Archive for the ‘blog round-up’ Category

The Friday Stack: Saddle sore edition

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Some great posts from around the pf blogosphere: Mighty Bargain Hunter asks if you notice frugality. I notice it all the time. How about you? Lynnae details how she is going to both save money on groceries and try to eat more organic food. God bless her. Bible Money Matters emphasizes the importance ...

Friday Stack: Wii and groceries

Friday, May 16th, 2008

A few highlights from across the blogosphere: Gather Little By Little purchased a Nintendo Wii? I never thought that glbl guy was a gamer. It is funny how the internet causes us to form images of other people that are often far from reality. I am sure that all of you ...

138th Carnival of Debt Reduction

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Coming to you from the great state of Colorado: it is the 138th Carnival of Debt Reduction. I want to thank Mighty Bargain Hunter for giving me hosting privileges for the week. Now, on with the show - This week's top picks are from Not the Jet Set and Digerati: Not the Jet ...

Look for the Carnival of P2P Lending here

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

I will be hosting the next edition of the Carnival of Peer to Peer Lending. The compilation of posts will go up this Friday, April 18th. The Carnival of P2P Lending is run by Lazy Man and Money and you can submit your posts through this form. We are especially ...

Friday Stack: holy traffic, Batman!

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Rocket Finance is finishing up one of its highest traffic weeks ever. There seemed to be a high level of interest in the Our Story series about how my wife and I made up a $5,000 deficit in our annual budget without getting another job or playing the lottery. Pinyo, at ...

Friday Stack: packing to move edition

Friday, March 7th, 2008

It is getting a little crazy around the Rocket household as we prepare to move across the country at the end of the month. I am also anticipating a lot of good blog posts as we decide whether or not to rent out or sell our current home as well as decide to rent or ...

Friday Stack: I just took a week off (from blogging)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

But I noticed some great posts from around the personal finance blogosphere. Posts that you need to read: Odnal took advantage of the limited time 5% Lending Club bonus. I did not have the $5K required to qualify for the big prize, but I earned the more accessible $50 bonus ($1K in funding) - ...

Friday Stack: I’m flying to CO edition

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Gather Little by Little makes the assertion that "gazelle intensity" is Scriptural. I agree with glbl guy that certain things in life require our undivided attention - and the Bible states that debt relief is one of them. I have not studied Dave Ramsey very much, but I don't quite ...

Friday Stack: We have snow edition

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Here in Wisconsin, we are in the middle of the third snowiest winter in recorded history - and more snow is on the way! It might be a good time to read a few of Paid Twice's snowflake posts. . . Rocket Finance was featured in the following carnivals last week: Home ...

Friday Stack: I’m skiing with a bunch of teenagers edition

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Madison wrote about her experience changing to the Sprint SERO plan. Unfortunately, I am already a Sprint customer and I can't cancel and go to the Sero plan without losing my number. I am thinking of switching to AT&T, however. This post was written last month over at FiveCentNickel, but I ...