Housewives blog goes to carnival

Oh my gosh, I’m so excited I could just go and flip a table.

My blog titled “‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ credit card tales of trouble” about the broke but fabulous RHNJ co-star Teresa Giudice was included in the Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by Beating Broke.

Teresa and her husband are dealing with some nasty credit card debt right now. They’ve filed for bankruptcy but potentially face more legal troubles for concealing assets and lying under oath. Check out ..read more

Housewives blog goes to carnival

Oh my gosh, I’m so excited I could just go and flip a table.

My blog titled “‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ credit card tales of trouble” about the broke but fabulous RHNJ co-star Teresa Giudice was included in the Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by Beating Broke.

Teresa and her husband are dealing with some nasty credit card debt right now. They’ve filed for bankruptcy but potentially face more legal troubles for concealing assets and lying under oath. Check out ..read more

"Falling FICO credit scores" blog gets hot and nerdy

It’s not unusual for the summertime to bring high temperatures. But with thermometer readings in the northeast reaching into 90s and beyond over recent weeks, blog carnival host NerdWallet made “gettin’ hot in here” the theme of the latest Carnival of Personal Finance.

Since my latest blog post –entitled “The latest economic casualty? Falling FICO credit scores” — was included in the Carnival of PF, it’s fair to say that post is now officially both hot and nerdy. That blog ..read more

My personal "Background Check" blog an editor’s pick in Money Hackers carnival

With a recent background check performed on my name, I uncovered records of criminal activity and marriages — for other Jeremy Simons. Those results became the basis for my recent blog post, “Background Check Alerts Me to Surprising Criminal History,” which was even more recently included in the latest Money Hackers blog carnival.

Carnival host Engineer Your Finances chose “wedding and marriage” as the carnival’s theme and chose my blog post as an editor’s pick. Apparently, my decision to perform a ..read more

‘Banking headaches’ blog makes the Carnival of Personal Finance

In honor of Women’s History Month — which takes place each March — the latest Carnival of Personal Finance has been dubbed the Women in History edition and includes thoughts from Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart — and myself.

For this edition, along with the wisdom of personal finance bloggers, you also get some great quotes from six important historical female figures.

Carnival host SimplyForties has rounded up some of the blogosphere’s best posts on personal finance, which are ..read more

Carnival of Personal Finance 246: March is the month for … what?!?

One of the many ways I annoy my co-workers is to break out one of my favorite books, “Chase’s Calendar of Events,” and regale them with the random events that have taken place on this particular day in history. For example, I will say, “Did you know that today is .. ” and as their eyes reflexively begin rolling back in their heads, I’ll continue, “… National Pig Day?”

So when we got the chance to host this, the 246th edition ..read more

Calling all great personal finance bloggers

Taking Charge, the group blog by the editorial staff at CreditCards.com, is pleased to be hosting next week’s Carnival of Personal Finance.

Each Monday for nearly five years, this carnival has been a traveling weekly showcase rounding up the best personal finance advice from around the blogosphere.

We’ve hosted it three times before and had fun with the themes: There was the baseball edition, the Super Bowl edition (why, yes we do have some sports fans on the staff — ..read more

Calling all great personal finance bloggers

Taking Charge, the group blog by the editorial staff at CreditCards.com, is pleased to be hosting next week’s Carnival of Personal Finance.

Each Monday for nearly five years, this carnival has been a traveling weekly showcase rounding up the best personal finance advice from around the blogosphere.

We’ve hosted it three times before and had fun with the themes: There was the baseball edition, the Super Bowl edition (why, yes we do have some sports fans on the staff — ..read more

Oregon Trail reaches the Rich Life Carnival

My long journey on the Oregon Trail — which was really just me ordering computer parts, getting my card information stolen and then blogging about the experience — continues to roll on. The post was included just down the road a piece in the 45th edition of the Rich Life Carnival.

This week’s carnival boasts a downright smorgasbord of articles. We’ve got posts on technology, healthy living, hobbies and, of course, personal finance. Be sure to check ‘em all out.

A carnival ..read more

Charity rewards blog included in the Carnival of Personal Finance

Last week’s blog about the pros and cons of redeeming credit card reward points to donate to the American Red Cross for Haiti earthquake relief efforts was included in the 242nd edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.

Blog carnivals rotate to different hosts each week and feature a roundup of recent blogs written about a particular topic (i.e., personal finance).

This week’s carnival host was Cash Money Life, who selected the best of 80 different blog submissions for the roundup.

See related: Haiti ..read more

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