Carnival of Family Life

by Hopeful Spirit on April 14, 2008

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Welcome to the Carnival of Family Life, the weekly blog carnival spotlighting posts discussing what it means to live within and be part of a family. There are many excellent submissions included in this week’s edition that will inform, enlighten, inspire, and amuse you. Make sure that you leave a comment at each author’s site, letting him or her know how much you enjoyed his or her contribution!

Education

Tiffany Washko shares Finding Your Child’s Strengths published at Natural Family Living Blog.

Marjorie shares Taking Off the Training Wheels published at Life Without School.

Melitsa shares Monitoring progress published at Play-Activities.com.

Self-Improvement / Relationships

Steve Oliphant shares Just what are you learning from your mistakes? published at Steve Oliphant’s Musings.

Alex Blackwell shares Seven Practical Personal Development Strategies published at The Next 45 Years.

Joshua Seth shares The Secret to Time Management published atJoshua Seth Blog.

Mommy G shares being a parent is forever published at The Parenting Diaries.

Louise Manning shares Good children published at The Human Imprint.

Family Finance

Barb A. Ryan shares 10 Personal Financial Planning Steps in the Right Direction: Your Personal Financial Planning Skills published at Pasadena Financial Planner.

Mark Butler shares 3 Powerful Reasons to Earn an Extra $16.67 per Day published at The Butler Project.

Stephanie shares Yard Sale Shopping published at Stop the Ride!.

Carole G. McKay shares Equal Unemployment Opportunity published at McKay Today.

Helen Anderson shares 5 Tips for Buying a Home in a Down Market at Best CD (Certificate of Deposit) Rates, Money Market Rates, High Interest Accounts published atBankaholic.

Family Health and Wellness

Terri Mauro shares The Best Care Invisible Money Can Buy published at About Parenting Special Needs.

Rob Moshe shares What Are Your Dreams? published at Rob Moshe.

Aparna shares Sitali and Sitkari Pranayams to cool your body in summer published at Beauty and Personality Grooming.

Jessica Donnovan shares 13 Ideas for Fun Family Fitness Plans published at Sensible Self-Improvement.

Tracey Princiotta shares What goes in must come out published at ice cream is not for breakfast.

Jessica Jones shares Our Children Are Our Best Teachers published at Practical Nourishment.

BeThisWay shares Important Safety Alert: Rethink Plastic! published at Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You?

Alvaro Fernandez shares Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Prevention published at Sharp Brains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution.

Family Humor

WhatWorksForUs shares Plan. Interrupted. published at What Works For Us.

Laura Scarborough shares 30 weeks growth published at Adventures in Juggling.

emily whitby shares My Two-Year Old, the Sugar Addict published at Crazy Mom: Ideas, Recipes, Thoughts, Humor & More!

Gabriel Almada shares My kids published at Live from Waterloo.

Family Pets

Matt M shares A Cat In The Road published at The Pet Haven.

TherapyDoc shares Eating Just Enough published at Everyone Needs Therapy.

Woman Tribune shares Giving Your Pet Medication Just Got Easier published at Woman Tribune.

Family Activities

Amy shares A day in Helen and beyond! published at The Q Family Adventure.

Soccer Dad shares 19 months published at Soccer Dad.

Kelsey shares Husbands and Organizing??? published at Vanilla Joy - Family Fun and Education.

Fiction

Jenn shares The Photograph published at Mixed Metaphor.net.

Parenting Tips and Advice

Chief Family Officer shares Follow those safety tips: they exist for a reason published at Chief Family Officer.

David B. Bohl shares Three Great Ways to Set an Example for Your Children published at The Positivity Blog.

Lin Burress shares Are You An Enabler? Identifying Early Warning Signs of Enabling Behaviors published at Telling It Like It Is.

Sonja Stewart shares Preschool Potty Mouth published at Parenting Squad.

Rachel shares Pacifier and Breaking the Habit published at Bakedblog.com.

