So I know I'm not the most frequent poster recently...heck, I'm not even a once-in-a-while poster as of recent.  However, I have some nice news.

I was told the other day by someone I work with that I appear to have lost some weight.  I've kind of noticed it as well, and I attribute it solely to my new vegetarian diet.  In just a couple of months, I'm visibly thinner.  I haven't weighed myself, but I think I will.  I have been feeling much better about my body and I've even done some clothes shopping!  I just feel sooo much better about me!  ^.^

ok...I know I haven't been posting.  A lot has been going on...I'm engaged now!  Still going strong on vegetarianism!  ^.^  There's a reason for this post.

The past two days I don't know how I keep ending up in debates about vegetarianism...but when someone challenges it around me...I defend it obviously. 

My friend Joslyn at work, as great as she is...she's beyond anti-vegetarianism.  She claims "humans are innately carnivores".  And I keep trying to tell her that humans are actually omnivores which means they can survive with or without meat.  She is all like maybe we can survive without it but since the cavemen, we go for meat.  It was just like a circle of never-ending debate.

And now on facebook...a friend simply posted this page about a bilboard put up by PETA in florida.  I have no problem with this billboard since ya know what?  Obesity is one of the biggest health issues in america.  We are the fattest country.  Period.  There is no debating that.  But because peta didn't use politically correct terminology my friends are all up in arms about it.  But they'd probably be just as up in arms about it is it said "Save the Morbidly Obese...Lose the pounds of fat, Go Vegetarian" instead of "Save the whales...lose the blubber, Go Vegetarian".  I thought the whale perspective was cool since they're relating animals right to the idea of reducing obesity by urging america to go vegetarian.

And my friends are putting down the whole thing, especially Sarah who started off the debate complaining about trying to go vegetarian made her become pre-diabetic and she had to give up apples.  And I'm like...well, do research and you probably can't eat apples anyway if the natural sugar in them is making you diabetic.  I'd paste her post here, but she deleted it after I responded saying I was offended and trying to show her my side and PETA's probable side.  But she wasn't having it...she just kept making new arguments and not backing anything up.  so whatever.  I'm done...now I'm just annoyed and wanted to rant.

Before you form an opinion about about vegetarianism or PETA or any other animal rights organization, why don't you do your research.  They've had sooo many campaigns before this...and if this is the one that gets you thinking, then I think that's good.  Animal Rights is becoming more in-your-face with the pro-veg Compassion Over Killing (COK) commercials airing on MTV and billboards and whatnot.  I fully support it. 

Okay...I'm done with this.  I'm gonna try to let it go.  I just hope nobody starts another friggin debate like that again in the near future. 

It doesn't help that I worked 12 hour shifts on wednesday and thursday so I'm still so overtired that last night I had an emotional breakdown over my hair not cooperating.

Blerg!  I did get back from vacation July 26th...to find I had no internets!!  >.<

Charter finally got to come today so now I has it!  Because of all the rain recently, water got in one of the splitters on the cable line and caused our signal to drop dramatically.  So we still had cable and everything...but the wireless signal was too low to pick up.  The guy water-proofed the splitter so this doesn't happen again.  And surprisingly - that consisted of something more advanced than securing a plastic baggy over it with twist ties lol.

Maine
So Maine was alright.  Would've been better if it didn't rain 5 out of 7 days, though.  >.<  Chris and I were basically climbing the walls by thursday, but we couldn't leave because his dad's birthday was saturday.  I am too tired to do a long entry.  Here are a few highlights:

