Archive for September 2008
A few years ago I used to rock climb several times a week and my body was in a pretty good shape, but then I moved away from all my rock climbing friends and I worked out less and less. The lack of training combined with a lot of time in front of my PC have deteriorated my body.
Recently I have started to run, do push ups and sit ups, to get my body back into a better shape again. This training seem to be helping quite a bit, especially my ability to run longer and longer. I am having a bit more trouble with the sit ups and push ups as I often forget to do them. A thing that could help me with this problem is getting some kind of training system or machine.
A device called Flex Belt can help you with training your stomach muscles. They way it works that is that you put the device belt around your stomach. The flex belt uses something called EMS (Electric Muscle Stimulation) to strengthen your stomach muscles. You only have to use it 30 minutes every day and it works on all muscles in the abdomen. The cool thing is that the belt can be used when doing other stuff so in theory you can actually watch TV and train your stomach at the same time.
The device is cleared by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration in USA) so it seems safe to use.
A device like this might be the solution I have been looking for instead of doing countless sit ups every day.
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My new house were totally empty when we moved into it about a month ago. We have still not completely filled our home with furniture as we care about how the end design will look. One option we are looking into is making the whole interior design look very modern and stylistic. Then we have to shop a lot of new furniture because what we own now look pretty outdated.
A place selling modern furniture is ModernLineFurniture.com. They sell a wide variety of different modern furniture and accessories, from beds to sofas to living rooms to pillows. You can easily browse their different types of furniture in a sidebar that gives you a good oversight over all the different products they have to offer.
They also offer customized sectional sofas that will fit perfectly into any home. Within each section you can browse their stock by price or style.
ModernLineFurniture.com have some really nice sections on their site called “Crazy Deals”, “Closeout Sale” and “Overstock” where you can find very good deals on modern furniture.
ModernLineFurniture.com ships their products with the 48 continental states in US. Since this company own a big warehouse in New Jersey they are able to stock almost every products. This means they are able to ship your order very fast. They also offer a fixed shipping price so you can save a good deal of money on shipping if you have a big order.
One of my friends in the collective I live in is crafting a lot of different stuff. Here is a picture of a “doll neck” (not sure if it is called this in English) she has knitted for her kids dolls. Knitting such doll clothes is very easy, cheap and the kids love it. It is also a great way to use leftover yarn as the doll clothes doesn’t have to look perfect.
Later on I will post more stuff that she has crafted.
In my new home in southern Norway we are thinking about doing some refurbishing because the house looks a bit old and could use a new and more modern interior design. A new design would both make our home look better and improve the value of the house.
One nice item that would fit our home is a Copper Sink. I like the designs on them with their pretty unique color and the way the metal looks.
We could have some nice hand hammered Copper Sinks in both our bathroom and kitchen as the copper look would fit good with the rest of the interior design in our home.
A company selling copper sinks is Copper Sinks Online (coppersinksonline.com). They have a lot of different sinks of high quality at wholesale prices. Since they are selling the sinks directly they have very competitive prices. Their products include Copper Kitchen Sinks, bathroom sinks, bar sinks and much more. They also sell other accessories like tubs, bathroom furniture, vessels, mirrors and tubs.
Copper Sinks Online gives free shipping to people living in the 48 continental states in US if your order exceeds $100. Most products are in stock and will be shipped within 24 hours. They even have a section on their website where you can give them feedback to improve their website and their services.
Winter is getting closer and the air definitely has an autumn feel to it. It is about high time that I start getting ready for the colder seasons.
Today I started on some warm, black socks, or they are black so far. Who knows what kind of colors I will include later on (I love knitting without a strict pattern).
Here is a picture of how much I have knitted on the socks. The little blue spot on the socks is some leftover yarn I found on the floor. True recycling in practice 🙂
I have been thinking about putting up some kind of presentation for my knitted and crafted works as a way of promoting my art. There are several ways of making such presentations from a simple PowerPoint to a video done by a professional studio. It all depends on your budget and what kind of audience you are targeting.
A company called Richter Studios can help with different types of presentations. They are a Chicago Video Production company that specialize in producing videos, interactive presentations and other presentation services.
One example of the services they are offering is professional video recording that they can do at any location or in a studio. They can help you with everything from actors to lighting. After the video is shot they can add special effects in many formats like 2D and 3D. They can even add these special effects if you already have a video. Special effects can often add a magic touch to your video and make it look extra special for your audience.
Other services that Richter Studios offer are upgrading websites to more modern standards, making CD’s and DVD’s, programming in different languages like PHP, HTML, SQL, XML and much more.
As this company has over 10 years of experience in the business and has helped their customers in getting one million dollar in new sales, it sounds like a safe and experienced company to deal with.
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Here is another project from my home. My friend has crocheted a couple of colored washcloths from yarn made of cotton. The colorful yarn really makes the cloths look lively and refreshing.
Since she used crocheting to make these washcloths there will be some kind of knots in the fabric. These knots will stimulate the blood, in for example your face, when you use the washcloth so they are both nice looking and healthy.
I’m wondering if there is a marked for selling washcloths like these?
