Carnival of Family Life: August 2009 Edition

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Make it from Scratch presents Hill­billy Lemon­ade posted at Make It From Scratch.

Amanda presents Sat­ur­day Morn­ing Blues –Blue­Berry Muffins, That Is posted at High Impact Mom.

e-Mom presents How to Make Crisp Rose­mary Flat­bread posted at Susannah’s Aprons.

Belle presents How to Make Fried Zuc­chini — with Pic­tures posted at Homesteaderbelle’s Blog.

Cyndi presents Mus­tard rub and sauce for grilled flank steak posted at Real Food Fast!, a deli­cious vari­a­tion on flank steak for summer.

CB Flem­ing presents How to Cook Per­fect Corn On The Cob posted at Buck Cooks. Per­fect for fam­ily sum­mer bar-b-ques.

Linda Mundy presents Cherry Almond Cup­cakes posted at LJM’s Kitchen. Almonds, almond extract, and sour cher­ries pro­vide a vari­a­tion on a clas­sic fla­vor combination.

Caren presents Sprout­ing Basics — Mung Beans posted at The Pru­dent Pantry. Sprouts are nutri­tious, inex­pen­sive, and grown indoors in any cli­mate, matur­ing in only a few days.

Fam­ily Crafts & Activities

Vera Lang presents How to Make a Sophis­ti­cated Sten­cil posted at Fine Craft Guild .com, fea­tur­ing a video tuto­r­ial explain­ing how to cre­ate sten­cils for your home design and craft projects.

Make it from Scratch presents Sponge Ball Toy posted at Make It From Scratch.

Jean­nie Ander­son presents Ice Hockey Mr. Busy­pants Style posted at The Adven­tures of Mr. Busy­pants.

Opted Mag­a­zine presents Sim­ple Scrap­book Orga­ni­za­tion Sys­tem posted at Opted Mag­a­zine.

Amy presents Things to Pack for Fam­ily Back­yard Camp­ing with Kids posted at The Q Fam­ily Adven­tures Travel Blog.

Annette Berlin presents Mother-Daughter Craft Projects posted at Craft Stew. Sum­mer pro­vides a won­der­ful oppor­tu­nity for one-on-one time with a daugh­ter. Per­haps you’d enjoy spend­ing part of it crafting.

Alex presents Free Print­able Birth­day Cards for Dads posted at Home Life Weekly.

Edu­ca­tion

Fiona Lohrenz presents For­mu­lat­ing A Day Care Mis­sion State­ment posted at Child Care Only.

The Inci­den­tal Econ­o­mist presents The Best Books for Chil­dren posted at The Inci­den­tal Econ­o­mist. Rec­om­men­da­tions of a New York Times colum­nist, accom­pa­nied by the author’s com­ments. Leave a com­ment adding your own favorites to the list.

Ed Biado presents Help­ing Your Child Study posted at Ed Biado at MST Life | Philip­pine Lifestyle News.

Fam­ily Humor

Jean­nie Ander­son presents Jorie Spelling: Fash­ion Diva posted at The Adven­tures of Mr. Busy­pants.

GP presents The Wed­ding Song posted at Mus­ings from Mon­tana, a lighter look at nuptials.

Brooke Allen presents Fam­ily Por­trait posted at Ram­bling Brooke.

Ilona Siller presents Top 10 ways Your Tod­dler is Sim­i­lar to an Alco­holic posted at top10mama.

Jackie Meyer presents Arse­nal of Spit-Wads posted at Heart of the Mat­ter.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Aparna presents Happy Feet dur­ing mon­soon posted at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing.

Aparna presents Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing: Home Reme­dies for headache posted at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing, sug­gest­ing a few meth­ods to secure relief from a headache.

Doug Boude presents Assur­ant Health Denies Cov­er­age Because Young Man is Autis­tic posted at Doug Boude (rhymes with ‘loud’), an account of the author’s attempt to acquire med­ical ben­e­fits for his autis­tic son. Cov­er­age was sum­mar­ily denied because his son is non­ver­bal. Has the insurer engaged in dis­crim­i­na­tory practices?

