i’m replacing things in my house with more eco-friendly alternatives. sure it get expensive but the thought that it is much better for my family really drive me.

so here’s what i did today (you guess it, more shopping):

1) replaced our old cotton sheets with these rayon / bamboo sheets from jcpenney (used thank-you giftcards). they feel SO soft!!! what a difference!

2) replaced our pillows with new organic cotton ones – again using giftcards so my wallet is okay.

3) replaced our plastic food storage containers with pyrex glass storage containers. bought 4 sets.

pyrex 6 piece storage set

4) i was just browsing and saw these oh so cute incense holders so i grabbed 3 from gaiam. about $7.08 w/ t & s.

zen incense holder

aren’t these just beautiful??? as much as i love the colors and idea, i’ll hold out for now. see more here.

decorative bamboo charcoal

multipurpose decorative air freshener

last but not least, you have to visit this website i somehow stumbled on. i love the concept of it – all kinds of neat things and ideas to decor your home with. maybe i won’t look much so i won’t spend much but still, it’s a great blog!

green your decor

2 thumbs up for this free, easy, and light defraggler from the makers of ccleaner so it’s free too!!

i have it on my pc for a while but never got to defragmenting it because i just didn’t think about it. two nights ago, i got brave and opened it up and had it on defrag during the night. i love this thing! it’s so light and free up 50gb of space on my harddrive. isn’t that just wonderful?? i love using ccleaner too so this is a great combo in my book! get it if you haven’t! it only takes a long time to defrag the first time.

since i’ve used up all my free credits at snapfish (and i love their prints!!), i’m hunting for another reasonably priced and good quality photo printer service – either online or brick and mortar.

i know there’s shutterfly and winkflash and of course, walgreens, target, walmart, etc. i’ve tried most but not all.

a few days ago, i uploaded some of my photos to costco to see how the prints would turn out. when my order was submitted, i saw that auto-correction was “on”. i promptly called the store and told them i want the auto-correction “off”. the lady at the photo center told me that they turn off all auto-corrections unless a customer specifically called and say they want it on. i repeatedly said to her, “then you’re going to turn it off even though it’ll come across as on?” “yes, m’am” was what i got. i asked if there was any way i could turn it off myself online before i submit in my order and she said “no”.

the next day, i went and picked up my photos and looked at most of them. they were okay. i got them in the “lustre” finished. i walked out into the light and took another look at the photos and some of them look a little dark. again, they were okay but i wasn’t really impress and wouldn’t use them again. i love costco for a lot of things but it looks like photo printing will not be one of it. it could definitely just be the auto-correction but if there isn’t any way for me to turn it off, i wouldn’t print through them.

i do remember an incident about 4 years ago when i took some negatives to costco for enlargements. they were photos that my family had taken at a photo studio and they gave us the negatives. i love those studios btw. about 1/3rd of those enlargements came out much much darker compared to the prints from the studio. i’m not sure why. i didn’t think to take them back then.

walgreens was running a promotion of 20 free prints two days ago and i took advantage of that to try them out too. i picked up my prints yesterday (in a glossy finish) and were truly impressed! yea!! i think walgreens is now at the top of my list for a B&M photo service. the prints just look really good, much better than costco’s.

okay so now, tell me where you go to get yours printed?

i’m still here if anyone’s wondering.

just have to get over some personal things. i’ll do a longer post soon. LOL

almost time for us to go to disneyland. i’ve been reading and absorbing everything about it so we can be better prepare once we get there. i’m going to make a list of what shows/parades we want to see, rides we want to go on, and a rough schedule of how we’ll go about it.

i’m also looking for princesses outfits for the girls so they can wear it to the parks. i’m going to to attempt to create autograph books for them instead of buying it too. it’ll just be more personal and i’ll have them help me decorate it later. i read quiet a lot of ideas on how to make the books and i’m excited. i’ll most likely go with 1 page for their autographs and another for photo so two pages are reserved for one character. if that make sense.

hey ms. scrapbook vera, if you have tips, i’ll love to hear them on the autograph books. ^^

still debating on the character dining since nothing on their menus sound good to me. *sigh*

we still got time but i already feel like i’m running out of time.

this is a new site that does the same as paypal but whether you send money or receive money, there’s NO FEES!!! yea! it’s called revolution money exchange and i believe it’s own by aol??

and just for signing up, you’ll get $25 after you register (without having to validate a checking account)! i was surprised that it was that fast! you have to be invited to receive $25 and i get $10.

if you would like to sign up, please leave me your email and i’ll send an invite your way.

it’s free money people!

i was shifting through ideas in my head on what to do with tenshigirl.com and i just got to wondering where all my hostees went…and if they still have sites somewhere.

just reminiscenting (is that even a word??) i wonder about those very cute anime and korean characters sites and where they’ve gone. i visited bouncy-bubbles.net and most of her affiliated sites are no longer active. did people just grow up or do they have no interest in their sites anymore?

lalaland.nu is still there but not active and regretless.com is there too but the contents have changed. i guess people also changes hmmm?

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how do you like my new theme?

in the process of trying to save myself some much needed extra cash, i switched hosts. dathorn is wonderful and my support tickets were all answered in under 1 hour. plus my sites have never experience any downtown that i know of. so they’ve kinda spoiled me a bit. in all my years of being hosted, they are number one on my list. the only reason i left is because i was paying $13.50 and will now be paying $5 a month instead. i can do other things with that spare change.

all my sites are now on a shared hosting plan of 1500mb of space and 10gb of bandwidth. more than enough for my sites. there’s no whm panel but i’m learning how to use addon domains in cpanel and it’s super easy! our new host is knownhost and they have very good reviews at WHT so i don’t feel so bad. they’d answered my 2 support tickets in less than 1 hour too!

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