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Hey there...

Hows things in your world? It's been F F F Frrrreeeeezzing here.
An excellent excuse to rug up with my puppies & fiance I think :)

I've finally had the time to sit & reflect on how my last week has been, you know, with the whole 'Green' thing I have going on....
And, if I was a 'Cup half empty' type person, I would probably say it was an EPIC fail!
(who else hates the word EPIC?)
I work with Youth & hear it 'literally' a million times a day.

But...this is not about my finnikity nature with grammar & language, it is about changing my life..

So, since I am  a 'Cup half full' type person, I'm going to talk about the things I did well, and where I can do better next week.

Things I did well:

• At home I have transitioned completely to a vegetarian (almost Vegan) diet! and it wasn't even very hard! I picked up a couple cookbooks from the Post Punk Kitchen and the recipes are cheap, easy, quick, and DELICIOUS!! Especially from Vegan with a Vengeance  this has become our 'go to' book for dinner inspiration every night. 
• Even my motorbike racing fiance has converted to completely veg at home! Though he hasn't restricted dairy the way I have. I'm super proud of him for doing this with me. He's pretty spesh :)
• We've been a LOT more careful around home with the power we are using, and I made a special effort to get out in my veggie patch & feed them some yummy SeaSol so they will grow up big & strong! (Is it strange that I sing a bit of Bob Dylan to my veggies while I garden? Try it....I swear it makes them grow...I swear!)
• I brought home three bags of shredded paper from work to recycle (Thank-you to Deanna for this idea!)
• There has been quite a few things which I would normally buy that I just DIDNT. And...I'm still ok?! I have always been a massive buyer of everything. Mostly junk, so for me to NOT buy, well, that's almost miraculous! Turns out..I really didn't NEED another Maxi dress, or another pair of running shoes (even though they were cheap) I just didn't NEED them!!

Things that I can do better at:

• Well.... Soy milk tastes DISGUSTING in Coffee!! Blergh yuck! It kind of curdles & separates & gets all gross... So I keep drinking cows milk ONLY in coffee & tea. But, when your veins have more caffeine than plasma...well, I need to cut back on the Cow Juice! Black coffee is NOT an option... I've tried quite a few different Soy varieties...HELP!!!  What do you put in your coffee?

• I'm also a bit worried about the BRAND of coffee I drink. At the moment it's just an instant that I got at Safeway (I know, I'm BAD) but I don't want to throw it out. So when I drink it all, I'll be looking for a tasty, ethical, reasonably priced brew....Any ideas???

• Also, the biggest thing I need to improve on, which will happen over time, is to give up meat when we go out to friends/family for meals. On the weekend I went to my in-laws (to be) place a couple times. My MIL is the most AMAZING cook, and had been to a lot of trouble to cook up some delicious fish & lamb on the weekend...I know it was delicious because I ate it!! In fairness...I've only just stopped eating meat (like, last week) and I didn't want to be a mega pain in the butt! All "I don't eat meat" & stuff when I sure did last week! This one I will work on :)

So,

Kind of a successfully failed week!

What do you reckon??

What do I put in my coffee?? What brew do you drink at home?? And how do you let family etc know of your changes without being a pain to invite around???

My Great Big Green Thing.....

I have decided to make a really big change...
For me, this will be huge.
It will affect what I do EVERY day....

I am giving up MEAT!
Yep....Going Veg.

As best as I can I'm going to stop eating as many animal products as I can. I'll do my very best to give up milk & cheese & eggs as well (Until we get our own chooks...I will eat eggs from them because I will know that they are happy hens!)

I think this will also be good for my body too.
If I am careful to get all of the nutrients I need.

This is starting TODAY!!

I know that I won't be perfect right from the beginning, and I also don't want to make life difficult for my family & friends by all of a sudden declaring that I have new dietary requirements and I must ONLY eat vegan products.
This would not be nice. and I like to be nice.
I would like to do my bit for the world, AND keep my friends thank-you.

All I am going to do is my very best. Because that is all I can ever do.
And I think that will be good enough...

What do you think?

Are you a Veggo??
Do you do it for your health?
Or because you don't like meat?
Or, like me, because it is a more gentle way to live?

And.... do you have any yummo great recipes??

I would love to hear them.. that would be great!
Maybe I will even cook them for you? Now that really would be great wouldn't it?!


So that is what I will do!