Unique Gifts For Teachers

Lensmaster kiwisoutback helps us appreciate teachers with suggestions for Unique Gifts for School Teachers.

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Seneca Motivational Quote by GrowWear
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Looking For Winners!

New Giants and Giant 100s will be chosen in just a few days!

As a Giant Squid Greeter, I've been running a contest lens for the aspirants. At Giant Squid Challenge December 2009 Contest: Add Your About Me, SquidWho, And Lensographies, the challengers have added the lenses they've created under those topics. As the Greeter in charge of this lens contest, I have to choose a winner. And you can help! Visit, and vote for your favorite lenses.

After midnight (EST), on December 31, I will choose the winning Potential Giant Squid lens and the winning Potential Giant Squid 100 lens from the top five winners you have chosen in the two categories.

The winners receive a write-up at the Giant Squid Showcase blog. So, help your fellow lensmasters out. Vote 'em up!

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Winner Quotes: Ralph Waldo Emerson Mousepad by GrowWear
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Lose Weight In 2010

If you need to lose weight, a new year is a good time to set such a goal. Get the bottom line from Lensmaster aj2008. She's written a realistic approach for those folks who want to quit playing around with their health (and their gullibility) and get down to brass tacks. See Lose Weight With A Wheat Free Diet.

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Modern 2010 Calendar Mousepad - Chocolate Daisies
by mazarakes Make your own mousemat at zazzle.com

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Abuse in Childhood

Abuse in Childhood, from Lensmaster OctaviasOfferings, is a story of survival. Eloquent and compelling; a must read.

QOTW Winners

Today, our final day of QOTW has two winners. The two folks who answered the question "How will you "Squidoo" differently in the new year?" are Spirituality and LeanneChesser. Spirituality responded here, and Leanne's response is here.

Spirituality has a new account at Squidoo where she organizes her calendar lenses — there, she's Lensmaster calendersblog. Here are all of her lenses there, so far:

• 2010 Songbird watercolor calendars and planners
• Beautiful Songbird Photography calendars and planners 2010
• Chocolate Advent Calendar
• Salvador Dali Art Calendars and Planners 2010
• Susan Bourdet art calendars and planners 2010
• Tibet Wall Calendars and Desk Calendars 2010
• Toy advent calendar 2010
• XMas Advent Calendars 2009

Here is Leanne's list of lenses (Leanne is at 51 lenses and going for Giant Squid. Much success, Leanne; I do believe you'll make it :)

• A Baby Play Mat is So Much Fun!
• Acts of Kindness on Squidoo: Paying it Forward
• Drumheller: The Dinosaur Capital of the World
• Easy & Spooky Halloween Punch Recipes
• Feed the Homeless During the Holidays
• Focusing In: The Lensography of Leanne Chesser
• Fun Fall Sensory Recipes for Kids
• Gerbera Daisies: The Best Daisies Ever
• Group Halloween Costume Guessing Game
• Growing Your Gratitude
• How to Make the Biggest Best Snowman
• Interesting Facts About the Powerful Pomegranate
• Love Coupon Books
• Make Sense of Natural Candles
• My Dream Vacation: Spiritual Tour Around the World
• Mystify Your Mind With Mirror Writing
• O Holy Night
• Perfect Halloween Candy Bags
• Quiz: How Much Do You Really Know About Leanne Chesser?
• Quiz: How to Use the Apostrophe
• Quiz: West Edmonton Mall
• Random Acts of Kindness Day
• Showcase of Def Leppard Videos
• Spooky Skeleton Crafts
• Squidoo Modules for Extra Fun
• Squidoo Modules for Highlighting
• Squidoo Modules for Interacting
• Squidoo Modules for Selling
• Squidoo Modules for Writing
• Squidoo Photo & Video Modules
• Squidoo Promotional Modules
• Squidoo Tips Index
• The Best Flip Video Camcorder
• The Color Green & Its Meanings
• The Color Purple: Meanings & Stuff I Love
• The Five Love Languages & Why They're So Important
• The Power of Pomegranate Nutrition
• The Power of Pomegranate Symbolism
• The Ultimate Gift: Inspirational Book & Movie
• Top Ten Meaningful Quotes
• Top Ten Reasons for a Candle Home Business
• Top Ten Things I Love About RocketMoms
• Top Ten Ways for Moms to Relax
• Vegetable Wax Candles
• What are Multiple Intelligences?
• What is Elephant Poo Poo Paper?
• What is Emotional Intelligence?
• What's So Great About The Greatest Networker?
• Who is Leanne Chesser?
• Willow Tree Nativity Set
• Word Puzzles & Games for Word Nerds

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Happy new year to you!

