Bike safety

Yesterday some lady tried to kill me while I was
 riding my bike home from
my track workout.  I was riding on the sidewalk of
a really busy street and was about to cross a parking lot
entrance when she pulled into the parking lot right
in front of me (we were both going to same direction on the
street).  I was accelerating so I was standing up on
the pedals of the bike, which caused me to go over
my front tire when I slammed my brakes.It was kind of
scary and I felt pretty embarrassed for not seeing the car
making the turn, but I was pissed when I noticed my right
shoulder starting to hurt.  I feel OK today, but probably
won't do any of the presses I had planned on at the gym.
Other than that I only got two small cuts and a road rash
burn on my left leg.  Like I said to some lady who asked
if I was OK.  I'm young and resilient.

Please watch out for people on bikes!!!!

Energy Saving Tips

Here are some great tips I found for saving energy:

• Air dry dishes instead of using your dishwasher's drying cycle.
• Turn off your computer and monitor when not in use.
• Plug home electronics, such as TVs and DVD players, into power strips; turn the power strips off when the equipment is not in use (TVs and DVDs in standby mode still use several watts of power).
• Lower the thermostat on your hot water heater to 120° F.
• Close your curtains and shades at night; open them during the day.
• Turn off the lights in any room you're not using, or consider installing timers, photo cells, or occupancy sensors to reduce the amount of time your lights are on.
• Take advantage of daylight by using light-colored, loose-weave curtains on your windows to allow daylight to penetrate the room while preserving privacy. Also, decorate with lighter colors that reflect daylight.
• Idling gets you 0 miles per gallon. The best way to warm up a vehicle is to drive it. No more than 30 seconds of idling on winter days is needed. Anything more simply wastes fuel and increases emissions.
• Clear out your car; extra weight decreases gas mileage.
• Use air conditioning only when necessary.
• Get regular engine tune-ups and car maintenance checks to avoid fuel economy problems due to worn spark plugs, dragging brakes, low transmission fluid, or transmission problems.

I found these and more on this web site:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/index.html
Check it out they have a lot of good ideas that will save you $$$$

Night Thoughts

So Last night I was thinking before I went to sleep. (I do this a lot and find that time passes very quickly.) I was thinking about pickles and how on earth they get there color. Is it from the skins of the cucumber, the spices? Or is it because they put die in them...
here are some interesting things I found out today:
Pickles take on a vivid green color in the presence of high concentrations of copper. Some old pickle recipes call for heating the pickling solution in a copper kettle or for adding copper pennies or a "blue stone" (copper sulfate) to impart a bright green color. (This way can be poisonous!)
Because the chlorophyll present in the cucumbers is green to the human eye receptors. During the brining process to turn the cucumbers into pickles, the chloroplasts in the chlorophyll go through a chemical reaction making the entire pickle green. That's the scientific explanation.
And some places add green die :)

Our First blogg?

So this is it our first blog ( is it one or two g's?) I hope everyone enjoys our little stories and what not. Enjoy the page and I know it will grow more...
Lets Hope it does :)