fitness, P90X, kind-environment fitness … P90X: Day 7 It was a rough but rewarding week. For the first 3 days, I felt dead the world. I had lots of extra sleep, each day another muscle would be sore, and by the end of the week, all my muscles had a minor general…
fitness, P90X, kind-environment fitness … P90X: Day 3 Okay, so I know I said I would do an update each week (and I am still working on that post to publish on Sunday), however, I just had to tell you about the improvements already. One of the biggest things I have noticed…
fitness, P90X, kind-environment fitness … Getting Fit the P90X Way Today we started what is going to be a grueling but rewarding adventure – the P90X extreme home fitness program. We bought the DVDs that outline an exercise and nutrition plan that are guaranteed to get us fit in 90 days provided we follow the…
color, environment, goGreen, kind-environment color … Tribute to Color: Green April 22nd is Earth Day. I consider myself a conservationist and an environmentalist and I would not be doing my duty if I did not mention Earth Day on my blog. Green is the color most associated with Earth Day so I thought I…
environment, health, kind-environment environment … So Much Research, So Little Time This past week has been all about research… so much research… mostly about the things we put in and on our bodies. From clothes to food to personal care products. When I posted my recent article about Earth-Friendly Products, I started thinking that these…
environment, goGreen, health, organic, products, stores, kind-environment environment … Earth-friendly Products Over the past couple of months, I have been asked a couple of times which earth-friendly products I use, so I thought I would share my knowledge and experience. Most of the earth-friendly products we buy for household and personal care are made by…
health, kind-environment health … Random Acts of Kindness What would this world be like if each person did one nice thing a day? Just the smallest thing like say hi, hold a door open for someone, or allow someone to merge onto a road properly. I think it would be a much…
food, health, kind-environment food … Know the Cause This afternoon I talked on the phone with one of my aunts from PA. We don’t talk very often, but when we do, we cover lots of topics including herbs, medicines, and natural remedies. My aunt was so happy to talk with me…
environment, goGreen, outdoors, kind-environment environment … Compost Pile I am continuing to be more environmentally friendly and I am always looking for new ways to improve. Back in October 2007, I decided the next step would be to compost bin. My anticipation was that our trash would decrease and not smell bad…
social, tech, kind-environment social … The Demise of TV What has happened to TV? Creative sitcom programming beats reality shows any day. How “reality” are some of the reality shows anyway? I don’t know anyone who got “stranded” on an island. Or anyone who is given lots of money for answering some…
social, kind-environment social … Advice on choosing a club Choosing a club to join is much like choosing friend. Personality, goals, and things in common all come into play. If I could offer some advice to those looking to join clubs in general… before officially joining, go to a few meetings, get to…
social, kind-environment social … Toastmasters Toastmasters is a International organization that teaches you communication and leadership though a hands-on experience. The meetings have a structured meeting format, however, instead of sitting and listening to someone else talk all of the time, you get to do speeches in front of…
environment, goGreen, products, kind-environment environment … No More Plastic Bags... Almost In the news recently there has been news of many countries and cities banning and taxing the use of plastic bags. I am very excited to see that some places are taking action. We have to reduce our dependence on oil and this is…
social, kind-environment social … MOPS I was reading Christie’s blog, Carla’s friend, and noticed one post about a group called MOPS. She didn’t describe them other than she liked the group and ended up joining, but I thought it probably had something to do with supporting…
food, health, organic, stores, kind-environment food … Health Store in Salisbury! For the last 11 years there has been a health store in Salisbury, MD and until last week I never knew about it. I have even been to the shopping center where it is located and never noticed – and I think of myself as…
food, kind-environment food … Sweetness With the removal of Splenda/sucralose from our home, a void has been created in the sweetener category. The search for a safe sweetener continues… When we switched to Splenda in late 2003, I gave away all of my refined sugar. Now, in early…
food, kind-environment food … Splenda Begone Continues The continuing saga of the Splenda purge… Lots of research later, some alternative have been uncovered. The fun part has been finding alternatives to some of the foods that we have grown to love that contain sucralose. It has been easier than expected though.…
food, kind-environment food … Splenda Begone To all of those family, friends, and acquaintences that I have raved about Splenda to – I will rave about it no more. I thought I was up-to-date on many of the food related issues out there, but apparently I dropped the ball when it…
social, tech, kind-environment social … Blogging begins I have officially started a blog. This is officially the first entry of my blog. There may be posts that predate this one but it is only because I modified the date. Date modification is necessary so past information on the blog becomes time…
