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by Tricia

I have to be honest with everyone. With all the extra attention lately, I’m not quite sure what to write! Every time I do one of those personality tests, I score high on the introverted side of the spectrum. If you think about the life of the party, that’s not me. I am the quiet one sitting in the corner watching everyone else.

Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy everyone visiting and I love the comments. I just have to get a little used to it. I lead a very quiet life, and the activity here is really spicing things up. I think I’m overwhelmed. One thing about my blog is that I rarely write things in advance. I’ve tried to do that before and it doesn’t work well for me. I’d much rather write in the moment. Usually that means I write something the night before and then the next day quickly look at it to make sure it makes sense and I spelled things right. Then I post it. Then there are times I may go on a little rant and I post something immediately. I guess it depends on how I’m feeling and what I’m thinking about.

I think the timing of my sickness hasn’t helped either. I am feeling better today, although still a little weak.

Rest assured, I should be back to normal posting shortly 🙂

by Tricia

Today was a rough day in our household. Around 1pm I came down sick with what we believe was some type of food poisoning. I ended up sleeping a good portion of the afternoon and didn’t wake up until 8pm. I’m finally starting to feel better, but unfortunately my husband is now sick as well. Thank goodness our son was spared.This morning I peeked in here and answered some emails. I do try to answer them all. Today’s sickness put me a little behind, so if you don’t hear back from me in a few days, that’s why.

I wanted to say thank you for all of the comments and emails I’ve received. I’ve noticed a few new blogs spouting up and I think it’s great that others are deciding to use the internet for accountability. The one thing that happened when I started my blog is that I now talk about finances with my mom and one of my friends. I showed them the blog to open up dialogue, which I feel is a really good thing.

Probably many of you are new to the world of financial blogs. There are actually over 800 out there being aggregated on one great website, pfblogs.org. Chances are, you can find multiple blogs that interest you. There are some written by financial planners, college students, over 30 crowd, real estate and investors and then there are of course other debt bloggers out there that were not mentioned in the NYT article.

I’ll be working to answer emails and comments and I thank you for your patience in the meantime 🙂