These are sites that I have come across lately. I thought I would share them with you. (Many of these are things that I have shared or found with my friends on Plurk over the past few weeks. Next time the list will be shorter.)
New Found Challenges -
A weekly cleaning challenge from thoushaltclean.com
A new challenge each month from smallnotebook.org. This month is Being Prepared.
The August declutter challenge from organisingtips.blogspot.com
A to Z challenge to bloggers from LegitGeek.com - I’m going to try to participate in this one on LPO. I think we can make this fun! (If you have suggestions for letter topics you would like to see, let me know!)
Each Monday we have our own weekly challenge here on Laurel Plum Online - The Scavenger Hunt. Make sure to check back tomorrow!
Random Articles I liked -
Review of Doomi a simple to-do app on LegitGeek.com
Perspective of celebrity photos on karlascrazylife.blogspot.com
Doing mental math on Instructibles.com
Yet another perspective on stuff at confessionsofahoarder.blogspot.com
A warning to multi-taskers from nickpagan.com/blog
12 tips to Be Happy from stevensmith.org/blog
The merits of being an imperfectionist from www.remodelingthislife.com
Exceptional Living through Sherlock Holmes from www.dumblittleman.com
Long term look at accomplishments from www.thewisdomjournal.com
20 ways to exercise your brain from mysuperchargedlife.com
and 10 more brain exercises from www.sharpbrains.com
and yet more brain exercises from http://studenthacks.org
20 questions to ask yourself each week from www.marcandangel.com
How teachers can use cell phones for learning on Instructify
Video software and applications on Mashable
Questioning the To-Do List from momstoolbox.wordpress.com
Musings on social banishment from Greg Verdino
Simplicity (read even if you are not a software developer) from www.brooksandrus.com
For the book lovers - http://digitalbooktalk.com
100 tools for every kind of learner from http://www.collegeathome.com
A marital test (Just for fun)
What would you do with a free day? - www.acreativejournal.com
A guest post about the importance of a positive attitude from Leo Babauta on www.scotthyoung.com
5 reasons to write poestry from The Positivity Blog
Tim Gunn as a model for simplicity from On Simplicity
On Character from Melissa Thinks Out Loud
Gratitude does not have an expiration date from Juggling Frogs
A tribute to Nana from Jane’s Blog
On Empathy from Fresh Focus
10 free collaboration tools from Stepcase Lifehack
16 websites to improve your vocabulary from Dumb Little Man
On Being Nice from On Simplicity
Free books on Wowio
Need answers? Try Wisegeek
Film Noir picks from Eric Enders
Things to Make
Quick skirt from The Angry Chicken
Cool desert from www.blissfullydomestic.com
A good banana bread recipe from www.organizedmom.net
DIY party decoration resources from Junk Creations
A literal Money Box
For the Kids and Parenting
Screening your child’s friends from www.supernannyrules.com
Book activity from www.makeandtakes.com
Your Links
I truly enjoyed each of them and hope that you do, too. Let me know if you did enjoy them in the comments. If there is an article you would like for me to consider sharing next week, send me an e-mail using laurelplum [at] laurelplumonline [dot] com (the spelling is to avoid spam) or send me a plurk!
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Amy @ MomsToolbox 08.10.08 at 11:17 pm
Wow! I am very excited to be a part of your link love feature this week. THANKS! I’ve moved my blog, though, and was hoping you could link to the new address for that post: http://www.momstoolbox.com/blog/what-would-god-think-of-my-to-do-list/
Thanks, again for the mention… and for reading. It really means a lot.
marcia 08.10.08 at 11:31 pm
My comment is similar to the one above. Thanks for the second referral to the blog and for reading!
Its nice to navigate my way around your blog as well.
Kris @ Fresh Focus 08.11.08 at 6:45 am
Hi there! Thanks for adding me to your link love fr August 10th. It’s very much appreciated!
Melissa 08.12.08 at 9:49 am
Laurel,
Thank you so much for the link! I will be bookmarking this post for future reading pleasure
Org Junkie 08.12.08 at 11:00 am
Looks like a great list, I’m looking forward to checking out some of the links, thanks!
Melissa 08.23.08 at 12:47 pm
Hi Laurel, thanks for including me. What a great list to be among. I’ve got to sit back and enjoy some reading!!!
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