Hi and welcome to the Friday recap! I hope your week went well. Remember you can win $1000 cash thanks to that awesome giveaway, good luck!
Life news
Life is pretty slow at the moment. I am enjoying having the house back to myself after having about 20 guests in two weeks. But since most of you are deep in snow, I am sure I can find some entertaining stuff and a ray of sun for you. The works are almost finished on the new room’s walls.
Work in progress
We found some interesting stones that we tried to highlight, and are overall very happy with the progress. Except that I get awaken every day around 630am with Gagnam Style cranked up on the workers’ cellphones. Is there any Gangnam Style-free country? North Korea maybe?
stone wall
I also got to start on the 90 acres development’s website and am starting the works on Monday with the architect. And even received an inquiry out of the blue to rent our house over Easter! Since the new room will be finished I am pretty sure we will be ready to rent, or would go traveling ourselves. Yay for a holiday paid by that temporary rental!!
I know many are anxious to know how Rocky Balboa, the fighting turkey rescued from Christmas is faring among the hens, well he is behaving politely now, not looking to fight anymore, and seems more in love with BF every day. The hens are laying 3-4 eggs a day which is nice but we are still mostly buying eggs and yesterday the first hen has been seating over the eggs!! I was wondering how long it would take for one of them to do it and if the eggs would go bad by laying there with no hen on top so results in three weeks, we should get a few chickens!
Blogging news
Traffic is up since the holidays, and I notice a few new faces around here, welcome everyone, make yourselves at home. I am very happy to have you. I am still keeping up with the 5000 words per week Yakezie challenge but as I write for other sites too only half has been for RFI this week. My 4 posts were
13 money resolutions for 2013: #4 stop wasting
13 money resolutions for 2013: #5 review your expenses
13 money resolutions for 2013: #6 crush your debt!
And What are structured settlements as part of a huge $1,000 giveaway.
Reach Financial Independence was nominated a top PF blog on Money Crashers ranking and made an entry this week as #175! I am really happy about it and hope to improve this blog enough to move to the top 100 some day!
I was also featured on Mo Money Mo Houses, Canadian Budget Binder, Eyes on the Dollar, Outlier Model, Nerd Wallet, Freedom Thirty Five, Carnival of Money Pros, Lifestyle Carnival, Yakezie Carnival, Financial Carnival for Young Adults, Frugal Habits, Live to List, Carnival of Personal Finance, Carnival of Financial Planning, Modest Money, Carnival of Financial Camaraderie, Work Save Live, The Random Path, Frugal Rules, and Budget and the Beach. THANK YOU guys, you rock!
Here are a few great posts for you to enjoy!
It’s date night: Italy! at Unique Gifter
Modesty really is the best policy Alexa at Modest Money
Debt movement: get rid of debt payments once and for all! At Eyes on the Dollar
Use live chat to score deals at Rather be shopping
Financial goals 2013 at Outlier Model
Is restaurant week even a good deal? At Your PF Pro
About new year resolutions, saving and wasting at Money Principle
Being sickies gives me the perfect excuse to shop at Broke Ass Mommy
Have a great weekend!
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@Pauline – well done for the #175! We are not surprised. And thanks for the mention and your frequent comments chez nous! We follow your expoits with interest
John@MoneyPrinciple recently posted..About New Year’s resolutions, saving and wasting
Thanks John!
Thanks as always for the mention Pauline! Awesome news on the traffic and Money Crashers spot. Looks like the development is coming along nicely, the pictures look great. Have a great weekend Pauline!
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thanks John!
I just love the pics of your place! Seriously is fun to see the progress, even though I am jealous of your lack of snow
I also have been doing some fairly lengthy blog posts, not sure if I have been hitting 5k words/week, though. I have also seen traffic increase since the holidays (I checked for the first time in two weeks yesterday!). Hope you have a great weekend!
DC @ Young Adult Money recently posted..Why Living in Hawaii Sucks
You too, thanks!
Thanks for the mention, Pauline. Congrats on your spot. I thought I was doing good at #205! There are some good blogs on that list and this one is certainly not a scammer award.
Kim@Eyesonthedollar recently posted..10 Step Program For Getting Out of Debt
haha no it’s not! I was just nominated a top ”healthy lifestyle” blog or sthg as well by those scammy guys..
Nice job Pauline. It seems you have been productive lately. I just got included in the Money Crashers list as well. I didn’t know how long it would take, but I made it. I hope you are enjoying yourself!
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I guess they update everyone once every month or quarterly, for me it didn’t take a week. Congrats on your rank as well!
Thank you!
Debt Roundup recently posted..Weekly Personal Finance Blog RoundUp – No Sleep Edition
Thanks for the mention! Are You not eating any of the eggs that are being laid, or do you eat more than 3-4 a day?
Brian recently posted..Friday Quickie: Average household income by age
We have 2 eggs each for breakfast plus the occasional one for cooking and baking. At the moment we leave them all inside hoping for chickens, only when we run out do we eat our eggs. Then we hope to keep half to eat half to hatch.
Thanks for the mention. I tried to get into the Money Crashers list last year, but they don’t allow sub-domains. Now that I have my own, I’m still waiting to be included.
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Now I see no reason why not!
Have a great weekend Pauline!
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Same for you Mackenzie, thank you!
Thanks for including me, and congrats on the money crashers award & all the other progress you’ve been making. Looks like you’re really gaining a lot of momentum with this site lately!
The First Million is the Hardest recently posted..Should I Contribute to a 401(k) With No Match?
Thank you! I am happy with how this is all going but it is a time suck!
I really appreciate your support! Thanks so much!
Looking forward to seeing your 90 acres development’s website and learning all about what you have to do to be a land developer there. That is so exciting!
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No problem, I hope a few more people get curious and check the planner out!
Congratulations on the renter! That’s a great out-of-the-blue request….and 20 guests in two weeks….I don’t know what I’d do. Drink heavily?
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Yep, we definitely did some of that!
I love that you are going to have some little chickens soon
That is so exciting!
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This whole animal thing has been a lot of fun, I hope a few chickens get out of the eggs, and I can see them crack the shell! Not as exciting as what you’ll see soon but still fun!
Glad you got an inquiry already about the place. Hope you get some chickens soon. Have a great weekend!
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Thank you Tonya! Weekends are not weekends lately, all the workers are gone so my hyperactive BF has me work instead *sigh*. I hope your weekend is relaxing!
That’s awesome about Money Crashers!
20 guests – wow that’s heaps. We’ve had five, and I too am enjoying the quiet now. We have a bit of a break and then more visitors arriving soon.
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That is the price to pay to live in paradise
That would be awesome once the eggs hatch. More chickens means more eggs. Trying to buy free range eggs in my area is expensive and sometimes hard to find. Raising chickens sounds like fun. Thanks for the mention, and congrats on the ranking
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Yes, it is fun, I hope some hatch, apparently the success rate is far from 100%.
Thanks for the mention!
Gangnam Style wakeup call every morning at 6:30? Well, that’s one way to prevent oversleeping!
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Congrats on the ranking and the chickens. I’ve always thought that raising animals would be so neat. I don’t think I’d ever be able to eat an animal I raised, so they’d all be old retired animals at some point
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Thanks KK, I think I like them too much to butcher them but I really want to, or be a vegetarian. I think it is coward to eat other meats and not the ones you raise. But so far I am completely unable to do what I preach!