Chat Sites - these are a few of my favorite chat sites

Parents Place- my favorite chat site!! You have to register for the chats.
ICQ- Allows you to see if your friends are online and you can then either send messages or chat. This program has become my favorite chatting aid, if you have it you can page me my UIN is 19176724.
AOL's Instant Messenger - A little like ICQ, it allows you to see which of your friends are online.
Powwow- Another good chat program.
ParentSoup- I just started chatting here and don't go very often,but it is a fun site with nice people.
Thirty-something- I've only been here a few times but it seems to be a nice place.
Big Families- Been here but the chat room is always empty.:(
mIRC- Internet Relay Chat is a chat program,once you have it there are 1,000's of chat rooms available.
Chatter's Jargon- Wondering what *L* *LOL* *S* and all the other chatter jargon stands for,this site will help you.

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Recipes, Craft Ideas and Home Repairs

Home Arts- A great site!
Kraft's Interactive Kitchen- recipes & more!
The Lipton Kitchen- more recipes
Housenet- home repairs & craft ideas
Yahoo- alot more links!!

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Parenting Resources

Parents Place- Not just a great chat site it has loads of parenting information.
ParentSoup- another good resource for parenting.
TheCyberMomDotCom- This is a great site!
Big Families- A site for people with big families like me!*S*
A Space made for moms- Good site to visit for moms.(and dads too I guess)
Parents At Home- I really enjoyed this site,since I'm a parent at home.
ParentTime - Another good site for parenting information.

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Kid Stuff
Although I've been to many of these sites, parents please monitor your child's internet activity as the internet is always changing and there is no guarantee that these sites will remain child safe.

Disney -One of the best sites for kid stuff,in my opinion.
CTW Family Corner- Sesame Street & more.
Kids Web - A WWW Digital Library for Schoolkids.
Family Planet -Fun stuff for the whole family.
ChaosKids- For older children..ages 10+
Virtual Mr.Spud Head- Mr. Potato Head on the net, use to be Mr. Potato Head now its an apple head but still just as much fun.
Cyber-Suess- Dr.Suess
Crayola- Crayola crayons homepage
LEGO- Lego's Web Page,fun stuff.
Ned's Surfing Site for Kids- This site has a lot of links to kid safe sites.
Kiddin' Around- A nice site for kids of all ages.
 Colgate's Kids World- Lots of stuff here
Yahooligans- Yahoo's site for kids

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Health & Fitness
There are alot more links on my diet page.

Mayo Clinic- Medical Information,articles and more.
Health AtoZ- A search engine for Health and Medicine.
MedicineNet- A Medical Reference
Thrive- This has become my favorite site,since I started dieting.
FitnessLink- Another good site for fitness and health.

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Games, Cards and other fun stuff

These links are all to sites were you can send a virtual card,flowers or gifts to your friends
Bluemountain , Mail-a-Meal, Garfield, The Park, Virtual Flowers, Virtual Presents, Live Flowers

The BingoZone- Play bingo on the net!
Internet University- This is a site with a little bit of everything.
Daily Horoscope- Read your horoscope online.
Free-n-Cool Stuff- Links to free stuff on and off the web.
Time Warner's Pathfinder- A little bit of everything is here.
Uproar - Lots of games to play online.

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Software and Web Design

Jumbo- Shareware,Freeware,Games
The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software
ZDNet Software Library
A Beginner's guide to HTML
Web Design Resource Center
Icon Depot- Lots of icons and graphics
Animated Graphics Links- Links to animated graphic sites.
Debi's Gif Animation Page- This is where I got most of my animations.