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FFYF: Adorable Gentleman Edition

It’s Friday! Happy day, everyone! And time once again for some fun and smiles here at Fun For Your Friday (the official blog carnival dontcha know). This week’s smile is brought to us by Captain Earthquake and his attempts at gentlemanly behavior. Last week we were on...

FFYF: Lap of Luxury Edition

A buddy of ours agreed to do some roof work yesterday. He brought along his 19 year old nephew to help. All day long, the nephew took directions and carried tools and supplies up and down the ladder at his uncle’s bidding. Late in the afternoon, The Mercenary...

FFYF: The Boy Can Spell Edition

Scene: our house. Adults upstairs, Captain Earthquake in the basement at the computer. Captain Earthquake: Dad??? I need to spell baking soda. Hubby: b-a-k-i-n-g… CE: what? wait!! b….a….what?? H: k… CE: k H: i…. CE: (mutters)...

FFYF: Cheeseball Edition

So I’m standing at the bulk-food store with the children when TechnoBoy spots a gigantic container of puffed cheese balls. And by gigantic, I mean GIGANTIC. I don’t usually buy the puffed cheese balls for the boys because a) they’re junk food and b)...

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...