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10 Plus Ways To Reuse Empty Glass Jars

To be planet-friendly I buy a lot of food in glass jars (olives, pasta sauces, olive oil, etc), but by the end of the month I'm left with a box full of jars I don't have space for in the kitchen. There are no glass-recycling centers near where I live...

10 Things Moms Can Do To Reduce Environmental Impact AND Have Healthier Kids

Whether you're a health nut or a tree hugger, going green and reducing your environmental impact is a good thing. It's not just healthier for the environment - it's healthier for people, too! That double benefit is what makes it worth your while as a...

29 Tips to Go Green

29 Tips to go green's simple idea is to cut down on waste, reusing energy, and centering yourself towards efficiency.

The list below shows ways you can help the earth by minimizing wasted energy. It has ways to waste less water, less electricity, an...

49 Ideas For Awesome Lenses

...or 10 or 100!

It's pretty easy, non-techy, and of course, free. Right? Right.

Sure, to make your lens a real knockout it takes some time, but chances are you've already learned the basics and are looking to do more.

Congrats. That's the best pl...

50 Things You Can Recycle

You've heard of people recycling everything from printer paper to your old jeans, but you can recycle nearly everything in your life. If it can't be reused, then it most likely can be recycled instead. Car batteries and tires? Yes, those can be recyc...

9,000-Mile Bicycle Tour

In July, 2008, I embarked on a year-long bicycle tour to celebrate my fiftieth birthday. I wanted to accomplish as many goals as possible in that one year. The backbone of the adventure was to be a 12,000-mile self-supported bicycle tour around the p...

A Guide to Chicago's Best Thrift Stores

Whether you are new to the Chicago thrift store scene or a seasoned pro, take a look at this guide to some of the best second-hand stores in the Windy City. Vote for your favorites and add your own thoughts.

A Guide to Living Green Each Day

You may have heard, it's now all the rage to care about the environment.  Whether you have always tried to live lightly here on Planet Earth or have recently found yourself asking "so what can I recycle?", you'll find some answers here...

A Healthy Home with Green Cleaning Products

Welcome! This lens is dedicated to the environmental health of your home.

Without knowing, most homes today are fully loaded with toxic chemicals, which come from common cleaning products. These toxins are a threat to your health and that of your fami...

A Secret Everyone Should Know

Who else wants to look years younger?

This is the secret of a longer happier life.

Here is a method that is helping thousands find real happiness!

Learn little known ways to influence people around you.

Get rid of depression once and for all!

Here's...

Amazon Module Tips

The main Amazon Module can feature up to five items at once, it is also able to use a search function to automatically update the featured products based on a word or phrase.

Like anything, the more you put into it, the more you'll get out of it.

Are You a Squidoo Nobody? How to Become a Squidoo Somebody in 6 Easy Lessons

Who is this little orange guy? That's what everyone wants to know! So, why are you leaving us in the dark?

"This is my bio. I can edit it later." Well, little orange guy, later has arrived. The time is now! Come out from behind your orange anonymity...

Are you a Stay at Home Mom (or Dad) Interested in Earning a Monthly Income?

Okay, I am sure you are all thinking, "What's the catch?" Don't worry, there isn't one. I promise. I am a stay at home mom and I will show you how Squidoo is helping me earn a monthly income while still being home to take care of my children.

What i...

Atomic Travel Clocks: Keeping Perfect Time

If you travel and want an accurate clock, an atomic travel clock is your best bet. These clocks can automatically synchronize with International Atomic Time and you don't have to do anything.

On this page, you can learn a bit more about true atomic...

★ Footed Pajamas for ADULTS!!! ★

Most people think of footed pajamas as only for kids. If you are one of those people, this page will change your point of view. Today, footed pajamas are worn by "children of all ages". Why not? They are probably the warmest pajamas around....

Bamboo Flooring

With such a huge choice of options, it is never easy choosing the right floor for your home. There is however one thing that is influencing consumers just like you that are contemplating making a major flooring purchase - the environment. That's righ...

bdkz's Best Squidoo Tips

Welcome! I'm Bonnie, lensmaster bdkz. I'm a Giant Squid & RocketMoms Organizer here on Squidoo. I have created over 400 lenses, been "Lens of the Day" twice and have had 15 of my lens in the Top 100. I have been with Squidoo fo...

Budget Friendly Meals

Looking for budget friendly meals that will help you stretch your dwindling dollars? This page is dedicated to help you find great tasting recipes that won't break the bank along with tips and ideas that will really help you cut your grocery bills wh...

Cookies in a Jar Recipes

Cookies in a Jar make great gifts for friends & family, teachers, neighbors, and co-workers.

