Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!

My Favorite Posts this Week

• Punch Debt in the Face with What are your Financial Commandments  Ninja is one of those bloggers that makes me feel insecure...like that's what I need to live up to...enjoy the laugh!
• A Gai Shan Life with Budget Execution: How a DHSI Saves  I love posts that show the dollar amounts.
• Frugal Scholar with Budget Kitchen Renovation: Bling  I always think bling can be budgeted in.
• Money Crush with Stop Blaming Outside Forces  I'm a big proponent of this idea.
• Simple Life in France with Radical Simplicity, Frugality-for Couples Only?  I argued that it would be easier to pick a lifestyle as a single person, but couplehood is worth the compromise.
• Funny about Money with Drummers  I love discovering "new" things in my area...
• Ultimate Money Blog with Creating Multiple Income Streams  I think it was a good decision to accept her loss and figure out ways to make the money back.
• Everyday Tips and Thoughts with Thoughts for Thursday: Vacation - Leave the Electronics at Home and Enjoy Yourself!  I completely agree.

Blogs that Featured BFS

• Learn Save Invest posted my article, Retirement Savings Mistakes

Thank you for inviting me to your site!

Guest Posts on BFS

• Billeater provided How to Save Up by Saving Energy

Guest posts introduce different points of view, bring in additonal readers, and allow me to take a day off.  Thank you!

If you would like to submit a guest post to BFS, please shoot me an idea or the actual post.  I'd also appreciate a one or two sentence introduction for the piece.  I'll get back to you quickly and will give you as much advance notice as possible on its posting date.

Blog Carnivals that Included BFS

• Foreigner's Finances hosted the Yakezie Carnival and chose The BFS Way to Diagnose Your Financial Health
• Learn Save Invest hosted the Money Hacks Carnival and chose The Emergency Fund

Thanks! I appreciate all the time you spent on the process.  It's a great feeling to be chosen!

Carnival hosts, if BFS is in a blog carnival that you are running, please email me the link so it can be added to this weekly list. Thanks!

Other Info

• Mrs. Money at Ultimate Money Blog created my awesome new title banner.  I'd highly suggest her services if you're in the market.  Thanks from the girl who couldn't make up her mind!
• Jackie at Money Crush is hosting a $100 Contest until May 12th in honor of the debt snowball app she created.  Please take a look!

Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions.  I'd love to add a few more blogs to my regular reading list or at least give a shout-out for great posts or contests.

As always, thanks to all the bloggers that teach me something new every day.  Thanks to all my commenters for making this blog the community I want it to be.  Thanks to all my lurkers too.  I hope everybody is enjoying this as much as I am!