40 Favorite Web Sites

1. Facebook (www.facebook.com) – my number one addiction, timewaster and vice! I don’t know what I did without it!
2. One True Media (www.onetruemedia.com) – I work on the girls’ video scrapbooks all year long and love being able to see a video of their lives.
3. Aimee’s Blog (www.offwego-brynly.blogspot.com) – What can I say, I am my BFF’s biggest fan!
4. NieNie Dialogues (www.nieniedialogues.blogspot.com) – There’s just something about Stephanie’s comeback story that touches my heart and keeps me coming back for more.
5. New Dress A Day (www.newdressaday.com) – Too interesting to be ignored
6. WV Department of Transportation Road Conditions (www.transportation.wv.gov) – Road conditions, 119 and winter…need I say more?
7. The Canvas Heart – Etsy store – (www.etsy.com/shop/thecanvasheart) – I am just in love with this stuff here!
8. Primetime in No Time (http://primetime.tv.yahoo.com) – Since my time is limited this helps me keep up with the banter and be able to participate in water cooler conversations.
9. Bible Gateway (www.biblegateway.com) – The Word at my fingertips in any translation I am looking for!
10. Simple Mom: Life Hacks for home managers (www.simplemom.net) – There is sooo much to discover on this site.
11. A Year of Slow Cooking (www.crockpot365.blogspot.com) – AMAZING recipes and honest reviews…what is not to love?
12. Gazette Newspapers (www.gazette.net/frederick) – This is where I am able to keep up with Frederick/Brunswick and some of the writers I started my career with!
13. Sermons 4 Kids (www.sermons4kids.com) – great object lessons and worksheets for kids sermons!
14. FlyLady (www.flylady.net) – I owe my clean house and organization skills to this site. A true God-send!
15. WV Connections (http://wvconnections.k12.wv.us) – This lets me keep track of what local educators should be doing in terms of Jacinda’s education and arms me with knowledge to be a better advocate for my daughter!
16. Sephora (www.sephora.com) – I love to check out the pretty things…
17. Mahogany Knots (www.mahoganyknots.com) – another new find for product reviews and hair inspirations for Jacinda, this woman is FUNNY!
18. Printable Games A to Z (http://printablegamesatoz.com) – I love this for all kinds of party games! It goes beyond the ordinary word scrambles and I like that they have different selections. How many times can you play Bridal Shower Bingo before you want to puke?
19. Escape Scholarships (http://escapescholarships.blogspot.com) – A wonderful cause that is becoming near and dear to my heart!
20. Playlist (www.playlist.com) – gives me my Broadway fix.
21. Snopes – the Urban Legend site (www.snopes.com) – I never forward an e-mail “story” without checking!
22. Acronym Finder – (www.acronymfinder.com) – in my line of work, this site comes in pretty handy and in other situations when I don’t have a clue about what people are talking about – I can usually find some help here!
23. Cake Wrecks – (http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com) When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong!
24. Lorem Ipsum – (www.lipsum.com) - Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s. It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
25. Amazon – (www.amazon.com) – Need I say more?
26. Crosswalk – (www.crosswalk.com) – The Intersection of Faith and Life (from devotionals and podcasts to Bible Study Tools and parenting advice – I love this site!)
27. Christian Book Distributors (www.christianbook.com) – where I find tons of bargains for my Sunday School class as well as other can’t pass it up bargains like the adorable Christmas cards that I got for 39 cents a box a few years back – now if I could just send them out.
28. Yahoo! Driving directions – (http://maps.yahoo.com) - I swear by them…don’t know why, but they are like an old friend!
29. EmpowHER – www.empowher.com) Improving Health – Changing Lives – this is one of my newer finds, but so far I like what I see.
30. General Hospital Happenings – (www.generalhospitalhappenings.com) – yep, it’s a vice and while I don’t have time to watch the show, I do have time to read about it!
31. The Party Dress – (www.thepartydress.net) – Inspirations from the Well-Heeled Hostess – Totally awe-inspiring!
32. My Points – (www.mypoints.com) – I have earned more than $300 in gift cards since I started using this click-thru site
33. DLTK’s Sites – (http://dltk-kids.com) – wonderful site for preschoolers with tons of craft ideas, coloring pages, etc. Organized beautifully in themes. Gotta Love it!
34. Better Business Bureau – (www.bbb.org/us) – because you can never be too careful!
35. Dictionary – (www.dictionary.com) – easily accessible spelling/definition/word choice assistance. What could be better?
36. Blogger – (www.blogger.com) – Seriously if it wasn’t for blogger, I probably wouldn’t be writing these types of things. Love it!
37. Prometric – (www.prometric.com) – This is on here because I feel like I keep rescheduling the PMP exam I am supposed to be sitting for. And yes, yet again the count down for the exam is ticking by and I have yet to revisit the materials.
38. Oriental Trading – (www.orientaltrading.com) – How in the world did I ever do an event without this site? There is something for every occasion at prices you can’t beat!
39. Ministry to Children – (http://ministry-to-children.com/) – This site has 100 percent free materials and includes an amazing review of VBS materials every year. I look forward to reading the results and seeing the unpacking every February!
40. Roots and Wings (www.rootsandwings3.blogspot.com) – I love to check in and see how many people have stopped by, where they are located and if they left a comment…now don’t disappoint me!