Family Time DIY Projects

by admin on January 24, 2012

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In some past posts, we’ve discussed an unfortunate reality of modern life:  a lack of time to spend with the family.  Obviously this is a problem that affects everybody to different degrees.  One family might lament the fact that it only gets a few nights per week to spend together as one cohesive unit, and another might be lucky to get even a few minutes together.

In today’s world, it’s not uncommon that both parents work, and it’s certainly not uncommon that teenage children work as well.  Everybody has their own commitments – be they professional or personal – and getting all of the schedules to align can be tricky at best.  But that doesn’t have to mean that “quality time” is off the table entirely; you just might have to be more creative about where you find it.

SUGGESTION #5:  Work Together on DIY Projects

Working on DIY projects as a team is an excellent way to enjoy family time if you do not expect perfection. Try to select activities suited to your children’s ages and abilities, so attempting things beyond their capabilities will not discourage them. In addition, keep safety in mind when choosing which ventures to tackle, and use the opportunity to teach important safety lessons as you work.

Everyone will enjoy making a bird feeder and watching the birds that come there to eat after it is finished. You can find complete directions for a very simple feeder here. This is a good family time DIY project when you have small children. They will enjoy gathering supplies and decorating the cardboard tube but will need your help with punching holes and gluing. Or try this whimsical birdhouse for your feathered friends. An old rubber rain boot can have new life as a home for your backyard birds and provide entertainment for the family as well.

Puzzle-piece friendship necklaces make great family time DIY projects if you have young girls. The necklaces can become inexpensive gifts for their special friends, and the whole family can participate in the fun of choosing interlocking pieces and making the necklaces. Find instructions for this simple activity here.

Check out the TLC page for ideas on how to create unique window treatments for kids’ rooms. Use old shipping crates from warehouses to make rustic window shutters. Since the wood is already rough, you will not need to be concerned about extra gouges the kids may inflict on it during assembly, and the materials should be quite economical.

Even if your children’s ages are far apart, you can still work on DIY projects together as a family. Let the older ones help their younger siblings, and choose simple projects. You can tackle ventures that are more complicated with your older children when the younger ones are in bed, so they will not feel that all the family activities are childish.

About the author:  Philip J Reed works in association with Westwood College.  Westwood offers a wide variety of programs and degrees at 17 separate campuses, and also offers a comprehensive online college experience, which may be of particular interest to busy parents.  For information and answers to any questions you might have, please visit the college website.

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When Will These People Admit the Obvious?

by admin on January 9, 2012

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When will these people:

  • Hollywood
  • Liberals
  • God-mockers
  • Christian-haters

Admit the obvious:

  • Americans are not primarily God-rejecting, liberal-loving, raunch-embracing, cultural progressives who live, love and reflect what the media and the current political powers claim REFLECT America (as evidenced by liberal values, Hollywood products and liberal ideology).

That’s why:

  • wholesome family movies are blockbusters
  • statesmen who hold office are beloved
  • hard working, God-fearing, responsible people drive the economic engine of America
  • the God-ordained, traditional family is still the glue that hold society together in relative peace
  • And… respectful, sincere, faith-filled, humble athletes are launched to meteoric, heroic, role model status much to the criticism-filled befuddlement of all the self-aggrandizing, narcissistic, worship-me thugs that fill the professional athletics ranks and sports commentator pools.

Get used to it liberal, Christian-hating, God-rejecting people… multitudes of Americans still love God and cheer for the good people even though its “open season” on Christians in media/political-America:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/shutdown-corner/tebow-time-three-3-16-references-boffo-tv-172145772.html


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Sad That This is “Normal” in America

by admin on January 3, 2012

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I’m was sitting at an IHOP eating breakfast the other day, listening (okay, eavesdropping) to a conversation from the table next to me that has sadly become far too “normal” in America. It went something like this:

“I been to the hospital lots of times and don’t got no insurance. They can’t make me pay nothing, it don’t matter how long I’m in there. I just told them I ain’t got no job. I ain’t got the money, it’s not my problem. It ain’t my fault. I deserve to get healthcare and have the government pay for it ’cause I can’t afford it. That’s my right.”

Really?

We’ve created generations of people who think they have the right (rather than the opportunity) to everything they need (and many things they just WANT) but not the responsibility to pay for it, work for it, save for it, or pay taxes for it. Thanks to years of political indoctrination and liberal media, they think “the government pays for it” means it’s FREE, and I think they honestly don’t even realize that it means the government TAKES someone else’s hard earned money BY FORCE to fund their entitlements (some realize it, but I think we’ve gotten to a point of political stupidity and self entitlement that most people with their hands out just think “government” has money). They demand their entitlements (can you say “Occupy Wherever”) not realizing, or not caring, the “the government” gets it’s money from the rest of us who work our butts off and pay taxes.

It’s such a foreign concept and so utterly irresponsible to think this way… it’s hard for me to accept that people REALLY DO have this mentality. It’s not a put on, a show or hypocrisy. They really do think they are entitled to free services, hand outs and government sanctioned “equality” rather than Constitution guaranteeing OPPORTUNITY.

Millions upon millions of people (hundreds of millions? Certainly tens…) have their lives diminished and their concept of freedom, personal achievement, responsibility and dignity eroded by a minuscule number of politicians who enslave them with government treasures in return for their votes and an elitist academia/media who have NO tolerance for any viewpoint they don’t rubber stamp (despite their relentless cries for “tolerance” about their ideas).

I sat and wondered how otherwise decent people could find themselves with such a mentality and it’s not hard to understand really. Fifty or sixty years of indoctrination have now yielded the expected harvest.

Not sure what the point of this post is, except just to vent a little. It’s frustrating to know my kids and grandkids will have to grow up fighting this mentality.

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