What can I do over the summer at home by myself?

Lola G.

I only get together with my friends a few times a month, so I have a lot of days when I'm at home with just my crazy family. I don't have much transportation, its mainly me and my computer. What are some fun things I can do online or at home by myself?

Answer
de this list for me, my friends, and family so it might be a little weird, but here it is anyway:
ï­play on trampoline
ï­play on trampoline w/ water
ï­go to the pool
ï­bake a cake
ï­Slip-n-slide (with tarp)
ï­ride your bike around the block
ï­update you iPod/Mp3 player (songs)
ï­play with chalk
ï­go to the park
ï­play run the bases
ï­play wiffle-ball
ï­have a picnic
ï­have a bake-sale
ï­have a lemonade stand
ï­go shopping
ï­have a scavenger hunt
ï­make a website (www.webs.com)
ï­have a bake-off
ï­have a bubble bath
ï­bake chocolate chip cookies
ï­play on the swing-set
ï­plant a flower
ï­make a movie (using video camera)
ï­tumble in the back yard (kate)
ï­stunt!
ï­make bracelets
ï­make dinner for our family
ï­play a board game
ï­clean your room
ï­coordinate a sleepover
ï­make a fort
ï­play Wii
ï­tye dye a shirt
ï­go camping in our back yard
ï­DANCE PARTY!
ï­make popsicles in the freezer
ï­read a book
ï­write a book
ï­have a tea party (with costumes and iced tea and cookies)
ï­make a coke rocket, or explode a coke
ï­draw
ï­start a diary
ï­make a smoothie
ï­make a scrapbook
ï­play cards
ï­have a water balloon fight
ï­go to the library
ï­play an online game
ï­play jump rope
ï­make up a hand game
ï­start a club
ï­make a tree house
ï­start a band
ï­make up your own sandwich
ï­make your own kind of camp (soccer, cheerleading etc.)
ï­invent a dance move
ï­make a collage
ï­have a family game night
ï­find a pen pal (www.stonesoup.com/main2/penpal.html)
ï­put on a play
ï­write a song
ï­have an egg-drop
ï­fly a kite
ï­make something from recyclables
ï­create your own holiday
ï­get a tan
ï­attempt a world record
ï­play kitchen
ï­play dodge ball
ï­try to sound British
ï­create a routine on the trampoline
ï­enter a contest
ï­make pound cake
ï­make up a recipe
ï­make a gum wrapper bracelet (http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11851)
ï­watch T.V.
ï­create a log of what you eat everyday for 4 days
ï­make your own ice cream
ï­have a race: skateboard down our driveway on you butt
ï­have a water relay
ï­go to a friends house
ï­play hide-n-go-seek
ï­add things to this list
ï­stretch
ï­pretend to play American idol
ï­make your own music video
ï­spend the day taking pictures
ï­have a sleepover everyday of the week (with different or the same people)
ï­have a garage sale
ï­have a bon fire
ï­play Frisbee
ï­learn how to do the spongebob dance (search it on youtube)
ï­go to the zoo
ï­hang a swing from a tree
ï­learn all the lyrics to a song (www.metrolyrics.com)
ï­make your own cake walk
ï­create a rollercoaster at your house
ï­have a mini-garage sale
ï­walk to Wawa
ï­have a blind-folded makeover
ï­go to the dollar store and buy stupid stuff
ï­make a sign for your door
ï­organize a party
ï­make a puffy paint shirt
ï­make a piñata
ï­wash mom or dadâs or Melanieâs car
ï­make your own popcorn
ï­clean out your closet
ï­create your own board game
ï­paint your nails
ï­have a day at the spa at our house
ï­clean out under your bed
ï­make a bookmark
ï­teach one of your siblings to do something
ï­wear a pedometer
ï­run around the block 3 times
ï­do 100 push up throughout the day
ï­freeze a go-gurt
ï­write your friend a letter
ï­learn a foreign language
ï­make a treasure hunt
ï­play mafia
ï­search your family tree
ï­see how many people have the same name as you
ï­play keep it in the air
ï­go geocaching
ï­play capture the flag
ï­paint a picture
ï­play pin the donkey
ï­sumo wrestler fight (using big balls in office)
ï­go pillow skating (on trampoline)
ï­sew your own pants
ï­ride your scooter around the block
ï­make a C.D. (burn it)
ï­play pirates? (mattâs idea)
ï­have breakfast for dinner or lunch
ï­take a hike
ï­decorate your own flip-flops
ï­egg race
ï­play volleyball
ï­play tennis at school courts
ï­reenact your favorite show
ï­put on a puppet show
ï­search a word on Google and try to get the least amount of results (EX. Smacker tinsel fishcake)
ï­go to www.girlsense.com and create outfits
ï­decorate a drawstring bag with puffy paint
ï­have a movie sleepover. Rent lots of movies and watch them all night!
ï­make play dough
ï­make a really thick string bracelet ï 
ï­write a letter to the future you
ï­use washable dye to dye your hair a crazy color!
ï­play 4 square
ï­pump up our basketballs!!
ï­go to the movies
ï­take a nap
ï­meditate
ï­save up your money for something you really want
ï­stay up for 24 hours with your friend

