Today is the Ohio Blogging Association‘s All State Blog Swap where bloggers from all around the state are swapping posts. My guest is Danielle from Find Time for Fun…in Northeast Ohio, a great resource for parents looking for fun family activities in the Cleveland area. Visit Poise in Parma today to read the rest...
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For the past year, we have been dining with friends every Friday night. Alternating hosting with being guests, we compete not with each other but for the great dining experiences enjoyed together. Highlights have included a low country crawfish boil, the $5 Julia Child dinner, 18-hour braised pork, and the kid favorite, chicken and...
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One dark and stormy night, tragedy struck the Hound household. Sweet Lil wanted to make tuna salad but there was no mayonnaise in the house. “Help!”, the selective eater cried out, unable to eat plain tuna or the delicious meal her parents cooked. Super Mom heard her cries and rushed to the rescue! With...
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I love dogs. I love Capital Area Humane Society (CAHS), the shelter that housed our hounds before we adopted them. And I REALLY love guerrilla marketing. Naturally, I’m delighted to introduce you to the newest adoption and awareness campaign at CAHS: Collar Quest. Volunteers and staff at CAHS are dropping 50 special signs with...
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Remember this incident? The one where Alex effectively shot himself in the leg with shrapnel from an axe? It healed in place as the orthopedic doctor suggested, but only for nine months. In February, Alex’s thigh started hurting again. The pain was bearable for a few weeks but the inflamed feeling grew, especially when...
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They say moving is one of the most stressful life events along with death, divorce, and illness. Most of the family is holding up well but the old hound dog Devie is a mess. Alex insists that I tell you I am the second in line for ‘most stressed’. First we took away her...
Read more →I often forget about Inniswood Metro Gardens in Westerville, Ohio. The park is a little out of the way and the highly stylized gardens are more formal than I prefer. So when a friend and I took seven kids to Innis last week, I was pleasantly surprised to explore the relatively new – and...
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One sunny day this week, our family and two friends took a hike at Highbanks Metro Park to stretch our legs and spy on the eagle’s nest. Little did we know what else we would find. We observed the Ohio state wildflower, bird, tree, mammal, the United States national bird and Ben Franklin’s national...
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Our household is a productive one. We are constantly making and doing and accumulating stuff. Our DIY activities are made possible by family chores using a variety of talents and tolerances. Alex generally handles anything involving the prospect of danger while I cover the gentler arts. I can tolerate messy things much more than...
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Our family doesn’t celebrate the religious holiday but boy do we love Easter eggs, egg decorating and egg hunts. Lil and I like to prepare for holidays by reading legends and picture books. The four Easter books we found at our local library weave egg stories in a delightful way that would brighten any...
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