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We are pleased to host the August 2008 edition of the Carnival of Family Life. Enjoy!

Family Pets

Matt M. presents Growth of Healthy Food Industry posted at The Pet Haven.

Jason Rusch presents Choosing a Boxer for Sale posted at boxerdogessentials.com.

Education

Becky presents It’s Just Not About Me posted at Life Without School.

Stephanie presents My Little Teacher posted at Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood.

Tom Tessin presents Parents: How to Keep in Contact with your Student posted at FCC Student Blog, saying, “Learn how your family can keep in touch with a student going away to college for the first time.”

Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Teasers: Spot the Difference posted at SharpBrains, saying, “Want some summer brain exercise?”

Alex Smith presents Vacations and Home Security posted at TBO-Tech.

Family Cooking & Recipes

Sahara Reins presents Fresh Eggs or Not? posted at Fowl Visions.

ISPF presents 10 Tips to Get Anyone into the Habit of Cooking at Home (Even if You Have Never Stepped into the Kitchen Before) posted at Daddy Financials.

Family Crafts and Activities

muse presents Fly A Kite! posted at me-ander.

Jennifer presents When sleeping on the living room floor felt like camping posted at Diary of 1.

Terry Candee presents Kids and Tweens Love Robots posted at Bonding Moms & Daughters To Navigate Our Crazy World . . .Oh Yeah and Crafts!, saying, “Easy craft and some humor!”

HowToMe presents How To Make a Washing Stick to Pamper Ones’ Hands posted at HowToMe, saying, “To save my hands from immersion in bleach and fabric dye, my husband made a washing stick for me. My mother’s washing stick, which seems to have been a simplification of the Victorian ‘poss stick,’ was his inspiration.”

Family Fiction

Jenn presents The Birth Announcement, a fictional story inspired by a writing prompt at A Thousand Words, posted at Mixed Metaphor.net.

Riley presents The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson posted at All Rileyed Up, saying, “A book review of James Patterson’s latest YA novel, targeted at boys.”

Family Finance

Raymond presents 0% Balance Transfer Credit Cards posted at Money Blue Book.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents The Household CFO: Home Financial Taskmaster posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “How we run our family’s finances!”

Family Health and Wellness

P.L. Frederick presents The Thing About A Sting posted at Small and Big, saying, “You can learn a lot from a talking honeybee.”

Laura Scarborough presents breathing in and out posted at Adventures in Juggling, saying, “with hubs’ recent diagnosis of a chronic health condition that only gets progressively worse, I am struggling with guilt over my acceptance and silence over the years and the very real prospect of raising and caring for my five children alone.”

Heather Johnson presents Caregiving Tips for Families with Special Needs? posted at The Virtual P.T.A. at PS 373R.

Family Humor

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Vacation Verse posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Tracee Sioux presents No Children in Workout Area posted at Blog Fabulous, saying, “This is what happens when they close the gym nursery for summer.”

Gabriel Almada presents Florencia, international coiffeur posted at Live from Waterloo.

Family Relationships and Self-Improvement

jen_lew_79 presents His Wife posted at A Continuously Praying Wife.

Lin Burress presents Toxic Relationships - Toxic Family Members posted at Telling It Like It Is.

Kristy presents Fireworks posted at the bonny mess.

Parenting Tips and Advice

Cathy Ley presents Walking and Baby Proofing Our Home posted at Tips for Moms & Baby Websites.

Tracee Sioux presents 10 Antidotes to Self-Objectification & Sexualization of Girls posted at So Sioux Me, saying, “How to help your daughter see herself as more than an object for male entertainment. Ways to encourage her to explore herself as a whole 3 dimensional human being and combat media messages that it’s all about being pretty.”

Autumn Beck presents How To Start Cloth Diapering on a Budget posted at All About Cloth Diapers, saying, “Autumn Beck posts about how to get started with cloth diapers for less than $125.”

Thank you all for participating in the Carnival this week!

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