liebster award

This week I was given a Liebster Blog Award by Saving for Travel.  I couldn't believe it!  Her blog is a wonderful source of inspiration and motivation...please visit it if you haven't already!    By reading everyone's Frugal Living blogs I'm inspired and encouraged to live within and below our means so that our family will have money available to spend on things that truly matter to us.  (see my side bar...)

"Liebster" is a German word meaning dear, sweet, kind, nice, good, beloved, lovely, kindly, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome. What a gift to be awarded with such kindness!   As for the details...The Liebster is a way to show a little Blog Love to bloggers who currently have less than 200 followers.

The rules:

1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.
5. And most of all - have fun!

Now for my five picks, in random order, along with a peak into their profiles...

No More Spending
Welcome to No More Spending; how we manage our budget as we attempt to pay off our mortgage early, move abroad and reach Financial Freedom by 2020.

The Quest to be Financially Abundant
I am not a personal finance expert. I'm merely a 30-something woman looking to gain control over her finances and live life abundantly. This is my quest to Financial Abundance.

The Hawaii Plan
I'm a 35 year old, living in Seattle with my husband and two lovely kids. I'm super motivated by reading all of your personal finance adventures, so I'd like to track my own progress.

As you can guess from my blog title, our long-term retirement plan is to move to Hawaii. Hawaii (and retirement!) is expensive, so we have a long way to go on our journey to making that dream a reality. I'd like to use this blog as a place to track our finances, retirement savings, regular spending, share our savings tips, & learn from all of you.

Saving for Later

I'm in my 30s, single and obviously Canadian! I love to read, cook and spend time working on my finances. I just traded in my car for a newer model, so the race is on to pay that debt off ASAP.

TeachHer Finance

I'm a 26-year-old high school teacher working to get my financial house in order and enjoy life...on a notoriously small teacher's salary. I don't make a big income and probably never will, but I believe that living a life of purpose - and fun! - has nothing to do with income.


So these are my 5 picks.  I hope you'll check them out and see why I enjoy them so much!  And THANK YOU again to Saving for Travel for passing the award along to me!