Thanks go to “Debbie Dragon” at Destroy Debt for hosting this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction! Her favorites for this week were these three:

Debt Reduction Formula posts a brief history of grass lawns. (No, it really does have to deal with debt reduction!)
The Pennywise Librarians presents “And when I’m bad, I am very, very bad.”
Savvy Frugality explains why little things mean a lot.

Please check out the Carnival for the rest of the great posts!

• Blogging Away Debt has posted Carnival #116 A big thank-you to Tricia from Blogging Away Debt (who is now halfway toward her debt payoff goal!) for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction. Her five favorites from this week's submissions: Cooking Money posted on the side effects of being in debt I've Paid for this Twice Already......
• Picks from this week's carnival As promised, here are some of my picks from this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction: Searchlight Crusade does his usual thorough job with this post on forty- and fifty-year mortgages. New and creative ways to goad people into taking on more debt than they can handle so that they're forever......

• Weekly Roundup Returns: Catching Up Edition   Photo by Hamed Saber Thanks again for all the thoughts, prayers and well-wishes you've shared over the last couple weeks.  My mom will soon be having surgery in an effort to resolve a very serious condition, and all signs point to a successful outcome.  I'll be taking the weekend......
• Money carnivals for this week This week's blog carnivals dealing with personal finance, debt reduction, business, frugality, and investing are up.Next week, the 50th Carnival of Debt Reduction will be here!  I have a request (totally voluntary) for those who submit a post for next week's carnival:If you are blogging about your personal debt reduction......