Some of My Favorite Websites

I'm just going to lay this out into a list in no particular order. These are websites that I have found useful in helping me be a caregiver and just in living life in general. The links to these sites are at the beginning of a brief blurb.

FlyLady   This is a website for helping you to get organized when (as she says) you are suffering from C.H.A.O.S - Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome. She breaks cleaning, finances, weight loss and lots more down into manageable bits and helps you to develop a schedule that fits your life. I particularly like her Crisis Clean as it helps me kick start my schedule after I've neglected my chores for a while. There's also a forum where you can talk to others in similar situations like caring for children with Autism, Students, Caregivers and more. You can also sign up for her mailing list and get her Flight Plan for the day right in your inbox.

All Recipes  This site is all about recipes (obviously) I like it because you can search for recipes by ingredients, cooking style or general name ( eg. cupcakes, vegetarian, slow cooker) The recipes also have this cool feature of being able to have the servings adjusted up or down. You can become a member which will allow you to post recipes and save them to a recipe box. I haven't bothered to join as I have enough screen names and passwords to remember.

Grocery Gateway   This is basically an online version of Longo's supermarket here in Toronto that delivers your shopping to your front door..  They also have a good selection of organic and natural products. There is a free tour but you have to become a member with this site in order to shop for your groceries. There is a  $11.95 delivery fee for residential orders and $17 for corporate orders with a minimum order of $45. The website is accessible to people with physical disabilities and they deliver to your door. You also get to pick a delivery time that's convenient for you. There is also an App for your Smartphone so you can shop anywhere. You can pay online or at the door.

Facebook Everyone seems to be here. I'm still figuring it out because they seem to change things at least once a year. The nice thing is that here you can keep up with family, find old friends, play games and follow stuff that you like. Also available on Smartphones.

I Can Has Cheezburger?  This is for my daily laugh. This is a site of humorous pictures of animals with captions, GIF's, Fails and more.

Medical Xpress  This is a news gathering site on current medical research on everything from AIDS to zoonosis. You can even read it on a mobile device.

Pinterest  This one is a new favorite addiction. It's basically a pin board of things people are interested in. There a categories like Health and Fitness, Women's Fashion, DIY, Decor, Food and Drink and more. It's a great site for getting ideas usually with links to the original site or blog. My personal favorites are DIY, Decor and Geek (Doctor Who anyone?)

Google Scholar I use this search engine for finding scientific articles and research on specific diseases and treatments.

Rob Cares  I just found this site about a week ago. He's got great advice for caregivers but most of his resources are for those who are in the United States. He's also on Facebook and Pinterest where he posts little snippets of great advice for any caregiver.

Next Bus  As I don't drive this is a wonderful bus predictor site. At least I'll know how long I have to wait for my bus. Here in Canada it includes the transit systems for Alberta: St Albert and Banff;  Manitoba: Selkirk Transit; Ontario: St.Thomas, Guelph, Thunder Bay, Toronto TTC; Quebec: CIT Laurentides, Societe de Transport de Laval; New Brunswick: St.John Transit and last (but not least) City of Corner Brook, Newfoundland. It also has tonnes of cities in the States (Universal Studios anyone?) It's also available on a Smartphone. They use GPS tracking so you know it's fairly accurate (unless they're updating the site)

Natural Health Care Canada This website is "Your destination website for information, products, and services related to holistic, alternative, and complementary health and healing." It will help you find a practitioner in your area, learn about herbs and nutrition, has updates on news, events in your area, workplace wellness and more. 

Toronto 211  A directory of over 20,000 of community, social, heath and government services in the city of Toronto. Includes stuff like Food banks, legal clinics, seniors services, services for children and more. Some of the stuff is out of date but still pretty good overall.

Fax Zero  This allows you to send a fax for free over the internet. There is an advertisement on the cover page but you are allowed a maximum of 3 pages+cover, and 5 free faxes per day. Handy when you need to fax something and don't have a fax machine, fax program or can't get out to one.

Flyerland All of your weekly local flyers in one place. Useful if you've didn't get them or if you didn't pick them up in time from your apartment lobby. There's more here but I've not tried any of it yet.

And Finally (for now) The Mayo Clinic for their information on diseases and conditions, supplements and healthy living. It's found under the Health Information tag at the top of the homepage.

I realize that a lot of these sites are Torontocentric but that happens to be where I am. If you have a website that you have found useful for your area please feel free to share!