Cookies in a Jar make great gifts. Presented in a Mason or other glass jar, the recipient can make the cookies whenever they want. Everyone loves getting Co...

Cool Alarm Clocks

For those of you who are like me, you definitely need an alarm clock or you will sleep half a day off! The alarm clock is such a big part of my life. That's why I want my alarm clock to be durable, classy and reliable!

So I looked and searches and ala...

Cool Clocks

Looking for a cool gift? Want a time piece that stands out? Well you've come to the right place. we have amassed a few of the coolest clocks around for home, office & kids rooms.

CRAZY CRAYON COLLEGE

Here at Crazy Crayon College, we aim to provide all you creative critters with everything you've always wanted to know about that whole whack of slippery sticks in your filthy little fingers but never...

Crazy World | Crazy Gadgets

We live in a crazy world of sorts, don't we? It's only justified if some of us end up making some crazy (yet useful in a way) gadgets.

This page is going to stengthen your belief even further. Presenting to you some of the weirdest and crazi...

Create a Kinder World

Compliments. It is a simple word and a simple concept, but one that many people have trouble with. They find it difficult to give a compliment and even harder to accept one.

Compliments are powerful relationship building tools and that in of itself i...

CREATE ORGANIC SOIL, IMPROVE SOIL QUALITY.

An incredible diversity of organisms live in soil, from single celled bacteria, algae, fungi, and protozoa, to the nematodes and micro-arthropods, to earthworms, insects, small vertebrates, and plant life. All these organisms grow, eat and crucially...

CREDIT CRUNCH GARDENING TIPS

As the recession bites deeper and we head towards a full blown depression people are looking for more and more ways to save money and literally make sure they can put food on the table for their families.For many of us if not all of us this recession...

Damselflies -- They Are Not Dragonflies

Do you know that as nymphs, it is rather easy to tell damselflies from a dragonflies? A damselfly nymph has a long, slender body with three, feathery tail-like gills which allow it to breath underwater. It moves through the water with a side-to-side...

December 2009 Giant Squid Challenge: Halloween Lens Contest

Welcome to the Halloween Lens Contest for the December 2009 Giant Squid Challenge.  Prepare to find ghosts, witches, jack-o-lanterns, and other BOO-tiful lenses here created from lensmasters going for Giant Squid and for the Giant Squid 10...

Doodlebug Love Notes From My Wife - My Most Prized Possession!

What's the most precious thing I own? No, I don't own my wife! But I own a collection of her love notes to me, all featuring her cute little "doodlebug" drawings. These expressive cartoons mean the world to me. Just by looking at them, I can feel my...

Easy Homemade Empanada Recipes

Sounds like a slogan, somewhere? No! I just thought to gather some unique, healthy, easy and most especially homemade empanada recipes that you can actually try at the comfort of your home.

Empanada is prepared similarly to a pie cut in pieces, maki...

Easy To Make - Ants On A Log Are A Healthy Snack Kids Love

Ants On A Log is a healthy snack that's great for kids of all ages. It's pretty simple, some celery, peanut butter and raisins. Except for people who don't like peanut butter, or are allergic to peanuts, it's a pretty delicious treat!

Along with toa...

Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses

Tiny houses are compact structures hand built from green building materials. They're so small they're easily moveable and can be quite practical for a single person interested in living a green lifestyle. Tiny houses are designed and built with a sma...

Environmentally Friendly Products

Use environmentally friendly products which shows that you are caring about the environment. The recycled products require only few raw materials so that many natural resources can be left without getting affected. The production of these environment...

Fall Flowers - A Stroll In Our Yard - October 2008

Fall is in the air and we are enjoying the blossoms of our Confederate Rose, Angel Trumpets and Ageratum. Our yard has been neglected lately due to the drought and we did not have our usual beautiful bloomers through the summer but now that fall is h...

Free baby coupons & free baby items

As a mom of four I know I love getting free baby items, coupons, and free baby samples. I am always on the scout for free samples of baby & mommy products, coupons and free samples! This lens is for parents to find the best free baby coupons and...

FREE Digital Photo Editing ★★★

This site shows photo editing tools that are fun and easy to use. Free web based photo editors, fun photo editors, photo tools like Photofunia, Picnik, FotofFlexer and more that will add bling to your photos - they are all here.  A few mention...

Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns

Is your Jack-o-lantern a simple grinning pumpkinhead? Turn him into something wild and creative with free pumpkin stencils you can find on the web. See the list of sites offering free stencils below, and learn some more about the history of jack-o-la...

