Days 47 through 62 – Last day came earlier than planned, but crossroads are always hard to come to
It has been a while. My carpal tunnel having gotten the better of me, all little energy I had was used up at work and rest in the evenings was a must.Although honestly, it would have been hard to get inspiration the last 15 days : Markets having closed, fresh produce became unavailable and all we have been living on since then is reserves like frozen and canned produce, potatoes, a few rationed root veggies, limited dairy and eggs.I must admit that we had to apply the social life amendment a few time since November is a very busy month for us. Half our friends are born within this month it seems and every week was a reason to celebrate. We tried to keep it a

Sustainability In The Workplace - A Survey by Brighter Planet
Hey everyone, A quick hello this morning to share a site for a survey on "Sustainability In The Workplace" by the Brighter Planet team.Please take a few minutes to fill it out: You may win 200$ in the process.Just follow this link and voice your opini

Taking a short break : Carpal Tunnel Syndrome acting up.
Hello to all!I wanted to make sure you all knew I hadn't just dissapeared.I have been suffering from a bout of my CTS and have been unable to spend more than a minute or 2 typing away.I will be back in a couple of days to bring you up to speed with all I've been doing and how our challenge is progressing.I hope you have a great week.

Day 46 – 100-mile Diet : Halloween without candy is no fun - But week-ends in the woods are!
So I didn’t really think about it until today. I had thought of the challenge finishing before the holidays and not having to sacrifice any of my favorites like pumpkin pies, cranberry walnut sauce and sweets. But I hadn’t given a thought to Halloween.My office is a sweet factory on any given day, but on Halloween, it’s ridiculous. I walked in to bowls upon bowls sitting on top of filing cabinets filled with soft butterscotch candy, mini Mars bars and my favourite : Reese’s pieces!*shivers*It was a hard day and I will admit it, I faultered. I had a mini Mars bar at lunch and I’m not too proud of it. But it was sooooo good!

Day 44 and 45 – 100-mile diet : Finding allies
Following a wonderful comment left by Elle on my post a few weeks ago, I decided to go on a hunt for information on a little town called Vernon in British Columbia that has been doing something pretty amazing with the challenge!On September 1st, 2009, this is what the Vernon Morning Star had to say :People join the 100 Mile Diet ChallengeA challenge has been issued to the people of the North Okanagan – to eat m