Skype Parenting

September 21, 2009
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Photo by *Zara Sorry for the lack of posts.  This is a busy travel season for me.  I’m still trying to figure out how to keep up a daily blog while I’m traveling the globe. On that note, I’d like to share my favorite commercial at the moment. I arrive in Finland yesterday.  I skyped [...]

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Thinking Family Facebook Page

September 8, 2009

I hope you had a great weekend!  It was a four day weekend in the USA.  Christi and I had Monday off in celebration of Labor Day and the kids were out of school.  We had a leisurely morning.  We met some people for coffee and then had dinner with my parents.  I love family [...]

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Family Design and Clutter

September 2, 2009
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Photo by Kristiewells Yesterday I talked about three steps Christi and I took to getting our family out from under credit card debt.  We realized debt held our future hostage with false promises of immediate satisfaction.  If we wanted to have the family we envisioned when we married, we needed to pay off debt now, [...]

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The 4-Hour Workweek and Family Design

September 1, 2009
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Photo by Deep Shot When Tim Ferris wrote the 4-Hour Workweek, I was skeptical.  I eventually read the book to see what everyone was talking about.  It wasn’t bad. When you read Tim’s book, you have to move beyond all the marketing hype of the 4-hour workweek.  In my opinion, the book isn’t about working [...]

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Teaching Your Kids How to Cook

August 31, 2009
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Photo by ForeverSouls My parents raised my younger brother and me to be independent adults.  As I parent, I want my children to learn to be independent. (I wrote about it here)  Cooking for yoursel – regardless of skill – is a vital part of achieving independence. My daugher (7) is at the age we [...]

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