Fun Monday- My Chosen Websites

The host for today's Fun Monday is Ann from For the Long Run, who just happens to live in my dream country. You know if the prices were at all reasonable. But since buying a house in Ireland is even more unrealistic than buying one in Canada, I will just have to live vicariously through bloggers in Ireland.

Anyway, Ann's challenge is this:

"For today's Fun Monday, I want to hear about a web site that's changed your life. A web site that you can't live without. A web site whose inventor you'd like to see win a McArthur Genius Grant. A lot of people have said that they didn't think they could narrow it down to one, and that's okay. A top-5 list or a top-3 list is completely acceptable."

I am not sure that I could say that any website has changed my life (though Ann's chosen website may quickly become a firm favourite) but I definitely have ones that I like to look at daily.

First off, there is the For Better or For Worse website, which is the home of my all time favourite comic strip. This comic is almost 30 years old, and unlike most strips, the characters have aged. It is loosely based on the author, Lynn Johnston's, real life. I once went to a show she did, and she was just amazing. Afterwards she did a book signing and when I met her I told her that many times she had saved my sanity when I was sometimes willing to swing for my children. It was good for me to know that even comic strip characters sometimes yell at their kids, and feel guilty about it, as you can see on the strip here, which I think was originally from 1979.



Since becoming a Stampin' Up demonstrator I have been a frequent visitor to the Stampin' Up website. As a demonstrator, I have access to more designs and templates than what you see on the regular site, so I am enjoying that. And for you crafty people in England, Stampin' Up has finally made its way to you. Take advantage I say. I also like Splitcoast Stampers. The link will lead you to where I copied the layout for one of the Christmas cards I did this year. I used different colours and no ribbon, but the basic layout was the same. As I have said before, I have no imagination, but I copy fairly well. Unfortunately I took no pictures of my final product, which annoys me and my cards made file folder to no end.

And finally, there is Facebook. Oh, how I love facebook. A few of William's family members in Australia have finally joined up so it is a great way to let them see photos of the kids. I have discovered that I suck at Scrabulous, much like I suck at Scrabble in real life. I have found friends from elementary, junior high and high school, old work mates, and have connected with bloggers outside of the blogosphere. I even have a few enemies on my friends list. Yes, I love facebook.

Oh, and all you people? The ones listed on my sidebar and the ones I keep meaning to list on my sidebar? If I had to choose, your blogs are the sites I couldn't live without.