This is not my... Week 7 - 07
21/02/07 - Get the big picture...
19/02/07 - Last week Valentine's
This Section; Background; The point
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Well - apparently they are pretty easy to get hold of... |
You just make your own!
True - some might suggest cheating... but they're probably just jealous.
Ollie came across this great new craft site yesterday. It has some brilliant ideas, not least this ingenious way to impress new friends and potential lovers.
I am in the midst of DIY on a budget so will definitely be looking for some tips. (Thought my budgeting was going amazingly well till I noticed the 'D' at the end of my increasing bank balance. Oops.)
Anyhow - best potter off to get those bills paid.
Have a fabulous day! x
21/02/07 - Get the big picture...
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Loads of people.
Loads of amazing experiences... |
and you can check them all out on the revamped and fabulous Big Picture TV site.
Have a look - it's really good.
Oh man.
Was given wine last night.
As I haven't been drinking it went straight to my head.
Ouch.
Might go and save energy in a darkened room somewhere!
Have a good one.
Susie x
20/02/07 - Seasonal pancakes...?
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It's Shrove Tuesday so pancakes are on the menu.
The perfect time to use up all of the things in the house.... |
Sadly there isn't much in mine at the minute.
So I thought that I would see which seasonal produce I could purchase in order to make a fabulous feast (clearly a momentary delusion concerning my cooking skills / desire to make exciting and complicated pancake recipes).
Hmmm - it's not good.
Now if it was 'Hearty Soup' day or 'Tricky to eat shell fish' day it would be another story but sadly this time of year is more about the root vegetable.
Still - if you guys have any more luck with your culinary ingenuity let me know!
Anyhow - best get along. Have to track down some delicious chocolate based items before giving them all up tmrw!
See you then x
oooh and p.s. please ignore the fact that the picture may - technically - be one of French toast. It looked deceptively like pancakes from a distance...!
19/02/07 - Last week Valentine's
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and a bit of excess.
This week Lent and a spot of frugality.... |
Been thinking about what to give up. Just about finished all of the biscuits so maybe that will be a good place to start.
I was contemplating meat.
I am meant to be eating more (apparently good if you are doing a lot of running) but it is an energy intensive food, so eating less of it is better for the environment. Plus raw foods are apparently better for you. (And not cooking saves energy too!)
Again though - that might be a bit easy. I am a terrible and lazy cook - cheese and biscuits are just so much easier! (Though think the raw food thing might be more wheatgrass than stilton..)
The Independent reports on one lady giving up super markets as she is concerned about their effects on local producers. Seems like a good challenge. It's just so easy to pop into Tesco's to pick up a couple of things. Will be interested to see how she gets along.
Anyhow - something to mull over for Wednesday in any case.
But have a fun, chocolate filled day today!!
This section will be a daily, well - Monday to Friday daily, editorial. (Have to keep some time aside to keep up the ritual wine drinking / dancing as if being chased by bees.)
I promise to make it my mission to investigate something each day on exciting forays to find new stuff, fun stuff, ethical stuff and anything involving break dancing men with extremely toned physiques.
Let me know if you think of something I should go and visit or if you have any great ideas or information. (Any dodgy suggestions will be politely declined... or not so politely, depending entirely on what they are!)
For today, though, please just have a look below to find out how this whole thing came about. I hope that you are having a lovely morning.
See you tomorrow,
Susie x
Background to This is not my...
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What is this site all about?
Well, as all good ventures do, it started in the pub with the ominous words "I know, why don't we...?" |
What was different, though, was that it still seemed like a good plan in the morning (and somewhat less injurious than trying out extreme ironing, the other suggestion...)
Anyway - once again we had been supping beers and putting the world to rights when someone mentioned the unmentionable, despite our disaffection with the state of the world, none of us was actually doing anything positive to change it.
Whether this was complacency or apathy, who knows - but we were definitely leaving it to others to make decisions and take action for us on issues about which we felt strongly.
We live in a free society, but often things seem to happen as a fait accompli. The war in Iraq, ID cards, the fact that we will eventually succumb to watching some of Big Brother no matter how hard we try...
And we just go along with it. But that is ok, right? I mean, we aren't exactly encouraging the abuse of others - are we?
Ok - so maybe my new top might have been made under less-than-perfect conditions and I suppose that means I am supporting those conditions, but - I have to buy something to wear, so what other choice do I have?
And that was the problem. What - and where - are the choices?
So we decided to investigate. Surely in this free society we have other options; we just need to know how to find them.
So we went online. There are some great directories already for ethical and/or environmentally friendly products, but for us these didn't go far enough. We were on a bit of a roll and decided that these products deserved more active promotion.
We wanted to make as many people as possible aware of the practical things they can do to live life in a better way.
So on this site we will provide information about easy, positive and ethical consumer choices. These are choices that won’t necessarily cost you more, either.
In our directories you will find environmentally friendly and ethical companies and products across the following categories:
Clothes
Energy
Food and Drink
Health and Beauty
Home and Garden
Office
Recycling
Restaurants
You will also find plenty more to lure you back to the site on a regular basis. So come back to have a wee look.
Plus we will be working on video's, events and curious antics to keep important issues in the public eye – and provide us with much entertainment and amusement at the same time.
Give us a shout if you want to get involved!
Anyhow - take a look. Explore… investigate… probe away.
We hope you like it; we hope you use it.