Frugal Mom living the good life

Cooking, retirement, budgeting, oh my! Find out how this Frugal Momma of 3 boys does it (or should I say tries to do it) all while trying to live within our means and increase our net worth

• Eat like a king on a peasant's budget
• Take the sting ou...

Fun With Roly Poly Bugs

Did you know that Pill Bugs aren't really bugs at all? They aren't even insects! They are members of the only group of CRUSTACEANS who live on land. Pill Bugs perform valuable jobs in our environment by eating detritus and aerating the top layer of s...

Fundraising Green: Healthy Kids, Healthy Homes, Healthy Planet

Our first big promotion is starting. One of our non-profit partners, Long Beach CA based Environmental Consumer Organization, or ECO for short, funds and administers a brand new scholarship fund - the ecoScholarship Fund. ECO's target...

Fundraising is Going Green

These days everything and everybody seems to be all about "Going Green." Why not fundraising? This article will show you how going green is a great fundraiser that will bring in some money and help out the environment too!

Funny Money Jars

Do you need a little extra incentive to save that extra cash? Then one of these Classic Word Jars could be just the fix. Each funny money bank jar features a text reminder of why you're trying to save your money, is made of ceramic and is 5" x 4.5"....

Get Paid for Online Surveys | Best Paid Online Survey Programs

Learn how I make money online and get paid for online surveys with the best paid online survey programs. I now work at home and make money online to pay my bills with paid online surveys.

After losing my job because of downsizing I needed to fi...

Get Paid To Write with Earn Money Blogging Sites

While it's unlikely that anyone is going to get rich by writing paid posts, they can definitely help pay the bills. Frankly, I'd been looking for "get paid to write" gigs for awhile before I stumbled across paid posting, and have never looked back. I...

Getting Paid to Write

Good quality content is very hard to find; and very valuable. If you enjoy writing and write well then you can earn extra money through your writing skills.

This lens lists sites that pay you to write reviews, write articles or write whatever you en...

Getting Started With Squidoo

Squidoo is the popular publishing platform and community that makes it easy for you to create "lenses" online. Lenses are pages, kind of like flyers or signposts or overview articles, that gather everything you know about your topic of interest--and...

Go Green

The GoGreen Lens is about my journey to a greener life. Since May 2006 I have started to become aware of the effect that my actions and the choices that I make have on the planet.

This lens is the discoveries that I make, a sharing of the knowledge t...

Go Green Homemade Household Cleaning Products

These Green Cleaning recipes are culled from many sources, while some include my trial and error tweaks. I have not used or tested every one of these yet, but I'm on my way.

 

Does anyone knows how to bleach a kitchen sink a green homemade...

Goth Knitting

 Knitting is goth. The magical bonding of yarn. The creation of new and unusual shapes. The ability to make clothes precision fit to your whims and ignore the latest fad. The graceful (or not so graceful) motions of imposing your will on a recal...

Grammar for Homeschool

Although teaching grammar has become slightly old fashioned, most home educators still want to incorporate at least the very basics of the parts of speech into their language arts curriculum. Here is a collection of some of the best resources availab...

Great Long-Distance Walks Of The World

As a long-distance backpacker with an Appalachian Trail thru-hike under my feet and many other treks on my ever-growing "trails to walk" bucket list, I love reading about the footpaths of the world, especially those that ramble on for hundr...

GreekGeek's Squidoo Tips: How to Get Your Lens Found

So, you want to learn how to build successful Squidoo lenses (or any sort of webpage), attract web traffic, and get your Squidoo lens found by Google! This three-part tutorial covers:

• Part I: Ten Steps to Build an Appealing (and Effective) Lens


• Part...

Green Cleaning Formulas

Cleaning the natural way involves the same ingredients our grandmothers used to use - back then when there were no convenient cleaners widely available.

Since, chemists invented numerous toxic cleaning products and marketing campaigns did a great jo...

Green Living & Eco Friendly Home..Learn To Go Green

What Does Go Green Mean? Green can mean many different things to different people. For some, it means simply environmentally friendly and to others means living a life that is not dangerous to the health of people or animals.



When you Go Green you...

Green Living Tips -Green Cars- Alternative Transportation Tips- Energy Savings,Tax Credits, Rebates...

Green Living Information & Tips. How to Go Green & Save Money!

Let's explore how we can all 'go green!' Information and tips for making personal choices that are better for the planet. Whether you are a newbie to the green scene looking f...

Grow The Best Tasting Tomatoes and Other Tomato Talk

Imagine if you could grow the best tasting tomatoes...You're standing in your garden. It's a beautiful summer day and the tomatoes are ripe for the picking. You reach down and pluck one from the vine and raise it to your mouth. You take a bite. Ahhh,...

