Carnival of Family Life: Thankfulness Edition

Edu­ca­tion

Jena presents When it Looks Like They’re Not Learn­ing posted at The Life With­out School Com­mu­nity Blog.

Fiona King presents 100 Blogs That Will Make You Smarter posted at Online Universities.com, a col­lec­tion of resource sites.

Sarah Scraf­ford presents DIY Home Secu­rity: 100 Essen­tial Tips, Tools, and Resources posted at Mas­ters in Crim­i­nal Jus­tice.

Dereck presents This is the Great­est Week of My Life posted at I Will Not Die.

Amy Smith presents Learn­ing Through Giv­ing posted at Kids Love Learn­ing.

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Hap­py­Cam­pers presents Break­fast For A Crowd: Ham & Eggs On Crois­sant posted at Reese’s View Of The World.

Batya presents Din­ner With Jerusalem’s Most Hand­some Bach­e­lors posted at me-ander.

Fam­ily Crafts and Activities

Condo Blues presents Three Easy, Nat­ural, and Free Fall Cen­ter­pieces posted at Condo Blues, describ­ing three Thanks­giv­ing Day cen­ter­pieces that are easy to make from mate­ri­als found in your own yard.

Riley presents The Cam­paign to Believe posted at All Rileyed Up, urg­ing read­ers to write a let­ter to Santa and deliver it to Macy’s to ben­e­fit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Sahara Reins presents Dec­o­rat­ing for Fall and Feed­ing the Wild­Birds posted at Fowl Visions.

M Wil­son presents The Fam­ily Hol­i­day Pho­to­graph posted at The Parent’s Nook, all about cap­tur­ing cher­ished mem­o­ries dur­ing the holidays.

Don­ald Latumahina presents How to Save Time in the Long Term posted at Life Opti­mizer.

Kevin presents Thanks­giv­ing Craft Ideas for Kids posted at More4kids.

Fam­ily Finance

Finance Tips 101 presents Have You Con­sid­ered Debt Con­sol­i­da­tion? posted at Finance Tips 101.

nickel presents Open Enroll­ment and our Flex­i­ble Spend­ing Account posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Tony Huynh presents Money: What Steps I Have Taken to Save It posted at LimitlessUnits.com, about “patch­ing up the leaks” and keep­ing all that money you make.

Jeremy Zongker presents 76 Ways to Save Money While Sav­ing the Envi­ron­ment posted at Destroy Debt.

Credit Shout presents How to Avoid a Credit Hang­over After the Hol­i­days posted at Cred­it­Shout.

Heather Levin presents How To Save Money On Laun­dry Day posted at The Green­est Dol­lar.

Ms. Smarty Pants presents How to Sell Used Books Online for Extra Money posted at Ms. Smarty Pants Know It All, out­lin­ing the places to send your no-longer-wanted books for cash.

Jim presents Should You Quit Your Job To Stay Home With Your Baby? posted at Blue­print for Finan­cial Pros­per­ity.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents Keep Your Money Safe: Online Bank Accounts and More Sav­ings Options posted at The Digerati Life.

The Smarter Wal­let presents Best Gift Ideas for the Hol­i­day Sea­son posted at The Smarter Wal­let, shar­ing gift ideas for our fam­ily this hol­i­day season.

Mon­eyN­ing presents Depen­dent Day Care Flex­i­ble Spend­ing Account (FSA) posted at Money Ning. An FSA is one of the few ways to save money on child care so con­sider set­ting up an account for 2009.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Mar­sha Hud­nall presents Pre­vent­ing Hol­i­day Weight Gain: 10 Tips to Guar­an­tee Hol­i­day Weight Gain posted at A Weight Lifted, pro­vid­ing some sen­si­ble expert advice for emerg­ing from the hol­i­day sea­son look­ing and feel­ing great.

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez presents Brain Fit­ness 2: Sight & Sound at PBS posted at Sharp­Brains. PBS will air the sec­ond install­ment of their pop­u­lar Brain Fit­ness Pro­gram show: Host Peter Coy­ote explores the brain’s abil­ity to change and grow, even as we age, help­ing us main­tain and improve our vision and hearing.

