A patriotic thanks to Rocket Finance for hosting this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction.  So tear into those barbecue leftovers and check out his picks for the week:

• Debt Free Adventure encourages you to follow through! with your financial goals.
• Free Money Finance contends that the King of Pop and the King of Debt are the same person.
• Bargaineering explains how debt settlement works.

Enjoy!

• Welcome to Carnival of Debt Reduction #114 Good evening! Looks like I'm pinch-hitting for DebtFREE-Revolution this week; she's feeling really lousy and just got on to tell me that she can stay up for a couple of hours at a time before she collapses. So you might want to drop by her blog and give her some......
• Rocket Finance has posted the Carnival! A big thank-you to Rocket Finance for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction! Two of this week's submissions caught his eye: Not the Jet Set proclaims the frugal virtues of frozen pizza. The Digerati Life suggests ways to make 10 ordinary things last longer. Enjoy the rest of this......

• Link roundup: Scour edition I've scoured my feed reader for some of the best articles from the MBN and others: Five Cent Nickel serves up a list of twelve resources for buying smart.  (Surprisingly, eBay isn't one of the ones he lists!) Free Money Finance discusses the "sad rule" of home buying.  (I'd never......
• Weekly Round Up: Decompressing for the Weekend   Photo Credit: Klearchos Kapoutsis We've been running around for the past few weeks and its catching up. I'm enjoying my new job, but I'm still getting used to the routine and schedule. We were invited to hang with friends this weekend at their lakehouse and we accepted. So when you......