Final Website Roundup: Dating Sites! #love2011

OK, Love Project followers, today is my final "Website Wednesday" (and it's not even Wednesday). It's the last day of the quarter, so I'm wrapping up "Part 1" of the Love Project.

Part 2 is going to continue on with this week's theme: Dating. I want to stress, however, that this is not going to be limited to "romantic" dating or single's topics. Dating is about sharing love and attention with someone. It doesn't have to be a romantic partner. Surprisingly, most (if not all) of the dating blogs and sites cater to singles. That is one way where my focus will be different. Dating is even more important when you're married or in an established relationship.

In my Boulder Dating examiner column today, I challenged people to go on at least one date every week for the next 13 weeks. I hope you all will take the challenge as well and leave me comments.

In preparation for that, it's only appropriate that the final Website Roundup be about the best dating sites. I will continue to add these to my Love Links page as I find more. If you stumble across a good dating or relationships site, let me know.

Love Project MVP

A huge and final Website Wednesday thank you to Shirley Rivera, Girl Nutkin in the BA who is most definitely the Love Project MVP and a wonderful friend, for all her support.

Dating Blogs and Websites

(Note: I'm not necessarily recommending these blogs and websites. Some of them have content or ascribe to theories that I don't always agree with, but I always think it's good to be informed, regardless of whether or not we agree. As I have more time, I will read some of these more thoroughly and maybe give a review.

General Dating:

Elsie's Dating Adventure

Nic and Neely's Dating Marketplace

The Urban Dater

Ask Love Coach Rinatta

Online Dating

It's Not a Match

Boomer Love:
Adventures in Delicious Dating over 40
After 40 dating tips

Dating Advice for Men:
Dating Tips and Dating Advice by David Wygant

Dating Skills Review

Cupid's Dating Tips

Pick up "games"
Hooking Up Smart

Citizen's Renegade

Haley's Halo

The Private Man

Websites

AskMarsVenus

Love Prospector

Website Wednesday: What's Your Story?

This week on the Love Project, we're talking about "Your Story."

Love Project MVP

First, of course, we have Love Project's MVP, Shirley Rivera, author of girlnutkin in the BA, in which Shirley shares so selflessly, often spreading messages of optimism and love. I am constantly inspired by her.

In her most recent post, she shared a very beautiful song by Jeremy Passion, Stephanie, about a girl with lupus.



The song reminded Shirley of her friend jengyee, who died from lupus at the young age of 25.

Bloggers

LinkedIn: The Blog Zone - A Community of Bloggers

If you're a blogger, you might want to check out The Blog Zone Group on LinkedIn. A couple of months ago, Mike Clough of America's Best Business Practices started a discussion thread titled: Introduce Yourself - Tell Us Your Story. So far, there are 172 responses from bloggers describing their blogs. (You can also leave a comment here and I'll add your blog to my Love Links page.)

Memoir Writing
Memory Writers Network
Top 50 Blogs on Memoirs
Write My Memoirs

Website Wednesday: Gratitude Blogs and Websites

It's Website Wednesday for the Love Project and this week's theme is Gratitude.

Love Project MVP:

girlnutkin in the BA: #love2011: week 11 on gratefulness

Blogs about Gratitude
Project Give Thanks
Ramblings (And the author of this blog is named Yvette, too!)
365grateful
1000 Awesome Things
The Daily Gratitude Blog
365 Days of Gratitude Photoblog

Websites about Gratitude
Gratefulness.org
GratitudeRadio
Gratitude Directory
Gratitude Website Directory

Website Wednesday: Romance Websites

Oh dear! Life has gotten busy, so I'm going to have to do a rush job with this version of Website Wednesday on The Love Project, and I really don't like to do that... especially with Romance! Romance should be savored and be nice and slow... enjoying every luscious moment. But blogging really isn't very romantic, so you'll have to excuse me for doing a rather short version this week, because my romantic bubble bath is waiting...

And without further adieu:

Love Project Participants:

girlnutkin in the BA - Very interesting story about Joshua Bell and a reminder to slow down!
Justice Jennifer - Aspiring author. Passionate Reader

Romance Blogs and Websites
Romance Tips
Love Romance Passion: List of 50 Romance Novel Blogs to Watch
Romance Coupons
Loving You

Happy Romancing!

Website Wednesday: Must see sites that will help you celebrate age!

Today is Website Wednesday and the theme of the Love Project this week is Celebrating Age. I bring to you Websites and blogs that have to do with aging, birthdays, or dating at an older age. If you write about age (or the theme of the week) on your blog or know of one that should be included, let me know, and I'll add your link!

Love Project MVP
girl nutkin in the BA: (There may not be many people participating in The Love Project, but Shirley makes up for it.. She's worth 1000 people!)

#love2011: week 9 on being over 40
#love2011: random thoughts for week 9
#love2011: week 9 on celebrating age

Blogs and Websites about Mid-life Dating / Living
Family Goes Strong
The Savvy Boomer
The Dating Goddess: Adventures of Delicious Dating over 40

Note: There are also tons of online dating sites targeted for seniors or boomers. Just google "Boomer Dating" or "Senior Dating." Since I haven't tried these yet, I can't really offer up recommendations, but if you try any, let me know what you think!

Blogs and Websites about Celebrating Birthdays
Birthday Freebies
Birthday Calculator - You give your birthday and you'll find out all kinds of interesting trivia!
The Site to Remember - Will help you remember birthdays and other important dates.

