Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Carnival of Money Stories # 48 -- Leap Year Edition

Welcome to the Carnival of Money Stories! I've dubbed this 48th Carnival the Leap Year Edition because it's a Leap Year! If you're actual birthday is Friday, February 29, Happy Actual Birthday. Enough rambling...now on with the Carnival. Enjoy!

What Does a Millionaire Sound Like? That's a good question. You'll find the answer at The Butler Project.

Christine is An American Single Mom Living in France. Recently she visited Berlin. Judging by her post The European Exchange Rate and travel in Berlin, Germany she enjoyed a budget friendly vacation.

Detail People and Bottom Line People: Differing Approaches to Carbon Footprint Dieting. Which group are you in? It doesn't matter. Money Changes Things has an electrician who appeals to both.

You Can’t Quit Poverty… but according to Iowahippiechick Dawn, you can break free.

Becky at Family and Finances and her husband are proving to be financially savvy newlyweds by checking their credit. Smart move! Ah, I love wedded bliss and togetherness. See what they discovered when you read Getting Our Free Credit Report.

Why I Started Lending Money With Prosper And Lending Club. My Two Dollars, please, tell us more!

Judging from this post Life in the Punch-a-Button Lane, vh at Funny about Money is having a less than positive customer service experience. Whatever happen to a pleasant voice on the other end of the phone?

paidtwice at I've Paid For This Twice Already... explains why It’s Good To Be Broke Sometimes.

Stephanie at Stop the Ride! made enough money online to get a 1099. (I'm a poet and I know it!) Check it out: Earning 1099's Online.

Speaking of poetry, Madeleine is Banking On Money. Her rhymes are really quite funny. At Mad Kane's Humor Blog you will laugh like frog, and I hope your day is bright and sunny!

FFB is doing a little financial reflecting... If I Could Turn Back Time - Money Mistakes I've Made. I've been doing a lot of reflecting lately. Free From Broke I say look how far you've come!

Small Cents over at Small Cents says The Grass Is Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence. In otherwords, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

The Financial Blogger asks How Much Would Pay For A Visit At The Clinic? A sneak peak into public health care.

Over at My Dollar Plan Madison is Leaving Money on the Table…. On Purpose! No worries though, it sounds like she's prioritizing.

Cash Money Life reminds us that honesty is the best policy when he tells this story: The Choice of What is Right, and What is Easy.

Pay down the mortgage or pay down consumer debt and student loans? Read what S.B. at Be Thrifty Like Us was doing. Our Experience: Pay Off The Mortgage or Not?.

Here's an interesting question? Prime Time Money asks Do You Tell Your Parents the Details of Your Finances?.

BeThisWay at Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You? explains how to create a win-win situation in her article Saving and Spending and Everyone Wins. Oh, how I wish it could always be this way.

Exercising patience will save you money. Stephanie at Unclaimed Money explains how in her post Patience is a Frugal Virtue.

King of Debt at We're In Debt reminds us of the money mantras in this post Day 655: Applying Best Practices to Your Life.

Tyler at Dividend Money must be living the money mantras. You'll see what I mean when you read his post How To Manage Debt And Build Wealth.

To settle or not to settle? Shaheen Lakhan at GNIF Brain Blogger explains why Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court.

Thanks for visiting this week's Carnival of Money Stories #48. Be sure to visit next week's Carnival. It will be hosted by Piggy Bank Blues.

10 comments:

Stephanie said...

Thanks for hosting!

Dawn said...

Terrific job with the Carnival - And thanks for including me -
I appreciate it!

PT said...

Thanks for hosting! Great job.

Free From Broke said...

Thanks for hosting and including my article! Great job!

Becky@FamilyandFinances said...

I love your style! Thanks for including me :)

RacerX said...

Great job on the Carnival!

Funny about Money said...

Thanks for including Funny in this great collection of stories! I'm looking forward to reading them all.

Mrs. Micah said...

Great job hosting! I didn't have a money story this week, so I didn't submit, but you did a fantastic job. Congrats on your first carnival! :)

wealthy_1 said...

Thanks everyone! Hosting was a lot of fun!

My Dollar Plan said...

Great job, thanks for including me!