The end of the year is always a time to go back and review the year in pictures.  
And maybe play a little with the ones you took this year.
BigHugeLabs.com has a lot of fun stuff you can use to play with your images.
We have a lot of fun stuff to play with like our Motivational [...]

The first of the year is always the time we all seem to talk about getting organized.  New Year’s resolutions abound…”I’m going to get organized this year!”.
But how do we really do that?  I found a website that really seems to take it all step-by-step, is easy to read, visually pleasing and seems to make [...]

It’s time to think about 2010.  (Don’t forget to check the IsIt2010Yet.com website!)  The new year begins in three days.  
I always spend some of the last days of each year creating my new financial spreadsheets, trying to finish up getting the tax information I’ve been neglecting since March of this year when I was [...]

Nearly 7 in 10 of American adults visit online blogs, communities or social networks, and one-third of those surveyed say they visit these sites to read up on product reviews to help them make purchasing decisions, according to a 2008 MarketTools report.
This statement comes from a post by Christopher Elliott on WorkSmart.com.  
More than half of all small-business [...]

From BizarreNews.com…
——— Man, 78, has 241 piercings on his body ———

APSELY, England – Guinness World Records said a 78-year-old British man with 241 piercings on his body has been certified as a world record holder. John Lynch of Apsely, England, is listed as having more piercings than anyone else in the world in the 2010 Guinness Book of World Records, [...]

Still stumped on what to get your favorite cook for Christmas?  I ran across this the other day and it looked pretty cool…
 
Create your own Cookbook in Minutes
Transform your favorite recipes from Woman’s Day into a beautiful personalized book.

(This is Mile High Pumpkin Meringue Tart)
It’s from Woman’s Day and you go to their site and [...]

A few recycled Christmas cards, a little creativity, these instructions and you have a FREE Christmas village to decorate your house for Christmas!  (Unless you want to add battery-operated tea lights which are very cheap at the dollar store or your favorite variety store … or you may have some laying around.)
 
Check out Dollar Store [...]

I know you’re probably not like me and have had your Christmas tree up for weeks and weeks…I just got mine up this weekend and that is EARLY for me!  I just have a hard time getting all of the paraphernalia out and organized and together, knowing I’m going to have to repeat the process [...]

If you do both and find yourself re-posting your blog posts in your Facebook, there’s a better way to do it.  Facebook can do it automatically for you everytime you post.  It goes into your FB Notes and shows up on your New Feed.
I used to do this and it WAS a great way to get [...]

Getting tired of the same old patter on your Facebook page?
I have four words for you.

Pirate
English
on
Facebook

Have you tried it?
 
It’s a lot of fun for a day or two.  Check it out…
1. Go to the bottom of your Facebook Home page…to the bottom of your new feed.
2. In the left-hand corner you’ll see Facebook ©2009 and [...]

Well this Roman Record Cuff bracelet is made from one.  And it’s $10.00.  What a fun Christmas gift…

This unique wrist cuff is made from part of a recycled vinyl record. It is basic black, so it goes with everything, and it is so cool to see the grooves in the record and know there is [...]

 
Some surprising facts about how we communicate.  These statistics are staggering.
 
 
 

By 2010, Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers
…96% of them have joined a social network  (96%!!!)
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Social media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the Web
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Years to reach 50 million users:

Radio – 38 years
TV – 13 years
Internet – 4 years
iPod – 3 years
Facebook added 100 million (not 50 million) users in [...]

Perhaps you know exactly what an RSS Feed is and how to get them…you have a feed reader and have information you care about coming into your computer on a daily basis. 
If so, move along.  This post isn’t for you.
If RSS feeds are a mystery to you and seem like way too much trouble BUT, [...]

 
If you haven’t seen these, they make a great stocking stuffer…
 

Yep, that’s right.  You can customize M&M’s.  They come in all kinds of colors and you can do a lot of things with the designs and text.  Check it out here!

My granddaughter is in Kindergarten and I volunteer on Tuesday mornings during center time.  On of the centers is computer and right now they are using Starfall there.

“Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to motivate children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice [...]

Need a gift idea for the person who has every thing?
 
CNN Money brings us some wonderful information about Neiman Marcus’s 2009 Gift Guide.  Nine extravagant holiday gift ideas for your perusal.  The Cupcake Car is my favorite…
 
This cheery confection is like a delicious-looking go-kart. Coast down the road in style at a top speed of [...]

 
Tired of giving gifts that end up in a closet?
 
Give the White Envelop Project at try…
 
A Message from the Founders

The touching story of the white envelope tradition reached our family over ten years ago and immediately became one of our favorite holiday traditions. Each Christmas, our parents would give a gift to someone in need [...]

Interested in fair trade?  Here’s a site to search for fair trade certified products before you go out shopping.
Here’s more information from their website…
Fair Trade Certification empowers farmers and farm workers to lift themselves out of poverty by investing in their farms and communities, protecting the environment, and developing the business skills necessary to compete [...]

I don’t know about you, but I read through a stack of books in no time flat.  So I bring home an arm load of books from the library every week.  But sometimes I don’t get there and, though I don’t mind supporting the local library, I don’t like paying the late fees I seem [...]

Kids begging for a dog for Christmas?
At $129, this one from Wisteria’s a deal!  
 
No vet bills.  No dog food.  And best of all, no walking on cold and rainy nights!  You can’t lose…

 
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“Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it’s here on USA.gov. You’ll find a rich treasure of online information, services, and resources.
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As the U.S. government’s official web portal, USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web. USA.gov also serves as the catalyst for a [...]

Not sure what to do about all those plastic sandwich and snack bags you and your family are going through?
 
Try Reusies.  They’re not just for lunch either.  You can use them to replace plastic most of the time.
 
 
 
“Consumption
The EPA estimates 500 billion – one trillion plastic bags are used worldwide every year. 
A typical school/work lunch contains [...]

…with a Gravatar.
 
What’s a Gravatar?  I’m glad you asked!!!
 
“Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog. Avatars help identify your posts on blogs and web forums, so why not on any site?”
The image your choose for your [...]

Don’t forget to elf your self and your loved ones this holiday season…
Here’s my granddaughter and my granddog doing the holiday dance.  
(Make one with your grown kids…payback is HELL!….how to win friends and influence people, right?)  LOL.

25 Best Blogs 2009
TIME makes its second annual list of the best blogs in the world, spanning politics, housekeeping, astronomy and everything in between —Tom McNichol
 
Full List

Talking Points Memo
The Huffington Post
Lifehacker
Metafilter
The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan
Freakonomics
BoingBoing
Got2BeGreen
Zen Habits
The Conscience of a Liberal: Paul Krugman
Crooks and Liars
Generación Y
Mashable
Slashfood
Official Google Blog
synthesis
bleat
/Film
Seth Godin’s Blog
Deadspin: Sports News without Access, Favor, [...]

Want a quick look at what’s happening with topics you’re interested in?  Try Alltop.com
“Websites and blogs for any given topic and display the headlines of the five most recent stories. When you place the cursor over a headline, we display part of the story so that you can decide if you’d like to read it. [...]

Here’s something fun to do with the kids.  Email Santa and get an instant, detailed reply based on the answers he or she enters.  At emailsanta.com, you can also…
Track Santa…
Santa will be arriving at your house in: (gives the number of “sleeps”, hours, minutes, seconds)
Check out the Rudolph Cam…
“You are looking at a live shot [...]