Amy Currioman

When I was a child I could wear shorts and run barefoot through knee-deep poison ivy and it never bothered me. Not a bump or a rash or itch. But now that I’m an adult I am astonished to discover that I have developed an allergy to it! So I avoid it. Imagine my dismay this morning when I woke up to find some poison ivy bumps on my hands. I haven’t been anywhere NEAR any poison ivy! So I have to assume that I got it from checking the pockets from my hubby’s jeans before I washed them a few days ago. He had dumped them on the bedroom floor (where they stayed for a few days) and when I decided I was sick of them and was going to do a load of towels I grabbed them, checked the pockets (no money darn it!) and tossed them in the wash.

Since HE had a poison ivy rash last week, I now have to assume that I got the poison ivy off of those jeans. GRRRRRR. Not a happy camper!

Aunt Winnie told me that she has just found out about a window cleaning service in london that she is going to hire to clean her windows from now on.  This window cleaners company is called NCPM-247.  She said that they are the most environmentally friendly company she could find to do the work for her.  They have an software program that they use to give quotes to their customers – this program actually finds their house on satellite so they can see the house without actually going out there!  This enables them to give accurate quotes.  They use reclaimed rainwater and Rain-X to clean the windows.  Using Rain-X on the windows helps to keep the windows clean longer – it repels water and dirt.  This reduces the amount of times the windows need to be washed, which saves both money and the environment!  I wish that there was a company like that here near where I live!  I’d use them in a heartbeat!  I hate to clean windows with a passion!

I was reading an article on a friend’s blog about an article she read on Time.com’s website that the PETA organization wrote a letter to Ben & Jerry’s telling them that they should stop using milk from cows to make their ice cream, and instead use human breast milk to make their ice cream! Knowing that you can get gallons of milk from a cow in only a few minutes of milking, and knowing that you can only get about four ounces of milk from a human in about twenty minutes, the feasibility of the logistics of such an endeavor is really absurd! I’ve been to a dairy farm and watched the cows get milked with the milk machines, and there is nothing cruel about milking a cow! I think someone has a little bit too much time on their hands!

I’ve made a point lately of trying to find ways to save the environment as much as possible.  I try to research the companies that I do business with and try to pick the ones that are the most environmentally responsible.  That’s why I was so interested to find out that there are some web hosting service companies that make a real effort to “go green.”  I found out about these green web hosting companies when I visited the webhostinggeeks.com website.  I was looking for reviews and ratings on web hosting companies, and found exactly what I needed on their website.

I also was very pleased to see that at the bottom of their website they have links to a lot of helpful articles about web hosting.  I liked that because I could learn a lot about web hosting without having to search a lot of different places.  The articles are written in “layman’s terms” so that made it a lot easier to understand.  If you are interested in learning more about web hosting, or are thinking about finding a new web hosting service, this website is a good place to check out.

I was reading an article in The Washington Times newspaper today about how a lot of companies that claim to be “green” are not actually “green.” It was a very informative article, but very disturbing too. I get very disturbed when I learn how so many unscrupulous companies are trying to jump on the bandwagon of saying they are green when they are not. I don’t like being deceived – not one bit! So I am going to be more vigilant in finding out what products I buy are really “green” or not. And if I find out that they are claiming to be “green” when they are not I plan to write some letters of complaint.