20 Fun Ideas for National Turn Off TV Week

Written by Deborah Shelton


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6. Do cartwheels inrepparttar front yard. 7. Camp out inrepparttar 111429 back yard with a tent, flashlight and lots of munchies. 8. Host a garage sale. 9. Visitrepparttar 111430 library for story time. 10. Go on a snail-hunting expedition, then releaserepparttar 111431 snails in a cool, moist, shady spot. 11. Look through and organize family photos. 12. Start a seasonal family photo scrapbook. 13. Readrepparttar 111432 Sunday comics together. 14. Make a CD wall mirror with free internet CDs that arrive inrepparttar 111433 mail. 15. Bake cookies. 16. Have a living room picnic. 17. Challenge your brother or sister to a staring contest. 18. Play a game of I-Spy. 19. Go for a walk aroundrepparttar 111434 block. 20. Make and fly paper airplanes.

However you decide to entertain yourself and your family, rememberrepparttar 111435 most important thing: No television!

Deborah Shelton is a mother, freelance writer, and author of the brand new book, "The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones." Visit Deborah's website for more family-friendly ideas: http://www.fiveminuteparent.com


Summertime bugs and creepy crawlies.

Written by Wes Crystal


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Roaches can be a little harder to get rid of. The following formula is a little more aggressive and care must be taken around children, animals, and pets! Mixrepparttar following ingredients together for a powdered poison for roaches.

4 Tablespoons Boric acid. 2 Tablespoons flour. 1 Tablespoon cocoa.

Sprinklerepparttar 111428 formula nearrepparttar 111429 entrance, whererepparttar 111430 critters are coming in and let it do its stuff!

Ok. How about them pesky mosquitoes! Here is a good thing for summer, for those who like to enjoyrepparttar 111431 out of doors, but don't like those pesky critters. Put some water in a white dinner plate and add just a couple of drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dishwashing soap. Setrepparttar 111432 dish on a porch or patio. Not sure what attracts them,repparttar 111433 lemon smell,repparttar 111434 white color, or what, but mosquitoes flock to it, and drop dead, or fall intorepparttar 111435 water, or onrepparttar 111436 floor within about 10 ft. Works just super! Enjoy a mosquito free summer!

I’m sure that by now you have worked up quite a thirst. I know I have so lets make a Sonic cherry limeade! It is real easy to do. Ingredients:

1 cup Sprite 1/4 cup cherry juice (Libby is good) 2-3 lime wedges (each 1/8 lime)

Pour sprite into a glass over ice. Addrepparttar 111437 cherry juice. Now add 2-3 lime wedges, squeezing slightly before dropping each one in.

Now would be a good time relax, take a break and look at allrepparttar 111438 new home and garden decorations, bird houses, and bird feeders we have added at WolfCreekGifts.com. We have a great hammock on sale that is perfect for relaxing in with your ice cold cherry limeaid. Enjoy!

Wes and his wife Robin enjoy running Wolf Creek Gifts & Trading Co. and WolfCreekGifts.com from their home in beautiful Colorado near the foothills of the Rockies. We would like to thank everyone for all of their support.


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