Legos turned 50 recently, and I am ashamed to say I failed to mark the occasion properly. I love Legos. I spent countless hours of my only-child childhood playing with my Lego sets.

I had some of the more girly ones, the beach-side hotel and restaurant. In my Lego world, the owners of the hotel were a unhappily married couple who had affairs with the chef and the lone female guest by the pool (can you tell I watched soap operas as a kid?).

Anyway, in honor of these wondrous toys that kept me so entertained, here are a few links that show all of the things you can do with Legos.

This page has pictures of the truly amazing and creative things people have made with Legos (scroll down to the bottom of the pages to see the pics). My favorites include the Lego nativity scene and the mini-scale model of Venice.

Hmm, perhaps I should’ve been a more creative in my Lego pursuits.

Here is a site that features a new, cool Lego site everyday. One of the sites recently featured on there is the blog of a guy named Bruce. Check out his collection of Star Wars Lego creations.

If you’re itching to start working on your own Lego masterpiece, but lack the funds for a zillion-piece Lego set, no worries. You can create your design digitally, with the Lego Digital Designer, available for free download here.

After looking at some of these sites, I have an intense desire to drive back to my parents’ house in Kansas and retrieve my old sets from underneath my bed. Is a 25-year-old woman playing with Legos weird?