A big thank-you to Simply Forties for hosting this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction!  She’s put together a very friend-friendly Carnival in honor of International Friendship Month.

Some of her favorites this week:

• Bible Money Matters gives show how to jumpstart your personal economy by a doing your first budget
• MasterYourCard reviews the difference between checking and savings accounts
• I Pick Up Pennies asks if you’re a frugal fire fighter
• Money Blue Book wonders whether there will be a second stimulus check headed our way

Please check out the Carnival and have a great week!  Give an old friend a call or look a few long-lost classmates up on Facebook, too.

• Credit Addict has posted the Carnival A big thank-you to Credit Addict for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction! He chose five submissions for this week's Editor's Picks: Blueprint For Financial Prosperity with Curb Spending by Writing Goals on Credit Cards Paid Twice with I’ll Do What I Want With My Economic Stimulus Check The......
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