Tk was quite eventful in terms of blogger activity!
I met up with the bloggers from Give Me Back my Five Bucks, Dividend Ninja, Preet Banerjee, Squawkfox, and Bryan Borzykowski a journalist who writes for Money Sense, Canadian Business, and The Globe and Mail. It was like a mini-Canadian personal finance meetup.
Needless to say, I was star struck 
It was great meeting the people behind the blogs. Although I “know” what they look like because they all have profiles attached to their blogs/ writing, it was still really cool to meet everyone in person. Everyone was even more amazing IN person compared to the personality expressed on their blogs and in their writing.
What was also really cool was that The Consumerist picked up my dual posts on How to Rent out your Basement Suite. If you haven’t read it yet, here is part I and part II.
The only thing viral in real life and not blog life that happened was me getting a cold after my boyfriend ended up catching a viral pneumonia. He’s doing much better now but I feel a little guilty giving him heck for catching one of his “man colds”.
PF Blog Love
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Squawkfox shares her top 10 blog posts of 2011 ( I loved the wedding post, myself) - Dividend Ninja updates us on how his blog is doing
- Preet Banerjee has a great post detailing the impact of mutual fund fees over a period of 25 years. One word. Ouch!
- Krystal from Give Me Back my Five Bucks shares her 2012 goals as she embarks on freelancing
- Bryan Borzkowski asks you really Yuan To Make Money.
- Retire by 40 asks you what your motivation is to earn more
- Boomer and Echo help you decide whether or not to keep your company pension or take the commuted value
- My Own Advisor asks us to think about making a STOP doing list instead of a TO DO list for 2012. Now that’s a novel idea…!
- Sandy from Yes I am Cheap thinks that we’re all going to rock 2012. Yeaaaah!
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!
Readers, I’m curious to know wat are your plans?
A) stay home (I honestl think that BF and I are getting old. I hope he feels better soon
B) Go out to a dedicated NYE party
C) Go to a house party
Thanks for the link – great to meet you in person!
@Preet- Likewise
Congratulations on the Consumerist mention, that’s awesome! Sounds like a fun meet-up for the Vancouver bloggers.
I think we’ll have a pretty quiet NYE this year (again). We’re old too
Thanks for the mention and thanks for all of your support this year. All the best in 2012!
@Echo- Thanks for all YOUR support this year!! Happy New Years to you and your mom and your wife and daughter!
Congrats on the Consumerist mention. That is awesome!! One day my turn will come too- I hope.
Awesome that you got to meet up with some of the other Canadian Bloggers. Very cool.
As far as our new years plans, we are just having some friends over for a pot luck, games, and some laughs. It is tons of fun.
@Miss T- I’m sure it will be soon. Pot luck and games sounds like a great evening. I like to hear that most people seem to be taking a low key approach to New Years- my kind of night too!
“I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.” ~Samuel Butler
@Liquid Independence- Great quote
I must say I think BF really enjoyed his extended vacation
Thanks for the mention! Sorry about the cold. I guess it’s the season. Baby RB40 is sick too and hopefully he’ll get better soon. Nice job on getting a mention on Consumerist. Have a great New Year!
@retirebyforty- Hope you have a great New Year! Hope Baby RB40 recovers before the new year.
Oh, what a fun thing, meeting up like that! We’ll be doing a bit of A and C. We’re boring but pretending to be social. :p
@femmefrugality- A and C? Sorry I must be too old to understand what that means..!
Thank you for the links. I have a few more days to my vacation. If I can’t finish them, I’ll bookmark them for weekend reading. Happy new year!
@Jim Syyap- Have a great vacation!
Hope your BF gets better soon. My BF is sick, too. Seems like a cold/flu thing.
We are planning to attend a house party but will likely come home afterwards, although people are planning to head out to a club after. We are getting old, as well!
@fabulouslyfrugirl- Sounds like everyone and their kitchen sink is sick. I went to a club briefly when I went to Whistler and I felt so uncomfortable (and old). Hope you have a great night.
I hope you feel better! Colds suck. I guess that’s one good thing about being single – I’m less likely to get sick…
I’m staying home since I can see fireworks from my apartment building’s rooftop and next year I won’t be able to from my condo. I’ve invited a few friends over and we’re going to do some baking or something. It should be a nice, quiet evening
That mini-Canadian PF meet-up sounds awesome!!
@Leigh- Thanks! I already feel better- I was pumping oregano oil in myself like crazy and my sore throat and headache are abolished. Sounds like a great night- fireworks on a rooftop patio (sigh!).
I just wanted to say hello from the Yakezie Challenge. My kids gave me a stomach virus. I never knew the band and model number of my toilet before but I highly recommend American Standard in case you were in the market for one. Sorry to here you got a cold but isn’t that part of the deal? Anyway nice tribute to the bloggers. I want to check them out during the weekend.
Happy New Year.
@Jal Catalano- Hello! Welcome to the Yakezie! Haha… Awe man, sorry to hear that you got to see the band and model number on your toilet so closely!! Hope you feel better in the new year!
Thanks for the PF blog love Y&T!
Sounds like you a great time out with the bloggers! A few of us meet every now and again in Ottawa, and it’s fun.
For tonight, we’re travelling to Toronto (4 hour drive) for a small gathering with close friends. Should be good. Nothing fancy, just some food, some drink and some board games. I just hope we can all stay up until midnight
A very HNY and looking forward to a graet 2012 chatting with you!
Mark
@My Own Advisor- Which one of you guys meet in Ottawa? Yeah, I admit at first I was a bit hesitant and nervous about it, but I’m glad I went in the end. I feel like I “talk” to you guys so much and it is great to actually meet in person. Sounds like you have great plans planned for tonight. I’m having a great NYE, laid back and chillaxed
Y&T Thanx for the mention, and it was a delight to finally meet you in person as well !
Sorry to hear your down with the cold and hoping your BF is getting better soon. Darn that’s rough..
Well tonight I get to work stat-pay, starting at midnight. The highlight of my New Years will be getting my pager and checking in
But to be honest I’m partied out this week, so it’s cool with me.
You and BF take care!
Cheers
The Dividend Ninja
@Dividend Ninja- He’s already feeling better, thankfully. It was a quick illness. Hope you have a nice shift
Happy New Year! See you soon.
Congrats on the Consumerists mentions!!! I hope your BF feels better soon, and I hope you both have a wonderful New Years!!!!
@Roshawn- Thanks! Happy New Years!
I normally don’t go out on New Year’s, but I did this year since our complex was having a party. No driving required = everyone made it home alive! Happy New Year!
@Little House- Win win win!
Happy New Year! Great way to chill with your neighbours- sounds like a great evening.
Great job with the Consumerist! And well-deserved as well! I loved those articles. A lot!
How are you and your BF doing health wise? You guys just fell apart it seems towards the end of the year. I hope you are doing better!
Happy New Year!
@Aloysa- Thanks! Yup, we’ve both recovered and are ready to face 2012! Happy New Year to you too.
Congrats on the mention, and that is so cool that you got to meet up with those bloggers! For NYE we stayed home… nobody was sick but we were exhausted from a bunch of driving coming back from a mini-trip.
@Financial God- LOL love your blog name! Sounds like you had a great time nonetheless. There’s something so rewarding about staying home and relaxing when you know that everyone is getting trashed out of their minds and will probably get a terrible hangover the next day.