QOTW Ends

Question Of The Week has been fun, and I've enjoyed adding your whole list of lenses to the blog when you win.

However, in this coming year, I am doing a thorough reorganization of my online activities. Yes, schedules and time lines for all that I do. :)

QOTW has to be one of those things to let go, because it's something I've been doing on the weekends, and in 2010, the weekends have to be more for family and spontaneity. My main goal for 2010 is better control of my activities — to bring balance, more organization, and more productivity to my day.

As a Squid, you know how you can become immersed in a world of creativity, learning, and reading fabulous lenses — and wondering where the time went! Yes, Squidoo is a marvelous way to reach people for us little guys, but it's also a way for life to become disorganized and unproductive.

As I leave QOTW, my wish for you is that 2010 is the year that you succeed beyond your wildest dreams.

Now, off to post the winner for last QOTW and to find a great lens to review here for today...

BTW: The guidebook, Squidoo Step By Step, may help you with your efforts at organizing your Squidoo year; it's from Tenfinity Group, and it's our gift to you, no strings attached.

How To Make A Christingle

Since you probably already have the supplies on hand, there's still time to make a display craft of something meaningful and symbolic for Christmas day. Check out How To Make A Christingle, from Lensmaster Jimmie.

Ten Top New Year's Resolutions

Lensmaster susannaduffy gives us The Ten Top New Years Resolutions for 2010 - Trying to Improve.

Happy holidays!

How To Decorate A Small Apartment For Christmas

In this well-done and personal lens, Lensmaster Sprituality shows you How To Decorate A Small Apartment For Christmas.

The Winners Of The 2009 Giant Squid Awards

Our Giant Squid organizers, Robin and Bonnie, have just announced the winners of the 2009 Giant Squid Awards! See who won!

Question Of The Week 12.21.09

How will you "Squidoo" differently in the new year? Question carried over from last week as we have only one comment. Surely you have some plans you can share for 2010?

The lensmaster who writes the best post (chosen by me) gets all of their lenses linked from here next weekend.

Squidoo Step By Step Guidebook

Happy holidays from Tenfinity Group!

As a gift to our fellow lensmasters, our group has written a step-by-step guidebook to help you save time, stay organized, and build better lenses. Please visit Squidoo Step by Step and enjoy your gift!

How To Bake A Pie From Scratch

For all of you non-bakers out there, this just may be the year to get in the kitchen — with a lot of help from Lensmaster badmsm! She'll show you How To Bake A Pie From Scratch.

From Middle Class to Poverty

In From Middle Class to Poverty, Lensmaster KathyMcGraw talks from experience about how poverty affects our self-esteem.

You're Not Going Crazy…You're Just Waking Up!

I recommend this book to anyone whose life is falling apart. —Lensmaster Spirituality (You're Not Going Crazy...You're Just Waking Up! Michael Mirdad)

A Pastiche Holiday

Crafts and crayons will keep the children occupied while you hide their gifts. Visit Lensmaster Pastiche for loads of holiday coloring and crafting fun — such as Christmas Printables or Christmas Paper Crafts or Chanukah Crafts and Gifts.

Question Of The Week 12.14.09

How will you "Squidoo" differently in the new year?

The lensmaster who writes the best post (chosen by me) gets all of their lenses linked from here next weekend.

Winner: Make Money On Squidoo

Thank you to lensmasters spirituality and aj2008!

The winner for last week's question, Is it possible to make a living on Squidoo?, is AJ!