- got sun-burned the very first and sunniest day...but only on the backs of my ankles, the back of my right arm, and the tops of the backs of my thighs.  I guess I missed those spots lol.  It was sooo itchy and it's still red!  Hope I'm okay...
- went to Borders and saw like 10 books on the final years of Michael Jackson...only two and a half weeks after his death.  WTF?  Had they already been compiling these books?  Were people sitting waiting to hear he was dead? 
- found special collector's edition of Clerks II which included the movie, a Mooby's visor, Mooby's funployee nametag, and Mooby's collector's cup all contained in a happy meal style box with games on the outside and everything.  lol.
- Went on Chris's dad's boat and got to drive it!  ^.^
- read "Plain Truth" by Jodi Picoult and most of "The Virgin Suicides" by Jeffrey Eugenides.  Plus, I played quite a bit of Pokemon Platinum on Nintendo DS lite and got a few more badges ^.^
- made Penne Vodka for chris and his parents...which they said they liked...and then his mom added stuff to it like soy milk and wine and I didn't like it as much.  I feel like if she actually liked it, why would she change it?  >.<

Vegetarianism
still going strong!  I faced temptation a couple times like last night as chris is like "just eat the chicken" refering to the chicken he cooked for himself.  I told him that was pretty sucky.  And while on vacation, his parents kept asking me if I would like chicken on my pasta or meatballs with spaghetti even though chris told them I don't eat meat.  Any time I think I miss meat, I think of what the animal goes through in factory farming...and that ruins my appetite for it pretty quickly. 

When I was in Maine we went out to eat to this local Sebago Brewing Company.  I got the most AMAZING mushroom ravioli dish!!  IMy mouth still waters just thinking about it!

Ok, I am severely tired since I had to wake up so early to let the charter guy in.  only got like less than 5 hours of sleep.  I can't really think straight...so I'm done with updating for now lol.  I am still alive though ^.^

I am soooooo excited for tomorrow!  At about 9/9:30am Chris and I will be heading to Maine!  We'll be staying about a mile and half down from Old Orchard Beach at a more secluded area.  ^.^  So I'll get to go to the beach just about every day.  Heck, I'll even go if it rains!  ^.^

I'm bringing up Hummus, pita bread, soy milk, earth balance "butter", and other veg-friendly snacks to have all week!  And I'll be making dinner on tuesday - though I'm still not totally sure what I'll be making.  I'm bringing Veganomicon so that Chris's mom can help me pick out something everyone will like...and I'll do my grocery shopping for that night out there.  I just hope I can find all the needed ingredients up there.  I'm not sure if they have any health food stores nearby.

So I'm not bringing my laptop up - I have enough stuff that I packed for a week away.  I am bringing my Canon Rebel XS digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, though...so expect pics!  I hope I can get some really good ones...I just won't be able to edit them since I don't have my Photoshop program yet.  Gotta save up $400 more (found a new place to get it...only $80 more and less red-tape crap). 

I'll try to keep a notebook of all the goings on...so I can update later...including the recipe of whatever I make and how Chris's family liked it.

Life: Then and Now
Okay, so I am a little...erm...confused.  I went to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and while in line to get into the theater, someone got in the same line as me - someone I knew from high school and had a rollercoaster friendship with...and it ended by plummeting into the ground...a concrete death to a friendship.  Her name is Julia.  She just commented on a VegExp post from a little over a month ago.  I've been contacted by her quite a few times since high school, but I always just turned her down. 

I have basically left most of that high school behind save for Aja and Rachel - but my friendship with Aja is more as if we didn't meet till high school.  We started a new friendship.  Rachel and I have been very rocky especially in the past 6 months or so.  We had a big fight over something stupid that I had held in and let eat at me.  So now we're gonna try to hang out again.

My main worry about having Julia read this - no offense - is that I've heard from people I barely met at college that they met Julia and she told them bad things about me.  I feel like if you haven't even seen me since december 2004...you can't talk about who I was.  And it was who I was...it has nothing to do with who I am now.  I know I made bad choices then.  I don't regret the past though because everything happens for a reason and I was a stupid child.  At the same time that I've been told these things, though, I remember how much rumours spread about me hurt.  So I just continued to stay away.  I just hope, Julia, that you reading this blog won't come back to bite me.

