Updates and Favorites: 4-23-11

Hello everyone! I hope a great weekend is being had by all. Thanks for coming by, I appreciate you visiting and being a part of this blog.

Squirrelers wins Yakezie March Madness!

Eric at Narrow Bridge Finance ran a “March Madness” tournament of sorts, where 64 blogs in the Yakezie network were matched up in brackets much like the college basketball tournament. Ultimately, based on voting, a Yakezie “Blogger of the Year” was chosen.

I wasn’t expecting my blog to get out of the first round, as there are a ton of incredible bloggers in the network – many of which I’ve learned quite a bit from in terms of blogging, frankly. However, to my surprise, Squirrelers kept advancing and ended up winning the whole thing.  Pretty neat.

Thanks to Eric for running a fun contest, and to everyone for participating.

Squirrelers in Blog Carnivals

Income Growth vs. Savings: Where Should Your Efforts Go? was included in the Totally Money Carnival at The College Investor

Squirreling Gone Wild #24: Cheap Hosts and Cheap Guests was included in the the Festival of Frugality at The Wealth Pilgrim

401(k) Planning: Will it be Enough for Retirement? was included in the Carnival of Personal Finance at Financial Digital, and selected as an Editor’s Pick

Recommended Reading

There were some great articles around the personal finance blogosphere recently. Here are some that caught my eye this week:

• Florida’s Beach Property Boom: A Real Estate Lesson, at Consumerism Commentary (guest post by Dr. Dean Burke)
• Dividend and Conquer at The Wealth Artisan
• How I Hedged Summer Gas Prices with ETFs at ETF Base
• We Can’t Afford That at Canadian Personal Finance Blog
• Go Green: Recycle Computers and Other Old Stuff at Yes, I Am Cheap
• The One Asset You’ll Always Have at Financially Poor
• 3 Ways to Deal With a Declining U.S. Dollar at Money Help for Christians
• The Time vs. Money Continuum – It Changes as You Age at Darwin’s Money
• Part-Time Job for Retirees: Blogger? at Bucksome Boomer