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My Parents Were Awesome
Before the fanny packs and Andrea Bocelli concerts, your parents (and grandparents) were once free-wheeling, fashion-forward, and super awesome. Send to myparentswereawesome@gmail.com with your name and the name of those pictured (or submit directly through Tumblr ). Please feel free to send a ...
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Mighty Girl — -Bill and Jane from My Parents Were Awesome -Thoughts on thank you notes. (via Swiss Miss) -Jason Kottke’s take on the FCC ruling for bloggers –see the footnotes for the post — are exactly what I’ve been thinking. (And congrats to True Ventures and Jen Bekman! Smashing.) - Designer Erin Jang’s very sweet subway map made according to the interests of her three-year-old nephew. What a lovely gift. I originally thought Jason made this, but it turns out he just found it, and ...

Rocks In My Dryer — ...   20 Things I Learned In a Week Without My Computer :: Conversion Diary Whole Chicken In a Crock Pot :: Happy Housewife One of these days I'll get over my fear of chicken innards and try this. Brave Affairs :: Holy Experience Fabric Pinwheels :: Portabellopixie OneLook Dictionary Search An interesting tool for writers. My Parents Were Awesome :: MyParentsWereAwesome.com With all the snark in the blogosphere, I think ...

Way Back When
Junior Society — ... It’s not unreasonable to think that before your parents were parents their lives were very different…it just might be hard to imagine. Enter My Parents Were Awesome, a reader submitted pictorial archive that offers photographic proof that our parents were once young…and carefree, goofy, romantic, cool and in some instances, well, hot. Feel good images that’ll send you rifling through old photo albums. Here’s a taste… ...

My Parents (Are) Awesome
Girl's Gone Child — I was going to submit this picture to My Parents Were Awesome but decided to post it here, instead. Wendelin Welsh and Lawrence Woolf, UCSD, 1976 The following winter, they married and ...

Baby Link Roundup #8,611: Que Sera Sera
Thingamababy — ... of empathy and cooperation in our species sparked when our ancestral mothers began allowing others to help rear their children. 4. Toddler joke backlash — What sort of key can’t open a door? 5. News report: Notes left behind — A tear-jerker story about a 6-year-old with terminal cancer and her parents finding numerous love notes from their daughter after she died. I have mixed feelings about the parents turning it into a book for charity, but okay. 6. My Parents Were Awesome — A great website to share a photo of your awesome parents. 7. Dysphagia ...

My Parents Were Awesome
swissmiss — ‘ The blog called “My Parents Were Awesome” put a huge smile on my face. Wish I had an archive of photos of my parents I could dig through and submit one myself. Unfortunately, they are all in Switzerland. (via chesley)

Blog Feature: My Parents Were Awesome
The Dear Dr.MOZ Baby Blog — ... There’s nothing quite as funny as seeing our parents in photos long, long before they had kids. It can be hard to imagine our parents living footloose and fancy-free, but make no mistake my friends…they too were awesome before you came around. If you don’t believe me, just visit My Parents Were Awesome and I think you’ll see what I mean. ...

Your Mighty Life Lists
Mighty Girl — ... Easter Kiwi is going to: “Learn how to be a beekeeper and have a hive in our yard.” Ali of Ali Awesome is going to: “Be conversational in Maori, Spanish, Japanese, French and German.” Mitali of Educated Tatya is going to: “Meet Devdutt Pattnaik (mythologist) for coffee.” Joelle of Fail Joles Fail is going to: “See a total solar eclipse.” (Photo from My Parents Were Awesome.) Jill of Calamity Jill is going to: “Send my ...

Your Mighty Life Lists
Mighty Girl — ... Easter Kiwi is going to: “Learn how to be a beekeeper and have a hive in our yard.” Ali of Ali Awesome is going to: “Be conversational in Maori, Spanish, Japanese, French and German.” Mitali of Educated Tatya is going to: “Meet Devdutt Pattnaik (mythologist) for coffee.” Joelle of Fail Joles Fail is going to: “See a total solar eclipse.” (Photo from My Parents Were Awesome.) Jill of Calamity Jill is going to: “Send my ...

Friday Finds - Dec. 4, 2009
Working Moms Against Guilt — ... -- Moms and Pops, back in the day: Check out this Tumblr site full of people's favorite parental photos from the good ol' days. ...

Friday Finds - Dec. 4, 2009
Working Moms Against Guilt — ... -- Moms and Pops, back in the day: Check out this Tumblr site full of people's favorite parental photos from the good ol' days. ...

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