Introduction

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

 

I am new to this group. My name is Natasha, but everyone calls me

Missie (long, boring story). I'm 37 and live in the Detroit, Michigan

area with my husband and 2 dogs - Gracie and Jeanie. After many years

of considering a vegetarian diet, I finally made the change back in

mid-December. I had read a book and one chapter discussed, in great

detail, the factory farms and what happens. I knew all of those

things, but for whatever reason, this time it really hit me. I had

always been afraid to stop eating meat. I thought I'd miss it too

much, but I really don't. I'm discovering that I like vegetables and

foods that I never would have even considered a few months ago. And I

feel so much better! My husband also made the switch and he isn't

missing meat, either. My next step is to go vegan. More challenging,

but better for me and the planet. I'm trying to find the brands of

vegan cheeses and non-dairy milks that I like best.

 

I also decided, after reading more on vegetarian and vegan websites,

to cut out beauty products that have chemicals in them (it never

occurred to me that those things were being absorbed through my skin!)

and the toxic household cleaning products I've been using. I'm making

my own cleaning products and buying scary-chemical free, vegan beauty

products. If anyone has any great tips, I'd love to hear them - I'll

also be perusing the archives for this group, as I'm sure there is

tons of interesting stuff there.

 

I don't work outside of the home, but I do a lot of volunteer work for

greyhound rescue. I have since we adopted our first back in 1996. We

don't have any human children, but we have our girls, Gracie and

Jeanie <vbg>. They're momma's girls.

 

I'm happy to be here and I'm looking forward to hearing from other

like-minded people. A lot of my friends and family think we're a

little nutty to not eat meat. I'm tired of explaining how I'm going

to get enough protein, iron and calcium. And I'm tired of explaining

that no, I don't eat chicken or fish, either, because that is meat.

Those people are going to lose their minds when I choose to go vegan.

Again, it's great to be here, and I look forward to getting to " know "

you!

 

 

Missie Harhold

and Gracie the Ibizan Hound

and Jeanie the Greyhound

greyhounddog

 

“Because nothing worthwhile in this country has ever happened unless

somebody, somewhere stood up when it was hard; stood up when they were

told – no you can’t, and said yes we can.” Barack Obama