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Married life has been great!  I’m so happy that I’ve met someone to share my life with and I am excited about my life ahead.  What’s even more exciting for you guys is the $1500 giveaway in about a weeks time.  Good luck in advance to the people that have/will enter!

Check these articles out in the meantime and you might be able to afford a giveaway of your own!

• Gather Little by Little has a post on 5 simple ways to save money!
• The Dough Roller examines the two P2P lending options.  Check it out if you’ve always wanted to try it!
• Blueprint tells us not to use debit cards!  For most people that cannot control their spending, using debit cards is actually better but the responsible amongst us should not worry and use the credit card!
• Five Cent Nickel has twelve tips for preparing your home for sale!
• All Financial Matters checks out the ten worst days of the S&P 500 in history!
• My Two Dollars discusses his sources of alternative income and how he makes them work for him!
• Fiscal Musings shares his thoughts on where we can find sound financial advice.  This is a question I need answered myself since I’m at the stage of my life where I believe talking to a financial planner makes sense.
• Off topic - Tech Planet tells us about a project that uses electric fish to calm the human brain

Carnivals I’ve participated in -

• Carnival of Personal Finance
• Festival of Frugality