Links
To Visit Daily
- Click to Donate - Help worthy causes with just a few clicks.
- Free Rice - Donate rice and learn vocabulary!
- Makes Me Think - Thought-provoking life stories.
- It Made My Day - Little moments of WIN.
- Fed Up: School Lunch Project - A teacher eats and documents lunch being served to our children in public school.
- Whale FM - Help study whales by listening to their calls.
Friends
- Trav's Site - My soul mate and best friend
- WinterWoman - A dear old friend from Western New York
- Wendy Enelow - Author, Resume Writer and All-Around Good Egg
- Jie Chau - Our friend from Taiwan
- My Mom's Pictures - My mom loved photography!
- Pam's Blog - Part of the Problem
Florida
- Weather Guys - Graphicast for the Tampa Bay, Florida area
- Pure Florida - Another nature participant!
- Florida Butterflies - Awesome collection of butterfly pictures
- Beach Safety - How to stay safe on Florida beaches
- Blog The Beach - Info about the best Florida beaches
- Gator Attack Database - Info about alligator attacks
- Florida Rocks - Some of the interesting rocks you can find in Florida
- Grasshoppers - Who knew we had so many? The checklist is awesome.
- Atlas Quest - Letterboxes in our area
- Florida Snakes - Guide to identifying snakes that live in Florida
- I Love Spring Hill - Spring Hill's Online Newsletter
- Dangerous Florida Critters - What to do if you get bitten, stung or otherwise injured by one of the many creatures in Florida.
- eFlorida Coupons (Pasco County) - Coupons for lots of places in our area
- Caterpillar Identification - Discover life!
- Stinging Caterpillars & Other Venomous Bugs - What to avoid touching around here!
- Frogs & Toads of Florida - From the Florida Wildlife Extension at UF/IFAS.
- Florida Wildflowers - Click on the gallery link for lots of awesome pictures.
- I Love Shelling - Seashell identification
Save the World
- Free Rice - Donate rice and learn vocabulary!
- Free Poverty - Donate water and learn geography!
- Better World Shopper - Vote with your wallet - buy from companies who care
- Earth 911 - Recycling, Reuse & Renewal
- Recycling Guide - What & how to recycle
- Click to Donate - Help worthy causes with just a few clicks.
Health & Fitness
- Perfect Portions - Help you determine how much to cook for the number of people you're serving.
- Glycemic Index - Find out the carb load of lots of foods
- Nutrition Data - Nutrition info on just about any food you can think of
- Still Tasty - Your ultimate shelf life guide for food
- Top 26 Calcium Food Sources - The best way to get more calcium into your diet - from food!
- Eat This, Not That - Lose weight by changing your food choices
- Bodyweight Exercises - Lots of different exercises to do in the comfort of your home, without equipment.
- Doctor Yourself - Health, Naturally!
- Best Yoga Poses for Women - From Women's Health Magazine.
- 7 Minute Workout - An intense workout using only bodyweight.
- Pistol Squats - A goal to attain as I get more fit!
- Effective Towel Workouts - When on the go or just lazy.
- Read Your Face - What your face tells about your health.
- Exercise While You Sit - For those of us desk-bound during the day.
- Full Body Workout - No equipment required.
Useful
- USA.gov - US Government Portal
- Yelp - Reviews of places, restaurants, etc.
- Ten Most Useful Knots - How to tie just about any kind of knot you'll need
- Carpet Stain Guide - How to clean all kinds of stains from carpet
- Frugality Cheat Sheet - 147 Tips for Better Living
- This to That - Tool to help you choose the right glue for the job
- Chordbook.com - Interactive guitar chords resource
- Home Maintenance Tasks - Important stuff to do around the house
- Things You Should Know - 25 Things Everybody Should Know
- Thank You Note Samples - Sample text for all kinds of thank you notes
- Rate MDs - Rate and review your doc, or find a good one!
