Getting Started

Hip super mom, fashionista, tons of products for hair, nails, skin, etc, 50 pairs of shoes and 40 purses, toddler daughter walking in my footsteps, has a light bulb come on after days of cleaning. I need to clean out my life. While looking for an organic cleaning book (because I know there is a simpler way with out the harsh chemicals that I don't want to expose my child to) I find the book, Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. Oh, sounds like me, or what I will be. So I pick it up. At first I'm skeptical. Vegan, poop, I could never do that I love red meat. I know they treat animals badly, but it tastes so good. Plus we need protein right? Well, in case your wondering, the book answers all your questions. By the end of the book, I'm all in. I want to be healthy and skinny. I am thinking (unless really expensive because I'm on a budget) I'm going organic and a little more vegetarian, at least. I go directly to a whole foods store and skip the grocery store. Hooked. There are a ton of options. I can eat more than 3 things. I can try new tastes. I like it. And it just so happens, my meat-atarian, non-organic, asthmatic, and should be a specialist on allergies husband is out of town for 2 weeks on business. Done deal. I start leaning toward veganism. I just don't like throwing out food, so we'll eat what's in the fridge and go from there. With this "new life style" comes cleaning the chemicals out of the house. What is the point in eating organic if I'm absorbing chemicals through my lotion and shampoo and make up every day? But I'm taking the same approach there also. As I run out of things, the new thing I buy are going to be organic and natural.

So I picked up a second book. Green This! by Deirdre Imus. The first of a three book series about cleaning out your life from horrible chemicals. I went in with the same skeptical thoughts as the first book. She's over the top, this is crazy. But I'll try a little at a time and we'll see. I'm not quite finished the book, but I'm wondering why I didn't read it years ago. I ordered the whole series of books on Amazon, as well as the series of Skinny Bitch last night. I'm totally in. I cleaned out my bathroom closet (because I always clean the bathroom on Fridays) and gave my sister a bunch of lotions and hair products that I'm sure I can live without. I kept some yummy smelling ones for date night and special occasions. It just sounds so much easier to live green and it also doesn't sound as expensive as I expected. I'm cleaning out the cleaning products this week. I'm sure I'll be a Kimberton Whole Foods again and I'll be looking for the Imus GTC line of cleaning products, as well as some vinegar, baking soda and lemon juice that I should stock up on.

I am happy to report, I am turning into my mother. As long as my children don't start burning my recipes in the fire place and saying even the dog won't eat it! Hopefully, I'm starting early enough that Em will just join in and not question me. I really want to do the best thing for my child as I can and I am well aware that the bleach smell that comes from the bathroom every Friday may mean it's clean, but can't be good for anyone's lungs. I also started doing yoga. Never in my life did I think I would. Now I work out daily, I'd say religiously, but cardio and strength training. I happened to be getting a little bored with my routine only a week or two before starting to read these books. So, on a whim I tried Jillian Micheal's yoga. Not quite traditional, but it's where I started. I still don't do the "real" yoga, but I do Less is More Yoga and Fitness Fusion Yoga, it feels like cardio and stretching at the same time. Now I hate going more than a day with out doing it!

So here I am. Greening my life and loving it! Feel free to join me in my quiet crusade to save the world, one child at a time!