Today is St. Patrick�s Day. Remember to wear green so you won�t get pinched. Free email greeting cards for the March Holidays are now posted online. Spring greeting cards have been added to the list of dates for March. http://www.ecards4free.com/march.htm ======= I just love my new free virtual pet at NeoPet. It is a fun site to visit. I choose a green critter and we play games and have fun. My Neopet finally hit a winning streak. We even got to go shopping for some fun things for him. There are 12 species to choose from currently, each with their own unique personalities, strengths and weaknesses. Once you have created the pet, it will enter our virtual world, NeoPia, where it can encounter many other pets. You can get your free new friend from: http://www.cyberbounty.com/ad?a=92&b=9999&c=2197 ======= The online version now has a new section, What Happened on this Day. The online version is much easier to read and navigate than the email version. 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Kids' Castle features articles written about the things that interest kids today: sports, history, the arts, travel, science and air and space, all with great photos. There are message boards filled with questions to get kids from all over the world talking to each other and thinking creatively. 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Send puzzle postcards to friends, subscribe to the puzzle of the day http://www.jigzone.com/ Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles from Puzzlehouse - requires Shockwave - I love this site. Had problems going leaving the site and finishing this newsletter. This is a site I will go back to when I get home from work today. Has easy to difficult puzzles http://www.puzzlehouse.com/_onlinepuzzles/onlinepuzzlesmain.htm Bits and Pieces Online Jigsaw Puzzles and other games http://www.bitsandpieces.com/arcade.asp?id=00074400207505115082817 The BrainsBreaker site. Here you can try a jigsaw puzzle program for Windows with a lot of features to let you play and feel like in a real one. Free trial offer. http://www.jtrujillo.pair.com/ Clever Media Online Jigsaw Puzzles http://www.clevermedia.com/arcade/jigsaw/jigsearch.cgi History of the Jigsaw Puzzle http://www.jigsaws.co.uk/history.htm Chevron Cars Jigsaw Puzzles http://www.chevroncars.com/play/puzzle_demo/ Pup�s Online Puzzles http://sr3.xoom.com/puzzle2000/ Java Boutique - Jigsaw Puzzles http://javaboutique.internet.com/JSawPuzzle/ Cartoon Puzzles http://www.cwi.nl/people/behr/Jigsaw/JsComics.html Circus Act Puzzle http://www.mcjeff.com/la/puzzlea1.html Jigsaw Puzzle Page http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/1768/index.html Java Puzzle http://worldkids.net/rainbow/alex/cpuzzleapplet.html ======================================= Have a great day. Nancy Rogers Annie�s Free All Occasion Email Cards http://www.ecards4free.com ======== A0KteacherStuff http://www.a0kteacherstuff.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
