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FFYF: Recovery Edition

So yesterday was a fun day for us here at Earnest Parenting. We spent our first day as a family at an amusement park. After a slow start, a good time was had by all. Certain individuals came home with mild sunburn, and after an extremely late night I’m letting...

Limiting Choice Can Improve Sanity

I’m going to come right out and admit that I had a meltdown on Saturday. I had just picked up the older boys from a friend’s birthday party and was relating to them how their father and I had taken apart the trailer in their absence. We were expecting to...

FFYF: Lawnmower Repair Edition

We’re going with better late than never publishing this week’s edition of Fun For Your Friday. I’ve been working along trying to get the lawnmower back into shape. With TechnoBoy and (a lot of) Hubby’s help, we got the oil changed, replaced the...

Review: Lanacane Anti-Chafing Gel

Lanacane was kind enough to send me a sample of their Anti-Chafing Gel last month and oh wow is it a neat product! For starters, it’s quite an experience to take a gel and smooth it onto your skin only to have it dry in seconds and feel just like you’ve...

Still Time to be a Host in 2010

Hello friends! Sara from the Fresh Air Fund tells me that there are still opportunities to host children who live in the city this summer. The Fresh Air Fund takes children who might otherwise never leave urban life and sends them to the country to live with host...