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FFYF: Serene Picture Edition

Good Friday, Heroes! Today for Fun For Your Friday I bring you a lovely picture that is calm and serene. Because that makes me happy on a Friday. What makes you happy? You’re welcome. Welcome to the March 18, 2011 edition of fun for your friday. Unfortunately,...

FFYF: Angry Tween Edition

Welcome to the February 25, 2011 edition of fun for your friday. For my submission to FFYF today, I had to make you a video because the story just wasn’t as funny in print. John Fawkes presents Nowhere to go but up. posted at Hobophobia, saying, “Funny...

FFYF: Winter Smiles Edition

Good Friday, Internets!  I’m all smiley here today because the weather is warming up slightly and I’m remembering what it felt like a year ago to be stuck on the couch with a bum knee.  Yay for walking in the very cold, slippery, and somewhat frightening...

FFYF: Great Thoughts Edition

The boys for some reason were talking about heaven this morning and what it may be like. Typically the younger ones imagine all sorts of fun activities like flying and having every wish fulfilled. The Manager looked at me and said “I hope that I won’t have...

Create Artful Drawings with Graph Paper

The younger boys have been enjoying their birthday gifts of Etch-a-Sketch. It quickly turned into a pretty fun (and easy) art project last week. Read all about it in my weekly post at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting.com) titled Graph Paper Pictures. Here’s an...