welcome to the Financial Wellness Project site! i am your host this week for the 87th Carnival of Money Stories!

i hope you’ll enjoy the selections in the list below; please take a bit of time to visit these writers’ sites to read their full stories, and to offer comments or feedback.

i certainly enjoyed reading these stories — thank you to all who submitted for sharing your experiences with the rest of us.

while you are here, please take a moment to poke around my site to see if there might be an interesting and/or useful post that you might benefit from! i would enjoy and appreciate any comments or questions. and while you’re at it, why not subscribe to my rss feed? thank you in advance!

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recommended reading!!

Polly Poorhouse is thankful for her house, and tells us a lovely tale of how her family and her house came to be together, in Home Never Seemed so Sweet posted at Economic Crunch.  i really enjoyed this story — well written, very beautiful, and engaging!

• Cathy Sykes talks about her relationship with her van in One Van: $9,000, Bought Used… 178,000 miles later. posted at MoneyToSpare.net. old vehicles can be quite the trusty steed.  do you have a story about your old, used car?
• Joanne presents Researching Stocks posted at Beginner Investing.  have you had some bad investment experiences as well?
• Andrew Chilton is happier with his 4-day work weeks, in Choice Between a 4 Day Work Week or More Money posted at Retire at 40.  what is your take on this sort of lifestyle?  is it for you, can you do it too?
• Amanda presents Frugality Goes Mainstream posted at Value For Your Life.  what does frugality mean to you?
• Patrick @ Cash Money Life gets hooked on a new tool called Zestimate in My New Hobby - Watching My Home Value Decrease posted at Cash Money Life.  have you given an interesting new money-related tool a whirl lately?
• DebbieDragon opens up 529s for the power of compounding interest for her children, in Starting Early and Saving Often posted at I’m In Debt.  if you have children, what is your financial plan for them?
• Jenna shares lessons learned from bankruptcy in Do You Have A Bankruptcy Attitude? posted at Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog.  have you learned from your own mistakes in past financial misfortune?
• Kevin presents How to Financially Prepare for Children? | No Debt Plan posted at No Debt Plan.  do you have any suggestions?  what are you doing to prepare?
• vh tells us about his frustrating flu shot vs. insurance company and doctors in Awww, C’mon! Am I really that dumb? posted at Funny about Money.  have you also ended up paying more than you were initially led to believe for a health service?
• Silicon Valley Blogger profiles a super ‘cheap’ family in arizona, and what she has learned from them in 8 Lessons I Learned From The Cheapest Family In The Nation posted at The Digerati Life.  do you have a lesson to offer from your own experiences not mentioned?
• LAL presents Time or Tithe? posted at LivingAlmostLarge.  do you tithe?  why or why not?
• Tanesha Morgan resists a brand new nissan in Bear With Me As I Talk Myself Out Of Getting A New Car posted at The Digerati Life. i agree with the reasoning she used for not succumbing to her temptation.  what new expensive ‘toy’ have you been able to resist lately?
• Curt presents Staying Employed and Avoiding a Layoff posted at PennyJobs.com.  do you have any suggestions not noted here?
• Project Hitchhiker shares his dreams and updates us on his road to financial freedom, in Renewed Accountability: Buying My Freedom posted at project hitchhiker.  have you made progress with your financial aspirations?  what are your dreams?
• HIB interviews liveworkdream, who tells us about how RV’ing it can be done, in Interview: Liveworkdream.com posted at Happiness is Better.  have you had dreams of similar lifestyle changes, and why haven’t you yet pursued them?

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i hope you enjoyed this issue!

don’t forget to submit your money tales at blogcarnival by 5pm est monday for the next edition! please visit the carnival’s home page to become familiar with the submissions guidelines!