Happy Saturday Queercents readers! The weekend is here and the weather on the East Coast is beautiful. Finally all those weeks of hard work gardening are starting to pay off as I’m harvesting lovely greens, tomatoes and zucchini. Before I go back to playing in the dirt though, he’s the roundup.

  • If you’re looking for a little DIY this weekend, here’s a DIY (vegan) lip balm. (Read it at Instructables)
  • Trent has some great tips about using Google Calender to keep his money straight. If you’re not into Google Calender (like me) it seems any digital calender will do. (Read it at The Simple Dollar)
  • Google just continues to insinuate itself everywhere though, and J.D. mentions free financial spreadsheets from Google Docs. (Read it at Get Rich Slowly)
  • Sometimes an emotional spending spree will throw your budget all to hell. Check out Wise Bread’s six tips to avoid this pitfall. (Read it at WiseBread)
  • Ramit is offering a free 30-page ebook for anyone who wants to recession-proof their career. (Read it at I Will Teach You to Be Rich)
  • Write to Done suggests seven simply ways to improve your writing. (Read it at Write to Done)

Queercents flashback: Helen offers a thought provoking article saying that you get what you measure.

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