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Carnival of Pecuniary Delights #10 – Summer Storm Edition

June 4, 2009 By Megan Smith

Welcome to the 10th Editon of the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights!  I was a little worried about getting this up in time, as our power went out and I was type-type-typing away on my battery powered laptop.  Of course, that meant no internet access.  Thankfully, I already had all the posts picked out and lined up.  Unfortunately, that means no fancy pictures to go along with my theme.  In fact, it led to a theme change.  That’s right, this is now the Summer Storm Edition, complete with fun things to do when there is a storm and the power is out.

To start, we have the Editor’s Choice Category.  This Editor’s Choice of summer storm activities is cuddling.  That’s right, cuddling.  Maybe with someone special, maybe with a furry friend, maybe just with a stuffed animal or a favorite blanket.  Sometimes it’s nice to just enjoy the peace and listen to the storms outside.  In terms of submissions, this was a tough one, but here are the highlights.

  • Silicon Valley Blogger presents Dumbest Online Business Ideas That Made Millions… Or Not! Some of these online business ideas made me laugh and laugh.  And they make money!  Amazing.
  • Passive Family Income brings us 3 Keys to Creating Passive Income.    I think we all love the idea of passive income, and here are some important keys to get you started.  It’s not easy, but I think we all agree it’s a worthwhile task.
  • Kelly from Almost Frugal writes on Drastic Frugality: When There’s More Month than Money.  It’s a scary thought, but it happens to the best of us.  Rather than delve into your savings to make ends meet, try following Kelly’s suggestions.
  • Jason from Improve the Quality presents If I had known then what I know now… This is always important information, but I think it’s especially timely right now, with all the recent graduates.  I definitely wish I had started saving earlier.

Next up, we have Personal Finance.  Conveniently, when the power is out during a storm, it’s hard to spend money.  Another easy (and frugal) thing I like to do during a summer storm is play games (by candlelight if necessary).  Board games don’t need a whole lot of light, and card games are definitely easy enough by candlelight.  It’s more fun if you have someone to play with, but you can always play a game or two of solitaire.

  • Jeff from Good Financial Cents asks How Much Life Insurance Do You Need?
  • Jim from Bargaineering.com suggests you Check Your Specialty Reports.
  • Peter from Bible Money Matters recommends A Way To Control Spending: The Envelope System.
  • Brad Chaffee from Enemy of Debt points out that Personal Responsibility Starts With You.
  • Jeff Nickles from My Super-Charged Life offers up 50 Bad Money Habits That Will Leave You Eating ALPO For Dinner. I recommend against ALPO for dinner. In case you were wondering

One of my favorite categories is Personal Finance Journeys.  I love reading about how people have gotten to where they are in their financial lives.  It’s always fun to learn from others and daydream about where you want to end up.  And that’s my next summer storm activity.  Daydream.  It can be combined with the cuddling, but I wouldn’t recommend combining it with game playing.  You might get distracted and lose!

  • The Happy Rock presents A New Stage In My Financial Journey.

Next we have Investing.  Investing is scary for some people.  Storms are also scary for some people, and I’m sure not everyone enjoys storms as much as I do.  So to get your mind off of the summer storms, one fun activity is to have a dance party.  This can be especially fun for kids and was a tactic I used when babysitting as a teenager.  But what, you mean you have no music because the power is out?  Make your own music!  Bang on pots and pans for drums, sing along.  Maybe you have a piano or some musical instruments.  Make musical instruments from bottles filled with water.  So many options, and all great ways to get your mind off your fear.

  • My good buddy J. Money from Budgets Are Sexy presents Time to start buying stocks again!.
  • The Smarter Wallet from The Smarter Wallet discusses Investing In Stocks and Bonds: Some Investment Basics.

You know what else is scary?  The Economy.  Maybe you’re not scared of storms, but you really like to be scared.  Use the summer storm and the power outage to tell scary stories!  I don’t know about you, but I have fond memories of telling stories around a dark room, using a flashlight shining on my face to create all sorts of ridiculous looks.  This is something kids can definitely get into.

