In case you haven’t heard yet, I’m participating in the Giveaway Reaching All Bible Based Blog Readers (GRABBBR for short) hosted by Lakita at Personal Finance Journey. This giveaway is a bit different as it will travel from host to host and you can keep getting entries until it’s done. If you want to get more information, make sure you check out the page Lakita put together about GRABBBR. I’ve put up $20 and 2 hours of financial planning services (a $200 value!!!) as my prize pack. There are many other great prizes, so make sure you enter to win! July 13th is the deadline, so act fast!!!

       P.S. You can get 5 entries for GRABBBR just by leaving a comment on my featured post – How to Choose a Legal Guardian for Your Child. Be sure to mention that you’re entering GRABBBR (and make sure your comment is useful…).

       ***UPDATE***: You can get an additional 5 entries for each site by leaving a comment on each participating site’s featured post. This is in addition to other possible entries for things like subscribing by email, following on Twitter, or becoming a fan on Facebook. Here’s the list of the other featured posts so far:

• Gather Little By Little – Frugal and Other Thoughts from the Road
• One Money Design – GRABBBR weekend round-up
• Personal Finance By the Book – Belated Birthday Giveaway
• Personal Finance Journey – Rank My Banks

       Here are links to the carnivals I was in this week:

• Carnival of Personal Finance – How to Choose a Legal Guardian for Your Child

 

• Festival of Frugality – The Boredom Buster: Using Variety to Break Up the Monotony

       And here are a some good articles I found this past week:

• Len Penzo dot Com – A Frugal Fact: The 6 Most Valuable Grocery Store Products Known to Man

 

• Get Rich Slowly – Choosing a Target-Date Fund – [This is an excellent guide to choosing a target date retirement mutual fund.]

 

• Oblivious Investor – American Funds in Your 401k and IRA? – [Mike shares some great advice about American Funds - why you should avoid them even though they're not the worst options out there.]

 

• Free Money Finance – Trusts and Wills Defined, Part 2: What is a Trust? – [This is a good primer on the benefits of a revocable living trust.]

 

• Money Help for Christians – Practicing Christian Hospitality – How to be a Gracious Host – [Craig shares some helpful tips on being a good host and practicing hospitality.]

       Have a great weekend!

         Paul Williams is a fee-only financial planner in Lancaster, PA. He has a passion for teaching others about personal finance - especially from a Christian perspective. If you'd like to learn about his financial planning and tax preparation services, click here.

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