Round-up: Fresh weather edition

It’s 70 degrees out there in the backyard! At last, the worst of the heat is breaking. Even though the days are still in the low 100s, the evenings and mornings are cool and the temperature of the pool has dropped enough to make a swim refreshing again. Hurrah!

Let’s celebrate with a tour around the blogosphere.

Mr. and Mrs. Accountability have been married for four years and for twenty-five years! Next month they’ll be celebrating the fourth anniversary of their second marriage. Spinning off a review of blogger Tightwad’s first ebook, Tightwad’s Frugal Bride, Mrs. A. reminisces interestingly about the many clever ways she built frugality into her most recent wedding.

At PF Firewall, Jesse discovered a fitness gadget that, in addition to reporting your calorie-burning activities, can track your sleep patterns. Could come in handy for those of us who live with chronic insomnia.

Over at A Gai Shan Life, Revanche agonizes about the wisdom of having a child, given some challenging health issues she has to deal with day by day. It’s one of two thoughtful posts on the subject, and this post contains two links to moving stories by other young women in the same predicament.

At Surviving and Thriving, Donna Freedman as usual has a whole bouquet of great posts. She holds forth with passion on the subject of lending to friends, and, a few days  later, produces a playful encomium to the bandanna.

If your insurance covers an annual physical, Money Beagle suggests an easy way to remember to get it done.

Crystal, proprietor of Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, is endlessly amazing. I can’t even begin to imagine how she finds time for all work and activities she does related to her blogging empire. Now, though, we learn she manages to watch an amazing list of television shows. The woman must never sleep.

Frugal Scholar has an interesting rumination on the practice of couch surfing—you know, where people rent out a spare bedroom or the sofa to penurious travelers. Frugal Son is planning to travel around Europe this way…with his grandmother! Check out the comments, where an attractive, if slightly less frugal, alternative is offered.

Speaking of travel strategies, at Five Cent Nickel writer Hank Coleman holds forth with a series of caveats about timeshares.

What do college professors worry about? Nicoleandmaggie agonize over the classic headaches at Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured.

At The Digerati Life, Silicon Valley Blogger discusses the pro’s and cons of charging extra-large bills (such as taxes or annual homeowner’s insurance premiums) to a credit card. Interesting post with some nice insights.

Simply Forty’s proprietor Mary takes note of what she suspects is a new trend: women toting not one but two handbags around. Hey! If one heavy bag puts you out of balance and knocks your shoulder out, then two oughta put you back in balance and relieve the neck pain. Right?

Free Money Finance recently noted the risks of discussing subjects such as insurance claims on social media sites. It’s amazing what people will put out there! I find myself having to remind students who want to write about the glories of legalizing marijuana not to discuss their shady behavior in writing. Sometimes this elicits nothing more than a blank look.

Welp, it’s 6:00 a.m. at last and time to get going. Later!