Growing Fruit Trees In Containers

Growing fruit trees indoors is very rewarding and easy to do.  You don't need to be living in a warm climate (or have a green thumb) to grow your own lemons, limes or oranges.  Dwarf fruit trees can be grown in containers indoors durin...

Help me make breastfeeding normal again

It sucks doesn't it! Or not, as the case may be. There's no question that breastfeeding has a shoddy image; it just ain't the done thing in Western society (writing this I as am in the UK). Why? perhaps because the formula guys have done such a great...

Home Energy Conservation Tips - 10 Bright Ideas to Make Your Home Energy Efficient

Home energy conservation tips can help towards having a more energy efficient home.  An energy efficient home is something we should all strive for.  Not only can small steps be taken to lighten the "footprints" we leave behind fo...

Homeless In America

This photo essay is about the homeless in America. Once you've seen these black and white images of homeless people, from the documentary photographer, Tom Stone, you'll never forget them.

Look into the eyes of your brothers and sisters in the...

Homemade Vegetable Soup

As a kid, I used to love my mother's homemade vegetable soup. In the fall and winter it brought comfort and even years later when I made it for my husband, he quickly developed a taste for it as well.

With simple, inexpensive ingredients my mother...

How are you going to Change the World? Tick-Tock

Doom and gloom just simply isn't my thing. Do you want to change the world? The clock is ticking. Tick-Tock. I'd like to challenge every single person to set a goal of where you want be by Sept 1, 2009. That's 3 months, the entire Summer. Remember th...

How This SAHM Supplements The Family Income

That's my baby girl. Eight years ago, when she was born, by choice I went from making my living creating art and jewelry to staying home full time. Making do on one income can be challenging, but the hardest part for my independent spirit was go...

How To Dance Like An Idiot For Better Time Management

Are you a social media sensation? More popular than Paris Hilton? (JaguarJulie comes to mind.) Do you have too many friends sending you thousands of daily emails? Have you become a prisoner of your celebrity status? Did your personal brand go viral -...

How to dispose of batteries properly

Consider doing something else with your old batteries.  Unlike glass, paper, and plastic, which fill up landfills, but are relatively benign, batteries are filled with reactive chemicals.  Take a minute to learn more about how you can prope...

How to go green

You have found one of the best places to go green and all of the best ways to do it, you will even save lots of money using these simple methods.

Some great places to find green products
OKSLR

SolarProducts

Solar Power

How To Grow Fruit Trees At Home

There's nothing better than growing your own Fruit Trees. Picking your own red apples, juicy peaches, yummy pears, or sweet cherries can't be beat.

 Depending where you live there are many varieties of fruit trees. I prefer dwarf...

How To Grow Organic Tomatoes

Growing your own organic tomatoes and vegetables can be very rewarding. For me, there's nothing better than getting my hands in the soil and being able to produce healthy organic tomatoes and vegetables for my family and friends tops the list.

Tomat...

How to Live the Frugal Life

Welcome! I've been living frugally for many years now. I'll admit that it wasn't always by choice, but it's something I've learned to love.

Frugal living doesn't have to be about living without. It's about recognizing what's important to you and doin...

How to Live Without Plastic Bags

I'll admit it, I'm kind of obsessed.

I just get so irritated by the constant proliferation of plastic bags in our society. We use them for about 10 minutes, to transport groceries or some other merchandise, and then we toss them in a landfill for abou...

How to Make a Pumpkin Pie from a Real Pumpkin

This lens is about how to bake delicious pumpkin pies made from real pumpkins instead of the canned stuff! Here are some recipes and resources, and a bit of pumpkin history, to get you well on your way to making pumpkin pie the old fashioned way.

Ple...

How To Quickly Learn Spanish Sesame Street Spanish Lessons

When my husband and I confirmed we would be living in Spain for 4 months we signed up for 10 private Spanish lessons. Neither of us took Spanish in school. As far as learning another language, my husband took German in high school and I took a year o...

How to Reuse Paper Rolls

Before you throw away a paper roll, do you consider what it can be used for? Never thought of that? Or you already reuse them? Although our society urges people not to throw out but recycle and reuse as many common household items as possible, we st...

How To Say "I Love You" In Different Languages!

Just in time for Valentine's Day! Now you can say those romantic words we all long to hear as many ways as you like.

Dazzle your lover with your cosmopolitan, jet setting vocabulary! Enrage your Rivals as you leave them dejected in the dust! Win big...

How To Say I Love You (Before It's Too Late)

How often do we say "I love you"? When a friend or a loved one dies, we wish we'd said "I love you" more often. But then it is too late...

"I love you" seems to be a "loaded" statement. It requires a form of commitment to say these words. We might h...

