Today the Carnival of Personal Finance # 154 is hosted by Canadian Dream: Free at 45. Here are some of the blog articles you’ll find across the Internet about money:

• Save and Conquer presents 12 Ways to Be Financially Boring: “If you read personal finance blogs to get ideas on how to save money, you are somewhat boring. If you use those ideas to actually save money, you are boring.” What does that say about those of us who are the money bloggers, LOL!
  
• Master Your Card presents Creating a Financial Emergency Plan: “Temp agencies have long been the secret weapon of starving artists and they are remarkably handy in a pinch.” Temporary work provided a job for my husband when traditional job searches didn’t pan out. But you are nothing more than day labor and treated accordingly – rarely will you get an assignment that includes vacation time or sick leave, much less health insurance. It’s also difficult to schedule appointments when you have no idea what your work hours will be.
  
• Not the Jet Set presents Credit Cards are Not Evil: “But this industry is so wrought with misinformation, myths, scams, scandals, security breaches, immoral behavior, idiocracy, ineptitude, and underhanded business practices, that even the most informed, well-behaved consumer can (and does) get bitten.” If you want more background on this situation, go to Secret History of the Credit Card.
• Monroe on a Budget presents The crayons in your frugal living crayon box: “Just as it takes more than one color of crayon to make the black and white depictions on a coloring page look good, it takes more than one money-saving tactic to create a frugal lifestyle.” As you might imagine, I like to have a BIG box of crayons!