The pool at the apartment complex is open and I’m excited. It’s been extrememly hot, so using the pool is at the top of my list. We can get cool and get some exercise done. 

We went in yesterday and it went well. The pool wasn’t crowded and we pretty much had the deep end to ourselves. 

Personal Finance Carnivals

• I hosted the Carnival of Debt Reduction.  There were a lot of great posts to read and learn from.
• Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted by FIRE Finance. 
• Personal Finance Analyst has done a wonderful job hosting the Festival of Frugality.

Top Personal Finance Posts This Week

• 15 Online Resources for Improving Your Financial Health
  
• Suze Orman – Not Equipped to Educate Us?
• What Is Your Debt Philosophy?
• 24 Reasons (Excuses) You Haven’t Saved Money Yet
• 14 Things to Avoid Saying in an Interview
• Microsoft Money gets the axe
• Splitting Expenses – Is It Worth It?
• Dealing With Trial Periods
• How in the world did I get here?
• Frugal Options for TV and Movie Buffs

Have a great weekend!

• Weekly Round Up: Preparing for Visitors This weekend is busy, as we're preparing to have family over next weekend. I'm trying to get all my freelance work and errands done, so I' have plenty of free time to hang with my in-laws when they come down. I'm looking forward to having a great time and showing......
• Weekly Round Up: Great Nexus Photo Credit: Great Nexus   Pinyo over at Moolanomy has a new and very helpful site over at the Great Nexus. If you're looking to get a nice snapshot of what going on with sports, health, tech, and of course, personal finance; this is a fantastic site. If you happen to be......

• The No Credit Needed Network has posted the carnival Welcome to 2007 everyone!  Thanks again to NCN who filled in the busy end-of-year schedule to post the first Carnival of Debt Reduction for 2007!A few great personal debt reduction stories in this edition:Debt Hater with two posts on her lessons learned on debt and personal finances.Debt Free 4 Ever......
• Friday Link Love And Carnival Roundup First off, let me apologize for the irregular posting schedule this week.  A deluge at work and some personal reasons have really cut into my blogging time, but I will be back on the regular schedule next week.  I'm working on writing some reserve posts I can publish just in case something......