{"id":766,"date":"2008-10-07T00:04:03","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T05:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2011-09-30T22:48:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T03:48:43","slug":"money-money-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/money-money-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Money Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I&#8217;ve got your attention, I&#8217;ll explain:<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really tired. And I should really be in bed sleeping. So I&#8217;d love to tell you all about the ladies&#8217; discussion group I hosted tonight and all the interesting things we discussed about September&#8217;s reading topic of healthy eating. But I am exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ll try to get back on that tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>But first a heads-up on the October topic: Finance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yep, ladies, this month your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to read a book on finance or money.<\/strong> And, just like last month, feel free to stretch this as far as you&#8217;d like. The only rule is that you use this excuse to get yourself reading and expanding your mind.<\/p>\n<p>Think about this one, pray about this one and try to pick a book by next Tuesday, October 14. I&#8217;ll post my choice then, as well as a little preview about it.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re also a blogger, I&#8217;d love for you to post your book choice as a comment here on Momstoolbox.com next Tuesday, and link back to a fuller post on your blog. If you aren&#8217;t a blogger, please join us next week and post your book choice (and anything else you&#8217;d like to say) in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>To get you started on your book selection (because this topic can be a bit intimidating) I&#8217;ve asked a financial advisor I know really well (okay, I&#8217;m married to him) for a few ideas:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Millionaire-Next-Door-Thomas-Stanley\/dp\/0671015206\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1223354875&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Best-Way-Save-College-Complete\/dp\/0981549101\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1223354924&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Way to Save for College by Joseph F. Hurley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Parlay-Your-into-Family-Fortune\/dp\/0670033960\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1223354973&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\">How to Parlay your IRA into a Family Fortune by Ed Slott<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0And a book on micro-lending which is just interesting and makes you think:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Banker-Poor-Micro-Lending-Against-Poverty\/dp\/1586481983\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1223355003&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Banker to the Poor:\u00a0Micro-Lending and the Battle Aganist World Poverty\u00a0by Muhammad Yunus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0Hopefully that will get you thinking. And I&#8217;m going to go get sleeping. Look for a wrap-up on September&#8217;s topic of healthy eating later today.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like some tightwad tips, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeschoolblogger.com\/canadagirl\" target=\"_blank\">Tightwad Tuesday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-207\" title=\"momflower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I&#8217;ve got your attention, I&#8217;ll explain: I&#8217;m really tired. And I should really be in bed sleeping. So I&#8217;d love to tell you all about the ladies&#8217; discussion group I hosted tonight and all the interesting things we discussed about September&#8217;s reading topic of healthy eating. But I am exhausted. 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