Canadian Personal Finance Blog

Triumphantly returning from the Provincial championships, gold medal in hand, I am back, dear reader (no not my gold medal, I am far past those capabilities, my daughters now are both holders of Gold Medals). I was always impressed with this kind of stuff and thought how expensive they are, however, after convening a tournament and finding out just how cheap all this is, there is a little bit of tarnish (but still, it is the actual achievement that is to be celebrated, not necessarily any tangible reward from it). A very proud parent.On the finance side of things, this weekend was very expensive, but hopefully the last one for a while. Parents with children on travelling sports teams, or that have to travel because of their kids’ past times, have my sympathies. I think you could write a finance blog specifically on that topic, alone! I know of parents that spend upwards of $10,000 a year per child for hockey teams (after all the bills are tallied). Wow!

A couple of my postings have made it into the world of Carnivals:

• The Carnival of Debt Reduction #85 is being host by Money, Matter and More Musings where they mention my Rant about Pay Day Loans.

Well one posting at least, thought I had other ones, but that other e-mail was a duplicate. I will have a few other postings mentioned later in the week, I hope.I spoke to a few of the folks who work at the Hilton Hotel London, and they mentioned to me the importance of sending a “good job” e-mail to their bosses, because they do get “atta boy” points for that, so I will be sending one of those out, after I finish a few other things. Remember to thank the people who make your lives simpler or easier!