Save the sanctimonious resolutions for New Year's ... here are the real tips to get you through the holidays: your guide for what to eat more of, what to hoard, what to bogart completely, and what to avoid more strenuously than a lump of coal in your stocking, in a bowlful-of-jelly belly-jiggling Top Ten of Christmas Eating "DO"s! This anonymous list has been floating around the 'net for a few years. If you know who wrote it, please let me know. I'd love to give author credit! Thanks to Web... Read Full Story

My 100th Squidoo lens is dedicated to Callie Perna Penland Stewart, my grandmother and sole living grandparent, who turns 100 in October 2009. Thankfully I will be able to attend her birthday party with my children and get to see all my family - and it's a big family! Here's a tribute to my dear Grannie. Thanks to Balloon Maniacs for the graphic. Read Full Story

T-shirts and gifts for readers and book lovers - get all your Christmas shopping done here! Find designs for readers, writers, fantasy lovers, and literati on t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, and more clothing for teens, adults, kids, and infants, plus maternity shirts! Also great gift items such as mugs, tote bags, hats, magnets, bumper stickers, Sigg water bottles, and lots more gear, all with beautiful, original designs for readers - wonderful for Christmas gifts, birthday gifts, or anytime! Read Full Story

Green Christmas gifts are sure to top everyone's list this year. Do you have any brilliant ideas for a great green gift for Christmas or any other holiday? Green gifts are what this page is all about! Add your green Christmas gift ideas here. The best ones will be featured! Read Full Story

How many beautiful gift cards are purchased each year ... and end up in the dump? What about the little cardboard gift card holders? Sure, the paper can be reused and recycled, but what if we could reduce the number of greeting cards produced and the number we need to recycle? What a savings to the pocketbook, not to mention of trees and resources to produce and recycle those cards! Read Full Story

Tossing $5 billion worth of gift wrap in the trash each year is a poor way of celebrating anything. Instead choose to "precycle" by giving your gifts in beautiful Wrapsacks reusable cloth gift bags - a double gift to your friend, and a double blessing to the earth as well by saving trees from being made into gift paper, and landfills from receiving all the trash. wrapsacks Read Full Story

A reusable shopping bag, travel tote, beach bag, and more ... in your back pocket or tucked into your purse! The Zipsack by Wrapsacks zips down into a tidy wallet-shaped pouch, making it oh-so-easy to tuck into your pocket or purse! Read Full Story

Mount Laundrymore defeats us all at one time or another, especially in a house with kids! In the closet and around the house, all my MomTips are actually used and tested by me and my family and found to be useful or can't-do-withoutable. Look for my special FRUGALICIOUS alternatives! Bookmark and check back often because this lens will grow ... and grow ... as I discover new (or remember old) great gadgets, tips, and tricks! Thanks to stargazer00 for the lovely dividers. Read Full Story

Whether it's "Earl Grey: hot," as Captain Picard likes it, coffee, or some herbal concoction you stew together yourself, a hot drink is a wonderful and soothing beverage. In the kitchen and around the house, all my MomTips are actually used and tested by me and my family and found to be useful or can't-do-withoutable. Look for my special FRUGALICIOUS TIPS! Thanks to stargazer00 for the lovely dividers. Read Full Story

Imagine sending out beautiful, custom-made, hand-crafted cards for your wedding, graduation, birth announcements - without hours and hours of doing the work yourself! Now you can, with the services of Hand Stamped by Love! Choose from the many sample cards or work with the creative staff of Hand Stamped by Love to create your own unique style. Read Full Story