Oy With The Poodles Already! » Cool Sites http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com Tue, 18 May 2010 02:00:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Last To Know http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2008/08/17/the-last-to-know/ http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2008/08/17/the-last-to-know/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:17:15 +0000 Joy http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/?p=814 I truly think that I am the last person to know about this educational website but just in case I am not the last person to know I thought that I would share! Sister is loving the ABC’s Let Get Ready To Read section right now. Brad shared the site with me just the other night so we have only gone through it a hand full of times but already I see great improvement and she loves it! Check it out and maybe your little ones will enjoy it as well!

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I have been anxiously awaiting and excuse to try this little tutorial for quite sometime! Recently one of our friends welcomed a new baby girl and this just seemed like a sweet and fun gift since this friend also sews and already has many of the necessities as this is baby girl number three. I have one cube finished and two more to go but I was excited to share! This really is an easy and quick little project definitely doable in a very short amount of time.

]]> http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/10/30/baby-cube/feed/ 1 Home Inspection Nightmares http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/10/04/home-inspection-nightmares/ http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/10/04/home-inspection-nightmares/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:50:05 +0000 Joy http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/10/04/home-inspection-nightmares/ In what feels like another life time (before kids) I worked in a real estate office and had the opportunity to hear some crazy things and see some even crazier things from houses in the area. I was amazed to find this site online and just had to share! It is pictures from home inspections across the country. If you are feeling overwhelmed about some projects around your house or think that your house has some quirks have a look at these houses and you will feel much better!!! There are several gallery’s so enjoy!

]]> http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/10/04/home-inspection-nightmares/feed/ 0 Kinda Like Winning The Lottery http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/09/17/kinda-like-winning-the-lottery/ http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/09/17/kinda-like-winning-the-lottery/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:47:21 +0000 Joy http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/09/17/kinda-like-winning-the-lottery/ Winning fabric is kind of like winning the lottery to me! With that being said you can imagine my excitement when I won a FREE yard of fabric! A whole yard; plus I even got to pick which fabric I wanted! Wow! I like to check out Sew, Mama, Sew and she was having a Free Fabric Friday last week. Sew, Mama, Sew has great info on sewing and pattern reviews as well as a great little fabric shop check it out if you have time. Anyways, I was so excited to find out this afternoon that I won! How fun! I ended up choosing an Alexander Henry print (of course) called Mocca Chocolate! I am not sure what this yard of fabric will become but I am thinking along the lines of maybe some pants for Charis or some fun bibs/burp cloths we shall see how it all comes together when it arrives. Yippeeeee!

]]> http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/09/17/kinda-like-winning-the-lottery/feed/ 3 Going High Tech http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/09/04/going-high-tech/ http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/09/04/going-high-tech/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:52:33 +0000 Joy http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/09/04/going-high-tech/ So Brad has been onto me for months and months to try the Google Reader. This will be a real technical explanation (Brad will cringe) but it is a place where you can plug in all the blogs that you visit so that you only have to go to one place to check the blogs that you visit. It automatically updates whenever there is a new post out there!!! It is a super time saver and I am a HUGE fan. Brad told me that I would love it but I just get a little shy with technical stuff but it was really easy to figure out and I did it all by myself. If there are lots of blogs out there that you constantly visit I cannot recommend Google Reader enough it is fabulous! One more techish thing is del.icio.us which is an online bookmark site. You can use it just like your bookmarks or favorites but it is online so you always have it with you. The neat thing for me is that you can tag each bookmark so that all your items are by categories. Here is a better explanation of del.icio.us from Brad’s website. Yes, Brad was right about this one as well. It is also easy as I figured it out by myself…If I can do these things anyone can! This is a tech as I get for now! Happy Teching!

]]> http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/09/04/going-high-tech/feed/ 1 A Little Different http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/08/23/a-little-different/ http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/08/23/a-little-different/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:41:42 +0000 Joy http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/08/23/a-little-different/ I always like things that are a little different so I was really excited to stumble across the My Funky Camera …fun stuff for photogs. I have my eye on one of the camera straps (maybe I will add it to the ole’ Christmas wish list)! How fun to add a little spice even to your camera! Definitely not a necessity but definitely fun!

]]> http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/08/23/a-little-different/feed/ 0 Oh My What Finds http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/07/20/oh-my-what-finds/ http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/07/20/oh-my-what-finds/#comments Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:27:27 +0000 Joy http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/07/20/oh-my-what-finds/ Sprout Design

Sprout Design

Sprout Design

Sprout Design

So today I visited a blog, no trouble there! Once at the blog I followed a link, no trouble there! Once at the link I started looking around and there my friends is where I fell into some Trouble (Trouble with a capital T take note)! I found the cutest fabric but it is made and sold from Australia and it is expensive but it is oh so cute! I had to share this fun new fabric website with you so do enjoy and good luck with staying out of Trouble!

]]> http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/07/20/oh-my-what-finds/feed/ 1 Crocodile Creek http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/04/30/crocodile-creek/ http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/04/30/crocodile-creek/#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 02:28:31 +0000 Joy http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/04/30/crocodile-creek/ Charis received several things from Crocodile Creek for her birthday this year. I stumbled across this company on Amazon and quickly fell in love with their products. Charis received a cute lunch box, cool place mats and bouncy ladybug ball all of which are wonderful! I really like their products as they are bright and pretty educational. I also really like that they are a little outside the normal box. I am a big fan of different! I just wanted to share this fun site with you! Enjoy!

]]> http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/04/30/crocodile-creek/feed/ 0 Handmade http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/02/25/handmade/ http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/02/25/handmade/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:23:14 +0000 Joy http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2007/02/25/handmade/ I love all things handmade! There is just something about a homemade something! I am not sure what it is but it is wonderful! I have stumbled across a new site called Etsy that sells all things handmade and it is incredible! Actually a really fun site also. It is kind of ever so slightly like eBay in that people list their handmade items to sell but that is the end of the comparison. You do not bid on items you just buy them. The fun part is that you can search by color, region and many other things. It is fun to mess around with! Picking a color you see all kinds of random handmade items in the color that you chose. If you search by region you can see who is selling what near your home, in big cities or on the other side of the world. I love it! If you have some free time I highly recommend checking it out but be careful not to become addicted!

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