Day 1 - No shopping challenge...

Welcome to Day 1 of the June 2008 No Shopping Challenge!

You know how some of those people committed to a year of not buying anything new? They could ONLY get the things they needed (clothes, shoes, tv's, furniture, cell phone replacements, ipods, etc.) via Freecycle? I just could not do that. I seriously considered it at one time, made lists and lists of the pros and cons, and fought hard with my ability to have "will-power" for that long. Trying to commit to that for a year, I'd just set myself up for failure... I like to be realistic with myself.

I'm making a new scrapbook about "...On Being Green" and I am going to document how I do things now and try to change the way I do things... and then in a year, I hope to revisit the book to see how those changes have impacted me and my life and what my contribution is to living a greener lifestyle. it'll definitely be a work in progress book. It'll be an 8 x 8 book when done, although I am making the digi pages 12 x 12 right now (I can resize later) because I think this will end up a hybrid album.

If you care to join me on this quest...I will list my journaling prompts here as I go along...

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Green Living Journaling Prompt 1

What is important to me in living more "green"?

Here is the cover and first page to my book:

Oh yeah and I forgot to mention....

I filled my Tamoxifen (aka Moxy) Rx yesterday...
Started it last night...I find that taking meds at night help wear off some side effects while you sleep...maybe that's why I started snoring, I dunno! [shrugs shoulders]



....here's to my "organic" lifestyle. PFFFFT!

1 year...and 5 days to go!

You might think that's cryptic - meaning something exciting is going to happen in 1 year and 5 days. Nope. Sorry to disappoint! It means 2 things.

1. I celebrate having kept up with this blog for a year now! WOW! I can rarely commit to something for a week, let alone a year! (It's a Gemini thing!) (Funny...back in 1995 when I got on the bandwagon and bought a computer and got on the internet, I did this very exact same thing...web-logged about my life and my day on a web page in a journal type fashion... - I think through Geocities as a matter of fact...and everyone thought I was nuts to do that! After a few weeks, I quit.) How ironic that blogging is like "the thing to do" now!

2. 5 days left of radiation! M-F next week and I'm done-ola! I'm sad and glad - SAD because I actually looked forward to seeing the folks over there every morning. They are all just so sweet and downright cool! This place has left an impression on me of kindness and sincerity to my well-being and that, I think keeps people healthy! (How organic!) GLAD because I am sick of being tired and drained of all my energy (I'm in bed before 8pm everynight!) and I want my skin to heal. It just recently took a turn for the worst and it's painful! Lucky for me...the last 5 treatments are a "Boost" - meaning that my whole breast isn't being treated now, just the cancer area which is on the side. This means that the rest of my skin will start to heal now. AND in 2 weeks, I can wear my regular deodorant again! One can never feel shitty enough about themselves until they can't have their regular deodorant/antiperspirant! Bad enough I can't have my underwire bras!