This Week in Carnivals - 2nd week in February
I decided it was time to try out some carnivals again this last weekend. I submitted posts to FOUR carnivals and am just amazed at how much content people are writing these days. There’s just so many good posts out there just begging to add feeds to my reader! For my weekly (when I participate) carnival posts I’m going to just list the carnivals I submitted to along with the post I submitted and a couple of others that I enjoyed in it.
So here’s the list for the 2nd week of February!
Carnival of Personal Finance #139 - hosted by My Dollar Plan
| My Post: | Values - not exactly the ideal post for PF, but it was one of my favorite posts to write with just a bit of PF twist tied to my own personal values. |
| Others I liked: | Blunt Money: Poor Planning = Higher Spending - this one I can totally relate to, and I deal with it all the time by looking for ways to help myself avoid the impulses. |
| Smart Easy Money: When do you change your budget? - totally hit home for me. We need to get through a month on a budget again so we can start changing it every month as needed so we’re not always blowing away our allocated amounts. |
Carnival of Debt Reduction 126 - hosted by DebtFREE-Revolution
| My Post: | Out of Control: Are we like this lady? - An example of what it can be like if you don’t take control of your finances now. |
| Others I liked: | One Girl’s Quest: secret to debt reduction success - Another thing I can relate to. Making a game out of the entire thing. My family loves games and it’s my "secret" addiction. I should apply this to reducing debt more. |
| Ask Mr Credit Card: Most Common Debts - Funny, I only have 3 of these and I’m still over a quarter-million in debt! (can you guess which 3? hint - I have a budget page!) |
46th Carnival of Money Stories - hosted by Mrs. Micah
| My Post: | Analyzing the Holiday Financial Setbacks - Yeah, we had setbacks alright. Too much for my liking… |
| Others I liked: | DebtFREE-Revolution: Stupid Tax: Overdraft Fees - We do this way too much. Stupid indeed! |
| Credit Withdrawal: Should you Share Financial Information with Family? - We don’t, but perhaps someday we will. We keep things pretty ambiguous to avoid any "keeping up with the Joneses" contests that always seem to come up. |
Festival of Frugality #112 - hosted by Lazy Man and Money
| My Post: | Examine Your Credit Card Interest Rates Often - This one hurt. We’ve wasted so much money because our creditors have changed rates on us unnoticed. |
| Others I liked: | Being Frugal: 75 Frugal hacks for your home - I have a fairly big house for my big family. Lot of good tips in here. |
| Early Retirement Extreme: List of 25 Money-saving Tips - We’ve just recently been trying to adopt a frugal lifestyle applying one tip at a time. We’ve done a few of these, but some tips we hadn’t thought about. |
Wow, that took a lot longer to put together than I’d expected. There’s so much good stuff out there. 
Debtbeater
February 12th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Thanks for the include, I’m glad you liked the article. I can’t think of anyone I’ve talked to that considered it ‘easy’ to talk to relatives about money. Strange.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Thanks for the mention!
February 13th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Thanks for including my post