Carnival of Family Life

Edu­ca­tion

Mar­jorie presents Seek­ing Chem­istry posted at Life With­out School.

Alex Smith presents How to Teach Kids Self Defense With­out Teach­ing Them Mar­tial Arts posted at TBO-Tech.

Fiona Lohrenz presents After School Day­care Cur­ricu­lum — What’s The Best Approach? posted at Child Care Only.

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Expat Chef presents A Few Thoughts on School Lunch posted at The Expatriate’s Kitchen, “con­tem­plat­ing genetically-engineered ani­mals, cloned meats, the FDA, food safety, food qual­ity and why this makes me seem crazy to our school administration.”

To Be Debt Free presents Eggs Over Easy posted at On a Quest To Be Debt Free… offer­ing “six great-tasting, fru­gal recipes.”

Fam­ily Crafts and Activities

Steven Chang presents Plan­ning Your Child’s First Birth­day Party posted at Gagazine.

Don­ald Latumahina presents 30 Sim­ple Ways to Enjoy Life posted at Life Opti­mizer.

Katey Mag­ill presents 13 Rea­sons You Should Have a Dress-Up Chest posted at Hav­ing Fun at Home.

Renae presents The Song of Acorns, Pine Cones, and Sweet­gums posted at Life Nur­tur­ing Edu­ca­tion.

babs moun­tjoy presents It’s all in who you know…and there they are! posted at Awalkabout’s Weblog, explain­ing why “small towns are great for families.”

Fam­ily Finance

Debt Free­dom Fighter presents Look­ing For The Best Credit Card For A Col­lege Stu­dent? posted at Dis­cover Debt Free­dom!.

Matthew Paul­son presents Jar a Few Bucks: Why Cash is a Must for Emer­gen­cies posted at Amer­i­can Con­sumer News.

Money Answer Guy presents How Do I Begin to Save For Retire­ment If I Have Not Yet Begun? posted at The Money Answer Guy.

Ray­mond presents How To Gen­er­ate Valid Credit Card Num­bers posted at Money Blue Book.

Card Blog­ger presents 0% Bal­ance Trans­fer Credit Cards posted at Credit Card Blog.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Rose presents Are you poi­son­ing your chil­dren? posted at Learn­ing at Home.

Aparna presents Beauty and Per­sonal Groom­ing: Body Odor posted at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing.

Health Blog­ger presents Live A Healthy, Happy, and Rich Life By Prac­tic­ing Mod­er­a­tion posted at Health and Fit­ness Blog.

Fam­ily Humor

Mac presents Bourne Ulti­ma­tum Tod­dler Edi­tion posted at Actor­li­cious.  Check out two-year-old Ethan Sil­ver in this Bourne Iden­tity parody!

Gabriel presents Seven posted at Live from Water­loo.

Sara Gold­stein presents Fash­ion Don’ts: “Mom jeans” Poem posted at The Bar­gain Queens, “a clever poem about ‘Mom jeans.’ Does some­one you love still wear them?” Sara asks.

That Girl39 presents A Muf­fin In The Oven? posted at 39 And Count­ing … And So I Got to Think­ing . . .

Riley presents Lowe’s and the Mummy posted at All Rileyed Up, the story of “my daugh­ter vs. the mummy at Lowe’s.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents My Close Encounter (I Think) With Paul New­man posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Fam­ily Pets

Joshua Dorkin presents Help Fore­clo­sure Pets The Silent Vic­tims of Fore­clo­sure posted at Real Estate Invest­ing For Real.

Matt M presents Pet Haven Give­away — $40 Value! posted at The Pet Haven.  You can enter to win a free cam­era mem­ory card from The Pet Haven and learn about a much big­ger con­test avail­able from SanDisk.

Dora Renee Wilk­er­son presents Y-2K Hip­pie: 09/26/08 posted at Knit­ting, horses, and my fam­ily about mak­ing “cheap tem­po­rary hous­ing for our goats.”

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships and Self-Improvement

Kate presents August in New Jer­sey posted at slyparadox.com Blog.

Toni presents Remem­ber­ing posted at Wifely Steps.

Charles Euch­ner presents Deal­ing With Neu­rotics posted at Start Sim­ple.  “There is so lit­tle you can do,” writes Charles.  “A leg­endary psy­chother­a­pist wrote the book on the subject.”

Fam­ily Spirituality/Belief/Worship

Don­ald Latumahina presents A Guide to Find­ing Your Life Pur­pose posted at Life Opti­mizer.

Julie Hall presents Stand Up for Your Rites posted at on a ledge, say­ing, “A blog on the impor­tance of rit­ual in fam­ily life, espe­cially in the life of the eco-friendly family”

Fam­ily Travel

Matthew Paul­son presents Cel­e­brate Your Birth­day Free at Dis­ney: New Pro­mo­tion Launched posted at The Travel Advo­cate.

The­Life­LessTrav­eled presents Fam­ily Down­sizes Life to a Camper, the Open Road and Adven­tures Rich in Sim­ple Plea­sures posted at The Life Less Trav­eled. Embark­ing on a dras­tic life-change in Feb­ru­ary 2008, the Smudge fam­ily embarked on a trip that has taught them to fol­low their hearts, live with less, and embrace every moment that life throws their way.

Laura Scar­bor­ough presents right­ing the wrongs of the world Dis­ney style? sort of, kind of posted at Adven­tures in Jug­gling, say­ing, “here’s one way to pre­vent stolen prop­erty while traveling.”

Vicky presents Fam­ily Friendly Hotels in Lon­don posted at Lit­tle Leg­ends Blog, say­ing, “A few tips on where to stay with the fam­ily when you visit London”

Amy presents 13 Fall Activ­i­ties I love to do posted at The Q Fam­ily Adven­ture, a dis­cus­sion of fall activ­i­ties they are look­ing for­ward to.

Par­ent­ing Tips and Advice

Beth Dar­gis presents Choos­ing Your Com­mit­ments posted at My Sim­pler Life — Sim­ple Liv­ing, say­ing, “How do you choose?”

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