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Carnival of Family Life: Celebrate America Edition

Monday, June 29, 2009

Family Crafts and Activities

Char Polanosky presents Patriotic Printables and Crafts for Independence Day posted at Celebrate It. A selection of printables and craft ideas with a Patriotic theme – just in time for parades, picnics, and camp.

Family Pets

Matt M presents The Pet Haven: Win A 5-Star Accommodation For Your Pet posted at The Pet Haven, saying, “PetSmart Hotels is giving away an overnight stay for your pet.”

Education

Meaghan Montrose presents Effective Learning Strategies and Study SKills- Part 4 posted at TutorFi.

Family Humor

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Empty Nest (Limerick) posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

jen from windy ridge presents Friday Harbor Outtakes posted at The Chronicles Of Windy Ridge. See what happened when a designer brought “12 kids along on a photoshoot.”

Jenny presents It’ll Never Happen To Me posted at the so called me.

Parenting Tips & Advice

OurBlogs presents Being Alert – Helping Them to be Aware of Drugs and Alcohol posted at A Guide to Raising Great Kids.

Len Penzo presents Does Anybody Know the Going Rate for the Tooth Fairy? posted at Len Penzo, asking if there is “a correct amount of money that the Tooth Fairy is supposed to give to your child when he or she loses a tooth.”

Onna holland presents Toddlers sleep posted at Toddler Craft. All parents know that getting children to sleep can be a challenge. Onna shares her solution.

Edwin Casimero presents Recipe to make Delicious Raw Beef Liver children will love posted at The Cure Manual, saying, “Recipe”

Family Relationships & Self-Improvement

SmallTownSim presents Day of Beauty (Part 2) posted at Joy’s Journey To Wellness.

Catherine VanWetter presents Orders of Love Within Family Systems posted at To the Heart of the Matter. “We are all born into a family that has a collective conscience, or soul,” according to Catherine. “With that comes both blessings and circumstances that we carry from generation to generation unless there is resolution.”

Donald Latumahina presents Assess Your Potential Before Taking Action posted at Life Optimizer.

Family Travel

GP presents Get Pumped to Hit the Road « Musings from Montana posted at Manely Montana.

GrrlScientist presents A Gift of The Adventure of a Lifetime posted at Living the Scientific Life. The author wants to travel to Antarctic to “be your eyes and ears on that snowy continent for one month.”

Family Finance

Barry presents Save Money By Reducing Waste posted at Associate Money.

The Dough Roller presents 0% Credit Cards -– A Massive List of No-Interest Credit Card Offers posted at The Dough Roller, a comprehensive list of credit cards that offer either 0% balance transfers, 0% on purchases, or both.

Miss Bankrupt presents Free Food from Family is Not Charity posted at Miss Bankrupt.

nickel presents Joint or Separate Finances? posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Finance Tips 101 presents Car Donations ? Knowing The Facts posted at Finance Tips 101.

Family Health and Wellness

Edwin Casimero presents Pushing the Cure Tooth Decay Protocol to My Children posted at My Family Health Blog.

Aparna presents Juices to work on you inside out posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming.

Thank you to all who participated in and supported this edition of the Carnival!

News About the Carnival of Family Life

Next Monday, July 6, 2009, Riley will be hosting the How We Spent the Fourth Edition at All Rileyed Up. Click here to submit a post for next Monday’s edition of the Carnival by 4:00 p.m. (noon) Pacific Time on Sunday, July 5, 2009. Be sure to include both the permalink to and relevant information about your entry. Should you have questions, the Carnival guidelines can be reviewed by clicking here before submitting your post.

Note: After next Monday’s edition, the Carnival of Family Life is going to be a montly, rather than weekly event, published on the first Monday of each month. If you are interested in hosting, use the contact form to drop me a note letting me know which month you are interested in hosting.

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A Little Spice

Friday, June 26, 2009

“Jealousy is like a hot pepper.
Use it mildly, and you add spice to the relationship.
Use too much of it and it can burn.”

Ayala M. Pines
Romantic Jealousy (1992)

Are you a jealous person? In what ways? Toward whom? Are there any behaviors or characteristics that are guaranteed to bring out the green envy monster who lurks deep within your soul? Has your partner ever given you reason to be jealous?

When BigBob and I met, he was 34 years old and had one child from a previous marriage. I was 28. When we were getting acquainted, we did not deem it necessary or constructive to devote much conversation to prior relationships in which each of us had been involved except to the extent that previous experiences impacted current behaviors, opinions, outlooks. Neither of us is really “the jealous type” and we both believed that the only thing that really mattered was the future.

So I was shocked when the letter arrived.

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Carnival of Family Life: Father’s Day Edition

Monday, June 22, 2009

Education

Super Saver presents My Wealth Builder: We’re Holding Our Daughter Back for Kindergarten posted at My Wealth Builder.

GrrlScientist presents TEDTalks: Robert Full Tells Us What He Learned from the Gecko’s Tail posted at Living the Scientific Life. Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. High speed footage reveals that the gecko’s tail harbors surprising talents.

Family Humor

Rose presents Brian and Rose Plus 7, 470 Chickens, 8 Pigs, etc. posted at Learning at Home.

Jenny presents You Know You’re A Mother When posted at the so called me.

Riley presents Tree Hugger in the Making posted at All Rileyed Up.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Not An American Idol posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

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Sunday Stealing: The Finish the Sentence Meme

June 21, 2009

This week’s meme comes from Notbob’s Bits. Bob doesn’t recall the site at which he found the meme.
The Finish the Sentence Meme
1. I’ve come to realize that my last kiss . . .
. . . will truly be the last one for an indeterminate period of time. And that’s just fine with [...]

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Friday Fill-Ins: Volume 9

June 19, 2009

1. All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting the very best for and from them, but bad things happen to all of us from time to time; plus, we are all human and flawed. I consider parenting to be the ultimate expression of “eternal optimism.”
2. Show me a good [...]

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Carnival of Family Life

June 8, 2009

Family Cooking & Recipes
Make it from Scratch presents My Favorite Pancakes posted at Make It From Scratch, a dish that’s actually “great for any meal!”
vegefood presents Spicy Chicken with Green Chillies posted at Vegetarian Culinary.

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Tuesday’s Tribute: Friendship Lost

June 2, 2009

I thought, in my youthful naivete, that we would be friends forever. But 27 years later, I still don’t know why our friendship ended. Perhaps I should refer to it as a “purported” friendship or “presumed” friendship. If a friendship ends, does that mean it was never a true friendship (whatever that means), [...]

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Carnival of Family Life: Sailing into Summer Edition

June 1, 2009

Family Cooking & Recipes
Mother Hen presents Healthy Squash Muffins! posted at Mother Hen.
Annette Berlin presents Spinach And Noodles posted at Craft Stew. The recipe, with quite a few changes, is based on one called “Greens and Noodles” from the Vegetarian Express Lane Cookbook. But Annette “made it a little quicker and a whole lot [...]

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Carnival of Family Life: Memorial Day Edition

May 25, 2009

Welcome to the Memorial Day Edition of the Carnival of Family Life! Today, Cherokee Memorial Park in Lodi presemted the Fifty-Second Annual Avenue of Flags, a beautiful display of American flags that Lodians eagerly anticipate.

Each large flag displayed represents a veteran of the United States Armed Forces who has been laid to rest there and, [...]

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