interesting fact.

there were...
11 maureens
9 amys
2 beths
3 pauls
5 christines
6 christinas
5 samanthas
3 hannahs
2 kellys
7 jennifers
2 michaels

just last week alone. crazy huh. this holiday shopping frenzy.... i'm keeping my fingers crossed that all the order packages goes to the right peeps..... gerry opened up a couple of the packages because she became paranoid about them, and wanted to be triply-sure.... no mistakes though... (i hope!!)
oh, and i'm super late in this... (amongst many other gazillion matters... ) we welome gerry! our new part-time helper, who's waiting for classes to start in january, she likes to infect us with your infectious heyna laughter :)
in the meantime, the flickr will serve well for updates.... i'll also be revealing the new collection bit by bit by bit.... and thanks for being awesome about my darn late email replies.... thanks for all your love! *hugs*

"that's a jingle-bell, that's a jingle-bell, that's a jingle-bell rock!!....."
and please. get this song outta my already overcrowded mind. it's been on repeat mode for the last 3 days!!!! thanks to you, you know who you are!!! :ppppppppp

more later...

INCREASE ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS

Global warming phenomenon has left increasing numbers of us worrying about the planet. Instead of just despairing you might be asking yourself, what can I do to save the planet, to conserve our fragile environment?

Many people are well on their way of changing their habbits to become more eco-frienldy. I am not an activist environmentalist or a professional whose job it is to study global warming or effects or causes thereof. It is not even my hobby or passion to be an "evironmentalist evangelist". Like a big majority, I have other occupation(s) and interest priorities, I consider myself to be an ordinary lay-person in that respect, hence the expression in the subtitle of this blog - "ORDINARY PERSON'S GUIDE" to the eco-friendly lifestyle.

There are many ways though how you and I can contribute to environment conservation. Become a part of the "saving armies" of the planet by considering messages, ideas, changes of lifestyle and habits described and linked on this blog. I have searched the web to find those really interesting and easy to use ideas how to save the planet. Check them out and get involved in your own way.

I assume You want to be ahead of time. Be a saver, not a destroyer!

INCREASE ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS

Global warming phenomenon has left increasing numbers of us worrying about the planet. Instead of just despairing you might be asking yourself, what can I do to save the planet, to conserve our fragile environment?

Many people are well on their way of changing their habbits to become more eco-frienldy. I am not an activist environmentalist or a professional whose job it is to study global warming or effects or causes thereof. It is not even my hobby or passion to be an "evironmentalist evangelist". Like a big majority, I have other occupation(s) and interest priorities, I consider myself to be an ordinary lay-person in that respect, hence the expression in the subtitle of this blog - "ORDINARY PERSON'S GUIDE" to the eco-friendly lifestyle.

There are many ways though how you and I can contribute to environment conservation. Become a part of the "saving armies" of the planet by considering messages, ideas, changes of lifestyle and habits described and linked on this blog. I have searched the web to find those really interesting and easy to use ideas how to save the planet. Check them out and get involved in your own way.

I assume You want to be ahead of time. Be a saver, not a destroyer!

Thanksgiving Weekend

I think our nephew Collin will become the next American Eagle super model just remember what I said. He's such an adorable poser and loves the camera! We had a great time with the family during the holidays and look forward on spending more time on Christmas.

Nostalgia, photos and my gram...

So glad everyone seemed to agree with regards to my last post. It is so nice to know there are so many like-minded people out there which is the thing I love about "blogs"!

I wanted to share with you all this link to a useful BLOG that offers great info about taking photos of Christmas trees and lights. Over the years we have had the most incredibly beautiful Christmas trees but each time I try to take photos of them, the pics always come out looking either way too dark or terribly washed out from the flash. This little photo taking guide offers solutions to this problem so I thought some of you might want to try it out. I expect to see AMAZING Christmas photos on all your blogs!

On a different note...I have been meaning to share with you some pictures of my Grandma (better known as "gram"). She passed away in 2001 just a few days after I went back to the US to be with her. They say she waiting to see me one more time. We were very close and I miss her so much. She was such a beautiful lady with a tremendous spirit. I learned so much from her.

If you visit my website, you may have seen this picture of her in the background of some website pics. This was taken in 1947.




Gram and a friend (no doubt one of her many admirers!)



Gram with a "hill billy" hat, 1950. She had a deep, hearty laugh with a great sense of humour.



Gram with her brothers,she was the only girl. 1950



Gram at the "supper club" with friends, 1948



Wasn't she lovely?

not forgetting to give thanks...

littleoddforest goods have been featured in many holiday shopping wishlists online since the past few months, thanks thanks thanks to you all!! most of the featured items have been sold out already (so sorry!!) but i'll try my best to restock them... not immediately though (unfortunately, i'm no robot nor wonderwoman or octopussy) but as soon as i possibly can! *muacks!*
some of the recent ones...
http://www.designspongeonline.com
http://www.flavourites.nl
http://www.shelterrific.com
http://www.littlesplurge.com

holiday shipping datelines!

the fund raiser gift boxes are available here!
http://www.forestprints.com/itemslist.aspx?cat=Accessories

goody box 1
http://www.forestprints.com/itemprofile.aspx?itemcode=GoodyBox1

goody box 2
http://www.forestprints.com/itemprofile.aspx?itemcode=GoodyBox2

goody box 3
http://www.forestprints.com/itemprofile.aspx?itemcode=GoodyBox3