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August 29, 2007 @ 7:30 am - Written by Trent
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The birth of our daughter is ever so close - it’s literally going to happen any day now. We’re pretty much constantly preparing for her arrival around here - cleaning, moving stuff around, and so on.

Book Review: The 4 Hour Workweek Independently, J.D. came to the exact same conclusion about this book as I did in my review of the book. (@ get rich slowly)

The Cheapskate Guide: 50 Tips For Frugal Living This is an excellent little list of ideas for frugal living. (@ zen habits)

Keeping A Level Head In A Down Market: Should You Stay The Course? An excellent look at a disagreement between personal finance bloggers. (@ lazy man and money)

The Simple Dollar Retro: Orson Welles, A Zither, and Personal Finance I don’t know if I’ve ever had a piece for the site tickle my fancy quite as much as this one.

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Reading over the 50 frugal tips list I couldn’t help but consider the most important one. Don’t have 6 kids. But I bit my tongue.

Shannon @ 8:21 am August 29th, 2007 (comment #1)

What if the point of your frugality is so that you can afford to have 6+ children? If you’re so frugal, you have a lot of money to spend. Money itself has no inherent value, it is only worth what you get from it, after all.

Liz @ 11:56 am August 29th, 2007 (comment #2)

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