Yakezie Carnival: The Next Challenge Edition

What started as an effort by a small group of Personal Finance bloggers to help each other increase their Alexa ratings has evolved into a 100+ strong network. And now a new challenge has emerged and it is this: to use the collective power of the Yakezie Network to selflessly help others though our services, [...]

Likes, Links and Random Musings – The “I suck at canning” edition

Welcome to Likes, Links and Random Musings! Every week I’ll share with you my favorite posts for the week. Check them out and if you like them leave a comment and let them know. One word can sum up my week…harvest! It seems like everything in our Organic Garden is ripening right now. I’ve got [...]

Blogging Update with Revised Goals

When I launched this blog a little over 3 months ago I had no idea how to run a blog or measure it’s success. I just had a story and a new frugal lifestyle that I wanted to share with others. Three months later it’s safe to say that I still don’t know that much [...]

Do Your Friends Share Your Financial Values?

I was catching up on my reading this weekend and came across this quote from Lynn Truong, the Co-Founder of WiseBread.com, in Money Magazine: “Good money management is a lifestyle. If you surround yourself with people who share the same values, you’re more likely to stay on track.” While I agree with this quote whole-heartedly, [...]

Yakezie Round Up – Retirement Edition

I’ve been thinking about our retirement plans a lot lately. Even though we’re still a ways away from that phase of our life (I’m 36 and my husband is 39) we’re in that critical time where if we don’t have a clear plan in place and goals to focus on, we could fall short of [...]

Yakezie Challenge Carnival #5

The Yakezie Community is kicking butt. Our little group of Personal Finance bloggers now has 19 members in the WiseBread Top 100 with more Yakezie members knocking on the door. And PF bloggers continue to join the challenge everyday. To learn more about the Yakezie Challenge you can check out Financial Samurai’s initial call to [...]

I’m Joining the Yakezie Challenge!

I’m a new blogger and I really enjoy it. I like the challenge of writing articles that I hope will be useful and interesting and I enjoy the interaction with my readers and other bloggers. But I’ve also found blogging is very hard work. It takes a lot of time and dedication to build a [...]