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Friday Night Links: Summer Edition

Friday Night Links: Summer Edition

June 22, 2012 by Krantcents

Summer officially started on June 20th!  Summer actually started on my last day (6/19) of school.  When I was a student, summer was a nice break and I never thought it might a break for teachers too.  When you think of vacations, you think of two or three weeks, I get eight to ten weeks.  Normally, I teach summer school, but budgets issues killed that!

When I worked industry, a two or three week vacation seemed like a long time until you actually take it.  It goes by extremely fast.  Believe it or not, a summer vacation goes nearly as fast.  I will try to put it to good use bicycling, writing and doing some fun things.  Two years ago, I read a whole (19 books) mysteries series during my summer break.  This year, I plan to replace my car (18 years old), read and get back into condition.  What are you doing on vacation?

Reading this summer will be different on my new Kindle.  I finished one book and have ten (10) more books on a waiting list at the public library.  I look forward to riding my bicycle again.  I look forward to some great choices.  I can also identify the best or my favorite articles of the week.  This makes a good segue to today’s picks for Friday Night Links.

The following articles caught my attention:

Well Heeled Blog – Ways To Save on a Hotel

Hope to Prosper – The High Cost of Being a Father

Master The Art of Saving  – Earn Money Online: Inbox Dollars:

My Multiple Streams of Income  – Car Emergency Savings for Peace of Mind

Money Q & A  – The Benefits And Potential Drawbacks of Owning a Roth IRA

The selection of blogs is up to the committee of one established by krantcents as a representative of the Academy of Frugal Journalistic Writers. That committee can be influenced by meaningful comments, signing up for my RSS feeds, backlinks, links, trackbacks, Facebook Likes, Twitter, Re-tweets, Digg, StumbleUpon, delicio, Yahoo Buzz, Google Bookmarks and other social media. If you plan on creating a single purpose political action committee (PAC) to buy advertising on my blog to solely influence the committee, please go ahead! Please understand it will not influence the results.

I read more than five hundred (500) articles a week and I highlight just five (5) in my Friday Night Links.  I love summer!  Thanks for reading Friday Night Links Summer Edition.

Photo by:  Alex E. Proimos

I love summer!

 

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Career, Careers, financial decisions, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, Money, Personal Finance, Planning, Stretching your Money, Values

Comments

  1. Hank says

    June 22, 2012 at 4:25 am

    Thanks for the mention! I appreciate it.

    • Krantcents says

      June 22, 2012 at 7:52 am

      You’re welcome. So much is written about Roth IRAs, it is nice to see a clear succinct comparison.

  2. Lance@MoneyLife&More says

    June 22, 2012 at 6:15 am

    Summer vacations were great and I bet teachers love them. Do you only get paid during the school year or do they spread it out year round?

    • Krantcents says

      June 22, 2012 at 7:56 am

      I am paid on an annual basis, but paid monthly.

  3. Buck Inspire says

    June 22, 2012 at 11:40 am

    Sounds like you really make use of your summer time! Enjoy the books, bike, and car project. Not sure what I’m doing yet. Probably bond with the baby. Need sunscreen!

    • Krantcents says

      June 22, 2012 at 11:43 am

      Sunscreen is very important, particularly for the baby. I would rather work, but I will make good use of the time off.

  4. From Shopping to Saving says

    June 22, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    You’re so lucky that you get those vacations! Working at a corporate job, it’s even hard to ask for a week off even though we are entitled to it. My time off builds up quickly but I find myself just trying to take one day off here and there since it’s easier than a whole week. Two weeks? Forget it! 🙁

    • Krantcents says

      June 22, 2012 at 3:04 pm

      Most of my career, I was in the corporate world. I would rather work than have all this time off, but cutbacks force me to take the time off.

  5. Brent Pittman says

    June 22, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    So you’re buying a car this summer or working on your old one?

    • Krantcents says

      June 22, 2012 at 3:30 pm

      My car is 17 years old (will be 18 in September)! It is time to replace the timing belt and other deferred maintenance. It is time to replace it, but I am unsure what I want.

  6. Jen @ Master the Art of Saving says

    June 22, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    I’m sure you’ll have a very productive summer; hopefully you won’t forget to have some fun. 🙂 Thanks for the mention, KrantCents.

    • Krantcents says

      June 22, 2012 at 4:36 pm

      You’re welcome, I hope to fit in a little fun!

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