Weekly Highlights and Carnivals – Sick Kid Edition

September 21, 2007 by Marcel

For the past six days, my oldest daughter has been doing all the nasty stuff that comes with having a stomach bug. After the fourth day, we took her to the doctor and they diagnosed her with the Rotavirus. Apparently it’s severely contagious and extremely long-lasting, so we have had a heck of a week dealing with it. (of course, my daughter has had an even tougher week) We’re marching on, though, and praying that nobody else catches it.

This week brought some great posts from the M-Network and beyond:

M-Network

Paid Twice talks about becoming an accidental investor.
Being Frugal explains how to avoid Murphy’s Law.
Single Guy Money flaunts his 1 million dollar umbrella.
Plonkee Money has an extensive interview with Fabulously Broke.
Moolanomy begins a series on finance basics.
Gather Little by Little responds to a reader asking how to include a 401k in their net worth calculation.
Debt Free Revolution debates a commenter about the use of credit cards.
Christian Personal Finance shows you how to budget with ING Direct.
Dough Roller continues his comparison of personal finance to chess in Protect Your King, Protect Your Assets.

This week my post, Give Your Graduate the Gift of Financial Education, was included in the Carnival of College and Finance at College and Finance. This is my first foray into this carnival, but I must say I was impressed with the quality of articles. Go check it out!

My most popular post this week was an oldie – Earn Huge Returns at Prosper.com.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

6 Comments

Debt Free Revolution said

am September 21 2007 @ 10:56 pm

Brian, sorry to hear about your sick baby! I was wondering why you were so quiet recently. And yes, the great comment debate is still going LOL but thanks for the link!
paidtwice said

am September 22 2007 @ 8:18 am

Sorry about the sick daughter! My son had that last year and it was awful . I hope she feels better soon!!
glblguy said

am September 22 2007 @ 4:44 pm

Yuck, have had that with the kiddos a few times. Nothing worse than stomach issues! Hope she is feeling better, and hope nobody else gets it!
Brip Blap said

am September 22 2007 @ 6:57 pm

That’s a tough virus. My son (less than 1 year old at the time) and I both got it last New Year’s. My poor wife, sick with a cold, had to deal with two severely ill people for a couple of days before we gave up and went to the doctor – and from there to the hospital. Rotavirus is no joke. It flattened me, and I’m a pretty healthy guy. It put my son in the hospital. So I wish you the best. My only tip is to wash your hands every ten seconds, keep a lot of Gatorade on hand (if you get it, you will need it). Good luck, I sure hope you avoid it.
Brian said

am September 22 2007 @ 7:40 pm

Thanks for the well wishes, everyone. We have stocked up on Gatorade and bananas. Luckily, no one else has gotten sick yet. That’s surprising since we’ve caught our youngest daughter sneaking a couple of drinks from the sick one’s cup.
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