Tricia runs one of my favorite blogs, Blogging Away Debt. This week, she’s hosting the 74th Carnival of Debt Reduction, which features a lot of great articles, including one of my own. Reading Tricia’s blog was one of the big inspirations in starting Poorer Than You.

Speaking of Poorer Than You, I know I haven’t been around much, and the reason is that the internet here has been extremely sporadic. Right now it’s working, but it’s running even slower than a dial-up connection, despite being high-speed cable. Curses upon you, Time Warner! I’ve basically given up on the internet for the past week, putting my time into movies, The Sims 2, and Guitar Hero… in other words, quality time with The Fella (he IS the Guitar Hero).

Even if I don’t manage to kick back into gear in the next few days (I’m hoping to!), things will settle back down at the end of the week anyways, when I return to snowy Rochester, so my grand return is simply inevitable.

Trent over at The Simple Dollar (a regular read of mine) is hosting the latest Carnival of Personal Finance. It’s quite a long one, and I’m still making my way through all the windows I opened from it! My post on the Five Things I’ll Do Once I Get a Job was included.

The Carnival of Customer Service #3 is up over at CRM Lowdown. My article about Emigrant Direct is featured, so go check it out!

FIRE Finance has post the Festival of Frugality #57, and put it in an excellent story form! It’s a hoot to read! (My submission made it, “Turn Up The Heat?“)

I promise my next post will be something substantial. We’ve been in the middle of this dreaded ice storm up here, so I’ve been fighting with clearing ice of of my car and spurts of no power!

Can I just say “Whoa!?!” Poorer Than You made it into three different blog carnivals today!

My post “Where Did That Come From?” about how I got into credit card debt, was featured in the Carnival of Credit Card #2 over at Credit Card Lowdown.

“Decluttering More Than My Finances” was in the very first Organize Your Life – Carnival Edition.

Young and Broke featured “Why I Left School” in the 83rd Carnival of Personal Finance. Consumerism Commentary also linked it as one of the highlights of the carnival!

Thank you so much to all of the hosts of these carnivals! I really enjoy the chance to read posts that I never would have found otherwise, and also the opportunity to submit my own material.

*SQUEE!*