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Going Green with Weight Loss

Posted in General Hub Bub by Green People on the May 7th, 2008

No one knows this but you can lose weight and feel better about yourself with and with out the use of things like Phentermine or Hoodia or any of that other stuff. Not that they are bad or not useful but eating has a lot to do with weight loss as does getting help from pills. We all have been on this being Green and Losing Weight kick for a while now. We all figured that if we were going to be on podcasts when we start visiting these glass shops then we should probably look a little better. Ya know the camera does add 10 pounds. I often ask myself how many cameras are on me when I am shooting. It’s not pretty.

So myself and the rest of the people here at WhirledGlass.com and EarthArticles.com have been kicking butt and dropping pounds like crazy just by exercising and eating better Whole Foods, and actually taking the time and energy to prepare meals for the day. I see that we are also trying to think of other ways to manufacture meals for our diet so that we can have a day off from the kitchen. Maybe that is not such a good idea. See how we are all programed to do things easier instead of healthier? Sheesh .. get in the swing of green and healthy will follow.

Because You Want To Lose Weight … Orovo

Posted in Weight Loss Contest by Green People on the May 5th, 2008

I’m telling you that if you are a chubby chub chub then you need to listen up or keep reading whatever. I know by now you have heard of Orovo right? Well if you haven’t heard of Orovo then keep reading. Are you trying to lose weight? Are you struggling with some part of a weight loss diet or exercise program? So were we. Then I found out that there are things out there that are geared toward helping you lose weight and feel better by cleansing the inside and working with the bodies natural systems to prevent things like over eating and whatnot.

We have all been on diets here at Whirled Glass and we actually started a little contest that we would like to extend to the Whirled Glass Community. If you are losing weight by dieting and exercising, and or you are using a weight loss supplement pill or a whole system, join us in shedding the pounds by commenting on this post. We will add your progress into our chart and update this post regularly. We will even give you the prize if you are the biggest loser. Right now we are putting up $1 per pound that we each lose. The winner gets the pot. And the amount increases per 10 pounds. So when each person goes past a 10 pound mark the amount goes up $2 with a $10 per pound cap. “Biggest Lose Takes All” is what we are calling it so make reference to that. We look forward to seeing who the biggest loser is going to be. So far it is Ern with a whopping 25 pounds lost. Close second is only 3 pounds away. Oh yeah and we are separating the boys from the girls .. just cause girls complain about things like that so we want to make it as fair as possible for the women. Blah!

Public Service Announcement

Posted in Misc by Green People on the May 5th, 2008

I have to get this out there now and I hope that this post stays here longer than a corset stays on a chicks arm at the prom. PLEASE read this and understand that what I am saying is very real and could be punishable by embarrassment and or public humiliation and possible stoning.

If you post a comment on this blog you are subject to having your email address put into the Akismet Spam Filter and when you get added to the Akismet Spam List your doomed. This process is only a click away people so please don’t make us do ti. Take some time to read through the whole thing and don’t just look at the pretty pictures.

If you are in the glass business as it pertains to ART and CRAFT or any form of Glass Blowing as it pertains to SCULPTURING glass rods and beads and such into works of art then by all means contact us and get on to the Directory that we have set up. At the least it is one more incoming link to your site. But wait .. There’s More. If you act right now you can get the super discount price or super cheap or bater for a spot on the World Wide Web where all the cool kids hang out. That’s right, We can hook you up. How would you like a Whirled Glass site of your own to display and sell your stuff online? With a free WordPress Blog attached to it? We’re talking a real site here people .. with all the bells and whistles. Get on the horn and get ahold of one of us. Let us know what your idea is and we will let you know how we can get together to make it happen. Cause it’s all about glass thats why!!

Wilmington Popularity Spike

Posted in General Hub Bub by Green People on the May 1st, 2008

There must be everyones dream home in Wilmington because I keep hearing about Wilmington real estate and the low prices of luxury there. There should be a direct flight, train line, and bus line directly there with all of the gaining popularity of that area. Maybe that is the next hot spot but our next hot spot we found out is in California. We will be visiting Washington State for a few days then its on to Clear Lake California where we will be meeting with some of the local glass blowers there to see how they do it in Nor Cal. We are all excited and just cant wait to get out to some of the other places we had planned trips to. It’s nice being in the city that truly never sleeps but it is time for a road trip.

Cleaner Air

Posted in General Hub Bub by Green People on the May 1st, 2008

The air filtration system on our hydroponics room went down the other day and what a mess. You never realize how important changing the air cleaners and filters on that room is until you have a bunch of tomatoes and cucumbers that you can’t eat. We originally set up this green house type hydroponics room outside in the back yard so that we could have our own little garden all year round. It turns out that keeping it self sufficient and out of the harsh sun in Vegas made for some very interesting vegetables al year long. Even with the wind though, and actually more so because of the wind, we had to put a air cleaning system in there and filter the carbons off of the plants. With all of the different varieties of food we have in there it was no easy task. And then the weekend of the broken air system came along.

So we are repairing the air filtration and trying to save the food that we can. This is our food for the year that we preserve and keep for all of our eating needs. It’s hard to let any of it go since we depend on it for almost every meal. And it is supporting 4 people now instead of only the two of us. Kids need to eat to! No more formula for the little ones they are eating real food now. It’s amazing that they can taste the difference in the store bought stuff and our grown stuff. They will refuse a handful of string beans from the store and ask for fresh ones from the garden. Go figure.

Keeping us in line is Uncle Sam

Posted in General Hub Bub by Green People on the May 1st, 2008

We have tons of financial items that we got to claim this year. We couldn’t have done any more to save money this time around since everything seems to be right on the money. Get it? One little item that helped us this year is our financial reporting system that used to keep track of all of our money in and out. It was pretty simple to get a rough idea of the claims we would be making this time around and how much that was going to save us on the tax front.

Not being big fans of giving our money to people we don’t even know, we all wanted to save as much and keep as much in our pockets as we possibly could. Good thing for having a system in place that better kept track of the finances this year. The programs where well worth the purchase and we actually came out ahead enough to take one of our trips already. Eagle Valley near Pioche. Check out more about that on our EA Blog.