Purpose

In the lame-o style of my predecesors i am going to blog about my food adventures, but the twist here with my blog is that not only will i be chronicling my culinary misadventures, but i will also be chronicling my feeble attempts at simplifying my life in our ever so materialistic society. I recently decided that i would take the plunge and go organic. My reasoning wasn't totally motivated by health, but also taste and environmental reasons. I read In Defense of Food by Micheal Pollan and was scared into it somehow with all the environmental doom and gloom in the book.

Along with the change in my eating habits i have put myself on a strict budget with the aim of reaching some financial and personal goals within the next few years and compensating for everyone's favorite doom and gloom bad times are here indicator...a pay cut. Those goals, i will elaborate on sporadically as time passes and relevant budgetary developments occur. At this current time i have slashed my entertainment budget significantly (it went mostly to food) and have given up going out to eat even at lunch time. A recent development in my living situation is forcing me to move to a room with a smaller closet. Anyone who knows me knows my attachment to certain articles of clothing and the abundance of shoes i own. I am going to try and pair it down. I have given up major shopping for thirft stores, craiglist, and swaps. I want to simplify my life all the way around. My goal is to get down to the basics and a few luxuries within reason. I have started growing herbs and things in my own garden and taken on an organic produce share.

So let's see how this goes..............