Adam presents Reduc­ing Chem­i­cal Tox­i­c­ity posted at Nat­ural Par­ent­ing Tips.

Hal LaPray presents Cancer-Stricken Social Secu­rity Claimant Makes YouTube Plea To Obama posted at Dis­abil­ity Infor­ma­tion & Resources.

Par­ent­ing Tips & Advice

Scott Palat presents Five Rea­sons You Should Find a Tutor for Your Child | posted at TutorFi.

Bogu­sia Gierus presents Bom­bard­ment of Infor­ma­tion — Over­stim­u­la­tion of Chil­dren posted at Nucleus Learn­ing.

Sonja Stew­art presents When Kids Lie posted at Par­ent­ing Squad.

Jean­nie Ander­son presents Kids and Restau­rants posted at Writer Mom at Home, a two-part article.

Abel Cheng presents Din­ner With the Fam­ily: It’s More Impor­tant Than You Might Think posted at Par­ent Won­der.

Julie presents Bond with your Teen Tonight posted at More4kids.

Mrs Bank­rupt presents Rais­ing Finan­cially Smart Adults: What Can You Do Today? posted at Mrs. Bank­rupt.

Csara presents Some Tips on Going from One Child to Two posted at Baby Talk­ers.

Joe presents How to Reward and Pun­ish Your Teen’s Dri­ving Habits posted at GPS for Today, dis­cussing one way to moti­vate a teen to become a good driver.

Super Saver presents Prepar­ing our Child for Job Mar­ket Uncer­tainty posted at My Wealth Builder.

Julie presents Explain­ing Death to Chil­dren posted at More4kids.

Jean­nie Ander­son presents Sur­viv­ing the Busy Antics of a Preschooler with Autism: Part 1 posted at The Adven­tures of Mr. Busy­pants.

Kevin Heath presents Help­ing your Teen Escape Abu­sive or Destruc­tive Rela­tion­ships posted at More4kids.

Fam­ily Finance

Finance Tips 101 presents Tips To Help You Qual­ify For A Home Mort­gage posted at Finance Tips 101.

jim presents Bank CD Rates posted at Bar­gaineer­ing.

The Dough Roller presents Freecreditreport.com vs. Annualcreditreport.com posted at The Dough Roller, warn­ing that free credit reports are not always free.

jim presents Is FreeCreditReport.com a Scam? posted at Bar­gaineer­ing.

Barry presents Sav­ing Money With Do-It-Yourself Projects posted at Asso­ciate Money.

e-Mom presents Help! I Mar­ried an Entre­pre­neur posted at Chrysalis. “He’s Not Crazy. He’s Gifted.”

jim presents How Secured Credit Cards Work posted at Bar­gaineer­ing, offer­ing tips on how to use secured credit cards to improve your family’s finances.

The Dough Roller presents The Col­lege Student’s Guide to Credit Cards posted at The Dough Roller,a com­pre­hen­sive guide to help col­lege stu­dents under­stand the risks and rewards of credit cards.

Miss Bank­rupt presents Per­sonal Bud­get Cuts and My Options posted at Miss Bank­rupt.

Ella Moss presents My Kinder Uni­verse posted at Zodiac Times, dis­cussing sum­mer­time child care blues.

Barry presents Man­ag­ing Sur­plus Money In The Short Term posted at Asso­ciate Money.

Finance Tips 101 presents Sav­ing Cash With Coupons ? Three Tips To Keep More of Your Money posted at Finance Tips 101.

Meaghan Mon­trose presents How to Max­i­mize Col­lege Sav­ings for Your Child posted at TutorFi.

Mrs Bank­rupt presents Sick? No Insur­ance. No Doc­tor. You’re screwed. (Part 1) posted at Mrs. Bank­rupt.

My Cool Mommy presents Every­thing Co-Op?s posted at MyCool­Mommy.

Coupon Hound Dog presents Wal­greens, Tar­get, K-Mart, CVS — Dou­ble Your Sav­ings! posted at Coupon Hound Dog.

The Dough Roller presents Fixed Rate Credit Cards are the Lat­est Casu­alty of the Credit Card Act of 2009 posted at Credit Card Offers IQ.

