MAMMO AND GRANDKIDS IN SANTAS WORKSHOP

When you are learning to do new things on the internet; there are so many new worlds that open up to you. This was something I was able to create using my picture and pictures of my grandkids to create a fun Christmas card to send to people. I thought that you might like to see this as well. JibJab is a also a fun place to get jokes and other ecards. Check them out:
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James and I are wishing everyone a very Happy and Healthy Holiday season. Get those New Year's resolutions ready to write down. We will share some of our thoughts on that subject after 2008 is officially here. Right now we are enjoying the season.

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LIVING GREEN--Use Less Stuff

Another of the things that I can do for my children and my children's children!

My husband and I live in an area which is predominately older; therefore many things are simpler and less in quantity.....until we get to the holidays.

With out of town guests over Thanksgiving week; I found myself carrying out almost twice as much trash and recycling pieces than we usually have. As I looked around on our block; I realized that we were not alone in our increased consumption. Everyone had more "trash" than normal.

In an effort to do what I can for the Earth and the environment; I am always looking for the ways that we can make even little strides in conservation that will add up to large savings if done by many.

I found a site called ULS (Use less stuff)
UseLessStuff
Check out this site for a checklist of simple things you can do to reduce waste while you eat, drink, and make merry this holiday season.

The following "Did You Knows" will make you think.

**Did you know...at least 28 billion pounds of edible food are wasted each year - or over 100 pounds per person. Putting one less cookie on Santa's plate will reduce his snacking by about 2 million pounds.
**Did you know...if each family reduced holiday gasoline consumption by one gallon (about twenty miles), we'd reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one million tons?
**Did you know...in 1981 the average household received 59 mail order catalogues, and by 1991 the number had increased 140%, to 142?
**Did you know...if each household canceled 10 mail-order catalogues it would reduce trash by 3.5 pounds per year? (If everybody did this, the stack of canceled catalogues would be 2,000 miles high!)
**Did you know...the 2.65 billion Christmas cards sold each year n the U.S. could fill a football field 10 stories high? If we each sent one card less, we'd save 50,000 cubic yards of paper
**Did you know...if every family reused just two feet of holiday ribbon, the 38,000 miles of ribbon saved could tie a bow around the entire planet?