Post written by Sherri Kruger. Follow me on Twitter.
The online world is vast. Think of anything and I’m pretty sure there’s already a website dedicated to it. There are sites dedicated to helping you be more productive and organized and sites that provide guidelines for whether or not we should eat the food in our fridge that has been there for over a week .
I get particularly excited when I find a real gem of a site that either makes my life easier, provides entertainment or is just plain useful.
So my question is: What are your favorite online resources?
I’m not talking only family related sites either. Feel free to list any little gem of a site you’ve found and get value from. This is a family site however so please be tasteful and respectful :)
Please share in the comments. There’s 5,600 of you … share those gems. :)
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http://lifehacker.com/
http://www.librarything.com/
http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Portal:Main (I’m a trekkie)
http://www.myutmost.org/ (a great way to start my day)
http://www.drudgereport.com/ (news)
http://www.realsimple.com/ (everyday inspiration/motivation)
http://www.diyideas.com/ (keeps me creative)
http://www.babycenter.com/ (on babies)
http://www.kellymom.com/ (on nursing babies)
http://www.parenting.com/activities/birthday-parties/ (for birthday party planning)
I love Dropbox (http://www.dropbox.com), Mint.com (http://www.mint.com), Google Reader, Instapaper (http://www.instapaper.com) – all have access wherever I am.
http://www.greatschools.com
http://www.SavvySource.com
http://www.swaptree.com/
http://www.tumblr.com – I use it like a filing cabinet for things I want to look at again.
2 of my favorites:
http://www.modernmom.com
http://homemadesimple.com/en_CA/home.do
Happy Earth Day!
You will LOVE LOVE LOVE this one: http://www.thefind.com/
this is what their website had to say “Find every product from every store, every coupon, and every review. Everything you need to decide quickly what to buy and where to buy it.”
So basically I put in “butterfly” or “poppy” or specific product and it will go through all the online stores and provide instant thumbnails of products that are selling with those words.
You are only limited by your imagination!
http://www.imdb.com/ We love movies and anything to do with movies.
http://www.librarything.com/ You can keep a record of your library and add to it as you like.
http://www.jigzone.com/ We love doing puzzles at our house
Well… I am planning my wedding right now so I would have to say http://www.stylemepretty.com
For inspiration… http://www.zenhabits.com
For travel http://www.kayak.com
And now the shameless plug for my very own blog that covers everything from weight-loss to spiritual enlightenment! http://www.inwellness.blogspot.com
My two favorite sites are:
Frugal Family Fun: Wonderful ideas for activities and crafts for elementary school (or younger) kids…
http://www.frugalfamilyfunblog.com/
Simple Mom: Just all around great information, much in line with the concepts posted here!
http://simplemom.net/
Delicious: A great place to store & search for bookmarks in one place. I have projects, recipes, gift ideas all stored here. Love it.
http://delicious.com/
GO PSU :)
A great movie rating web site. Rates movies according to how much sex/nudity, violence/gore, profanity, and substance use is in the movie, with detailed examples. Also concludes the rating with discussion topics and movie’s message. Our family always uses this site as a guide when picking out movies to see, and it’s FREE.
http://www.google.com
http://www.itunes.com
http://www.thekidsyogaresource.com
http://www.thepranamama.com
And of course, http://www.zenfamilyhabits.com
I highly recommend two sites:
One that makes me think and smile at the same time, and helps me be a better wife, daughter, and general contributor to the world:
http://lastyeartolive.wordpress.com/
Knowing that there are people in the world like Barbara, who hold themselves to high standards of engagement with their family, communities, and people around her, gives me great comfort, and courage.
I also delight in The Improvised Life. I love the resourcefulness they share, the recipes, and the general way of looking at the world with great pleasure in the smallest of details. Here’s a recent example:
http://www.improvisedlife.com/2010/04/19/fling-and-be-flung/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+improvisedlife+%28The+Improvised+Life%29
This is a MUST see site. http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/
This site is a safety guide for cosmetics and personal hygiene products. Enjoy!
Lifehacker
GReader
GeekDad
Simple Mom and all of the related sites; Simple Kids, Simple Bites, Simple Home School, Simple Organic.
http://simplemom.net/
The one resource I visit the most have to be Seth Godin’s blog. He’s an awesome writer and his mind is brilliant :)
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
http://unclutterer.com/
http://www.becomingminimalist.com/
http://bookmooch.com/
http://www.zoho.com/
http://cuttingedge.org/
http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/
I can (and often do) spend hours on http://ask.metafilter.com/
I am passionate about all of these and they all make my life better in their own way. I feel really blessed to be living in the time we do. I second a variety of previously mentioned sites, including unclutter, seth godin, and delicious.
My feed reader: http://www.bloglines.com.
Pandora: http://www.pandora.com
TED (technology, entertainment, design and basically inspiration and thought provoking talks: http://www.ted.com
Garr Reynolds – design inspiration: http://www.garrreynolds.com/index.html
http://DoingStuffWithKids.com
When you subscribe to “Doing Stuff With Kids” on this site you receive an email every few days with an indoor activity idea and an outdoor activity idea to do with toddlers and preschoolers…a real savior for home-based parents of young children.
Oh i love this post cos it has enabled me to learn more worthwhile sites online ;D
My personal faves at the moment:
http://www.household-management-101.com/Household-management-blog.html
http://belladia.typepad.com/crafty_crow/
http://www.momtriedit.net/
http://www.organizingyourway.net/
http://www.getinthehotspot.com/
http://www.webmd.com
http://www.labtestsonline.org
http://www.zagat.com
http://www.annualcreditreport.com
I really enjoy http://www.gailvazoxlade.com/blog. She has a tv show ” Till Debt do us Part”, which is canadian but is on in more countries than Canada, and she gives solid money advice…and keeps is simple and practical.
zenhabits
consumerist
happyheartandmind
simpledollar
I really appreciate this post and checking out all of these great websites!
A couple of my favorites that I don’t see listed yet are:
http://thepioneerwoman.com/ (funny,great recipes,fun photo tips & challenges)
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/ (inspirational site that helps me keep financially focused)
http://www.etsy.com/ (like going to a world wide arts and crafts festival from the comfort of home)
One stands out above all the rest – it’s my favorite parenting blog. The archives are *such* a resource, and the community is so friendly and non-judgmental:
http://www.askmoxie.org
slickdeals.net (daily coupons)
groupon (daily coupons)
joffer (daily coupons)
ideeli (designer brands for less)
ruelala (designer brands for less)
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com (home)
http://www.tastespotting.com (food)
http://www.babycenter.com (babies)
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/ (work/life balance)
Thank you all so much for these great resources! I have a few that came in from email so I will add them here as I get permission :)
From PJ:
OK – I’ll bite!
I love 101 Cookbooks, Heidi Swanson’s food blog. She combines photography and narrative on food in a way that inspires me to eat purposefully: http://www.101cookbooks.com/index.html
From Linda:
http://www.freerice.com
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1&link=ctg_ths_home_from_bcs_thankyou_sitenav
http://www.freekibbles.com
Great sites in support of good and worthy causes.
http://www.workitmom.com/
http://www.mommytracked.com/
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/
http://www.zenfamilyhabits.net/
http://simplifyhomesolutions.com/
My favourite website is :-
http://www.stumbleupon.com
I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s posts and checking out the sites- thanks! Here’s one i like http://www.missminimalist.com/ (living a beautiful life w/ less).