The Roundup - House is Getting Closer Edition

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Eric
Filed Under Roundups

Wait til you see the kitchen! Every time we go and visit the new house on the weekend more and more is done. We’ve been squirreling our money away in anticipation of a completion date in late December or January. Now it might happen sooner than that even. Even though we have been saving up as much as we can, we really wanted those last few months to put away some more because we know we’re going to find things that we will need to get for the new house that we didn’t anticipate. Now we also need to start preparing with the movers for an even earlier timeframe. It’s stressful and exciting all at once!

Here are some of my favorite articles from this week:

BripBlap wrote about 6 ways you are passing up free money. All great things you need to think about and make sure you aren’t missing out on. I’d add two more to that list : ESPP (if you have an option to get that at a discount from your employer) and the medical Flexible Spending Account (FSA) if you can get it.

Lynnae @ BeingFrugal wrote about the dangers of co-signing for loans . I had a friend who got caught by this when she co-signed for a car for her then boyfriend. It didn’t work out well when they broke up. You really need to consider if you can part with the money you are co-signing for because you may be the one stuck with the bill.

Sasha @ ConsumerismCommentary wrote an interesting article about living extremely frugally as a way to do the things you might otherwise not be able to do. I mainly skipped over the components of the MSN article and just read about her friends. She has a couple of friends who question every expense, and always look for the best deals, so they can afford to go on exotic trips throughout the year. I thought this was pretty amazing, and a testament to what you can do if you put your mind to it. Using conscious spending is how we managed to get ourselves out of debt, to fund our retirement accounts, and to save for emergencies. Without being conscious of all of our expenses, and working to reduce or eliminate unnecessary ones, we would not have been able to do all that we have done.

Dawn @ FrugalForLife has a frugal person’s take on 20 timeless money rules. The original set from CNN/Money was written more from an investing perspective than from a frugal perspective. Read both part 1 and part 2. I especially liked #2 - Take Calculated Risks, and #8 - Don’t Wait For The Perfect Time. Lots of food for thought.

Elizabeth @ DailyDollarDiary had a conversation with her family about their perceptions of how things would be different if they made more money. I could completely see myself having this same conversation with my family some day. It gives some interesting insight into what the different members think it will mean to their lives.

Tomorrow we’ll be participating in the Blog Action Day. Be sure to check back to see our article, and check out all the other articles tomorrow. It should be a great day of blogging, learning, and reading!

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3 Responses to “The Roundup - House is Getting Closer Edition”

Brip Blap on October 14th, 2007 4:56 pm

Thanks for the link! If your new house looks anything like the picture, I like it - I always wanted to live in a treehouse :)
Lynnae @ Being Frugal on October 15th, 2007 12:35 am

Thanks for the mention!
Elizabeth on October 15th, 2007 11:03 pm

Eric,

I’m so honored to be included in this week’s list of favorite articles. Thank you!