Four Pillars shares The Perfect Gift For A Newborn Baby published at Quest For Four Pillars.

Ronit shares 14 Ways to Teach Your Kids Resilience published at Family Matters.

Eliza Ferree shares Taking a Bath in Peace published at Babylune.

Trent shares Born to Buy: Nickelodeon and the Anti-Adult Bias published at The Simple Dollar.

PlanningQueen shares 10 Point Children’s Birthday Party Plan published at Planning with Kids.

Pop Culture

Sagar shares Top 10 Most Ridiculous, Obnoxious, and Just Plain Ugly Celebrity Houses published at International Listings.

Submit your article for the next week’s edition of the Carnival of Family Life, hosted at Vanilla Joy, using this form. The archive of past editions and hosting schedule can be viewed here.


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1 » Carnival of Family Life 04.14.08 at 1:40 am
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2 Senior and Adult Day Care » Blog Archive » Carnival of Family Life 04.14.08 at 1:53 am
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3 Lin Burress 04.14.08 at 4:33 am
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Oh my gosh! What a huge turnout of great posts! And here I thought I didn’t have anything to do today. I’ll be going through these posts and checking them all out. Yeah! No boring Monday for me! :grin:

Thank you for including my post “Are you an enabler?” in your carnival. I really enjoy discovering quality blogs by checking out all the submissions. Have fun!

Lin Burress’s last blog post..Prom Safety: Child Safety Tips For Graduating Seniors and Parents

4 Four Pillars 04.14.08 at 4:58 am
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Thanks for hosting.

Mike

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5 Chief Family Officer 04.14.08 at 5:44 am
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Thank you for hosting and including my article!

Chief Family Officer’s last blog post..A free alternative to lottery tickets

6 laura 04.14.08 at 9:47 am
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i love the photos you shared with the carnival. great job this week! thank you for including me.

laura’s last blog post..eatin’ good in the neighborhood

7 Amy @ The Q Family 04.14.08 at 11:21 am
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Thank you for including my post for your Carnival this week. What a great carnival!!! I will be very busy today reading all great posts. BTW, love all the pictures on this post!

Amy @ The Q Family’s last blog post..Songkran in Atlanta

8 Gabriel 04.14.08 at 11:51 am
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Thanks for hosting my post today! I agree with Laura and Amy, the pictures are beautiful.
I will be looking at the other posts later tonight

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9 Eliza 04.14.08 at 12:09 pm
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Wow, this is a huge list, I’ll be reading this all night. Thanks again.

Eliza’s last blog post..Does Mom Go Back To Work?

10   Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots Winner! 04.15.08 at 12:02 pm
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11 Martin Welch 04.15.08 at 8:46 pm
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Thanks for sharing those great articles! I got lots of useful information. ;)
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12 PlanningQueen 04.15.08 at 10:33 pm
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Beautifully presented Carnival and the content is also excellent. I haven’t made it all the way through yet, but I already have subscribed to a couple of new blogs!

PlanningQueen’s last blog post..10 Strategies To Gain Co-Operation From A Toddler

13 Holly 04.17.08 at 11:58 pm
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Thanks for including my post as well as giving me some great reading material!

Hollys last blog post..Natural Aromatherapy for Your Bathroom

14 Saturday Weigh-In and LinkStuff 04.19.08 at 4:13 am
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15 Ronit Baras 04.21.08 at 6:14 pm
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Thank you for including my article 14 ways to teach kids resilience.

This carnival page is beautiful.

I loved the photos you have added to the carnival. The page has a great feeling.

Happy day
Ronit Baras
Family matters
http://www.ronitbaras.com

16 The I’m So Behind Monday Linklet on Tuesday « Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You? 04.22.08 at 12:31 pm
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17 Mike New 04.25.08 at 11:24 am
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Wow! Thanks for building such a high quality site with loads of information. I have subscribed to your feed and will now be a regular.

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