Turnin out the Lights

Sorry

I've been gone for soooo long and I am sorry. I will try to be on more often but my computer access is limited.

Leaving

I am planning on moving so I probably won't be bloging for a while. I will try to blog again with in this month but if I don't then the reason is that I am trying to settle in. Talk to you all later.

Meat

I am really struggling with the idea of not eating meat. I really like meat. I might decide to take a step backwards and eat mostly vegetarian for a while with meat still in my diet and slowly work up to becoming vegetarian. Cold turkey is really difficult for me. I am doing another blog about vegetarian cooking and I will eat at least one meal sometimes two a day that are vegetarian. I will do my best to be green in other ways as well. I will mow our lawn with the push mower instead of the gas powered one and I will try hard to recycle and turn off lights when and where I can.

The challenge for this week try to keep and reuse paper and plastic bags that you get from the store. My family already does this. If you need some ideas here are some...
1. Use plastic grocery bags to pick up dog poo.
2.Use paper bags to hold and carry out recycling
3.Use plastic bags to carry your lunch in.
4.Be creative : )

Sorry

I have not been posting often or very long post. The reason for that was our keyboard broke and I was typing with the on-screen keyboard and it took forever. Now for the update. I have been totally fine with my diet. I have yet to enjoy any vegetarian dishes that I have tried but perhaps I just need to venture out and try more or make more food. I may be making another blog all about making and trying new foods.

Easier

It is getting easier as the days go by but perhaps that is because I "cheat" at home. I was the main meat eater at my house and my mom doesn't want the meat to go bad and I don't want it to go to waste so I eat meat at home. We won't be buying as much meat in the future and then I will be strictly vegetarian. Well off to bed.

My First Slip-up

Today my mom took me to Panda Express, one of my favorite places to eat, and there was all of that delicious meat right there in front of me. I ate a lot and it was tasty but no more. That will be my one and only mess up. Type to ya later.

First Day

Hello everyone. Today was the first day of being a vegetarian and it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I’m sure that as time goes on and more delicious meat dishes are put in front of me the harder it will be. I mowed the lawn today with a push mower. I have a large yard so it was no easy task, but it was better for the environment than our ancient black smoke spewing gas powered mower. I didn’t have much of a choice though, the gas mower is trapped in the garage behind piles of boxes, boxes which I am not willing to move. Other than that I have made no significant changes to my daily life. I will keep you posted. The next post I will put out a challenge and I want you to tell me how you did.

Going Green

From today onward I have decided to go as energy efficient as possible, and (as hard as it is to do) I will become vegetarian. This will be no easy task seeing how much I love food and especially meat. I have been a vegetarian before and it was a struggle every day for four years. I have decided to do it again. I weep for the loss of how easy it is to eat meat and how delicious it is but one can live without such luxuries. This will not only help to reduce my carbon footprint, but it will also strengthen my self-discipline. I will try to update every few days and give a few challenges for those of you out there willing to make a few small changes to go green. So see you tomorrow, the first day of my new greener life.