This morning I woke with a heavy layer of coconut oil still weighing down my hair… I had to use my plastic bottled shampoo to try to strip it out during my shower! At least I used bar soap (cardboard packaging) for my body!
We’re off to a rough start once again!
After my shower, I used the same products from yesterday’s ritual to get ready for the day. Did I forget to mention that toothpaste is in plastic? This week I’m brushing with baking soda (cardboard box)!
Breakfast time! I had a tasty banana, some juicy watermelon, and a fresh clementine (no, it did not look as pretty as the picture above)! If you’re looking for healthy, tasty, and most likely to not be packaged in plastic, fruit should automatically be your go-to food!
Time to work! I reviewed yesterday’s article to see potential areas of improvement before writing some articles for Steemit, including my “Homesteading Bucket List” and “BarryTheBee - The Adventures of the Traveling Steemit Bumblebee - Promoting Pollinators!” I also contemplated my answer to the EcoTrain QOTW which I will be posting tomorrow (stay tuned)!
Lunch time! I had a quick salad and then decided to make myself a hearty meal after such a light breakfast. So here is my steak&cheese sandwich! The meat is venison from a deer my father hunted last year at Wild Rose Acres (packaged in paper and frozen). Unfortunately, it’s hard to find cheese and bread without plastic… so the spicy pepperjack and wheat toast made me slip up! Next time I’ll find bread from our local bakery that packs their loaves in paper! Anyone know of cheese not packed in plastic? Let me know!
It’s mimosa time! Pop! Champagne from a glass bottle is A-Okay but the orange juice from a plastic bottle was not. Fresh oranges hand squeezed on a glass juicer would do the trick!
Dinner consisted of yellow zucchini, fresh tomatoes, onion, minced garlic, lemon, and salmon! The only thing that came in plastic was the salmon but I recognize I am lucky enough to live on a pond so I can fish from now on! It may not be salmon, but it’ll be as fresh as possible!
The bonus of using a fresh lemon was that I collected the seeds for my scrap garden!
What’s going on tonight? I’m thinking a movie with popcorn… and I have popcorn seeds from @papa-pepper so next season I’ll be able to grow my own!
Not too bad today but hopefully tomorrow will be even better!
Unexpected difficulties: condiments
Unexpected bonuses: learning resourcefulness
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