Last night I had the privilege of attending my first regular season Twins baseball game at their brand new stadium, Target Field. My wife agreed to go to the game because it’s my birthday this weekend, and while she is normally bored to tears by baseball, I can usually get her to attend at least 1 or 2 games a year.  Read more... (485 words, 12 images, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

• Weekly Roundup: Slimming Down Edition With the weather returning to the 70's this week, and my pants feeling tighter than ever, I've decided it's about time to formulate a frugal workout regimen. Fortunately, I don't have to go far for inspiration as several of my blogging friends have also written about their exercise plans. Those......
• Creating and Hosting Blog Carnivals When it is done properly, creating and organizing your own Blog Carnival is a practice that can be truly rewarding. This is especially true if you are trying to increase your blogging experience, and by proxy, your traffic. The Blog Carnival is one of the finest innovations in the blogosphere......

When we took the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University class a year or two ago we started saving up our 3-6 months of expenses as is recommended in baby step 3 of the 7 baby steps. Over time we got our emergency fund fully funded up to 6 months of expenses. With the economy tanking, having an uncertain job situation and now expecting our first child we felt more comfortable having an even larger emergency fund. So my wife and I kept building the account and now have a 9 month emergency fund saved up. That should be enough to cover all our expenses and then some for 9 or more months.  Read more... (1105 words, 11 images, estimated 4:25 mins reading time)

• Book Review – The Secret Language of Money The Secret Language of Money: How to Make Smarter Financial Decisions and Live a Richer Life, written by David Krueger and John David Mann, is as much a psychology book as it is about personal finance. I found this made for an interesting read, since behavioral finance plays a major......
• 8 Steps To Insure a Seemlessly Switch From Old Bank To New Changing banks can be a huge hassle but there comes a time in every persons life when their original bank just doesn't satisfy his or her needs. Here are some guidelines to follow when changing banks to make sure the process is as smooth as possible. None of these......