On April 13, Betty’s going to be on The Balancing Act, on Lifetime Television.
It’s a 1-hour weekday show, on at 7 am Eastern and Pacific. According to Lifetime, The Balancing Act is “dedicated to creating trusted solutions — for women facing today’s greatest challenges.” It’s unclear where they rank building wealth among “today’s greatest challenges”, but it’s probably somewhere around scaling nuclear power down to household size and figuring out whether it’s feasible to send humans to Mars.
And if Betty’s not a trusted solution, no one is.
Seriously, we’ve caught a few episodes of the show and it’s extremely fun. They talk about cooking, beauty, fashion, travel, and on April 13, personal finance. Betty’s going to share tips from Control Your Cash: Making Money Make Sense and hopefully help viewers learn how to buy assets, sell liabilities, and live life on their own terms.
Also, Denise Austin is part of the show, which means Greg is going to find a way to make it to the studio.
If you’re watching TV at that hour of the day anyway, what are you watching? Probably your insipid local news program, which is hosted by a couple of plastic anchors who would gladly sell your and their families into slavery for a chance to move to a bigger market. Either that, or you’re watching the same SportsCenter that was on the previous night and will be on another 8 times that morning. Instead, join Betty on Lifetime. We’ll testify that she’s delightful to wake up to.
5 days to the Carnival of Personal Finance
Your kids have been bugging you all month. “CAN WE GO TO THE CARNIVAL? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! I WANT TO SEE THE BLOG POSTS! YOU PROMISED US WE’D SEE THE BLOG POSTS! DADDY SAID TO ASK YOU! NEW MOMMY LETS US SEE THE BLOG POSTS AND BUYS US ICE CREAM AND LETS US STAY UP LATE WHEN WE VISIT! NO WONDER HE LEFT YOU!”
So indulge the little freaks and take them to the carnival. Specifically, the Carnival of Personal Finance. The brainchild of Flexo at Consumerism Commentary, it’s a weekly gathering place for the finest personal finance bloggers and their favorite posts. And next Monday, it makes its Control Your Cash debut. Right here. At this very URL.
What’s that? You say you’re a personal finance blogger and want to submit something? That’ll really impress your family. Especially if we decide to run it (which we probably will.) But still, Flexo runs a tight ball and we don’t want to drop the ship. So submit your rant/diatribe/jeremiad here, read the fine print and give us something original and worthwhile. Not crappy. Please. We see plenty of crappy.
It goes live on the 31st. The deadline is 6 pm Eastern on January 30. Best of luck, and let’s meet back here in a few days.