In High School, I was really messed up - I won't lie.  I was manipulative and selfish and hurt people though I didn't mean to.  I tried to stay happy and I tried to be good...but it didn't work out that way.  I wanted what I wanted.  I was a bit spoiled.  I didn't want to grow up.  I was emotionally messed up.

Now, I am not the same girl.  I am a woman, even if it sounds odd to say it or hear it.  I still have emotional issues, but now I know it has to do with either Generalizzed Anxiety Disorder...or something similar.  If only I could get the courage to go to a counselor to find out for sure.  But at least - with my emotional issues - I don't take them out on myself or others.  My boyfriend Chris helps me to release them in a healthy way.  My focus is on my career, my family, and my relationship.  If I have friends along the way - that makes it even better.  But my mom is my best friend now and I love my sister and father.  Experiencing the death of a sibling makes your grow up and re-prioritize. 

Even as I'm still in school, I'm working toward reaching full adulthood.  I am more than likely getting engaged this summer (though I don't know when exactly) to Chris, whom I love dearly, live with, and have been with for over two and a half years.  (It'll be 3 years this October).

I am proud of how I've changed. 

Vegetarianism
I've also changed in my ability to be vegetarian.  I could never stick with it in high school.  I was probably too selfish - too interested in eating what I wanted - didn't want to be different from my friends.  Now, I am able to do it for the animals' sake.  I understand the cause is much bigger than me.  And I'm still doing well!

I'm going to Maine until July 26th, but after that I'll be buying a lunch box to bring to work.  I can't put it in the cooler, and I can't use our microwave.  So I have to only bring cold stuff and get an icepack for the lunchbox.  If anyone has suggestions for different sammiches I can make or any other cold stuff besides salad - please comment!  ^.^

I'd write more but I am too tired.  I have a lot to do tomorrow, and I need rest to have the energy.  Hope my entry made sense cause I'm kinda out of it lol.

Life
So Harry Potter was cool!  One of the top 3 of the 6 made so far...Prisoner of Azkaban is 1st...2nd goes to Order of the Phoenix.  This one was a little more slow moving, but it still got a lot of stuff in.  I'm guessing the two movies for Deathly Hallows will be my faves when they come out since it'll be the movie with the most book-provided information...less stuff left out and all that.

Yesterday was Mom's bday.  I had to work a double but then I went to her house to stay overnight and we spent a good chunk of the day together.  We went to the mall so I could return some stuff, get a dress to go over my swimsuit, and get work pants and a black pencil skirt.  She was very helpful in finding just the right thing...and she lets me know if something isn't working...and also gives me ideas about how I could take the waist in and such to make things fit better.  And she knows exactly what I can and cannot wear since she as big boobs like me lol.

After that I went to Starbucks for my tall vanilla ice coffee with vanilla soy milk.  Yum!  I relaxed in the coffee shop to drink my coffee and read a chapter of Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult.  It was nice to just chill.  And when I went home and got some organizing and packing done after a little argument with chris about him getting a second air conditioner from his dad.  I told him before I didn't even want the first one...and then he accepts a second one and installed it and everything without asking me?  I was pretty peeved.  Especially when I tried to talk to him calmly and he thought I was attacking him.

Tomorrow I''m working in the day and am probably gonna make no money yet again.  At least at night I get to look forward to a going away party!  One of chris's friends is moving out of state so her roommates ( also chris's friends) are throwing her a surprise party!  ^.^  I can't wait!  I just can't stay out too late since on saturday I'm working a double and chris is working 9 hours too.  Then Sunday I'll be working during lunch again and do last minute packing so I can leave for Maine on Monday morning!  ^.^ 

I'll be gone to Maine from July 20th-26th.  I don't know if I'll be able to update there, though I am bringing my laptop so I can upload pics I take ...that way I can take mondo pics since I won't be limited by my SD card.  I can't wait to go.  I need a week off really bad even though I could definately use the money if I was working.  I feel like I'm ready to punch most tables and co-workers in the face.  The vacation will be especially great because we're gonna be at Chris's parents' summer house...which is literally a 1-2 minute walk from a private beach!!  ^.^  Hopefully I don't get a sunburn lol.

