Smitten Kitchen is a wonderful foodie blog with lots of great recipes, fantastic photos, and a fun, informal writing style.

Baby Chaos offers information and advice about getting pregnant and having a baby (in the UK). As the site states:

We are here to guide you through those 9 magical months of being pregnant, giving birth and your baby’s first year.

The site contains lots of useful sections: preparing for pregnancy, pregnancy health issues, pregnancy problems, giving birth, baby development, information about child care, and a section for fathers.

There is also a glossary and a directory that contains links to appropriate sites, and a friendly forum.

Sewing Freebies offers exactly what it says - FREE sewing patterns!

There are hundreds of free sewing patterns listed on Sewing Freebies: appliqué patterns, baby quilt patterns, bib patterns, preemie patterns,patterns for baby clothes sorted in age categories, patterns for adults and children's clothes, doll patterns, curtains/window treatment patterns, fleece patterns, quilt patterns, patterns for stuffed animals, and lots of other sewing projects.

I've just discovered a lovely blog called Allotment Lady, where you can "...look through ‘windows’ of a simple, but very happy life." The blog is a delight to read and there are lots and lots of wonderful photos too. I never knew that chickens could be such fun characters until I read her blog! Go have a look and see what I mean.

Self sufficient 'ish' - "The urban guide to almost self sufficiency."

The site offers lots of articles with useful and practical information about self sufficiency. The site also offers organic gardening advice and recipes plus there is a forum with additional advice and information about self sufficiency.

This is a fun blog for the ladies:

If you like shoes, you will love Shoewawa, Shoewawa is a blog devoted to women's shoes! It's fun and it's useful. The blog features shoes from both the USA and the UK.

There is always a detailed description of the shoes, (they do wax lyrical about shoes!)and/or a photo plus handy suggestions of what to wear with the shoes, the price, and a link to the site where you can purchase the shoes.

StickYourNeckOut is a website where authors and artists are invited to submit (via email) their original works of fiction or nonfiction literature and graphic arts to be published on the site for free. Although you don't get paid, you gain publicity via the website.

FixMyStreet is a very useful website designed to "...help people report, view, or discuss local problems they’ve found to their local council by simply locating them on a map."

The site is easy to use - simply enter a postcode or streetname and area, then locate the problem on a map, and enter details of the problem. You can report all sorts of things to your local council via FixMyStreet, such as; pot holes, road markings, abandoned cars, dog fouling, graffiti, broken street lights, flytipping, damaged pavement, etc. The site is free to use.

"Ta-da is the web's easiest to-do list tool."

I love it. I've been using Ta-da List for ages and it really is as easy as they say. I use it for keeping various lists - favourite songs, favourite movies, favourite books, things I want to buy, quotations, links, projects, etc.

I highly recommend you sign up for your free Ta-da List account. It really does help simplify and organize your life.

blinkx is the world’s largest and most advanced video search engine. It's fun, it's fast, easy to use and very impressive. Give it a try and I think you will agree.

Chez Loulou - "A Taste of Life in the South of France" - is a charming blog written by an American expat living in France. Loulou's delightful blog offers lots of great recipes and an intriguing peek into the French lifestyle.

A fun blog called Jam Handy! is the home of retro recipes.

RaisingKids is a fantastic website that offers lots of information and practical parenting advice. The site is packed with useful information and features in-depth articles about: education in the UK, finance, family motoring, family holidays and travel advice, food & nutrition, health & fitness, child development, and parenting skills.

LousyWriter is a very handy resource to help you improve your writing skills. The site provides in depth articles to help with English grammar, advice about how to use punctuation correctly, and how to write better letters, email, resumes, etc.

There is an ENGLISH GRAMMAR BLOG too.

OurStory is a free tool for creating your own timeline and for saving it permanently. You can collaborate with family and friends, share it with whomever you want, and even add your timeline to your blog.

TheMonsterClub offers Old Time Horror and Scifi Radio shows, to download free of charge.

Cooking By Numbers is a fun and useful website. You simply indicate which ingredients you already have in your fridge and your cupboard and then search for recipes that you can cook with using those ingredients.

If you think London is too expensive for you to visit because you are on a tight budget and trying to be frugal, you will appreciate LondonFreeList

"LondonFreeList lists all the events and attractions in London that you don't need much money to go to. They are all either free or cost no more than £3 maximum"

Eurotrotter is a very useful site for travel information and holidays in Europe. The site provides access to "...thousands of internet sites about travel and holidays that will enable you to explore your destination, find an accommodation, book a journey or holidays and lead you to all kinds of service-organisations that can be useful to you as a traveler."

CraftyCrafty is a blog about crafts (funnily enough) and includes how-to guides and patterns.