Soduko Duck

Have you gotten sucked into the Soduko craze yet?  Probably so!  I did and they are more than addicting!  I regularly do the ones in Star magazine.  I am not yet good enough to do the ones in Readers Digest but I do keep trying! The way it works is that you start with a grid of boxes, nine across and nine down.  There are numbers in some of the boxes and your goal is to fill in the blank boxes with the correct number.  When you are done you should have the numbers 1-9 in a row down and across AND in each little 3X3 square with no number showing up either in the little box, across and down.  It is quite the challenge! I took a look to see if there were any online places where you can try it out and I found this place: Soduko Duck: http://www.soduko.org.uk/ It allows you to pick a puzzle to play or if you already have one you can put the numbers into the grids and get some help!   www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!   Technorati Tags : make, money, paid, surveys, mystery, shopping, paid, to, drive, wah, wahm Powered By Qumana

A Momma and the Boys Living on a Budget

I just ran across this blog and wanted to share.  It is one of the best written blogs I have seen in quite awhile!  "A Momma and the Boys Living on a Budget" at http://budgetdial.blogspot.com/ is all about frugal living and raising your kids well.  I was particularly inspired by the article on Ipods and kids.  We have recently become an Ipod family.  The older girls both got a Nano for their birthdays (keep in mind they are 18 and 24!) and I got my husband and I got shuffles for our anniversary.  Now of course with all of us having such a great time with the Ipods, Katie (5) has decided she MUST have one.  Now this particular child was born when I was in my mid 30's and the other kids were mostly grown.  This means she has two parents, grandparents and two sisters and a brother who all work and can afford to spoil her rotten.  A 5 year old with an Ipod though?   Even I had to admit that it was too much but I did give it some thought!  Thank goodness for the article at A Momma and the Boys Living on a Budget..  It definately helped me get my head back on straight!  You will find a ton of great advice here.  Take a look:  http://budgetdial.blogspot.com/   Technorati Tags : budget, kids, parenting, frugal, living, money, sense     Powered By Qumana

Unique Hotels

Are you planning a trip and tired of the same ole, same ole?  Here is where you can find some exciting and unique places to stay:  http://hotels.about.com/od/uniqueandunusualhotels/ You can discover the largest hotels in the world, find out about the Madonna Inn, no two rooms are the same.  How about staying in a treehouse or a hotel made entirely from ice and rebuilt every year? The FantaSuites let you pretend you are somewhere else with theme rooms.  They also have a treehouse plus Outer Space, a Drive in Theater and for the very bold you can sleep on top of a giant sandwich.. Even if you don't plan to go anywhere it is fun to look around! www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!   Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!     Technorati Tags : unique, hotels, travel, fun, adventure   Powered By Qumana

April Fool Zone

Okay I know that Aprils Fools Day is long past but I still love practical jokes.  They are fun all year round! This website has some great pranks to play anytime: http://www.aprilfoolzone.com/unique.htm You can find out how to leave your buddy sitting with two full glasses of beer (or water) on his hands, how to get your kids to have a tug of war in the morning when they wake up and can't get out of their rooms or how to scare the heck out of your teenage daughter when she wakes up to find her hair on the pillow.  There are hundreds of great pranks here to pull on your family and friends or on your co-workers.  Have fun and let me know which ones you try! http://www.aprilfoolzone.com/unique.htm       www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!   Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!     Technorati Tags : pranks, tricks, funny, humerous, fun, april, fools   Powered By Qumana

Family Fun

Family Fun is one of my favorite websites and one of my favorite magazines.  Both are packed full of great ideas. At Halloween I used their pattern to make my daughters washing machine costume.  It turned out beautifully and she got 3rd place in the costume contest at the zoo.  I believe she would have gotten first but someone else found the pattern and showed up in a similar costume.    Every Holiday and season they have tons of great projects for families to do together and lots of great recipes and crafts.  You can also find great kid friendly places to visit and lots of party ideas.  This is an awesome website for anyone with a family.  http://familyfun.go.com/       www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!   Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!     Technorati Tags : family, kids, crafts, art, fun   Powered By Qumana