Food
Doing good still!  Yesterday just had cereal for breakfast, broccoli fettucine alfredo for lunch/dinner, and a little plate of tostitos with melted cheese for a snack when I got to mom's.  Today just had a banana for breakfast, subway 6inch veggie delite for lunch (with apples as the side), and a french bread pizza for dinner...strawberry ice cream with hot fudge for dessert.  ^.^ 

Peta2 Street Team
I can't wait for July 23rd!  Why?  Because it'll be one month of me being fully vegetarian!  The last time I had soup with chicken stock was June 22nd.  And, once I hit 30 days, I can request points as a Peta2 Street Team member!  Being Vegetarian for a month is 500 points I think.  Right now I'm up to 3370 points...and I'm still waiting on 2500 points that I requested to be approved.  That'll bring me up to 5870...then with the 500 pts for a month of veggies It'll go up to 6370.  The item I really want is 8000 points, so I'd only need 1730 more by the end of the month to get a free peta2 street team laminate with my ST Item I redeem the points for. 

Okay, I've been writing for about an hour on and off with watching tv...so I think that's it for now lol.

Life and Magic! ...and PETA! lol
So it'll be my mom's bday in 2 and a half hours. What else happens in 2 and a half hours? HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE!!! And I get to see it at 12:10AM...not as cool as 12:01 but I'm absolutely amazed I'm going since we (chris and I) just bought the tickets a half hour ago. How weird that all 3 shows weren't sold out! And I dunno what I'll do when I'm working a double tomorrow. I'm gonna be dead on my feet lol.

The fact I'm gonna go see HP6 tonight made me think of a peta2 blog entry...they decorated the "I am not a Nugget" Chick as a wizard/witch ^.^


Food
So I made the Broccoli Chickpea Casserole from Vegan with a Vengeance by Isa Chandra Moscowitz. To be honest, it wasn't my cup of tea. I think the huge amount of onions did me in lol...I don't mind the seasoning of onion...but I don't like eating actual chucks of onion. There is also a massive amount of chickpeas. I think the biggest reason is that I'm definately not a healthy eater...and this dish is really healthy. I think I need some not-so-good-for-you food to start off with before I move into the uber-healthy menus lol.

Broccoli Chickpea Casserole
Ingredients:
3 (16-ounce) cans of chickpeas, drained and rinsed (or equivalent amount cooked chickpeas)
1 large onion, quartered and thinly sliced
3 large carrots, grated (about two cups)
1 head broccoli, cut into smal florets (about 4 cups)
2 tablespoons thinly sliced chives
1/2 cup bread crumbs (preferably whole wheat)
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 can vegetable broth
1 teaspoon salt

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350degrees
In large bowl (me: and I mean LARGE...i thought I had a large bowl but I ended up having to use two so it wouldn't spill out when I mixed it lol)...In a large bowl mash chickpeas well for about 2 minutes to get the right consistency
Add onion, carrots, broccoli, and chives and mix well
Add bread crumbs and mix again
Add olive oil and mix again
Add vegetable broth and salt...and mix (me: lots of separate mixing steps lol)
Transfer all ingredients to a 9x13 inch (glass or ceramic) casserole dish
Press mixture firmly into the casserole
Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes
Uncover and bake for 15 more minutes
Serve it hot the day of, but it tastes good cold as well



I sprinkled some parsley on my single serving fo garnish...but like I said, I didn't really like it...so I didn't eat more than a few bites. Had to eat but was too tired to cook anything complicated or new...so I had mac and cheese made with soy milk lol ^.^

Money, Kitty, and School
Ugh I'm so irritated.  I got $50 for the gold rings and charm from Hannoush jewelers, and then before I even left the mall I spent $15 on earrings I definately didnt need and don't even think I want.  And then I spent $30 on groceries which wasn't even my whole share.  And I still have to go get the timed automatic feeder for stormie while I'm in Maine next week.  Did I mention it's $70?  I wish he didn't throw up when he eats too much.  Otherwise I'd just leave a bunch out.  I honestly don't know what to do.  It's not like mom can come up every day.  She said she can some up a couple times.  I'm just nervous that us being gone for that long will undo how much better he's doing. 

