This week’s addition to our house: a wet bar to go along with our hot tub and pool.
Welcome to the Weekly Quick Hits Roundup! Every week I write a weekly wrap-up of things that were going on here at Young Adult Money, a few personal updates/thoughts, and finally a few posts I read this week that I thought were worth sharing.
We also have our giveaway roundup every Friday. This Friday there are over 200 giveaways listed that end today through next Thursday, as well as two giveaways we are co-hosting that are worth a combined $1,000+.
Below are the posts from Monday through Thursday:
- On Monday I shared in Tips on Dealing with a Difficult Manager. There’s no such thing as a perfect manager; every manager will have at least one flaw or shortcoming. The key is figuring out how to “make it work” and make the best of any situation.
- On Tuesday I wrote about The Danger of Making Money your Top Priority. I discuss treating money as a means and not an end in itself, charitable giving, and making the most of your situation today.
- On Wednesday our staff writer Cat shared her thoughts on money and happiness in I’m Pretty Sure Money Can Buy You Happiness. In the post, she shares an encouraging story of how quickly financial situations can change.
- On Thursday I shared 3 blogging tips and helped Michelle of Making Sense of Cents celebrate her two-year anniversary by co-hosting a giveaway with her in 3 Blogging Tips and an iPad Mini WIFI and $250 Cash Giveaway Gotta love giveaways ;)
I have just a couple of updates to share:
- Rental Unit Complete! – After an exhausting week of working on our rental unit, we finished late last night, just in time for our renter to start her lease today. I’m definitely thankful that my wife’s brother-in-law was able to help us with tile, trim, and a light fixture that wasn’t cooperating. It’s definitely nice to have a renter locked in for the next year, as well as put some time, effort, and $ into the rental unit.
- Site Redesign – See above – too busy to even go through the contract…though I put it on my “to do” list for this weekend.
- Weekend – I took this week one day at a time and haven’t thought much about the weekend. I definitely need to relax some, and plan on spending time with friends on Saturday night. But I’m really just excited to SLEEP.
Finally, here are five posts that I really enjoyed from this week:
- Holly from Club Thrifty talks about the not-so-fun side of owning rental properties in Being a Landlord: It’s Not All Puppies and Cupcakes.
- Cat from Budget Blonde has her husband share about his recent trip to India in How To Travel In India: Tips From My Husband.
- Rita from Digital Spikes talks about kids and money in Teaching kids about money : saving tips.
- Monica from Monica on Money answers an important question in Debt collectors: What can defend you from their harassments?.
- Matt from Mom and Dad Money talks about the cost of having a baby in The Mythical $12,000 Baby.
How was your week? What are your plans for the weekend? Anyone else plan on catching up on sleep?
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Thanks for the mention! I hope that you have a great weekend!
This weekend I’m catching up with work….totally swamped!
Holly at ClubThrifty Best of luck catching up on work and hope you have a good weekend!
Glad to hear you got the rental unit complete, I am sure that is a big weight off your shoulders. I may be doing some catch up as well this weekend as I’m a bit behind. Have a great weekend DC!
FrugalRules Definitely a big weight off my shoulders! I’m a bit behind on everything as well because so much time was spent on the rental. Hope you have a good one!
That’s awesome about the rental unit being complete. I plan on using this weekend to catch up on work and hopefully get some sleep!
SenseofCents Good luck to you on catching up on work!
I wish I was catching up on sleep – no rest for the wicked though…
Also – sweet bar!
MonsterPiggyBank We’ll see if it actually happens. I have a lot to get done since I spent the last week coordinating and working on the rental improvements.
Thanks for the mention DC. Your new site design is awaited, good luck. Have a great weekend
Rita P No problem Rita, and I hope you have a good weekend too!
Sounds like you’ve been real busy this week, but in a good way. I hope you have a good weekend and can do some much needed relaxing.
CommonCentsWealth Thanks Jake! Yeah it was a lot of work getting everything ready for today. Here’s to a relaxing weekend.
Congrats on finishing the rental unit! Hope you enjoy your much-needed sleep!
Beachbudget Thanks : )
Your week sounds exactly like mine! We are putting a ton of work into our rental right now, I’m working on redesigning my site, and I need sleep too!
ayoungpro Haha nice! Best of luck with getting everything done and I hope you get some sleep!
You deserve a relaxing weekend! It’s been a crazy few weeks for you. And I like how our mythical house is turning out. Pool, hot tub, wet bar. :) Enjoy a restful weekend!
TheHeavyPurse Thanks, I will try to make it a restful one though I struggle with that sometimes. Yes, my house is pretty impressive! I wonder what I’ll add this week… : P
Hope your weekend is relaxing! I’m not doing much this weekend and I’m looking forward to it. :)
Tara Zee Thanks and hope you have a good one!
Good to hear you have your rental unit finished and ready to go. Hope the new tenant enjoys all of your hard work.
TacklingOurDebt I hope she does too! Until I owned a place I never appreciated all the hard work that goes into even the smallest details.
Week was good. Going to hit up some Yard Sales with my Grandma in the morning, should be fun. Have a great weekend DC!
deaconhayes Hope you find something good at the sales!
The bar looks great. Class all the way. Thanks for the shout out. Enjoy a relaxing weekend!
Matt @ Mom and Dad Money I think you might have missed the joke, but it’s not actually my bar haha. I have been posting a pic each week of things I would LIKE to have in my house, but I pretend like I am actually making these additions.
LOL I missed the joke too. I totally thought that was yours! We can dream though can’t we? We can dream!
DebtFreeDreaming I can definitely dream – and I do!
Great job on getting the rental up and running, DC! Every time I see that post title of Holly’s, I want cupcakes. And a puppy. :-)