This week I’ve had the privilege to join an amazing new group of personal finance bloggers called the Pecuniary Associates. These bloggers help challenge the way I think about spending and saving money. I was also able to guest post and read some other amazing personal finance articles from around the web.

Pecuniarities wrote Our Financial Lent: Giving up Chocolate and Ice Cream for a Month to Save $14. I’ve been able to stay the course and not spend money at Starbucks for my daily cafe Americano and scone. I have slipped once or twice, as we have a Starbucks at our Target store. I figure by brewing my coffee at home we’ve managed to save hundreds, if not thousands each year.

Living Well On Less wrote Losing weight can save you money and I’ve found some cheap ways to exercise with the family include riding our bikes and playing tennis. I love all the free and inexpensive ways we can all stay fit and have fun as a family.

Financial Nut wrote America’s Cheapest Family: Raising 5 Kids On 35k Per Year. I am always inspired by families like these who have a philosophy of establishing saving goals and sticking to them.

Counting My Pennies wrote Friends and money don’t mix. Having a roommate can certainly put stress on your budget if you don’t have a plan for community expenses.

Greener Pastures: Personal Finance wrote It’s EPA Fix a Leak Week. Once small leak that drips every second could waste up to 3,000 gallons a year. Time to do a spring checkup around the house.

Personal Finance Carnivals

Green Panda Treehouse hosted Carnival of Personal Finance#196: Music Edition

Good Financial Cents hosted Money Hacks Carnival- March Madness Baby!

Remodeling This Life hosted Festival of Frugality #169: St. Patrick’s Day Edition

Great Personal Finance Blog Reads:

The Greenest Dollar wrote Cut Your Electricity Costs With An Energy Monitor. I’ve looked at purchasing the Kill A Watt with a friend to help find out what appliances use the most power and if we should upgrade any older units.

Smart Passive Income Blog wrote How to Publish an Ebook Series – Part 1 – Hard Copy vs. Ebook. Pat offers some wonderful insight to creating an ebook.

Passive Family Income wrote Cutting out Wasteful Spending from the Budget.

The Almost Millionaire wrote How I Shaved $30,000 From My Family Budget. I also appealed our property tax bill and was granted an $800 reduction.

Guest Blog Post

This week I wrote a guest post for Yielding Wealth called Passive Income Opportunities In Your Job

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You’ve probably stumbled across ehow as you’re searching on google for searches like money saving tips or how to save money using coupons. I know I have and when I joined ehow I wanted to find friends that have a passion for saving money and making some extra income too. I’ve asked my ehow friends to send me interesting personal finance articles to help give us creative ideas to save money and make some too. Writing for ehow or another content website can create passive income for you. It does require time to create the article, but once written, you will have a source of passive income that can continue to pay each month. If you’ve never used ehow before, it only takes a few minutes to join and it’s free. Be sure to add me as a friend using the link found here. My ehow friends have sent me several personal finance articles and I’ve chosen a small sample of my favorites:

Dkrunner wrote How To Take A Cheap Vacation. Taking local backpacking day trips and picnic lunches with the family is a very frugal type of mini vacation.

Circusmama wrote How to Calculate Electricity Costs for Appliances. This ehow article is very helpful to calculate electricity usage and cut down on vampire power consumption. Figuring out if your old fridge consumes $20 or $50 a month can help your family conserve energy and stretch your utility budget. Most of my appliances are energy star rated, but does that mean they are still efficient? I’m going to run some of these calculations and hope you do as well.

Bella Casa wrote How to Make Extra Money Online and says she’s made $4-5 a week from YouData.com website. I’ve never heard of YouData, but apparently you get paid to watch ads and are paid weekly through paypal.

Cheap Cindy wrote How to Survive The Second Great Depression and shares tips on renting out a room to make extra income. Also, taking public transportation or selling a second vehicle. Selling a second or third car can save money on insurance, gas, registration and even maintenance. If you have a car sitting in the driveway or garage you’ll end up paying more to replace tires or a dead battery.

Moneydoc wrote How to Insure Your Investment Portfolio Value where cd’s are discussed to provide security to a portfolio.

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