How to Squidoo -- A Step-by-Step Primer

This step-by-step primer gives you plenty of how-to information on how to get started building your Squidoo lens. Get some useful tips about how to build that lens with plenty of helpful pictures of the various templates you can use. You'll see plent...

How to Start a Vegetable Garden

Do you want to learn how to start a vegetable garden?

This is a collection of the best vegetable gardening tips from my site, Fresh Cooking From Your Garden.  It includes everything you need to know to grow your own garden&nb...

How to Write a Condolence Note or a Sympathy Note

Taking a bit of time to write a condolence note or condolence letter can be a great source of comfort and provide a gift of healing for a friend or a loved one who is grieving a loss.

According to research by Hallmark, Americans send nearly 125 mill...

How to Write an Article that Powerfully Drives Traffic To Your Website

To People Who Want To Write - But Can't Get Started

Here is a process that is useful in creating articles that are designed to be of quality, high value and will have a higher rate of follow through by the reader.  This process will easily genera...

HTML And CSS Mentor

Many of you start writing your lenses without any HTML and CSS, but as you start understanding Squidoo, you want to learn how to spice your lenses up. HTML and CSS is just the ticket that you may be looking for.

Here, on this lens, you will learn fr...

Huevos Rancheros: Breakfast (Or Dinner) At Our House

Being a New England native without a south-of-the-border bone in my body, I'd not heard of this dish until my mustached man, Steve, an Arizona boy, prepared it for me years after our first date. Since then, this classic Mexican meal has become a...

Kit Cat Clock - 2,365,200,000 tail wags and still counting

The Kit Cat Clock started in the Great Depression, and after 75 years, it's still going strong. It's been made since 1932 by the California Clock Company, although according to a website detailing the history of the clock, it started out in Portland,...

Ladybug Land

Welcome to Ladybug Land! Here you will find fun and interesting facts about the cutest little bugs in all the land and a lot of fun products featuring the spotted little sweethearts. Check in with us often because we will always be adding content!!!...

Learn English

Learn English by listening to MP3 audio files prepared by Pimsleur. There is nothing more easy to learn English than using these language audio books!

English is a world language, and if you want to be able to communicate with people anywhere on the...

Little Miss Matched - Fun for Your Feet and More!!

I have two nieces who march to a different drummer. The kind who just start tossing on all kinds of weird clothes and call it good. So the first time I heard about Little Miss Matched, I knew I had a winner. Sets of socks and leggings were shipped of...

Live LadyBugs - GOOD BUGS! - For Sale

Aphids eating your tomato leaves? Got you some scale? Or mealy bugs? How about leaf hoppers? If you have a garden and you slaved and toiled over making that dirt just right, and lovingly dug holes and planted all those little baby plants, you want th...

Maid As Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life & Language

There's another Emily Dickinson under the radar: She may have been more famous during her own lifetime as a fine baker and cook, but this poet spent a lot of time in her kitchen composing. While making gingerbread or malmsey wine, she drafted poems o...

Making your First Lens Mentor

EVERYBODY can Squidoo! You can too!

It might take you an afternoon to 'get the hang of it', but that afternoon can be LOTS of fun.

You don't need to be an expert in anything 'internet-y' to be able to build a beautiful, useful and successful Squido...

Making Your Own Recycled Yarn

Make cool stuff and help the Earth at the same time. If you like to knit, crochet, or any other yarn craft have a go at using recycled materials. You can make your own yarn using plastic bags, thrift store sweaters, scraps, and t-shirts.

Micro-Green - Small Steps to a Greener Existence

It happens too often. We read an ad or see an uplifting documentary about conservation, saving the environment, ecological responsibility, going green, and say "Hey! I can do all that stuff!" And that's great and encouraging but, like a good golf swi...

Money Saving Ideas

We all have goals in life and one of them is to save more money. Enjoy our lens as we explore various ways to save money every single day at home!

Whether you're saving for retirement, a down payment on a new home, a new car or a college education s...

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Mother's day is the day when we thank our mothers for all the love and advice they have given us over the years. This holiday show your mother how special she is by treating her with breakfast in bed, or some other unique mother's day activities.

If...

My father-my hero

My dad,(Col. Ret.) Ramon A. Limjoco, just turned 90 years old this September! He is a veteran of World War II and many things I have learned in history books were realities to him.

My dad and I have often been so similar in temperament that we haven...

My Flower Garden

I'm Deb the Flowergardener, and I'd like to share my backyard flower garden and flower photos with you!
I've designed and created a 2,000 square foot flower garden in my back yard which is truly unique, matching my personality and life st...

My Real Heroes

Real heroes are people that do extraordinary things every day.

