The smell of fireworks has dissipated, and it’s back to business as usual in the US.

Here are this week’s debt-reduction posts:

• The Debtress has tips for sticking within a budget.
• Live Real, Now contends that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure:  “Teaching kids about money is the best way to keep them out of debt as adults.”

Thanks!

• Here's how to submit your post to the Carnival this week BlogCarnival.com is down at the moment, so it looks like we'll be doing things a bit differently for No Credit Needed to host this coming week. Please submit the following information to codrmail *AT* gmail *DOT* com: Your blog's name Your name or screen alias Your post title Your post......
• Four Pillars has posted this week's Carnival A big thank-you to Quest for Four Pillars for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction.  His picks for this week from the submissions: Jeff Rose talks about debt consolidation loans. The Canadian Finance Blog discusses the difference between fixed and variable-rate mortgages. Debt Goal reports that foreclosure problems arrive......

• Happiness Is What Matters, Not Net Worth. With Thanksgiving Day coming up tomorrow, I wanted to write a post just to remind everyone of what I think is truly important - happiness. If you are happy, you have something to be thankful for tomorrow, as there are many, many people around the world who have it way......
• Supplementary Solutions for Debt Repayment There are a number of other things that you can do in order to improve your current money situation at the same time as you are working on the debt repayment solutions that we touched on in the previous three articles of this series. While you will be seeing results......