Before Stormie would scarf down his food and then throw it all up.  He'd keep eating the entire bowl's worth.  It's like he thought he wouldn't get food.  Now that I'm feeding him a little less than a cup several times a day, he's doing much better.  In fact, he's only thrown up 2-3 times since his vet stay at the beginning of June.  I don't want all that to come undone.  I suppose I'll try filling his bowl up all the way this week and see how he does and how long it takes for him to eat the whole bowl.  Hopefully it'll last him a couple days.  Hopefuly he won't scarf it all down too fast.

I think I might return the earrings.  Especially since I had to buy stuff for the trip from walmart...travel bottles for shampoo and such, toothbrush covers, disposable razors, etc.  $40.  Spent $16 on a birthday gift for mom (her bday is wednesday)  I thought I'd get more than $50 for the gold...but I guess it barely weighed anything.  I am really scared financially.  What if I can't get the money for my programs?  What if my grades drop because I can't get to the computer lab to do my graphic design homework?  If my grades drop I'll be pushed back a whole year because of how strict they are about in what order you take the classesfor my major.  That'd add like another $5000+ in student loans.  I really don't know what to do.

I don't know if this vacation will feel like a real vacation.

Vegetarianism
I do think that this is helping my budget a little...or at least it would if chris was eating the same things I am.  If that were the case I wouldn't have to pay for my own stuff. 

This week I'll be making a couple recipes...Broccoli Chickpea casserole from Vegan with a Vengeance tomorrow so I can try it before Maine.  Then on friday I'm making a broccoli rice dish from Peta's Vegan College Cookbook.  Speaking of which, mom looked through that one and liked a lot of the recipes in there since they're easy and small and she comes home from a long work day to just feed herself...so why make a big meal for just her?  That's what I got her for her bday.  She was pretty happy, though she wanted a food processor.  I just don't have the money. 

So anyway, about the two dishes I'll be making this week - I'll post the recipes here obviously along with my notes about how I liked them.

I'm pretty stressed about money, So that's all I'm gonna write tonight.  I just hope taking this week-long vacation won't be a huge mistake.

Peta2
So, I keep talking about Peta2 but I haven't mentioned my username on the Peta2 boards!  You can find me under the username inknotmink63.  I post only every now and then when I can actually contribute to what's being discussed. 

I am also part of the Peta2 street team!  Right now they have a special deal where if you order something you get like a free street team laminate badge thing to put on a lanyard.  The laminate is usually like 8000 points by itself.  You earn points by partaking in animal activism.  Some of the simplest ways are by  personalizing your street team profile, downloading a wallpaper, using a peta2 avatar, or using one of the peta2 myspace layouts!  You can also get points for adding Peta2 on myspace and/or facebook! 

The sitereally is a source of a lot of information.  They have areas for like all of their campaigns, the Peta2 blog is usually updated multiple times a day, you can order free stickers and information, and they have videos for you to watch to learn about factory farming and the fur industry and such.

Vegetarianism & Weight Loss
With all the working I've been doing - picking up extrashifts and such - I haven't really been able to go shopping to get the stuff I really want to try.  I want to get nutritional yeast to try out multiple "cheesy" recipes in my vegan college cookbook.  I want to try to make a mac and "cheez" dish so I can kick my constant eating of kraft mac and cheese.  It's a comfort food and takes no concentration to make, even on the stovetop.  I'm hoping nutritional yeast will finally help me kick my dependency on cheese.  Plus, nutritional yeast is chock full of vitamins and minerals according to "Easy Vegan Cooking" pamphlet I recieved today from Compassion Over Killing (COK).

