My niece graduated this year and she didn't want anything either. So I got a piece of scrapbook paper in the same color as her college, a piece of vellum (kind of a see through paper - but opaque ) and a frame from the dollar store. I...
With my 2 oldest we always say if both of them were playing in a mud puddle my dd would be covered from head to toe and ds wouldn't even need his hands wiped off. It's just their personalities.
Sounds like some of your issues aren't...
I wish there was a way to recycle but I think it all comes down to transport. They are much more lightweight than cans so more can be transported as cargo for the same weight which ultimately, with gas prices, allows companies to...
We left our kids home alone for a week at 17, 15 and 13. We were accross the country. The oldest still doesn't drive and the 15 year old only had a permit. There was a big snowstorm while we were gone and they lost...
The Boys and Girls club here is also open all day on schools out days. We did a mixture. Now they are teens we mix camps with staying home for "down time"
I have a story very similar to yours. Pulled my youngest from the school his older siblings attended for much the same reasons you are and we had a spot at a magnet school. We did our best to keep he and his best friend together as they...
Our Parks and Rec system has their own farm and does something like this and the town south of us contracts with one. A couple of our local CSAs also invite volunteer farmers.