  • The Weakonomist from Weakonomics suggests Top 10 Ways the Government Can Help Our Economy. I’m interested to see the debates that follow this one!
  • Wojciech Kulicki from Fiscal Fizzle discusses Modeling Government After Business.

And then there’s Money Management.  I don’t know about you, but I always have stacks of reading to get through.  Books, professional journals, magazines, all sorts of things I need to manage.  When the power goes out and I can’t be distracted by the internet, it’s a great time to catch up on my reading.  Again, the dark is an issue, but I’m a huge fan of candles, and when all else fails, I also have a few battery powered lanterns from my camping days.

  • FMF from Free Money Finance discusses Achieving Family Harmony in Estate Planning Part 2: Make Sure Your Plan Fits Your Unique Needs. Be sure to check out the rest of this series!
  • Matt B from Financial Methods puts some thought into Passive Income Streams.

Finally, there’s your favorite and mine, Frugality.  Is your summer storm the sort of storm where the rain is falling but the sun is out and the skies are clear?  Those are my favorite sorts of storms.  And my favorite activity?  Being out in the rain, of course.  I love to go running in the rain, but going outside and splashing and laughing with your friends or family is also a lot of fun.

  • Charlie from PayLessForFood.com is also frustrated by How Your Local Friendly Supermarket Profits From Your Inconvenience.
  • JT Locke from The Frugal Housewife explains how you can Save Time and Money by Crockpot Cooking.
  • MoneyEnergy asks “No-Spend Days:” How Many Can You Fit In In A Month?

There were a lot of great submissions this week and I just wasn’t able to get everyone in.  Thanks to everyone who submitted and don’t forget to get your entries in for next week!   Next week’s edition is hosted by My Journey to Millions.  Go!  Submit!

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Comments

  1. passive family income says

    June 4, 2009 at 6:22 am

    First off – Thanks for making my post an Editor’s Pick! I think you did a great job switching up the theme as a result of your power outage. That shows a lot of creativity!

    A few months ago our power went out during a winter storm for about 8 hours. My wife and I had a great time with the kids as they had never been without power. As soon as the power came back on, they asked us to turn it back off so we could keep having fun. I think it is nice to appreciate some of the other things in life that get lost in today’s electronics age.

  2. Charlie@PayLessforFood says

    June 4, 2009 at 7:14 am

    Thank you for all the hard work you put into this. Especially with the power outage.

  3. The Happy Rock says

    June 4, 2009 at 9:29 am

    Creative theme and great adaptability!

    Thanks for hosting.

  4. J. Money says

    June 4, 2009 at 9:53 am

    Thanks for hosting my good buddy 🙂 and btw, i found these cool pennies the other week, i’ll show them to ya at our next happy hour.

  5. Jeff@MySuperChargedLife says

    June 4, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Thanks for including me! I hope none of us wind up eating ALPO for dinner.

  6. The Digerati Life says

    June 4, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Awesome carnival! I am glad I was able to give you a little chuckle! 😀 Thanks for the great hosting job. There are some pretty witty entries here too (ALPO anyone?).

  7. Kelly from Almost Frugal says

    June 4, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    Thanks for including me!

  8. JT Locke -- The Frugal Housewife says

    June 4, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    Thanks for including me!!!

  9. Penelope @ Pecuniarities says

    June 4, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Thanks for hosting! I totally meant to submit but forgot till it was too late (as always)! :p

    P

  10. MoneyEnergy says

    June 4, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    Thanks for including my article, especially when this was such a selective carnival! Also, reminder everyone – I’m hosting Carnival of Money Stories next week, email me your articles!~:)

  11. the weakonomist says

    June 5, 2009 at 8:25 am

    Thanks for hosting, I love that I wrote my post in May of last year and it’s still relevant.

  12. Jason Fisher says

    July 1, 2009 at 11:11 am

    Thanks for the the work of hosting and for the Editors Pick.

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