Carnival of Family Life: Sailing into Summer Edition

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 more garlicky.”

The Fam­ily presents Frozen Yogurt Peanut But­ter Pops posted at Once Upon a Fam­ily.

Rani presents Banana Split Dessert posted at Christ’s Bridge.

Fam­ily Crafts & Activities

Nickel presents Free Sum­mer Movies for Kids — 2009 Edi­tion posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Super Saver presents Free Sum­mer Activ­i­ties for our Four Year Old posted at My Wealth Builder.

Mama Bear presents Get Out­side Week­end! posted at I’ve Got a Lit­tle Space to Fill.

Jen­nifer presents Fam­ily Fish­ing Fun + How to Make a Cane Pole posted at Make It From Scratch, say­ing, “A fun and eco­nom­i­cal out­ing for the whole family.”

Stephanie presents The Secret Club­house posted at Adven­tures in the 100 Acre Wood, an arit­cle about “imag­i­na­tions run wild.”

Char Polanosky presents Eight Things to Look for in a Youth Bas­ket­ball Pro­gram posted at Sports Girls Play, pro­vid­ing tips applic­a­ble to any sports program.

Edu­ca­tion

Dana presents Home­school­ing, social­iza­tion and my daugh­ter posted at Prin­ci­pled Dis­cov­ery.

Fam­ily Finance

Finance Tips 101 presents Work­ing Out A Fam­ily Bud­get Will Help You Save Money posted at Finance Tips 101.

jim presents Request & Check Your Spe­cialty Reports Annu­ally posted at Bar­gaineer­ing.

David presents Dis­cover Card Dou­bles Rewards for Mil­i­tary Fam­i­lies posted at Credit Card Offers IQ.

The Dough Roller presents Three Gad­gets That Can Cut Your Energy Costs By 30% posted at The Dough Roller.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents Bal­ance Trans­fer Credit Card Tips, Facts and Traps posted at The Digerati Life.

The Smarter Wal­let presents S & P Index and Crude Oil Mar­ket Trends: Next Steps? posted at The Smarter Wal­let.

Pinyo presents Wealth Banes: 3 Habits That Will Ruin Your Finances posted at Moolanomy. “My dad told me a long time ago,” Pinyo writes, “that I will never be poor if I avoid three bad habits.”

Lind­say presents Have Squat­ters Entered Your Neigh­bor­hood? posted at Home Secu­rity Beat. Keep­ing your fam­ily safe starts with keep­ing your neigh­bor­hood safe. With the cur­rent fore­clo­sure rate, empty houses are plen­ti­ful … and an easy target.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Mikkal Travvis presents How To Sur­vive A Flu Pan­demic posted at Bird Flu Pan­demic.

Susan Gais­sert presents A Hi-Tech Way to Lend a Hand posted at The Expand­ing Life.

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez presents Book Announce­ment: The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness posted at Sharp­Brains: Your Win­dow into the Brain Fit­ness Rev­o­lu­tion. “While most of us have heard the phrase ‘use it or lose it,’ very few under­stand what ‘it’ means, or how to prop­erly ‘use it’ in order to main­tain brain func­tion and fitness.”

Par­ent­ing Tips & Advice

Dan presents Flush­ing Toys Down the Toi­let — Pun­ish­ment Time posted at My Dad Blog, dis­cussing “the joys of chil­dren flush­ing objects down toi­lets — and how to admin­is­ter the con­se­quences of a costly plumb­ing bill.”

Toni presents Let’s go for a 120-day mater­nity leave! posted at Wifely Steps, sug­gest­ing that read­ers “learn from one another how maternity/parental leave is admin­is­tered in dif­fer­ent countries.”

Julie presents To Hug or Not to Hug posted at More4kids.

Kevin presents The Mar­i­onette posted at Tex­tual Inter­course.

Fam­ily Pets

Lucy presents Pets As Wed­ding Atten­dants posted at Wed­ding Tips. Believe it or not, includ­ing pets in wed­dings is a pop­u­lar trend.

GP presents The Ingre­di­ents for Equine Suc­cess posted at Manely Mon­tana, an exam­i­na­tion of “life lessons learned from our animals.”

Kim Olovs­son presents Death of a Ham­ster posted at 2funmoms.com. Have you ever been faced with a life and death sit­u­a­tion involv­ing a hamster?

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships & Self-Improvement

Dana presents A game of catch, a game of life posted at Sim­ple Plea­sures.

Robert Bur­ton Robin­son presents Sav­ing Up to Buy Some Hap­pi­ness posted at Mind Over Mania.

Fam­ily Travel

Jim DeSan­tis presents How To Stop Road Rage. What I Learned In Dri­ver Friendly Texas! posted at On Line Tri­bune. “Tak­ing a vaca­tion to visit rel­a­tives is always fun and can be a sur­pris­ing adven­ture when one is open to dis­cov­er­ing all that the local cul­ture has to offer,” Jim observes. “So it was for me in the Lone Star state of Texas.”

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