Carnival of Family Life

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Rani presents Royal Straw­berry Short­cake posted at Christ’s Bridge, “a quick-to-make and good-to-eat dessert.”

Michelle presents Shab­bat Dessert posted at Lion­den Land­ing, as part her “strug­gle to make good dairy-free desserts”

Annette Berlin presents Annette’s Easy Coleslaw posted at Craft Stew. “It’s hard to find dishes that are com­plex enough for an adult to enjoy and sim­ple enough not to scare off the kids,” Annete opines. ” This easy cole slaw fits the bill perfectly.”

Fam­ily Crafts & Activities

Alex presents Print­able Mother’s Day Cards posted at Home Life Weekly. Mak­ing your own cards is quick and easy.  “All you need to do is down­load the free design of you choice, print, and fold.”

Chief Fam­ily Offi­cer presents Works for me: Photo cards for invi­ta­tions and thank you notes posted at Chief Fam­ily Offi­cer. “Don’t miss the help­ful infor­ma­tion con­tained  in the com­ments, too.”

How­ToMe presents How To Dis­guise an HDTV Antenna posted at How­ToMe, offer­ing “a thrifty alter­na­tive to rab­bit ears.”

Fam­ily Finance

Kelly from Almost Fru­gal presents 5 Things About Money in France posted at Almost Fru­gal.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents YNAB (You Need A Bud­get) Per­sonal Bud­get Soft­ware Is 10% Off posted at The Digerati Life, “a review of a desk­top bud­get­ing tool that will help you man­age your house­hold bud­get and fam­ily finances, cre­ated by a gen­tle­man who needed a bet­ter tool to han­dle his own family’s finan­cial situation.”

David presents Cap­i­tal One No Has­sle Miles Rewards Credit Card Review posted at Credit Card Offers IQ, dis­cussing “a great way to earn free travel.”

Hack­erette presents 8 Ways to Save Money that are Good for your Chil­dren posted at Hack­erette.

David presents Stu­pid Advice from a Pay­day Lender Cour­tesy of Google News posted at Pay­day Loans Review, explain­ing “why you should never pay off your credit cards with a pay­day loan.”

David presents Why Some Online Credit Card Appli­ca­tions Say “Hurry Up And Wait” posted at The Dough Roller. 

Insur­ance Tool­box presents How to Hag­gle at Major Retail Stores such as Best Buy & Home Depot posted at Fine-Tuned Finances.

Money Savin’ Momma presents Top Rec­om­mended Paid Sur­vey Sites: Mak­ing Money with Online Sur­veys posted at Engi­neer a debt free life. “We receive lots of ques­tions from our read­ers won­der­ing which paid sur­vey sites are legit­i­mate, and which are the best,” Momma explains, “so we address those questions.”

The Smarter Wal­let presents 5 Stock Sec­tors To Avoid In a Reces­sion posted at The Smarter Wal­let.

Robert Hazle­wood presents How To Get Started Find­ing Legit Sur­vey For Money Web­sites posted at Ways to Sur­vive Life, offer­ing sug­gested way to “start mak­ing extra cash in your spare time at home.”

Finance Tips 101 presents Schol­ar­ship And Grant Infor­ma­tion For Inter­ested High School Grad­u­ates posted at Finance Tips 101.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Riley presents The Lit­tle Key to My Heart posted at All Rileyed Up, a brief story about her son falling off the bed and frac­tur­ing his clavicle.

Astrid Lee presents Absolute Rose Aro­mather­apy Oil Recipe posted at World Heal­ing. “Rose oil is ben­e­fi­cial for whole body and mind well­ness, as well as romance,” accord­ing to Astrid.

Aparna presents Ear pierc­ing – Ben­e­fits posted at Beauty & Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing. “The ear­lobe is sup­posed to rep­re­sent the brain of a baby,” Aparna reveals. “Accord­ing to acu­pres­sure ther­apy, the merid­i­ans con­nect­ing the brain pass though this area, so par­ents in some cul­tures have their children’s ears pierced at the age of two or three to enhance brain development.”