Blogs and Websites about Aging
Adventures in Old Age - Psychology Today
Planning, Preparing and Peace with Kay Diller: Getting Older-It's not all it's cracked up to be
Wordpress Blogs about Old Age

Now, let's all have fun getting old!

Website Wednesday: Top Sites about Kindness

It is the Love Project tradition to share Websites and blogs about the theme of the week, and this week that theme is Kindness.

Love Project MVP
girl nutkin in the BA - #love2011: thoughts for week 7

Websites and Pay it Forward Communities
Random Acts of Kindness
HelpOthers.org
Akoha.com
One Act of Kindness

Blogs about Kindness
One Million Moments of Kindness
Random Blogs of Kindness
Kindness and Kisses
Embrace Your Spirit of Wonder - Pental Blog

Related Posts on My Blog (This hyper link will bring up the posts below and more.)
World Kindness Week - Spread Kindness!
Spreading Kindness and Love with a Recorded Call
Are Kindness and Love Synonomous?
Kindness Tips from Pick The Brain

Know of other blogs or resources related to love or any related themes? Let me know and I'll add them on Wednesdays and to my Love Link List!

Website Wednesday: Must See Sites About Love Notes

This week's Love Project Theme is Love Notes and as always, Wednesday is the day to share resources and blogs related to the theme.

At a loss for how to be creative with your love notes? Check out these Websites for inspiration:

Love Project MVP
GirlNutkin in the BA posts about Week 6: Love Notes
(who also turned me on to cardkarma.com)

Websites and Blogs

AcidCow Love Notes -- Photos with some creative love notes
Txtmania Love Notes -- Share your love, 140 characters at a time!
Romance Love Notes -- A site with poems, love letters, love quotes, and even a love calculator!

Blogs

LovingYou.Com -- Tips, creative ideas, and samples of love notes of all kinds
1 Million Love Messages -- A blog where readers can share their love with love notes
HealingLoveNotes.com -- A blog filled with a lot of love "stuff."
300 Love Letters - Click on the colored squares to see the love letters one person wrote

ECards

Smilebox - I love making these free eCards with music and you can include photos & movies.
JibJab - This let's you put your face in animated characters. Though most are for a price, you can find a few free ones.
CardKarma - Check out all you need is love . a card by bryan

someecards - These are rather untraditional...

And, then, of course, the more traditional eCards:
123Greetings
AmericanGreetings
bluemountain
myfuncards

Have other blogs or sites you'd like to recommend? Let me know and I'll add them to this post and/or to the Love Links page.

Website Wednesday: Know Yourself - Personality Tests

This week on the Love Project the theme is Know Yourself with an easy assignment of only picking one word to describe yourself.

Bloggers

Once again, Love Project MVP Shirley Rivera wins with not only commenting with her one word, but doing the extra credit and blogging about the experience.

Girl Nutkin in the BA

Other Participants:

Altared Spaces
Aidan Donnelley Rowley @ Ivy League Insecurities

Note: It's not too late to add your comment or participate in any assignment on The Love Project. All bloggers who participate will also be added to the Love Link List.

Websites about Personality Typing Systems

A History of Personality Typing
Myers & Briggs
Enneagrams

Personality Games and Quizzes

QuizFarm
okCupid Tests
Planet Wally

Website Wednesday: Beauty Blogs and Products - #love2011

Oh my goodness! There are so many beauty sites on the Web that if I listed them all here this post would go on forever!

Of course, my hope is that some of you readers will start submitting your own posts based on the assignments from The Love Project and I can start listing those on Wednesday. But... you seem to be shy. Where are all the bold bloggers out there?

In the mean time here are some blogs and products to check out:

Operation Beautiful - An inspiring site which tasks people with leaving surprise notes for others to find, reminding them that they are beautiful, exactly as they are.

The Chronicals of a Fierce Fathlete - A fun site recommended by the ever-faithful Love Project MVP, girlnutkin. The ups and downs of health, beauty, and other musings of a modern day woman who has a brain and isn't afraid to use it!

Daily Makeover - This is a fun site that lets you get a virtual makeover! Try it! (For those of you that didn't want to spend the $$ on a real makeover, this can be an alternative to this week's Love Project assignment!)

Best Beauty Blogs on the Internet - This post lists 21 blogs about beauty with links and descriptions.

The Beauty Blog Network - Where you'll find a whole network of people who blog about beauty.
1001 Forever Beauty Tips - Secrets on makeup tips, body, hair, hand, legs & skin care, Also beauty recipes, weight-loss, nutrition, exsercises and more.

Collection of Beauty and Skin Care eBooks

Must-Know Guides to Women's Healthy and Beauty

Website Wednesday: Goal Setting - #love2011

Welcome to Website Wednesday where we feature links to bloggers, sites and products related to the theme of the week.

The Love Project Week 2 MVP award goes to:

Girl Nutkin in the BA who not only continually promotes The Love Project, but blogged today about her commitment to "initiate contact with a younger guy" and "get booked!"

Blogs about Goals:

SpillIng Buckets
I Resolve To® . . .
A New You, NOW!
Goal Setting 101: Get to Where You Want to Be


Products about Goals:

Goals on Track - Smart Goal Setting Software
The Simple Guide to Goals
Burn Your Wish List and Achieve Your Goals

Websites about Goals:

43 Things
MyOneWord
My Life Changes
MyGoals