Heroes are people that go above and beyond.

Heroes are people that you love.

We all have different ideas of what a hero is.

Some people look at their parents as heroes and some think of La...

Need to Kill Writer’s Block? Kill a Character.

Need to Kill Writer's Block? Kill a Character.

Do you find you have a great story going, than suddenly without warning writer's block stops you dead in your tracks? Writer's block, that horrible dreaded thing, is a great boon to...

Novelty Clocks for your Home or Office

Are you looking for a unique clock to add some fun to your home or office? Then you have come to the right place! This page will highlight a wonderful assortment of novelty clocks to spruce up your decor.

Not a morning person? Then, check out the&...

ODD JOBS CLUB

The Odd Jobs Club connects unconventional people with unusual jobs in under-the-radar organizations.

If daring to do something different is what you you really need now, go ahead and explore oodles of opportunities in the emerging fiel...

Odd Object lifting

Training with odd objects goes back to the roots of physical fitness. In the old days those who were trying to get strong did not have all the modern equipment available today, they relied on more simple tools to reach their goals. Also, many of the...

Organic baby products, eco baby gear & natural baby care for the earth friendly baby

When it comes to the baby, as parents we only want the best. Organic baby items and earth friendly baby products are easy on the skin, gentle on the earth and contain no toxins found in many baby products.

Every green family wants the best for their...

Organic Clothing and Our Environment

Few of us would connect the idea of organic clothing with the Earth's environment and yet, a strong connection between the two exists. In fact, now that global warming is becoming more of a fact than a probability, consumers need to think of the impa...

Organic Food Gardening

I want to share with you not only the joy of producing fresh, delicious food for your family, but also the health advantages. For you (and me) - the gardener - the health benefits of spending some time in the fresh air and sunshine, as well as the st...

Organic Garden Pesticides

Using Organic Garden Pesticides makes our vegetables safer and also protects our environment. By using only Organic Garden Pesticides you are not putting dangerous toxic chemicals into your plants and are not putting these toxic chemical into your ga...

Organic Gardening Tips

What kind of compost should you use for an organic garden? "Organic" means you don't use artificial chemicals or fertilizers to make your compost. It also means that you don't use lawn clippings, plant cuttings, or other material that has been expose...

Playing With Food

Don't play with your food. You've were told this over and over as a kid. Why? Why not play with your food? Why not make a mashed potato snowman? Why not test your hypothesis that peas will roll down celery sticks faster then carrot sticks. Why not at...

Post Publish SEO Tips for Squidoo

You got it - more SEO!

We've obviously been immersing you in SEO tips and we're not done yet. You know why? Because there are lots of things you can do after you've published a lens to improve it's ranking in Google.

You have to give Google (and all...

Projection Clocks - Gadgets Extraordinaire

If you are looking for a solution for being able to see what time it is in the middle of the night without Blackpool illuminations keeping you awake, then take a look at the options a projection clock can provide.

You can display the time on the wal...

Pumpkin Carving

I started carving pumpkins by myself when I was in middle school. I remember taking my time to get it just right and being so proud of my work. In 8th grade I entered a Jack-o-lantern contest at school and won!  One of my teachers liked it so mu...

Raising An Explosive Child

Childhood rages are defined as being sudden, violent and explosive - lasting several minutes to several hours.

The hard part? Figuring out what triggers them!

Rare and Exotic PEZ Dispensers

Exotic PEZ dispensers might be items that are not the traditional types of dispensers, or they might be something that is PEZ-related that doesn't put out candies at all.  Sometimes these are very cool things, and sometimes you sort of wonder at...

Really Weird Sea Creatures

The greatest wonder of this planet is the diversity of its life forms. So numerous that we have yet to identify most of them. The ocean, perhaps the most diverse and the least understood of all ecosystems, contains creatures so bizarre, so unusual an...

Recycled Scrapbooks

This is your chance to be environmentally friendly, using old paper and scraps to make your own recycled scrapbook. There are three R's in your fabulous hobby of scrapbooking:

 

 - Recycle
 - Reuse
 - Reduce

You can use trash you were...

Relieve Itchy Hands and Feet

Home remedies are the best way to relieve itchy hands and feet. These remedies make your skin healthy. Home remedies that are used to relieve itchy hands and feet are safe, effective and they can save you money.

Richland Recycling Center | Recycle Washington | Tri City Wa Waste Management | Paper Aluminum Computer and Plastic Recycling

Recycling, brought to you by real estate agents, Joe and Colleen Lane of The Lane Real Estate Team. Recycled issues and recycle news, and ways you can contribute positively to the environment in Richland Washington specifically, and a lens on recycli...

