It has been 3 months since I began blogging, there are so many things to learn and so little time. I try to work while Maiya takes a nap, which totals about 1 to 3 hours a day. Maiya wakes up often at night, sometimes 6~8 times, after a sleep-deprived night, I usually was not very productive the next day. How to be more productive is an area that I have a lot to learn as well. One thing I just learned yesterday was to utilize Microsoft works calendar. I used to use my planner book to write down my to-do list, it’s hard to write down everything in the small space of a monthly planner, so finally it dawned on me to check into my Microsoft works programs, I found its calendar program and like it a lot. Now I keep the calendar running whenever I work, and I can edit my calendar anytime, and switch between monthly, weekly, daily by one click. Isn’t that amazing that it took me so long to realize I have a tool handy to help me to be more productive?

Anyway, this post is to catch up on linking to the carnivals in which my posts were presented:
•Carnival of Everything Finance #12 edition includes my post: How did I save $200 a month on grocery

•The Carnival of Money Stories #45 includes my money story.

•American Economics Carnival includes my post: What are you going to do with your tax rebate?

•Festival of Frugality #116 includes my post: Save money on home phone bill

•Food, glorious food for spring time and Carnival of Recipes include my post: Shrimp pasta with parsley oil

Thank you for the hosts to have included my posts. For those of you who don’t know what carnival is, it is a collection of posts submitted by bloggers to whoever host a carnival on various subjects. Hop over, and take a look, you may find some great blogs there. Enjoy!