Just a simple reminder…

…and my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Phil 4:19 (AMP)

and here are a few articles I have been reading lately…

and CPF was featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance

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Kiplinger’s 6 best budgeting websites…

I just found this article from Kiplinger’s that caught my eye. I previously wrote about my favorite free budget software and 10 free budget spreadsheets that I found, but I try to keep an eye out for new budgeting tools that pop up.

The best budgeting website is…

No surprise, their favorite was Mint.com. But they didn’t like that there wasn’t an easy way to manually add transactions and also thought that the support forums were not very helpful.

Next they mentioned Wesabe.com and Geezo.com. Here is what they had to say about them…

If you’re more interested in an online community, we suggest Geezeo.com or Wesabe.com. The latter keeps your budgeting focused. Although you can manage credit and savings accounts on the site, we had trouble uploading that data and stuck primarily to tracking our checking. However, Wesabe lets you manually enter cash accounts and transactions. You can link all your accounts to Geezeo, but we experienced some difficulty when trying to add more than one account from a single financial institution. Also, its investment-account tracker is rather bare bones, listing only your holdings’ shares and market values–unlike Mint, whose investment tool tracks fund and stock performance and portfolio allocation. Like Mint, Geezeo automatically tags your expenses; Wesabe invites you to create your own labels.

For the people who are not comfortable linking their bank accounts to the budgeting site they suggested using BudgetTracker.com or BudgetPulse.com. (Craig from BudgetPulse is a regular reader of CPF, so I am sure he is loving this shout-out!)

They also mentioned Buxfer.com explaining that it, “specializes in group budgeting and IOUs among friends. Perfect for roommates or group vacations, you can invite contacts to join and track shared bills (you can even access Buxfer via a Facebook application).”

There has also been a long-running discussion in the forums about budgeting tools which provides some valuable information if you are interested…

And a few other interesting links I found this week…

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Taskwriter - A GTD tool

A while ago I wrote about a personal productivity book that I really enjoyed called Getting Things Done. It is one of the most popular books in the productivity genre and rightfully so. The GTD system is a really well designed system that makes organizing your life doable.

Yesterday I found a cool tool, its called Taskwriter. Taskwriter.com streamlines the GTD system even more than David Allen outlined in the book. They have created an online way to monitor your inbox, next action items, and other categories of to-dos. It is very simple and easy to use even for someone who doesn’t know the GTD system. If you are looking for an online to-do list, it is worth checking out.

A few other articles I have been reading lately…

And a few carnivals ChristianPF participated in the past week…

Carnival of Personal Finance, 20-something finances, Festival of Frugality, Eco-Carnival

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Easy $20 for ING checking customers

ING wants to pay you to use your Debit card

If you have an Electric Orange Checking with ING Direct you are eligible to receive $20 from them. All you have to do is use your debit card 5 times during November (purchases more than $10 each) and they will add $20 to your account on December 15th. You can read more about it here.

If you are interesting finding out more about ING and why I and so many others rave about them, check out 10 things I love about ING Direct.

And here are a few of the articles that I have been reading this week…

And these are a few carnivals that ChristianPF participated in… Carnival of Personal Finance, Eco-blog Carnival, Money Hacks, Finance Fiesta.

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It’s cold!

Fall came and went. Or so it seems. I woke up this morning, looked out the window and it just looks cold! I checked the temp and it was in the 30s. This feels especially cold since we just had a 78 degree day earlier this week.

On the other hand, the cold weather reminds me that the holidays are approaching and there isn’t a better time than Christmas season! I love Christmas!!

These are a few of the articles I have been reading this week…

And these are a few carnivals that some CPF articles were featured in…

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If credit were a plant (or a cactus)

I found this and think it is very true. Our nation has become so over-extended and as a result, many creditors have tightened the purse strings. This cartoon depicts it well…

Source: inkcinct.com.au

Investing interview

Recently I was interviewed by Todd over at Ten Talents Club. He asked me quite a few questions about investing for the long term. The recording of the interview is available to all of their club members. He is part of the Ten Talents Club which is a program designed to help Christians manage their finances.