- The Perfect Knot - How to tie a tie
- How to Nap - Good instructions for effective napping
- Book Repair Manual - How to preserve and repair your beloved books
- Citizen Info Center - Federal publications
- What Bird - Very cool tools to identify birds
- Conversion Tools - A bunch of conversion tools
- Nice Critic - The Anonymous Way to Send a Helpful Message
- Honey Lemon Ginger Infusion - Naturla cough and cold remedy
- Vet Help Direct - How urgent does my pet need the vet?
- How to Clean Stuff - Including cleaning guides and a blog
- Deal Waiter - Fresh, hot deals.
- Neighborhood Fruit - Share or find free produce.
- What's That Bug? - They'll help you identify bugs - submit a picture!
- Advance Directives - Let others know who can make medical decisions for you
- Tech Support Cheat Sheet - How we geeks do it!
- How to Fold a Pocket Square - Lots of different ways to make yourself look natty.
- Party Toasts - For holidays and special occasions.
- Luggage Limits - Airline baggage allowance policies.
- Mnemonics - Easy ways to remember stuff.
- Repair a Broken Ethernet Plug - Handy for those of us with wired networks!
- Steep It - Nifty tea steeping timer.
- Shelf Life Advice - Look up shelf life and storage information about any food.
- Hospital Compare - See which hospital is best for your problem
- Basics of Photography - The complete guide.
- Birthday Freebies - Get "free" stuff for your birthday!
- Birthday Freebies - Lots of "free" birthday stuff, if you don't mind giving up some privacy.
- The Most Common Cooking Mistakes - Yep, I make some of these.
- 80 Things to Know Before Traveling - From CNN.
Interesting
- Live Science - Science news, lists and quizzes
- Discover Magazine - Science news and info
- World Clock - Statstics about our world
- Fun With Words - A bunch of links to interesting word facts
- Gimundo - Good News! - Good News and Positive Stories ... Served Daily!
- News Target - Independent news on natural health and more
- Daily Photo Project - Daily Pictures for 8 Years!
- Fumbling Foodie - Follow Dave's adventures as he learns to cook
- I think this world is perfect - One man's attempt to keep track, and make sense, of the ups-and-downs and side-to-sides of parenting in the 21st Century
- Gleeful - Kinda nerdy Melbourne girl dedicated to the pursuit of happiness through everyday simple pleasures.
- Oddee - A blog on the oddities of our world
- Survivorman - Les Stroud is one brave dude!
- Authentic Happiness - University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center
- Hungry in Hogtown - Blog of a food lover in Toronto
- Modern Cat - Cat products, toys, furniture and more... with a modern style!
- Eco Artware - Gifts from recycled, reused and natural materials.
- Fifty Strange Buildings of the World - Neat buildings!
- Legistalker - Find out what's on the web for your legislators... news, Twitter, etc.
- Travel Tips and More - The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau
- 1000 Awesome Things - A super-duper gratitude journal!
- White Hot Truth - Because self-realization rocks
- 1000 Awesome Things - A celebration of the good things in life.
- Banana Notes
- Man Wife and Dog - Married & Bloggin' It!
- Beetle Photos - Tons and tons of beetles!
- 50 Most Delicious Foods - Subject to taste!
Useless But Fun
- Napkin Folding Guide - How to fold cloth napkins into various interesting designs
- Ian's Shoelace Site - Lots of different ways to lace your sneakers
- Make Stuff - For people who like to make things
- Museum of Food Anomalies - Food that looks like something else. Neat!
- Toilet Paper Origami - Fancy folds for toilet paper
- Ugly Mailbox - Interesting mail boxes around the country
- Davezilla - Clean humor, filthy comments
- Criggo - Newspaper gaffes
- Dumb as a Blog - Idiotic stuff people do
- Bacon Today - Daily updates on the world of sweet, sweet bacon!
