at 3 years old, he’s still a little mischief maker who likes to play at inconvenient hours. But I wouldn’t trade him for anything. Enjoy the kittens, even if you’re tired!
Thanks Lynnae, you’re the best! And I can totally commiserate/empathize on the kitten thing… we have a new kitten too, and she likes nothing better than crawl into my baby’s crib and ‘play’ with her… and you know how kittens play!
Sometimes you just have to close the door :)
Sleep is worth it!
Great roundup of posts today…. notice I am a bit later commenting today due to reading thru all those! haha!
Have a stray feral cat that has been hanging around for awhile and seems to have adopted me. Of course, it helped that when the scrawny thing whined I took pity and fed it… Now it greets me every morning as I go out the door, and every evening when I drive home, asking where the grub is! Funny how fast a cat can train a person!
There is nothing frugal about wanting to ‘adopt’ this cat tho. After checking with the neighbors to make sure she’s a stray, I checked with the local vet. They want $40 for a ‘get acquainted with your vet’ visit, $17.50 for shots, and then $97 for the spay, and more if she is in heat at the time. For me, that’s a LOT of money at $11/hr and a 32 hr week…. So I called our Unitedpaws animal shelter and am waiting for a call back on their feral spay assistance program. Hopefully, they can help out some. I know their fee for someone adopting a cat is $65, which includes the spay certificate allowing the work to be done. I think I need to convinve them to take in the cat, then let me adopt it – it would be MUCH cheaper! haha! Just don’t see them letting me do that!
And no, I was NOT in the market for a cat. But I guess the cat was in the market for a person! :)
Thank you for the link love for our Winter Checklist. I really appreciate it!
Homemaker Barbi (Danelle Ice)
Thanks for including me in your roundup! By the way, I could use a couple of those kittens–we’ve got a mice problem in our garage! I could use some help chasing them out of there.
I can sympathize…We got a kitten a few months ago. His greatest joy is waking me up at 2 or 3 in the morning by purring and rubbing his face all over mine. Cute right? NOT–let me sleep.
He is very sweet but can be really crazy hyper sometimes, too, That’s when we cal him “Kitten of the Corn”