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August Holidays

Published on July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog5 Comments

**This post contains affiliate links which help to support our blog and our family.

I will try to update this list with some fun activities as well. Feel free to click the links to find out more about the origins and meanings behind these special days. I plan to incorporate a few of these into our normal homeschool routine to add a little fun and excitement to our days. I’ll update this page with ideas we’ve found as we go through the month. Have fun and maybe make up your own personal family holiday or tradition for the month!

This month is also known as:

Admit You’re Happy Month
Family Fun Month
- Check out these books here and here for some fun frugal family fun ideas.
Dog Days of Summer – July 3 – August 11
International Clown Week – always August 1-7
National Catfish Month
National Eye Exam Month
National Golf Month
- Take the family to the local putt putt course
Peach Month
- Read James and The Giant Peach with the kids or watch the DVD
Water Quality Month
- Check your water quality with one of these kits
National Picnic Month
- Plan the perfect picnic with one of these baskets

And the different weeks are recognized as:

Week 1 National Simplify your Life Week
- See Click here for the first post in my Simplify Your Life series (available July 29)
Week 2 National Smile Week
Week 3 Friendship Week
Week 4 Be Kind to Humankind Week

(These links will be updated as we get closer to the actual holidays.) Continue reading “August Holidays” →

Wealthy Affiliate, The New Way To Make Money With Affiliate Marketing?

Published on July 25, 2018August 9, 2018 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog2 Comments

**This post does contain affiliate links which help to support our blog and our family!

Maybe you are like me and just kind flopping around trying to get this affiliate marketing thing to generate enough income to justify the amount of work you put into it. The little successes you see from time to time are just enough encouragement to keep you going but you know there has to be a secret to earning more.

Or maybe you don’t have a clue on where to start but you know you need to earn a little extra income because your minimum wage job just isn’t cutting it.

Or maybe you are a stay at home parent, a single parent, or unemployed for other reasons and really need an income to help support yourself and your family. Continue reading “Wealthy Affiliate, The New Way To Make Money With Affiliate Marketing?” →

My Melaleuca Experience — The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Published on July 24, 2018June 18, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog5 Comments

I never realized that this post would get as much attention as it does but that tells me that other people may be having the same issues or wondering about the same things I wondered about before giving them a try. I hope that this post helps to answer some of the questions that you may have.

Maybe you remember me talking about a mysterious online shopping club that I joined last month. I didn’t/couldn’t reveal the name due to their marketing rules. However, I’ve since said ‘Goodbye to this company. Actually, as I’m writing this I am in the process of trying to say Goodbye but it’s not an easy thing to do.

I wanted to share my experience, the good, the bad, and the ugly with others.

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One Person’s Boredom Is Another’s Security

Published on July 21, 2018June 18, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

This sentence in the book I just finished reading so describes my life sometimes. I’ve written about our routines and schedules again and again. Some people think that our life must be pretty boring if we are doing the same things again and again. Sometimes it does seem a little boring but I try my best to keep things interesting.

I stick with what we do because it is what works best for our family. We have three children, two who are special needs, who were adopted. They need the structure and stability of the routines we have in place to help them feel secure. So this sentence makes perfect sense to me.

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