Julie is an all around fun kind of friend to have. I can count her for a good Skype chat when she’s online, and we can talk about all sorts of things from the latest internet craze to how she rocks the house playing Rock Band with her hubby and teenage sons.

Her latest adventures include her son’s cute new chihuahua puppy, attending the Zappo’s vendor party, and cleaning out her huge book stash and selling them on Amazon.com. Looking for a book? Julie might just have it in her mountain of books for sale this month.

Julie’s Journal is what a I love in a personal blog, it’s fun, up beat, and realistic. There’s no over the top insanity, and there’s no fluff or padding, just a real gal living in the real world in Las Vegas. Enjoy hanging out at Julie’s, and BYOB.

This is the blog of Rae Hoffman, affectionately known in the blogging and SEO world as SugarRae. Or maybe you know her better as the queen of SEO. She has proven herself in a mostly male industry and she kicked all their a$$es at what she does.

I first met Rae way back in 2001 when I started working from home. Yes, we met at WAHM.com ~ crazy, right? We used to hang out in the chat room with a few other work at home regulars and we would all bounce ideas off of each other every Wednesday night. I miss those Wednesday night chats, but we’ve all come so far since then and I think we all manage to stay pretty busy. Rae has definitely gone far, and learned a lot and most of it self taught. She’s my internet success hero!

So, what are you going to find at SugarRae? Well you’ll hear tidbits about SEO and on the very same blog you’ll hear endless rants about things like the online poker ban and Rae’s extreme dislike, okay hatred and loathing, for Bob Saget.

And that’s just the tip of the blog-berg. (Coined a new blogosphere phrase there maybe? -lol-) Anyhow, if you’re interested in what goes on inside a serious SEO expert’s mind then check out SugarRae. I am convinced she is one of the few sane SEO experts out there, and I know she is not going to try to sell you a ton of useless crap. I’d trust her with my very tiny marketing budget any day.

Welcome to the Snuggles Podcast – the podcast for little ones and the moms and dads who love to snuggle with them ….. out of a love for the bedtime story time and out of a love for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the Snuggles Podcast was born. Each week we’ll post a great bedtime story for you and your child to snuggle up and listen to.

That is just awesome, and it makes a bedtime story really super easy for the parents and the kiddos. I love bedtime stories, but I’d much rather be read to than do the reading some days, you know?

I’m not going to bore you to death with lots of fuzzy details and boring review chatter …. go get in your jammies and listen to the Snuggles Podcast. It speaks for itself. You’ll love it, I promise.

Pranks.com is produced and edited by Joey Skaggs. Here you will find insights, information, news and discussions about pranks, hoaxes, culture jamming & reality hacking around the world – past, present and future – mainstream and counter culture. You are invited to contribute to its development. May your journey be filled with more than your expectations.

Just reading the “about” in the sidebar had my interest upon the first reading. Of course, a story about a zebra inside a school down in Oxford, Georgia was a pretty good attention grabber too. Not every day you see a zebra getting wrangled out of a college. No, the zebra was not hurt. It’s pranksters were careful and gentle with Bar Code, yes the zebra had a name! How cute is that?

Now that I’ve distracted you with talk of adorable zebras and funny college students let’s get back to the topic here. Which, in case you have forgotten is The Art of Prank. What makes a good Prank? Joey Skaggs has some easy to follow do’s and don’ts for all your wannabe pranksters out there. Stick to these guidelines and hopefully no one will want to hurt you!

Yes you fill find this blog funny, but there is a serious side to The Art of Prank. First Amendment Issues, ah yes, I’m sure you’ve heard of that beloved First Amendment of our United States. Just in case, here’s a refresher;

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Good stuff to know right there. And it seems that more and more every day the sanctity of this amendment is being questioned in the news, along with the rest of the top amendments that someone is always wanting to change, challenge, ban, edit or whatever. Hold this right dear to us and love it, for it allows your crazy use of pranking and keeps you from going to jail. Prank on fellow pranksters, prank on. (and don’t forget to blog about it and entertain the rest of us too!)

And what do real families do? The take walks together, snap endless photos of their children, go to hockey games, and of course they jump for joy when Dad brings home Rockband for Playstation! Heck, I think I want to go visit, it looks like they’re having a lot of fun there.

I know Canadians take their hockey super serious, and we’re hockey lovers around here too. It’s great to see teenage girls playing and enjoying hockey without any worry about being made fun of or whatever. I love it! And from the looks of things they’re pretty darn good too!

And if having teenage daughters and a mountie for a husband doesn’t sound exciting enough for you add to the mix a beautiful great dane named Mattie. And well, all the antics that go along with having a dog that is almost as tall as you are! Make sure you check out some of the pictures of Mattie, he really is a gorgeous dog.

I know I’ll be watching to see what’s going on with The Buzz Queen and her family this year and I hope you’ll stop by and check it out too. I love the blogsphere :) Happy blogging everybody.

Anyone with kids will tell that life with a toddler is anything but boring. It’s adventurous and fun and sometimes a little scary. Secret Agent Josephine shows you all of that and more on her blog. You’ll find crafty goings on, like this week’s posts about Operation Couch Cover. That’s right it’s an operation… because she’s a secret agent, get it? I love it :)

In addition to Secret Agent Jo’s wit and personality you’ll also find her illustrations. They brighten up the blogosphere and now they even brighten up learning with your toddler. You can buy Baby Bug’s flash cards in her Etsy shop! They’re gorgeous, and if you’re a follower on her blog you know how much work went into planning and creating the flash cards. A craft project gone wild and a beautiful result in the end.

Oh, yes Baby Bug, that would be her daughter a two year old bundle of cuteness and not an actual bug. You’ll find cute pictures of the little gal pretty often, and this is one toddler that knows how to ham up the camera. In addition to Baby Bug you might spy an occasional furry kitty post in the zoo or even some bird obsessing chatter.

I hope you enjoy Secret Agent Jo as much as I do. It’s been a favorite of mine for awhile now actually. Always present in my bookmarks and feed reader. Gumball the Kitten will always have a special place in my heart. I had a plan to cross stitch him on a bag, but my lazy side took over and I never finished charting him. Hmm… maybe a weekend project this spring.

Where to begin? Lori, the author of this blog wears many hats. Wife, mother, rancher, crafter, cook, blogger. Oh yes, I said rancher. Lori, her husband and their 3 boys live on a ranch in the middle of the nowhere. The closest town to them is 2 hours away. With all this going on Lori still manages to stay on top of what’s working and not working in the blogosphere.

Blogging with Cents gives practical blogging and internet marketing advice in plain English. No fancy jargon. No tricky techniques. Just great advice about making money on the internet. The information you’ll find and learn is going to be of value on every single page of this blog. Lori points us towards tools to build a better blog. There are so many things out there for bloggers these days it’s hard to know what’s helpful and will save you time versus what’s just taking up your valuable virtual real estate.