Code Amber

In 1996 Amber Hagerman was abducted and brutally murdered while she was riding her bike in Arlington Texas. The tragedy outraged the entire community and people started calling the local radio stations.  The residents suggested that the radio stations broadcast special alerts when a child is missing and hopefully they could prevent further tragedies.  The Amber Alert was born.  In April of 2003 President Bush signed the Amber Alert and it became a national program which is now used everwhere. Just yesterday a lady here in Boise had her car stolen while it was sitting in an apartment complex running.   She had ran into her friends apartment to tell her something and left the car running with her 11 month old little girl sleeping in the backseat.   An Amber Alert was issued and resulted in the recovery of the car and baby.   The carjackers had dumped the car on a residential street.  It sat there for about an hour when a man heard the Amber Alert and realized the description of the car fit the SUV that was parked across the street from his house.  He went to investigate and found the baby.  A happy ending indeed! How can you help?  If you have a website you can go to http://codeamber.org/ and pick up a small piece of code.  Whenever an Amber Alert is issued your visitors will see it.  There are probably just as many people online these days as there are people who are watching tv or listening to the radio.  The more people who are aware of a missing child, the more people who are looking.     www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!   Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!     Technorati Tags : Amber, Alert, missing, children, save, help   Powered By Qumana

Kids and Guns

The CDC estimates that in 2004 13,846 kids were injured by a firearm and 15,214 were injured by BB or Pellet guns. In a recent survey it was determined that about 1.7 million kids live in homes where there are unlocked and loaded guns!  This is astounding.  I know a lot of people claim that they grew up with guns and that they are perfectly safe so long as you teach your kids how to use them and about the dangers.  I personally am someone who will not allow guns in my house as long as I have small children.  I am not against guns I am just not willing to take the risk.  However, I also know that my child might be in a home at any given time where there are guns.   Because of that I do believe in teaching about the dangers of guns and the proper use of guns.  This website gives you common sense techniques for teaching your kids about guns and gun safety.  You can also find state by state headlines, statistics and resources.  There is a link where you can recieve free firearm safety kits that include gun locks as well.  Even if you don't have guns in your house this is a great resource site for you.  Remember, your kids too might be visiting a home where guns are not locked up. http://www.kidsandguns.org/     Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!   www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!       Technorati Tags : common, sense, kids, guns, safety   Powered By Qumana

Jennifers Language Page

Jennifers Language Page at http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/ is a fun little place.  You can learn to say hello in more than 800 languages!  You can also learn to say "Thank You" in more than 500 languages and you never know when that might come in handy! You can learn Good Morning, Good Bye and a bunch of other useful phrases as well.  If you are planning a trip or just want to learn something new, stop by here and start practicing! Personally I didn't even KNOW that there were more than 800 languages in our world! http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/     Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!   www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!       Technorati Tags : language, foreign, learn, new, words   Powered By Qumana

Stacies Scraps

http://scrapbookfreebies.blogspot.com/  is a great new blog.   Stacie plans to create and offer 1 free scrapbooking kit every month.  Everyday she posts a part of the kit.  This month she is going to be on vacation so it will be a little different than what you would normally see.  Currently she has two papers and an alphabet sheet up and ready for download.  I can't wait to see what she comes up with next.  I expect to be visiting a lot to see what she has come up with.  If you enjoy scrapbooking and free stuff you will want to bookmark this site! http://scrapbookfreebies.blogspot.com/     Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!   www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!       Technorati Tags : scrapbooking, freebies, scrapbooks, free, stuff, free, paper, free, scrapbook, stuff   Powered By Qumana

Vegan Essentials

Now I am not a Vegan or even close.  I heard about this website though and wanted to share it with you. http://www.veganessentials.com/ Even if you are not a Vegan you probably do care about the environment in some way or form or you might just like to be a little healthier.  This website offers all kinds of goodies for everyone including your pets! One thing I love here is the live mouse trap.  I remember being single and finding out we had mice.  I couldn't stand the thought of having to empty a traditional mouse trap or even having to go close to a dead mouse to get it out of the house.  Im kind of squeamish that way.. I went to a dozen stores looking for something that I could handle and I found the live mouse traps.  I loved them.  I just picked them up, took little Mickey outside and let him go.  Much nicer!  Besides the mouse trap you can also find lots of other goodies here; Clothes, vitamins, Easter goodies, candies, Colloidal Silver, lip balm, stickers, shoes, etc.  Most everything you use can be found here and in a form that did not harm any animals.  Take a look around and see what you can find! http://www.veganessentials.com/   Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!   www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!       Technorati Tags : cruelty, free, vegan, vitamins, food, sweets, easter, treats   Powered By Qumana