- Go Fug Yourself - Celebrity fashion with very funny comments and voting
- Cake Wrecks - Funny cakes.
- Oddly Specific - Funny signs
- Apology Center - Vote on whether people should be forgiven or not!
- Cafe World Dishes - All of the dishes you can serve in the Facebook game Cafe World.
Recipes to Try
- Rosemary Roasted Almonds - From MyRecipes.com
- 15 Foods to Boost Your Metabolism - From EcoSalon
- Jazz Up Your Guacamole - From SeriousEats.com
- Red Cabbage
- Mouthwatering Stuffed Mushrooms
- Meringue Cookies
- Bacon Fat Popcorn
- Corn on the Cob Cupcakes
- Egg Nests
- Valentine Sugar Cookies
- Cheese and Vegetable Quinoa Bites - Appetizer.
- Savory Spinach Bites - Appetizer.
- Cucumber Feta Rolls - Appetizer.
- Ultimate Chocolate Dessert - Not too messy and sure to impress, so they say.
- Perfect Bacon in the Oven - For large batches.
- Home Cured Bacon - DIY bacon.
- Orange Creamsicle Cookies - Mmmm!
- Candied Ginger - Hot stuff.
- Turtle Bread - Yep - bread shaped like a turtle.
- Cider Beetles - If it every gets cold enough, I'll make these!
- Chocolate Avocado Mousse - Healthy chocolate dessert!
- How to Cook a Turkey - Sounds yummy.
- Perfect Risotto - Good to know.
- Coffee Can Bread - Neat!
- Lefse Recipes - Norwegian flatbread.
- Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs - Simple and effective.
- Apple Swan - Beautiful.
- Quinoa Burger - Healthy veggie patty.
- Baked Eggs - Good for large quantities.
- Heart-Shaped Boiled Egg - Adorable!
Project Possibilities
- Self Watering Tomato Planters - The lazy person's way to grow tomatoes!
- Magnetic Bookmarks - Recycle all those useless magnets from the phone books
- Homemade Laundry Soap - Save money and the environment
- Altoids Toolbox - Good for storing the small bits in the work area.
- Hand Lights - Affix these to your arms when you need more light for your project!
- LingQ - Learn spanish?
- How to Photograph Beads - I'm going to use this for my gem pictures.
- Bake Cookies in the Car - A fun little project and certainly doable here in Florida
- Homemade Deodorant - For those hot, hot Florida days!
- Paper Beads - Make beads from old magazines or junk mail.
- Altoids Bicycle Survival Kit - Everything the bicycle enthusiast needs to survive.
- Almond Milk - How to make delicious almond milk at home.
- Bottle Cap Tabletop - With poured resin surface. Neat!
- Wine Bottle Christmas Lights - Simple project with stunning results.
- Homemade Vanilla Extract - Mmmmmmm!
- Bacon Cups - From Not Martha. Yum!
- Recycle a Book Into a Journal - Use the cover and some new paper. Neat!
- Pies in a Jar - Tiny pies in mason jars.
- Homemade Toothpaste - Make your own safe, natural and healthy toothpaste and tooth cleaners
- Handmade Gifts - 34 ideas for gifts you can make yourself.
- DIY Dry Erase Calendar - Made from paint chips and a picture frame.
Places to Go
- Dunedin Brewery - A brewery close to Honeymoon Island.
- Enchiladas Mexican Restaurant - In downtown Brooksville.
- Zen Forrest - Asian restaurant in New Port Richey, Florida
- 10 Islands to See Before You Die
YouTube Favorites
- In The Still of the Night by The Five Satins - A great doowop song!
- Cupid Shuffle - Instructional Video - By the guy who wrote the song.
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Acoustic Version by Bon Jovi - Video is terrible, the song is excellent!!
- Cupid Shuffle - The whole song, with lyrics.
- Basic Salsa Dance Lesson - By Stephanie and Anthony of addicted2salsa.com
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