Staying Green All Year Long

How Green is your home? How about the habits your teaching your children? Or the effect we all have on those around us. Of course we want to preserve the Earth but sometimes we are not sure just what to do. Or are aware of home much lil things help.

Well here is a great everyday hint. The Green Year provides 365 simple and inexpensive eco-friendly ideas for each day of the year. Organized by date, the green living tips suggest small changes and environmentally friendly ideas that make a big green impact. The Green Year is more than a calendar. It offers practical, affordable and engaging activities that help make going green a blessing rather than a burden. Jodi Helmer, the author, is a freelance writer who specializes in writing about eco-friendly topics. She is the co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Careers and a professional speaker who offers workshops on green issues.

For today the daily hint is to check you pilot lights. Letting us remember that gas appliances have pilot lights that need to be working efficiently. You will save energy and money by making sure the pilot light is not clogged up. And tomorrows hint is one I practice all year long. By keeping my freezer filled with fresh vegetables purchased during season I save money. The other news is that when your freezer is full it runs more efficiently.

In addition to these easy green suggestions, readers will find:

• The reasons for each activity—what makes it good for the environment and the reader?
• A quick how-to for any activity that requires it.
• Room for readers to write in their own creative alternatives.

Now the great news is that I have 5 copies of The Green Year to share with you. If you would like to win a copy then please share on of your green ideas here on my comments. (This is mandatory to enter.) You can also have extra entries too. Additional entries can all be done with a separate comment for each for following, having my button, twittering, links on face book, sending others to the giveaway (they have to credit you) and blogging about this great giveaway. Make sure that I can contact you some how in order to let you know if your the winner.

Whistle While I Work

Today starts a three day adventure for me. Not one most would take on but I am so looking forward to it.

I am headed to clean a big Victorian home. And I asked to do it! Yeap! For fun!

Ok, y'all know I have a mental problem. But for me cleaning is one of the most relaxing things I can think of. It is like a zen moment suspended. And I really enjoy having time to do just that, wipe, polish, dust, scrub and sweep.

So for the next three days I will be fondling furniture and antiques all the while "whistling while I work".

Jolly Diet Joy

I have another new item to enjoy with my diet plan. And it is also a wonderful treat on a warm afternoon. I am enjoying the Jolly Llama Sorbets.

These are single servings of delicious fruit ices. And also low in calories and lil if no fat at all. At 70-80 calories each and 0-1 gram of fat, you can not beat this treat.

Since I am not in a large city area my Jolly Llama Sorbets arrived through the mail for me. Thanks to Jolly Llama for sending them to me. Packed in dry ice and ready to pop into my freezer. Of course I had to try out the Acai Berry one first. I was amazed at the strong full flavor that was packed inside from these sun-ripened whole fruit sorbets. And for only $1.50 per tube it is not an expensive treat. But there is over 150 stores, including most Whole Foods Stores (California), Oliver’s (Sonoma County), Nugget Markets (Sacramento area), New Leaf Markets (Santa Cruz County), Berkeley Bowls (Berkeley), Mother’s Markets (Los Angeles), Basha’s and Sprouts (Phoenix), and numerous others in Washington and Arizona now carry the squeezable single-serve tubes.

Jolly Llama Squeezable Whole Fruit Sorbets:

	Four flavors: Strawberry, Blueberry, Mango, Acai Berry
	Fun to eat in individually-packaged 3 oz. squeeze tubes
	Dairy-free, gluten-free, allergen-free
	Low in fat and calories
	Fortified with Vitamin A & C, and fiber
	Naturally sweetened, containing no genetically-modified corn sweeteners

Time to have Fun

New Blog being set up over here. And I thought you might just want to help with the direction it

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is going to go.

Special alert to Captain Dumbass and Somedays its not Worth Chewing through the Straps!
We could have so so so so much fun with the new place.
Would love your input!

Real Live Lesbian time to invite all the girls out to help with their ideas.
We can all be so creative now.

Juls you can set the pace in letting us know just how to get CRAZEE.

And it is time to let your kid side out and play over from When did I go from a kid to a grownup?

Progresso Is Giving Away Goodness

Hey y'all, I just had to share the goodness with ya! Remember how I told you about the Progresso High Fiber soup was being added to my diet program.
Well, when I shared the information with Progresso they were willing to make it even nicer.
How?

By sending me this goodie!
Yeah! Two very large soup mugs and spoon set for me to enjoy my yummy warm goodness. Progresso provided me with this prize pack through MyBlogSparkTM.
Ok, Ok, I said I would share too!

So if you would like your own set of Progresso mugs, spoons and some of the wonderful Chicken Tuscany Soup then make sure you comment below. But would you first tell me how you try to incorporate more fiber into your diet?? (This is mandatory to enter.) You can also have extra entries too. Additional entries can all be done with a separate comment for each for following, having my button, twittering, links on face book, sending others to the giveaway (they have to credit you) and blogging about this great giveaway. Make sure that I can contact you some how in order to let you know if your the winner.