Getting A Life

…So late, it ought to be called a Saturday Roundup.

But I got lots more done in the kitchen Friday, so I have an excuse.

• A friend of mine from LiveJournal shares her sweet potato puffs and peas recipe.
• Caitlin at Clutter Cubed shares info about a What’s Under Your Desk Contest.
• Ana at DebtFREE-Revolution explains why you might not be getting the full EPA miles-per-gallon rating on your car. My personal bad habit, which she doesn’t mention here, was laying too hard on the gas pedal when I would start moving once the traffic light turned green. I’ve gotten better about it over the years, though.
• J.D. at Get Rich Slowly talks about learning to love the emergency fund. I really, really, really, really, really, really, really need to get one going.
• And finally, Mrs. Micah shares 10 signs you should cut up your credit card. While longtime readers (ha ha, what long time?) will have noted I prefer credit cards to debit cards if you are going to use plastic on a regular basis*, I don’t think it’s a good idea to use them as easy loan sources and I think addiction needs to be treated with a cold-turkey quit.

And these folks are showing up in Google Analytics as referring sites:

• Working For Rachel
• brip blap
• The Simple Dollar
• Get Rich Slowly
• Being Frugal

You may not all have linked to me but I appreciate you anyway.

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*In fact, I just had it demonstrated to me again recently that it is a bad idea to pay for gas with a debit card. Although I had money in my checking account to cover twenty dollars’ worth of gas, my credit union freaked and pulled twenty bucks out of my savings account to make sure the transaction was covered. WTF? Cash-only at gas stations from now on. Fortunately (I guess?), I don’t own a car. I was fueling my little girl’s dad’s car.

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