#1. Most of you have heard by now that Mav got a job in Queensland and we are moving back there. I have never been particularly interested in moving back to Qld but seeing how much fun Annabelle had at Christmas time helping her grandma feed horses, swinging on gates at the farm and even riding a horse (not to mention how much she looooves her grandparents and her cousins) made me realise it would be really good to be back up there again. So I'm excited! This time we don't want to live in the city so we'll be looking for a few acres out of town. I want a big vegie patch, chickens and a horse. :)
Mel starts work up there next month and at this stage, the plan is that me and Annabelle will have to hang around in Adelaide until I finish uni in October. But I am going to look at the possibility of moving up at the end of first semester (June/July) and finishing off my degree up there. It will be tricky because I have to do a placement of 45 days and they're hard to come by but all I can do is try. If it doesn't work out, we'll manage. We've managed before! And I'll be a bit sad to leave all our friends here in Adelaide, as will Annabelle. She's got a pretty tight little circle of mates and I don't think she fully comprehends what it will mean to move interstate. I never thought I'd say it, but I will REALLY miss Adelaide. :(
In other news (News item #2), I've been trying out being vegan. I don't have time to go into all the thinking behind this decision except to say:
- Animal cruelty
- The environment
- Health benefits
But before I move on to the next topic, I just want to say that the dairy and egg industries are every bit as cruel as the slaughterhouse. Probably even worse because at least slaughtered animals get put out of their misery UNLIKE dairy cows. And even with free-range chickens, all the baby boy chickens are killed at birth AND you're still getting factory eggs in your mayonnaise and other sauces and products that contain eggs. AND if you think you need animal protein for your good health, think again. Can I recommend that you all go online and order The China Study for the full lo-down on exactly what animal protein is doing to us all. (Think cancer, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disease...). It's $17 and free shipping. You can afford it. Did I say I wasn't going to get preachy? Ok, shutting up now.
So in my soiree into the world of veganism I have found that it is bloody hard work buying products that don't contain any dairy or egg. I'm sure anyone who is allergic to dairy can sympathise. Far out, they hide milk in EVERYTHING. (well, ok they don't hide it.. it's in bold on the label but you know what I mean...)
Not to mention that how can I possibly never have a pizza again?? The vegan thing wasn't looking promising, but I found a solution. It is vegan cheese. I'll give you a moment to stop gagging. Look, I know it sounds gross but there are bigger issues at hand here and I have decided that I can suck it up and eat vegan cheese if it means taking a stand. So I went online and found some vegan cheese and had it shipped from Sydney.
This was because it was farking impossible to work out where to buy it from a shop in Adelaide (I have since found them). I bought $40 worth of vegan cheese, mayonnaise (which is bloody amazing, I might add. I'd eat it if I wasn't vegan) as well as "fish" cakes (YUMMY) and "chicken" nuggets (Annabelle spat them out so I guess that's a big thumbs down for those ones :-). For my $40 worth of food, I paid $18 in postage. *faints*
Which brings me to Item #3. I am opening an online vegan store. You may have gathered I'm quite keen to spread the word about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle and I figure what better way to make a contribution than to have a little shop where you can come and buy all your vegan stuff in one spot. It isn't just food, mind you. It is skin care, make-up, haircare, perfume, cleaning products. Everything entirely without animal products. Animal products means milk, honey, beeswax, crushed up beetles, fish bladder, calf stomach, urea... etc... You are getting all those goodies in your non-vegan products. Urea. MMMMMMM
So the shop is being built. I am lining up suppliers, getting a logo designed and uploading product constantly. I'm hoping for a late March launch. Then of course I'm going to move to Qld but I guess that's the beauty of it being online....
I think that's all I have time for right now.
It's 11.30am and my Lit Review isn't going to write itself dammit.
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