M is for Money posted a very flowery Carnival of Debt Reduction on Monday to celebrate the arrival of the spring equinox.  Thanks go out to her for hosting!  Two of the submissions made Editor’s Pick for this week:

• Welcome to the Carnival of Debt Reduction Welcome to this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction!  This week we have a bit of an Olympic medal theme.  Four of my favorite posts (gold medals) are at the top, and this week I'm highlighting first a couple of folks who are actively reducing their debt and doing a bang-up......
• Welcome to a windy and rainy Carnival of Debt Reduction We're in hurricane season, and early last week there were five named Atlantic storms on the map:  Gustav, Hanna, Ike, Josephine, and Karina.  Hanna is flying up the east coast of the United States as I'm putting this Carnival together. Thankfully Hanna wasn't much where I was on Saturday but......

• Monday money carnivals are up! Blueprint for Financial Prosperity hosts this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction! Jim poetically described the carnival's purpose as "to help all of us get a better handle on our debt and its slow death." Exactly. Next week's host: You Need A Budget! Wealth Junkie hosts this week's Carnival of......
• Debt reduction, saving, and investing: Which when? Figuring out what to do with your income is fundamentally what budgeting is all about. If you don't have consumer debt, the choice, once you've accounted for expenses and charitable giving (including tithes), the money is either saved or invested. Just put the money to good use working for you.......