Retro Housewife is a fun and useful site with HOUSEWIFE ADVICE & TIPS and features about Retro Furniture, Retro Fashion and The Retro Housewife Forum.

There's a retro housewife blog too, called Retro Housewife and The Ladies who Lunch - "A Blog for the ladies who are housewives by profession".

The French Tutorial: Learn French for free

"The French Tutorial is a web-based step by step lesson covering basics, pronunciation, but also grammar, vocabulary and everyday French."

This is a fantastic site and offers a choice of three formats: the standard edition (free of charge), personal edition - the same as standard but for downloading(still free but requires registration), and the deluxe edition which is printable and which requires registration plus a donation of US$11.00.

Bob's Byway is an impressive site. It's a particularly useful resource for students studying poetry but also good for anyone wanting to learn more about poetry. The site provides a Glossary of Poetic Terms, Examples of Poetic Terms, Tips for the Enjoyment of Poetry, and a selection of Bob's poems.

Keen gardeners will love Yolanda Elizabet's blog, Bliss. The photos are simply stunning - sure to inspire and give you ideas for your own garden.

Captain's European Butterfly Guide is a comprehensive site about Europe's Butterflies. In addition to General Butterfly Information, there is a useful guide to the life-cycle of a butterfly, and a fascinating section about the Strategies for Survival.

The site is full of beautiful photos of butterflies and also offers photography tips on taking your own photos.

If you enjoy writing and/or reading fan fiction stories, FanLib.com is the site for you:

"At FanLib.com, we provide a free service for people who want to showcase their stories, discover great writers, and share their passions with other fans."

You can browse the site without registering however registration is required to submit, rate and review stories.

FanLib provide services and tools free of charge to users!

The Sartorialist is a very cool blog that will interest all you fashionistas and photographers - although you really don't have to be interested in fashion or photography to appreciate such a cool blog!

Take a look and I think you will become a fan of the blog too.

"Messies Anonymous is dedicated to bringing harmony in the home through understanding and aiding the Messie mindset."

Sandra Felton's site offers lots of useful advice and tips starting with the very practical suggestions on how to get started.

You can also sign up for daily e-mail tips.

"The Reckless Gardener is an online gardening magazine for not too serious gardener!"

This site is a real treat for anyone who enjoys gardening or is thinking about becoming a gardener but wants some advice and ideas. There are lots of interesting articles, gardening advice, garden design ideas, a garden designer database, garden jobs by month, book reviews, interviews, plus lots of gardening links.

The site also offers a Bed & Breakfast guide for garden enthusiasts, garden news,and photos of the best show gardens from past flower shows.

You can also subscribe to a free Reckless Gardener Newsletter via email.

That's not all - the site links to some Reckless Blogs too!

carbootjunction.com - "the UK's fastest growing car boot sales directory of car boots throughout the UK"

In addition to helping you find car boot sales via the directory, the site also offers information about laws and other car boot advice.

FirstRungNow.com "has been set up for the express purpose of helping first time buyers find their way to buy a first home."

The site offers a list of the main ways of raising the money to buy your first home and possible ways to find property bargains.

It's worth taking your time to explore the site. It offers a lot of helpful information and advice as well as useful links.

Craft Apple is a fun blog for anyone who loves crafting. There are plenty of ideas to inspire you and some free tutorials too.

This is a handy resource for moms who blog - or if you just want to read blogs by moms:

The Mom Blogs - a directory of blogs by moms

In addition to all the blogs listed in the directory, The Mom Blogs have a blog too.

(link via the Telegraph)

TheBigProject is a comprehensive site that provides links to the most useful websites. The site is massive and an incredibly useful resource for everyone.

LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily.

You can also get recommendations by using the book suggester.

Choose to arrange your books on a virtual shelf or on a list. Have fun with it!

LibraryThing is very useful and also incredibly addictive!

Find Me Plants is a great website for gardeners because it provides a free database to help you find the right plants for your garden. You can use the quick plant search which allows you to "make selections that best describe your garden and preferences..." by choosing Plant Type, Flower Colour, Soil Moisture, Soil Type and Light Levels or you can do a Full Plant Search which involves completing a questionnaire to make the search even more specific.

I like the way the search results will produce a list with both the Latin and the Common Name and an image that you can click on to view the full plant profile.

OurProperty is a very useful site if you are thinking about buying a house. The site provides a handy search engine to find out UK house prices for free. There are also useful articles for home owners.

The site provides guides such as a
Simple step by step guide to the buying process

Check out the site and see why OurProperty is so great. I think you will probably agree with their claim that "We are the most comprehensive house price site available on the web with the largest data set for England, Scotland and Wales."

If you love to read, TwitterLit is a site you will certainly enjoy.

It's such a simple idea. The owner and creator of the site, Debra Hamel, posts the first line from a book: "... literary teasers twice daily."

The challenge is to try and guess the name of the book and if you are stumped, Debra provides a link to Amazon (you can choose US, UK or Canada) so you can identify the book and possibly choose to purchase the book as well.

It really is a fun site. It also provides a clever way to discover new books if you are wondering what to read next.