Favorite Web Links

http://shapefit.com
View exercise routines at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels or specific muscle groups and track your progress in a exercise journal. All FREE.

http://movies.aol.com
Movie reviews and tickets.

http://nps.gov
National Parks Service: Directory of national parks across the United States with downloadable maps for each.

http://www.careerjournal.com
This Wall Street Journal site is the place to visit for information on getting a new job, changing careers, and managing your work life.

http://www.lowes.com
For do-it-yourself, step-by-step instructions with photos for thousands of projects on home improvements.

http://garden.org/home
National Garden Association site has advice on everything about gardening!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fortcollinsfreecycle/
This is the site for the Fort Collins FreeCycle. You can go there and post items that you no longer want, and someone who is interested will contact you and come and pick it up. I have gotten rid of furniture that I no longer wanted and have picked up all kinds of stuff—for FREE! Check it out! It’s a great way to clean up and not fill up the dump.

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/default.asp
Compare credit card offers and checking account deals so you can find a no-annual-fee, cash-back reward card and a checking account that waives the monthly maintenance charge.

http://myrateplan.com/wireless/
Shop for the best cell phone plan to match your needs.

http://www.shop.com/ or http://www.shopzilla.com/
Search online for free shipping deals.

Find out about Festivals
(anywhere)  www.festivals.com

Fort Collins Summer Concert Series:
www.downtownfortcollins.com
www.lagoonseries.com

Birthday Party Supplies:
www.birthdayexpress.com
www.birthdayzbyshindigz.com
www.mrsgrossmans.com
www.orientaltrading.com
www.paperpantry.com
www.simplifun.com

Kids Eat Free:
www.kidseatfree.com

Cool Savings- coupons, free stuff and samples
www.coolsavings.com

Grocery Coupons:
www.coupons.smartsource.com/

Fight the Bite Colorado-Mosquito Prevention:
www.fightthebitecolorado.com/

Travel:
www.randmcnally.com
Great for looking for a travel planner with driving directions, street atlases, weather forecasts, detailed maps, and recommended stops along the way.

www.nationalparks.org
Plan a trip, play games, learn history, learn about the Jr. Ranger Program, ways to volunteer, learn about events, etc.

www.cdc.gov/travel/
Center for Disease Control Web site- great for planning a trip! Check out their web page for travel suggestions.

Health:
www.healthinfosource.com
The web site is free and can help parents find doctors, dentists, even alternative care providers as well as health classes  and read up on topics important to people of all ages. The web site  points people to local resources and lists more than 800 healthcare organizations. We're a free service of Poudre Valley Health System, the Health District and the Health Department.

Recalls:
www.cpsc.gov 
Consumer Product Safety Commission

www.fortcollinsmagazine.com - Still getting started, this on-line magazine lists various businesses and resources in Fort Collins, including a list of Parent Support Groups in town.

Parenting - Discipline
The Natural Child Project
www.naturalchild.com/home - Although this is a busy page, there are many wonderful articles at this site that are well-worth reading - check out the “Articles” section.

Magical Childhood 
www.magicalchildhood.com - Alicia Bayer describes her site as a place that “focuses on plain old happy, goofy, silly, leisurely life for our children.  Check out the newsletter archives for a mixture of musings, craft ideas, suggestions and so on. The site also has articles and poetry.

Empathic Discipline
www.empathic-discipline.com  -Contains links to many different articles and various sources of discipline information.

Twenty Alternatives To Punishment www.awareparenting.com/twenty.htm

Medications During BreastFeeding  www.neonatal.ttuhsc.edu/lact - If you are breastfeeding, bookmark this site for the future in case you are ever prescribed a medication and need to find out whether it is safe and alternatives.

Enchanted Learning
www.enchantedlearning.com/home.html lots of different pages to explore learning.

www.Geocities.com/athens/forum/5274/playdoze.html - Lots of recipes for homemade kid stuff such as various play doughs, slime, etc.

Safety Belt Safe
www.carseat.org - how to check if your carseats are safe and other information.

Photo Stamps: http://photo.stamps.com
Have that favorite photo made into a real postage stamp. It costs $17.00 plus $3 for shipping for 20 USPS Approved stamps. However, the more you buy, the better the price gets!  Lots of fun!

Colorado Kids
www.NorthernColoradoKids.com
Dynamic On-line Coupon Posting, monthly KidsScoop E-mail Mailer, Monthly Teacher E-mail Mailer

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