Putting in an inexpensive backyard...?

DJ

We just bought a house and need to put in the backyard, it's going to take a lot of money and work. We would like to get the kids swing set and trampoline up as soon as possible but we don't have the money to get the yard put in right now. Does anyone know what we can do to make our yard look nice, be kid friendly, and very inexpensive? Thanks!
There are no sprinklers, or any water for that fact, in the backyard and it needs grass and a patio as well.
This is a newer home with nothing but dirt, the ground has never been touched.

Answer
When I moved in this last house, I simply knocked on doors and asked for a start. There were so many succulents and tropicals that could easily be started. I watched for sales and mark downs and brought them back to life. At least now you have the internet to research how to start what plants. Do some interesting things. I met a lady before I moved and she had gotten an apple tree and then grafted different apples on different branches. You can do that with many other things. I was so broke when I moved in I used to go down the side walks and pull the strings of carpet grass and take them home and plant them. Don't laugh...I had a good yard within a year and it didn't cost me anything. The other thing you need is to figure out how to get water to the back yard. I didn't have water in the front so I poked a hole through my house and ran pipe over to the front with a shut off for water stealers or cold weather. I ended up with a washing shed...I guess they call them here...but an small place for the washer and places to hang clothes to dry in the fresh air but sheltered. I also found a small plant with white flowers that looked like an expensive purple one but was wild. I have a bed of them across the back fence and they are indigenous so they simple bloom and bloom and bloom. I also drove around and still do looking in the heaps of plant people put out to be picked up. I've gotten all sorts of plants and certainly a lot of banana trees and lots of ivy and yuccas. People laughed at me because I didn't use a color scheme. Actually I did but they didn't get it at first. It's myriads of color but in a way so that each color area always has something blooming and one color compliments the next and I bet I have one of everything that will grow here.

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Jobs for 13 year olds in North Carolina?

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Number 8

Hi, I'm 13 and in NC, I really really want a job.
I am trying to get some extra money to spend at disney when we go in a few months.
are there any types of jobs I can do?
Besides babysitting and mowing lawns, where I live there aren't a whole lot of people or lawns to mow.

Do I have to be 14 years old to get a job? or could I get something like bagging groceries for tips or anything like that?