The Dough Roller presents How to Get Your Free FICO Credit Score from myFICO.com posted at The Dough Roller.

David presents 0% Bal­ance Trans­fer Offers posted at Credit Card Offers IQ.

The Dough Roller presents Will the “Real” FICO Credit Score Please Stand Up? posted at The Dough Roller. Make sure you get your real FICO score, not a fake.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents myFICO To Drop Exper­ian Credit Score and Report: One Less FICO Score posted at The Digerati Life.

The Smarter Wal­let presents Best High Yield Sav­ings Accounts posted at The Smarter Wal­let. Be sure to dis­cuss your sav­ings plan with your family.

Banker Saver presents Is The Infla­tion Pro­tected Cer­tifi­cate of Deposit Still Around? posted at Banker Saver.

Invest­ing Toolkit presents Why Should I Start Invest­ing? posted at Invest­ing Toolkit.

Ray presents Net Worth Update and First Time Home Buyer Plans posted at Money Blue Book.

Miss Bank­rupt presents My Dead­beat Tele­vi­sion posted at Miss Bank­rupt.

Jim DeSan­tis presents Why Fix­ing Your FICO Credit Score Should Be Your First Pri­or­ity! posted at Emo­tions and Credit at On Line Tri­bune If you have exam­ined your credit report, you have dis­cov­ered that your FICO score is not included. The credit bureaus want you to pay to learn your score, but there is an alter­na­tive way to obtain the information.

Fam­ily Pets

Jake presents How to Stop a Puppy from “Nip­ping” posted at Dog Train­ing Pet.

Jake presents Why Won’t my Dog Eat Dog Food? posted at Dog Train­ing Pet.

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships & Self-Improvement

Elisha Web­ster Emer­son presents The Sto­ries That Fill Up The Dark posted at My Incon­ve­nient Body, dis­cussing the role scary sto­ries play in well­ness and being a new parent.

Kela Price presents Adding a new baby to your blended fam­ily posted at blended fam­ily soap Opera.

Jean­nie Ander­son presents Work­ing out of the Pan­era Office posted at The Adven­tures of Mr. Busy­pants.

Joy presents Fac­ing your demons posted at Joy’s Jour­ney To Well­ness.

Lin Bur­ress presents How to Be a Good Daughter-In-Law: Build­ing a Great Daughter-In-Law Rela­tion­ship With Your Mother-In-Law posted at Telling It Like It Is.

Jason Small presents It all starts in Blue Earth, Min­nesota posted at New Pen­na­sota. The author is doc­u­ment­ing his expe­ri­ences run­ning a busi­ness in New York City with his wife and vis­it­ing fam­ily and friends in Min­nesota and Penn­syl­va­nia while hop­ing to one day move back to their fam­i­lies — “in both states!”

Jean­nie Ander­son presents Pret­zel Art and the Faith of a Kid with Autism posted at The Adven­tures of Mr. Busy­pants.

Tay­lor Coburn presents Quiz: Abun­dance of Time and Goals posted at Motivia, ask­ing, “What is the secret behind one per­son wast­ing his/her time and another spend­ing it pur­su­ing his/her goals?”

Don­ald Latumahina presents Achieve Expo­nen­tial Growth with The Power of Lever­age posted at Life Opti­mizer.

Fam­ily Travel

Jenny presents Trav­el­ing with Chil­dren posted at the so called me.

Amy presents Day Trip: Buford Dam Park Beach near Atlanta posted at Atlanta With Kid Travel Blog, offer­ing a great way to escape the Atlanta heat with­out “break­ing the bank.”

Miss Bank­rupt presents Per­sonal Finan­cial Goal #1 — Take a Vaca­tion With My Daugh­ter posted at Miss Bank­rupt.

GP presents Bed, Break­fast and Hik­ing Boots posted at Mus­ings from Mon­tana.

One Fam­ily presents Can­cun Trip Report posted at One Family’s Blog.

Ben Dins­more presents How to Get the Best Deal Book­ing Travel OnLine posted at Trees Full of Money.

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