Once again, my wife is off visiting our eldest daughter in Israel so I’m holding down the fort.  It’s just me and my 10-year old and since she can’t reach the stove, kitchen duties fall to me.

I very rarely touch the business end of a pan or pot in our house so nobody expects me to discover the joys of cooking.  But I have discovered one thing – Mac & Cheese saves lives and marriages. If you have ever been suddenly thrust into the position of chief operating manager of your household – you know exactly what I’m talking about.

Outside of cooking, I really hold my own.  Washing clothes.  Doing dishes.  No problemo.  I enjoy it…..but cooking…not my bag man…not my bag.

But being Mr. Mom isn’t too bad.

To be frank, I love spending time with each of my children alone.  As you may recall, I visited my daughter in Israel last month so we had great “just us” time.  Now, even though I miss my bride, it’s very cool to spend some time with our youngest. It helps me learn things about her that I never noticed before.  I’ve got to find a way to spend some “just us” time with my middle child soon.

What has this got to do with personal finance?  Absolutely nothing.  I just wanted to share that I’m having a blast this holiday season and I hope you are too.

ON TO THE PILGRIM PICK OF THE PACK

Darwin’s Finance snags the award just in time to put it up on the trophy rack for 2009 – nicely done Dar. Our scientific explorer of finance offers up 7 Year-End Tax Tips You Can’t Miss! Check it out.

Patrick over at CashMoneyLife has some bold ideas about your press release. Me likey.  Helpful and clear.

Staff writer Craig Ford with Moolanomy  has some good advice on your budget.

Green Panda was some agreat advice for automating your finances in college. (Are you listening kids?)

Monevator asks why anyone goes shopping in stores when they can do so at their keyboards.

Weakonomics offers insight into our banking industry.  Interesting….very very interesting.

Liz Weston suggests gifts that save folks money.

Check out the various posts in Best of Money – this is a carnival that I participated in.

Flexo’s accountant saved him $15,000. That’s some serious cabbage.

My brudder Matt suggests the importance of character in success.  A message we can’t hear enough.

Financial Samurai wrote an award-winning article about credit cards possibly being a weapon of mass financial destruction.  Do you agree?

Are the wealthy really who you think they are? FreeMoneyFinance suggest they are not.

Mike talks about the real risks of owning bonds.  Really important if you own or are thinking about bonds as an investment.

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