Saving Money Tips

Making ends meet ain't getting any easier right now with rising mortgage payments and general inflation.

That's why we've put together a WHOLE LEGION OF GREAT SAVING MONEY TIPS.

Some are predictable, others will be new to you - we hope!

Read on an...

Sea glass -- trash to treasures

Sea glass (sometimes called beach glass) is glass from broken bottles or jars which is left in large bodies of moving water. The tumbling effect of the water and sand smooths the rough edges of the glass to create pieces of frosted glass.

Many beach...

Search and Win

Searching for information online is something we all do.  But did you know you could win gift cards and other prizes by using certain search sites?

Search sites earn revenue by having sponsored links and ads. You've probably already notice...

Searching For Images

Are you having trouble finding images to use in your lenses?

Are you having to resort to hastily scribbled doodles and photos of yourself with no make-up and tangled hair?

Worry no longer!

This lens is going to tell you everything you need to know...

SECRET FREEGAN: Rescuing Food to Feed Homeless

I've gathered over $52,000 worth of food and other stuff during the last 20 months. I've discovered that most grocery stores throw out $600 worth or more of fresh food every day. They will not donate the food to the hungry because of "li...

Sell Your Digital Photos Online and Make Money With Your Camera!

You might find taking pictures with your camera fun and addictive; it may even be your hobby. But did you know you can sell your digital photos online and make money with your camera?

Anyone can do it, even if you're not a photographer. As long as y...

Shakespeare for Children

When should students first be exposed to the world famous works of William Shakespeare? Should it be during high school or college years? Isn't it true that Shakespeare is inaccessible for most modern readers and certainly for all children?

No, not...

Solar Energy

Solar power isn't perfect, but it's about as perfect as we can get if we need heat or electricity and don't want to generate emissions by burning carbon-based fuels (coal, oil, gas) or hazardous waste from nuclear power plants. Here we'll see what is...

Soles United: Recycle Your Used Crocs

My baby blue Crocs has been through it all in the two years since I bought them. Traipsing through the sand on a Mexican beach, clomping around my local mall, squelching through the mud in Sudan. As a result, they're starting to look a bit battered a...

Spotting Odd in Life

Smiles!

So what's odd to me might not be to you...no worries, we can still get along just fine, especially [tongue in cheek] if you love my choices!

FAQ: Why SPODD? Excellent question [anticipated this one]! My word, SPODD and its meaning, just c...

Strange Parenting Tales Fact or Fiction?

No two parenting experiences are alike, not even within the same home. Each parent is different, each child is different, each story is different. We all have our own parenting stories, the things that make our experience unique.

There are a lot of...

STRANGE STREET NAMES

Ever wondered who lives on Fanny Hands Lane, Butts Wynd, Jingle Pot Road or Wino Way?

When it comes to naughty or nutty nomenclature, especially odd odoynms, curiously named cul-de-sacs, or hilarious highway handles, who knows...

Symbols of Love...

The Symbols of Love

If you desire more love in your life, or wish to see more love in the lives of those around you - all you need do is focus upon the universal signs and symbols that are attached with the expression of love.

These symbols will s...

Teaching Your Kids To Cook

Every week I receive emails from parents interested in finding cooking and baking classes for their kids. Some are interested in a one time cooking lesson, some want to hold a birthday party, some are looking for a summer cooking camp.

Then there is...

Testicle Festivals

Eating bull testicles (or sheep, pig, goat, or even turkey) is no new thing. They have long been a delicacy and, now, Testicle Festivals are growing in popularity each year in the United States and Canada. A Testicle Festival will inevitably bring ou...

The 2008 Squidoo Holiday Twitterdrive for Charity

The Squidoo Holiday Twitterdrive for Charity 2008 was a lot of fun and we got a ton of people participating and tweeting for charity.

The 2008 Twitterdrive is closed, but we're running a 2009 Charity Cookoff over here. We're giving away $1000...

The ABCs of Dr. Seuss and Me

With millions of books in print, and nearly all of his 50-plus titles still available for sale, Dr. Seuss was, up until his death in 1991, by far one of the most prolific living writers in the world. In fact, his GREEN EGGS AND HAM is the third large...

The Beautiful World of Flowers

"Plants",is a short word with a great meaning.Trees,grasses,bushes,herbs,etc belong to plants. Today everyone knows that our lives depends by these plants because they are able to purify the air by absorbing carbon dioxide and produce oxy...

The Daring Book For Girls

With the endearing and nostalgic style of the old Books of Knowledge for children, The Daring Book For Girls is full of fascinating articles, how-tos, and fun and games for today's adventurous girls. From "Essential Gear" to "Books That Will Change Y...

