Yes, I know that I forgot to write my article on the correct day again. It is obvious that I have failed the 'post your articles' on time Challenge, but I think that the Paper towel challenge went very well. I did quite a bit of research on Paper Towels and the cloth alternate, and shared some of that information with you. Amber and I used 5 paper towels this week, which is a lot less than what is normal for me. We have cloth rags in our kitchen that before now, I never really used. This week, I wiped up more messes with the cloth rags than with paper towels. The only times that I actually used paper towels was to clean up beans in the microwave, and when making sandwiches. I will continue to reduce the number of paper towels that I use, and try to wean myself off of using paper towels entirely.

Also this week, we are finishing off our one month vegetarian challenge. I cannot believe that it has actually been an entire month without meat! The change was surprisingly easy and I didn't face any difficulties. There has been no significant change in the vitamins that I have been getting, so I do not feel any different health-wise, than I did before the challenge. I do feel that not eating meat is a very easy thing to do, and very healthy as well. I would encourage anyone to try a month off meat to see how they feel about it. At the beginning of the month, I was very intimidated about having a while 30 days with no meat. I thought that it would stretch on forever. Now, I am actually kind of sad that the month is over. I am not sure yet whether or not I will become a full time vegetarian or not. Knowing what I know now about how bad meat is for our planet, I think that I would feel bad to eat it when there is tofu and other options out there.

And so, I think that I will have those fish sticks that Amber has been craving, and I am kind of intimidated to eat a steak or hamburger after so long. I don't that meat has the same appeal as it did when I started the challenge. Not only because I will bad about the environmental aspects, but also because of the health aspects. And, the smell and texture of meat are not as appealing as they used to be. I know that I will not eat meat nearly as often; I will continue to experiment with and eat tofu, I will eat vegi-burgers instead of hamburger ones, etc.

The tofu meals, and favorite vegetarian meals of this month would be:

• Our first official tofu meal - tofudogs, fried tofu, stuffed tofu bell peppers, creamed spinach and curry burritos, vegetarian chili and pastas, pumpkin ravioli, rotini pasta with beans, lots of quesadillas, and tons of delicious fresh fruit.