Links

Here's a random link I recommend:

Shopping

CB2 - Crate and Barrel's newest site for unique things for your home.

Cathy's Creations - A great site for handmade Polymar Clay figurines, pins, ornaments and other great stuff!

Clay Creations - If you are looking for a personalized Xmas ornaments, the "Star Kids" here are really cute.

Club Photoont - Postcards and other gifts from your digital photos!

Colorful Images - If you're looking for labels or other paper products, start here! Good stuff, cheap prices...they make great gifts.

Cookies for College - This little company will send homemade cookies to anyone in the US...great for college students or friends!

Duck Shop - A place for all things ducky.

Ebay - For the auction addict in us all!

Eunique Expressions - Handpainted and personalized note cards in a variety of themes.

Euroway - Innovative furniture that is way cool.

Eye4Gifts - Beautiful glass items painted with amazing stuff.

Happy Balls - Antenna Ball Superstore.

Heifer International - Give a gift and help the world at the same time!

HGTV - Great for gift and craft ideas.

The Hug Factory - Cute little "hug" gifts for that person that has everything.

Individual Papers - If you are looking for handmade paper or notecards, this is a great place to start!

Julie's Tole - Great handpainted gifts - the bear and bunny seasonal pins are nifty!

IzzyMe Creations - This woman makes lots of handmade stuff but I really love her handmade purses...she's made about 6 for me!

Kitchen Collectibles - Great for cookie cutters and any baking supplies. Also check out their recipes!

Leather Belts by Skip - Great site for those hard to find belts.

Lion Brand Yarns - Good site for quality yarns and great patterns.

Archie McPhee - For all things odd.

Mioculture - Great site for interesting stuff for your home.

Odditeaz - Wonderful, unique shirts perfect for the eclecticly oriented.

Peter Prints - These cartoons make great personalized gifts.

PFZ - Customized dinnerware that is way cool.

The Pink Flamingo - A place for all things pink.

Plus Woman - A great clothing store for any plus size woman.

Puttin On The Dog - A great catalogue for the dog fans out there.

Quillow Instructions - Good instructions for making a quillow!.

Shoe Annex - A great site for Doc Martins at cheap prices!

Shoe Trader - Good deals on shoes for people with all sized feet

SmudgesAmazing personalized figurine ornaments in tons of different themes...reasonably priced too!

Sweets 'N' Treats - These guys sell really neat suncathers.

To The Point Design Studio - All sorts of paper products with a pets theme - if you have a bird, dog, or cat, check this out!

Two Chicks Plate Frames - Custom license plate frames that are great and not too expensive

Vonage - Great Voice-over IP company. Good service, great prices.

Fun

BookCrossing - Drop off your books in your town and see where they end up. This site is an awesome karma experiment.

My Date With Drew - Awesome site for one of the best movies - also a fun site to stop by and see!

Celebrity Caricatures by Lar - Fun site with lots of celebrity drawings.

Wil Wheaton dot net - This is a really great site. It's run by Wil Wheaton of "Standy By Me" and "Star Trek" fame and he's got some really funny stuff on there. Nice to see a celebrity doing thier own stuff...and he's really good at it too! I bet you'll walk away impressed by this one...I sure was.

President Dance - This page has many images of past presidents dancing. Also has a rhyme to help remember them all in order.

Movie-A-Minute - Very funny, one minute summaries of movies.

Computer

Computer Take Back - Tells you about how to safely get rid of your electronic devices.

F-Secure Virus Info - Great site for info and fixes for computer viruses.

DVD Shrink - This software helps make backup copies of DVDs.

Free Dreamweaver Templates - This site offers some great Dreamweaver templates.

Brainy Betty - Great site with lots of free Powerpoint downloads.

Website Estates - More free Powerpoint downloads.

Digital Studios - Even more Powerpoint downloads.

About.com Graphics - This site has a HUGE index of graphic sites and is really well organized!

Bimsan - A site with great sets and even has thumbnails of them!

Clip-Art - Good place to start looking for clip-art. Check out their links section.

Cool Archive - Wonderful fonts and graphics. Can also use this to create logos and banners.

Dami's Demesne - Sets and other stuff. Nicely put together.

Kelly's WebKelly also does webpage design (Topaz Designs).

Pat's Web Graphics - Great flower graphics!

Robin's Graphics - Lots of graphics to chose from.

Beginning HTML Help - Great place to go for help with frames!

Javascript Source - If you want Java, GO HERE!!

Image Editor - Best online image editor out there, IMHO.

Quickbanner - Online banner creation tool to help you advertise your website.

Willcam Group's HTML Reference - A helpful listing of HTML codes.

Rockford, IL

Anderson Gardens - The most beautiful place in the world.

Klehm Aboretum - Another beautiful place in Rockford.

Rockford Chamber of Commerce - Learn all about the great businesses of Rockford.

Rockford Young Professionals Network - A local networking group for Rockfordians ages 21 - 35.

Rockford Business College - The great school I work for.

Van Galder Bus Company - The fast and easy way to get to Ohare.

Kerasotes Movie Theaters - Check movie listings and times for Rockford theaters.

Rockford Register Star - Rockford's newspaper.

Cherry Vale Mall - Our big mall.

On The Waterfront - Rockford's annual festival on Labor Day weekend.

Greater Rockford Transportation Coalition - Site for Rockford transportation info

Womenspace - A center for the development of women.

Guide to Illinois Politics - Very helpful site!

Travel

Roadside America - Best side for finding odd places to visit during your travels.

Microsoft Streets and Trips - Great program for planning road trips.

The Mayan - A great theme restaurant in Sandy, Utah. Think cliff divers!!

New Belgium Brewing Company - A great brewery to tour and taste!

Royal Caribbean - Best cruise company!

Cars

Scion - Great cars at affordable prices.

Scion Life - Online home for Scion enthusiasts

VW - Official VW site.

Bugstuff - Unique accessories for VWs. This is a great site with some wonderful stuff owned by some awesome people!

New Dimensions - Lots of great New Beetle stuff.

TVA - Many accessories for the New Beetle enthusiast.

Car Bras - The best car bra for a New Beetle is a Perfect Fit car bra and these guys sell them - and you can even find one to color match your car!

Saratoga - Great storage solutions for inside your New Beetle.

The Real Source - Has a few NB items but what they have is good. Check out their car show every June in Effingham, IL.

Bronners Christmas Wonderland - Watch for cute Beetle ornaments.

VW Screensavers - German site but if you scroll down, you'll see a couple New Beetle ones.

VW Themes - German site but if you scroll down, you'll see a New Beetle theme.

Stateline Volksfolks - Website for the Rockford area VW club. New site coming soon!