Dianne M. Bux­ton presents Children’s Bed­ding and Flame Retar­dants In Bed­ding — Baby Boomers Too posted at Baby Boomers and Menopause, “alert­ing read­ers to the dan­gers of flame retar­dants in bedding.”

Randy Pow­ell presents Are Alka­line Foods Right For You? posted at Eating-Veggies.com: High Alka­line Diet blog.

Fam­ily Humor

Len Penzo presents My Kids’ Loan Inter­view with the Bank of Dad posted at Len Penzo . Com.  “Never try to out-smart your kids,” Len tells readers.

Stephanie presents What you learn when the power is out. posted at Adven­tures in the 100 Acre Wood.

Renae presents Like Mother, Like Daugh­ter posted at Life Nur­tur­ing Edu­ca­tion.

Par­ent­ing Tips & Advice

Home­maker Barbi (Danelle Ice) presents Teach­ing Our Kids that Being Happy Comes From Inside posted at Home­maker Barbi. “By teach­ing our chil­dren to find their true hap­pi­ness inside, we are help­ing them grow into capa­ble, pow­er­ful adults who can mas­ter their emo­tions, are resilient and can han­dle life’s ups and downs,” Danelle writes.

Becca Glouzstein presents What You Teach Your Kids About Who They Are posted at Inspi­ra­tion for Mothers.Com.

Joe presents GPS Track­ing For Kids posted at GPS for Today, “out­lin­ing some of the rea­sons par­ents should uti­lize GPS track­ing to mon­i­tor their kids’ activ­i­ties, as well as a brief overview of the main cat­e­gories of devices used for this purpose.”

Julie presents Help­ing Kids Make Friends posted at More4kids.

Shen-Li Lee presents Dis­ci­pline and a Two Year Old posted at Baby­li­cious.

Lisa Mitchell presents Vac­cines Don’t Cause Autism posted at Let’s Talk Babies.

Fam­ily Pets

Kathryn presents Top 10 Dog Breeds for Fam­i­lies posted at Kathryn Ver­cillo on Hub­Pages, pro­vid­ing infor­ma­tion about “some of the most family-friendly dog breeds to con­sider when look­ing at get­ting a new pet for your home.”

Paula Kawal presents What Should You Look for in a Rep­utable Dog Breeder? posted at Wel­come to Parker Ken­nel, describ­ing good ani­mal hus­bandry prac­tices and how to ascer­tain whether a breeder is employ­ing them.

Sahara Reins presents Why, Oh Why, Do I Raise Chick­ens? posted at Fowl Visions.

Jen­nifer presents Poet’s Cat posted at Diary of 1.

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships & Self-Improvement

Kaley presents frogs and snails and puppy dog’s tails posted at My Front Porch.

mizdi presents Sur­viv­ing the Dark Ages posted at Chat is not for Dum­mies.

Rich Bor­d­ner presents Mad at Dad? posted at The Pugna­cious Irish­man, a com­men­tary on a recent Parenting.com arti­cle about wives’ anger at their hus­bands. Rich says that “the arti­cle served as a good ‘kick in the rear’ to me and moti­vated me to break my ‘batch­e­lor’ habits.”

Gal Josefs­berg presents How To Win An Argu­ment posted at Quest­ing Soul. “Argu­ments are inevitable but there are ways to pre­vent them from caus­ing hor­ri­ble dam­age” to fam­ily relatiosnhips.

Emma presents How I quit smok­ing for my baby’s sake, part 2 posted at Baby-Log.

Don­ald Latumahina presents 10 Essen­tial Tips to Change Your Life posted at Life Opti­mizer.

Hning presents Blogger’s Press Release posted at Hning.  “I love my fam­ily. I love being around them,” Hning writes.  “I love them even more when they’re gone.”

ghedgepeth presents Octu­plet Mom posted at Tell IT Blog.

Edu­ca­tion

Belle presents Earth Hour — Turn out your lights for one hour posted at Homesteaderbelle’s Blog.

Rani presents How to write a per­sonal let­ter– Appre­ci­a­tion posted at Rayray’s writ­ing.

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