THE GIANT SQUIDS (and how you can become one)

No, it's not a rock group (but it might as well be). It's the core group of movers and shakers at Squidoo. It's a gathering of influentials, the most dedicated lensmakers on Squidoo.

Here's how this whole thing started. One day at Sq...

The Green Coupon Book

Fundraising Green has created a Green Coupon Book for consumers to use in an effort to drive Green, Healthy and Ethical purchases. The coupons tell a story, letting the user know why they should try this green product or service.

It's shopping Green...

The Greenest Lenses on Squidoo!

There are so many green lenses floating around Squidoo that it can be tough to keep track of them.

We've compiled some of the best "green" lenses here on Squidoo that have excellent information, tips, photos, facts, recommendations and how-to's. Che...

This group was awarded the Great Group Award

This lens was started because I just got tired of all the groups out there that just aren't great. So this is dedicated to groups that ARE great.



These groups are ALL great - but within the collection I would advise anybody to join especially t...

Tips & Ideas for Traveling with Kids

My husband and I are transplants from central MN to a town in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis. Our extended families live "up north", and we often make the 2 1/2 hour road trip to visit them. This has made it necessary for our boys (ages 5 yrs a...

Tips, Tricks, And Explanations For Complicated Grammar Rules

English grammar has a million confusing and contradictory rules. The language has so many words in so many forms that it can be bewildering to figure out which one to use and why. This page will help.

Look below for specific tips and links on commonly...

Top 10 Best Green Gift Ideas 2009

Looking for Eco-friendly gift ideas? You've come to the right place! The desire to "go green" has impacted the way people shop for everything from clothing, to food, to cars, to pet products. We have scoured the green scene, to roundup...

Traveling With Toddlers Doesnt Have to End in Tears!

Family vacations and daytrips are exciting and fun to look forward to, but getting toyour destination may not be so pleasant.

Extended trips with small children can be very frustrating for parents.

Being prepared and organized for the trip is impor...

Twelve Days of a Green Christmas

How do you have a green Christmas? Here's twelve ways to have an ethical, eco-friendly and environmentally friendly Christmas.

The Twelve Days of Christmas to my family is simply a time of being together. When I was a child there was no such thi...

Unique Toilet Seats For Your Home

There is an entire market out there for unique themed toilet seats. There is a seat for every decorating style on the planet. I especially love the clear acrylic designs. Here are the lastest and greatest designs in toilet seats.

Verbs: What ARE You Doing?

No matter where or when, verbs are action words. They tell what we are doing, what's happening, or how we are.

Whether you are reading, writing or rhyming,
Jumping, swimming or crawling,
Twittering, Squidooing, or DIGGing,
There is a verb tells what...

Ways To Save Money On Gas - Gas Saving Tips

Are you looking for ways to save money on gas?

Want some great gas saving tips?

This web page can help you.  It's got information about different ways to save money on gas.  For example, you can learn how to save money at the pump.  You...

Websites For You to See!

This is pretty much just a list of cool websites I've come across. It's not a huge list, but to me, quality is worth more than quantity. Plus, I'll add to it every time I find a site worth mentioning. Well, what are you waiting for? Take a peek.

Welcome To My Home

I'm not certain that any parent can prepare themselves to hear that there is something wrong with their child; that they are disabled in some way. It has implications for the entire family.

When you have a disabled child, your life revolves aro...

Why Build a Lens?

Squidoo is a website hosting hundreds of thousands of handbuilt webpages (just to be difficult, we call them "lenses"). Each lens is one person's look at something online. Your take on football or business or the best thai food in town.

Lenses are f...

Why Do I Love Squidoo With All My Heart?

This goes far beyond addiction. 

Far beyond fondness. 

Far beyond even longing.

This is love.

True love!

Squidoo. This lens is for you.

Don't feel embarrassed.  I know how you must be feeling.

Curious, confused, ignited...

Write Good With Help From William Safire's Fumblerules

Years ago, way before I was cornated as a Giant Squid, folks was always trying to illicit my good writing secrets. Heck, what was I suppose to do? Hoard them like a greedy miser in my chester drawers? Anyways, I could care less about there getting be...

Your Green Guide: How To Live A Greener Life

Are you looking for more information about how to live a greener, more eco-friendly life? Concerned about global warming? Do you want to learn more about issues affecting our environment? I started Your Green Guide to help!

In my years of work with no...

Zazzle 101 ... How to make a profit on Zazzle

Zazzle is one of the Print-on-demand companies out there that allows people to design & sell their own creations. I love Zazzle's ease of use, friendly staff, and the fact that I can make money on my art.

I've put together this comprehe...