Answer
Some ideas for you:
Shovel snow off driveways, porches, mailboxes, trampolines, off stuff in the yard like dog houses, boats, etc.
Dig up gardens so they can be planted.
Walk dogs.
Fill in for a newspaper delivery person who is on vacation.
Water plants for people who are out of town.
Baking cookies or cinnamon rolls for people. Take orders and then deliver them.
Or ask a store that does not sell food, (or some other event) if you can have a bake sale table.
Or sell food to friends after school. Everybody is always hungry then.
Help mothers clean house or do laundry.
Tutor kids in reading or math.
Help mothers put on birthday parties.
Organize a movie day, with food, where parents can pay you to watch their kids on days that school has been canceled, but parents still have to work.
Ask everyone you know if they have any "odd jobs" you can do for them. They may not be able to give you a "real" job, but they may be able to find wood that needs to be moved, parking lots that should be swept, windows to wash, gardens to clean out before being planted, etc.
Take a look around and see what kinds of things people don't like to do (the jobs that they usually put off for last), what kinds of things they don't have time to do, and offer to be hired to do them.
See what people are spending their money on, and see if there is a way that you can provide some of that product or service.
Good Luck and have fun!

Did you buy your pet dog from a Breeder, or Pet Store, or animal shelter, or neighbor had puppies?

CAMILLE

How much did you pay for your dog ? What kind of dog and his/her name?

Answer
Bought our dog from none of the above. It took quite a bit of doing to get our dog. First off, we live in kind of a wooded subdivision and there used to be dogs running loose, and I'm sure that SOME of those dogs were shot.

I started with a bulldozer and graded our backyard; then I told my son we needed grass, so I bought a power seeder and we planted, fertilized and watered to get a lawn. Then I put up a fence, and the day the fence was complete I told my son he should try to find a dog.

We went to a local Pets-R-Us store and he found a dog he liked, but we had to fill out a written application for how we would TREAT the dog, and I guess they either didn't like the fact that we already had a cat or that we wrote that the dog's home would generally be the backyard, not the house....Whatever we said, we failed to meet their criteria, because they never called us.

A few days later, I picked up a newspaper and told my son to look under pets and find a dog. By now, we were praying sincerely to find a dog. My son had a beautiful fenced in yard with grass and trampoline and trees to climb and a swingset, but no dog. He called these people who had "American Eskimo" puppies for sale. My son seemed excited and wanted me on the phone. I got on the phone and asked the man "what is the breed known for?" He responded "Nothing. They are just lovable little furballs."

We drove over to their house and met them and David picked a puppy. We gave them $50 down, I don't remember if the dog was $350 or $450, but he has become priceless. I told my son he should try to find an Eskimo name for his Eskimo dog, and he went online somewhere to the University of Alaska or someplace where they have a drop-down Inoupia (Eskimo) dictionary. (I'm probably murdering the spelling, but anyway, the Eskimo name he found was "Ixa" meaning "friend" in Eskimo language.

This dog has been perfect for my kids. He DOESN'T bark needlessly, but NO ONE can walk down the street without him yapping. He is rather smaill, about 25 pounds, but HE doesn't know that; he is totally fearless and will bark ferociously at dogs 4 times his size. He is VERY protective of my kids, but gentle and loving TO them. He is pure white, unfortunately longhaired, and an absolute chick magnet.

EVERY time my son walks him, all the girls (regardless of age) just ooohhh and ahhh over him, which is kind of funny, because he doesn't really LIKE girls nearly as well as he enjoys boys company.

His one drawback is his HAIR. He sleeps in a kennel in the kitchen, but sometimes when the sun shines in the living room, you can see his hair floating in THERE. My poor wife vaccuums frequently under the kitchen table, but it usually looks like pigs live here because the dog is SUCH a fur factory. He IS a perfect watchdog, because he WILL bark and get my attention, and I'll address any threat (I am most certainly lawfully armed in my own home).

Voice in the Wilderness

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my boyfriend is boring im thinking about breaking up wit him?

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Rachel B

hes cute and all but hes borning. weve been together for a month and nothings really changed =/ i kinda dont wana be with him anymore but then agian i think i should give hima chance. ahould i talk to him about it??? i know he likes me a lot!! but i guess hes kinda shy but its getting annoying what should i do??

Answer
DO SOMETHING FUN WITH HIM!
Get out there and smile together, its the only way.