Psychnet

Want to find out more about your personality?  What is your IQ?  Oh come on, we all want to know what our IQ is and I would love to know what your's is as well!  Here is a website with lots of pyschological puzzles, IQ tests, and even an ESP test!  You can also find some interesting puzzles and some just plain fun games.  We all love this stuff even if we won't admit it so go on and give it a try.  Leave your results in the comments section I would love to see how you do on some of these tests! http://www.psychnet-uk.com/games/games.htm     www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!   Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!       Technorati Tags : puzzles, IQ, games, tests, ESP, fun

Amazing Moms

Amazing Moms http://www.amazingmoms.com/ is a nifty little place where you can find ideas for unique and fun birthday parties, arts and crafts and boredom busters.  You can also learn how to build a family website, get orgranized and find recipes suitable for kids.  Right now the focus is on Easter.  Find out how to set up your Easter Egg hunt, make easter treats, find Easter crafts to keep the kids busy and learn how to decorate your Easter eggs.  How often have you went out to purchase the latest greatest toy only to have your child spend hours playing with the box and never looking at the toy?  You can find some great practical playtime tips here that won't break your budget. It isn't all about kids.  It is also about family.  They have some fantastic recipes for your family dinners and even a section about everything the computer using family needs to know from internet safety to software advice.  If you are a mom or a daycare provider or a grandparent or even just young at heart this is a website you should take some time to visit and look around.  http://www.amazingmoms.com/     www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!   Visit our all new all scrapbooking website at www.scrapbooking4us.com!         Technorati Tags : moms, food, recipes, easter, eggs, birthday, parties, playtimePowered By Qumana

The Childrens Hospital

The Childrens Hospital has made it easy to help you figure out what is going on with your children.  If you have kids you have probably been woken up in the middle of the night to hear your child coughing or crying.  You have probably also spent some fretful times trying to figure out if your child really needs to go to the doctor for that rash or if it is just something minor. http://www.childrenshospital.org/ now includes an area in the upper right corner "My Child has------", just type in your childs symptoms to get a list of the most common ailments.  This is a great way to put your mind at ease or to find out if it is important that you see a doctor.  Take a look at the main web site as well.  There are some pretty fascinating things going on here.  You can keep in touch with family and friends while you are at the hospital or even watch a surgery.  http://www.childrenshospital.org/   www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!     Technorati Tags : children, kids, sickness, symptoms, childrens, hospital Powered By Qumana

The Kid Within

The Kid Within is a great blog.  If you are planning a trip to Orlando FL for any reason at anytime you will want to subscribe to this blog.  Ashley is very experienced about all the places you can go and the things you can see in Orlando.   We all know of course that Disneyworld is a top spot but did you also know that Jimmy Buffet has restaurants named Margaritaville?  I didn't!  Ashley also keeps you up to date on the best sales for Disney items, places to see, eat and stay in Orlando.  There are also just other little things that she talks about when it comes to being an overgrown little kid... Take some time to visit this great blog and don't forget to leave her some comments! http://thekidwithin.blogspot.com/   www.katieshugs.com FREE list of survey sites that pay, FREE list of mystery shopping companies, FREE list of Telecommuting companies. Join our message board for daily survey and freebie updates!     Technorati Tags : kids, travels, Orlando, disney, fun, stuff, places, to, see Powered By Qumana

Daffy jumps

Here is another fun little game that is just slightly addicting.   Help Daffy Duck jump out of an airplane and safely land in the landing zone.  I don't know why this is so much fun but it is.  Tell Daffy when to jump and then help him open up his parachute to make sure he lands on the landing pad.  It isn't as easy as it sounds. Pay attention to the boxer shorts blowing in the breeze to decide which way he is going to fly once he jumps out.  Click on the jump button and then on the chute button to make his chute open.  There is a little landing pad that is up higher or lower, more to the left or more to the right.  You get 10 jumps.   I landed on the pad only 3 times!  Anyway, its just fun: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=9951     Technorati Tags : fun, games, parachute, daffy, duck, boredom Powered By Qumana