Vic presents Make Your Own Yogurt At Home … posted at Yogurt Maker Cen­tral. If you are con­cerned about the num­ber and amount of arti­fi­cial col­ors, fla­vors and preser­v­a­tives in com­mer­cially pro­duced yogurt, learn how to make your own using only the best organic prod­ucts as ingredients.

Lin­sey B. Knerl presents Hey Moms! Go with Your Gut! posted at Par­ent­ing Squad.

Aparna presents Win­ter skin care at home posted at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing. Cold weather causes the glands of the skin to become less active, rob­bing skin of mois­ture, leav­ing it dry, flaky and itchy. Aparna offers tips to com­bat this process.

Fam­ily Humor

Dana presents A snow­storm in my house posted at Sim­ple Plea­sures.

Erica Dou­glas presents No Sex Please, We’re Par­ents posted at British Par­ent Blog­gers.

Tony Chen presents Talk­ing leads to mar­riage posted at Savvy Daddy, one dad’s reflec­tions on his daughter’s first 50 words.

Fam­ily Pets

Jason Isbell presents Cat Day posted at Shabam School. Do you care for stray or feral cats? Jason explains why this is ben­e­fi­cial, and sug­gests other ways you can help our “fab­u­lous furry feline friends.”

Jen­nifer Bog­art presents Stinky Kitty Lit­ter posted at Quiv­er­full Fam­ily, describ­ing how to fru­gally deodor­ize the fam­ily pet lit­ter box.

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships and Self-Improvement

Lisa Mitchell presents My Baby: Happy 1^st Birth­day posted at Let’s Talk Babies.

Erica Dou­glas presents Some­one Stole My Tod­dler posted at LittleMummy.Com.

Nards presents Song of the day: La Belle Dame Sans Regrets — Sting posted at Nardeeisms which she describes as “a day in the life about my life’s jour­ney and love’s chal­lenges, star­ring “The Boy,” music, and me with an occa­sional cameo appear­ance by my hus­band, as well as other assorted friends and relatives.”

Dana presents Weird, unso­cial­ized home­schooler posted at Prin­ci­pled Dis­cov­ery.

Megan Bayliss presents Do it your­self ther­apy, a ques­tion of col­lec­tion posted at imag­inif. “Ques­tions can change lives and words can help rather than hurt,” writes Megan. Read her post to “dis­cover a ques­tion that has changed my life and painted me into a more effec­tive human being.”

Super Saver presents Time Really Flies posted at My Wealth Builder.

Fam­ily Travel

Sheila Scar­bor­ough presents Dis­cov­er­ing tor­na­does at the San Fran­cisco air­port posted at Fam­ily Travel Guide. Sheila found a sci­ence exhibit about weather activ­ity in the San Fran­cisco, Cal­i­for­nia air­port — “and I think I had just as much fun with it as the kids!”

Fam­ily Spirituality

Todd McMan­nus presents Pray With Them! posted at Chris­t­ian Par­ent­ing Tips and Ideas.

Par­ent­ing Tips and Advice

Julie Mal­oney presents The Cool Mom Hol­i­day Guide posted at The Cool Mom Guide Reviews, list­ing some top picks for the Christ­mas gift-giving season.

Shen-Li Lee presents How Much Should Your Tod­dler be Eat­ing? posted at Baby­li­cious.

Jen­nifer in OR presents Text Mes­sag­ing: Con­cerns for the Ado­les­cent posted at Diary of 1.

Terri Mauro presents What Have You Got to Be Thank­ful For? posted at About Par­ent­ing Spe­cial Needs.

mom & dad presents Cheap LEGO: Where and How to Buy It posted at raising4boys.com.

Fiona Lohrenz presents Reas­sur­ing Day Care Par­ents posted at Child Care Only.

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Have a won­der­ful Thanksgiving!

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