Here are all of AJ's lenses to date:

• Bullying At Primary School
• Christmas at AJ's
• Auditory Processing Disorder
• Squidoo Angels
• Lose weight with a wheat free diet
• Love Never Dies
• Trooping the colour
• Taurus in love
• Remembrance Day
• Our goldfish swims upside down
• What's your star sign?
• Pantomime - a Great British Tradition
• Twelve Days of a Green Christmas
• Otosclerosis - a disease of the middle ear
• I love you Dad
• I love you Mum
• Aries in love
• Best rabbit hutch
• Best Plants for Bees
• Children and Parenting Headquarters
• Rabbit Health Problems
• Taurus
• wannabe a writer?
• Making perfect gravy
• All you need is love
• Queen Elizabeth II
• Terry Wogan
• Soapnuts - The Environmentally Friendly & Natural Cleaner
• Going Green Ideas
• Aries
• The Best of Stephen Fry on Twitter
• Robbie Williams wedding
• 10 things I want to do
• Is your PC slow?
• Love Letters of Great Men
• Janey Lee Grace
• Moving a blog from Wordpress to Blogger
• AJ2008 a Lensography
• Prince Charles Birthday
• Squidlog.net - Top Blog for Squidoo Tips and Lensmaster Support
• WAHM Time Management Tips
• Weight Loss
• Narnia
• Top 10 MASH Quotes
• St Tiggywinkles
• Does bullying run in families?
• Keeping Rabbits
• Always Juggling on Squidoo
• Environmentally Friendly Halloween Lights
• Squidoo Plexography
• Hairspray the Musical
• Love is all you need
• Happy Birthday Chef Keem
• Thank you for the help
• Imperfectly natural
• Squid Etiquette
• Autumn at AJ's
• AJ's Jugglers
• David Miliband
• Stop procrastinating - tips for WAHMs
• A day trip to Niagara Falls
• Feeding pet rabbits
• How to train your puppy
• Learn to juggle
• Hands off our Vitamins
• Is One Week Marketing the best online marketing e-book?
• RocketMoms
• Squidoo Community
• Squidoo Internship
• Valentines Day

No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

At home, we call them Peanut Butter Delights; Lensmaster Susan52 calls them No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies, but they do taste the same, and if you prepare them right, they turn out with a marvelous chocolaty sheen that is hard to resist! Great economical cookie recipe for giving out to all of the neighbors during the holiday season. Check out Susan's No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe.

Self Worth And The Abused

With her Self Worth and the Abused, Lensmaster 24websurf refuses to be a victim any longer.

Thanks to Lensmaster Joan4 for finding this lens.

Holiday Tips For Special Needs Kids

Holiday Tips For Special Needs Kids, from Lensmaster Macs, helps folks with special-needs children handle and prepare for the stresses of the season.

The 10 Most Useful Household Gifts for Seniors

Lensmaster kab has created a lens with The 10 Most Useful Household Gifts for Seniors. This is a truly thoughtful lens.

Squidoo Rockstar Extraordinaire

As some folks know, I have a lens voting for the Squidoo Rockstar Extraordinaire lensmaster at Squidoo. Today, I announced the winner. Of course it couldn't be any other but thefluffanutta! Take a stroll through some of his work today in celebration and thanks to a true Squidoo hero.

To our rockstar! Even without the votes, you are the star of Squidoo above and beyond any of us. Thank you for being thefluffanutta.

Question Of The Week 11.29.09

Is it possible to make a living on Squidoo? Only one comment this week, so running it through again. Surely you have something to say? :)

The lensmaster who writes the best post (chosen by me) gets all of their lenses linked from here next weekend.

Top 10 Dollhouses

What little girl wouldn't want a dollhouse under the tree when she wakes up on Christmas morning? With her Top 10 Dollhouses, Lensmaster BrandyT, makes it easy for you to delight that special little lady in your life.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

It seems that during the holidays is when I hear tragic stories of whole families lost due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Read Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, from Lensmaster ChloeComfort, to get updated on causes and symptoms and recommended products for keeping your family safe from this deadly gas.

How to Make Your Own Holiday Ornaments!

To bring back some magic to the holidays, let Lensmaster Surfie show you How to Make Your Own Holiday Ornaments!

Unofficial Trader Joe's Fan Page

Lensmaster rms makes Trader Joe's sound like so much fun in her new lens, Unofficial Trader Joe's Fan Page, that I am really sad to know that we have not one store here in South Carolina.