Visit the zoo
See an aquarium
Go to a play
Visit an art gallery
Play board games
Go to a drive-in movie
Go to a car show
Go see fireworks
Go to a movie
Go to an ice skating show(or go ice skating)
Go to a concert(free concerts are usually available in my area)
Visit garage sales
Go to an air show
Play card games
Make your own video(no porn if this is the first date lol)
Karaoke
See a musical
Go out for a cultural dinner(Indian food mmmm)
Visit a children's hospital
Go to the symphony
Visit each other's grandparents(or other member of their family)
Volunteer together
Go camping
Go horseback riding
Go miniature golfing
Go whitewater rafting
Go dancing
Rake leaves & play in them
Play a game of tag
Hopscotch
Climb trees together
Take a riverboat cruise
Play kick the can
Ride a ferry or steamboat
Waterslide
Go swimming
Go moped riding
Go to the driving range
Play touch football
Jet ski
Go sledding
Work out together
Build a snowman
Make snow angels
Sunbathe together
Run together in the rain
Play racquetball
Badminton
Ride go-carts
Beach volleyball
Catch fire flies
Snowball fights
Go for a country drive
Go stargazing
Rent a movie
Have a picnic at home
Look at Christmas lights
Go to a museum
Watch the sunset
Bake cookies together
Do laundry together
Make ice cream
Go for a sunset walk
Cook dinner for each other
Go grocery shopping
Build ice cream sundaes
Color in coloring books
Go to an arcade
Visit a city that is the name of a state
Take a sleigh ride
Go snowmobiling
Play frisbee
Park and star watch
Visit a pet store
Rent a limo for the evening
Walk on the beach at midnight
Roast marshmallows over a campfire
Visit favorite childhood places
Finger paint
Snuggle up in front of the fireplace
Go to the beach
Visit a city park
Pillow fight
Go kayaking
Walk your dog
Play hide and seek
Go ice skating
Go rollerblading
Build models
Pick colorful fall leaves
Go for a moonlit walk
Watch TV together
Decorate a Christmas tree
Feed ducks at a pond
Go on a hay ride
Snuggle
Carve a jack-o-lantern
Watch the sunrise
Go shell searching on the beach
Visit an orchard
Watch little league games
Watch planes take off
See a midnight movie
Go to a wedding together
Look for 4-leaf clovers
Fruit tree picking /orchard
Go window shopping
Read tabloids & laugh together
Thumb wrestle
Puddle jump in the rain
Play tennis
Play volleyball
Hot air balloon ride
Ride a bike built for two
Go water-skiing
Go sailing
Go to a playground
Go to the horse races
Go to an amusement park
Play laser tag
Learn to rock climb
Go bowling
Play basketball (1 on 1) I haven't done this in a long time but there is this young man that wants to pretend he will beat me. Umm I don't think so.
Cook out
Visit caves
Fly a kite
Give each other back rubs
Take a helicopter ride
Go deep sea fishing
Go scuba diving
Go on a hayride
Walk through a mall
Have a small party
Go to church together
Go to a boating show/race
Take a hobby class
Visit a haunted house
Go to a circus
Go out for coffee
Visit a flea market
Cruise in a convertible
Go to an all you can eat buffet
Go to a ballet
Play bingo
Help at a soup kitchen
Go to an opera
Go to a bookstore
Visit another city
Go hear jazz or reggae
Go on a cruise
Do yard work
Have shaving cream fight
Trampoline
Go Snowboarding
Go Skiing
Listen to music
Go snorkeling
Go to a football game
Put a crossword puzzle together

does anyone know where you can get a preowned water trampoline maybe be able to finance it?

Jamie F

Answer
go to a yard sale...you don't even have to finance it. Next best choice is a catalogue...they aren't that expensive in there either. If they are, dont buy it, they'll bust. Ever tried being imaginative on the idea......you may come up with something better than what is on the market.......watch viva la bam......it'll give you ideas.

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