I got my bathingsuit today that I ordered on wednesday.  It's a little snug and I've gained enough weight over the past two years that the last time I bought the same bathing suit (a couple sizes smaller) my belly was hidden...now it's more visible, and I don't think it's just cause I got the berry-colored one instead of the black one.  I really hope my new vegetarian diet will help me to lose weight...but I have to change up my diet to not just eat the same thing every day when the meals aren't exactly the most nutritional meals, ya know?

My Typical Day in Food:
Breakfast: Bagel w/ Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese...or Cocoa Krispies and sliced banana in vanilla Silk
Lunch: usually skipped.  might eat a snack of some fruit.
Dinner: usually mac and cheeseand a can of veggies...or rice with canned veggies...haven't had a chance to try much of anything else.

If I'm working a double my lunch/dinner will usually consist of a kid size mac and cheese which comes with a side...and I usually get mandarin oranges as my side.  It really would be so much better if I could bring stuff from home to work and be able to leave it in the cooler...but my assistant general manager is very strict on us not doing that.  She says if the health inspector came in unplanned and saw something in the cooler other than a TGI Friday's product, apparently we'd get a big fine.  If anyone knows anything about this in regards to Massachusetts or Federal Health Laws...please message me on here.  Go to my  user info profile page thing and there will be a link.  ^.^

My Kitty!
Poor kitty...we have a storm right now and talk about ironic...my cat is named Stormie and he's terrified of storms.  lmao.  He jumped into my lap which made it difficult to type for a few paragraphs lol.  Now he jumped down and I think he's hiding.  At least I was able to comfort him for a little bit and at least I'm home now so if he needs me, I'm here.

Life
Got out of work wicked early tonight!  It was pretty slow so they cut 3 doubles including me.  Of course, as I was about to leave it started to get busy lol.  Could've used the money, but I was able to go out with Chris (the bf) since I left work at about 8:45pm.  We decided to go to a movie...at first we were gonna see Whatever Works (the new Woody Allen flick starring Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood).  When we got to the theater, however, I decided I wanted to see Bruno instead and Chris definately was on board for that lol.

The movie was sooo funny...except for one part.  They actually went hunting!  And they showed a rabbit they killed!  I had to cover my eyes and I just about cried...would've but the whole scene was literally less than a minute.  The main focus with the hunters was how anti-gay they were.  So I'm glad they didn't spend more time on the hunting.  Still, I hate the stereotypical "rednecks" and their damn need to hunt to show how friggin "manly" they are.  There is nothing powerful about killing a poor defenseless animal...especially a rabbit...and especially when you use a rifle...what's so manly about aiming?  If you want to show off your testosterone, why not aim to pee? lol.  Why not go to a shooting range if you want to fire a gun that bad...get a moving target and there you go...you get the same skill from that without the bloodshed.

I'm gonna go check on my points I sent in a redemption application for...I want to see what my total is now.  Maybe I can get that laminate...I just hope they don't run out.  I don't want to order something just to get the laminate.  I'd rather earn enough points to get something good (usually the stuff that's 5000 pts and above) and get the laminate as a bonus.

XOXO

Work
So yesterday work sucked hardcore.  They kept five of us on even though legit NO ONE came in from like 3 til shift change at 4:30.  When they did cut 3 people at about 3:00...two of the people came in after me.  And the other girl who shoulda been cut came in an hour before me.  It was bull.  Me and the opener, along with the 3 people who were cut, were all scheduled til 3:00...they should've cut people in the order we all came in.  I'm sick of those 2 people (heidi and ben) getting special treatment.  They're the last to come in and somehow they get cut first?  Plus, they're the only ones who get to switch sidework...which ben never does.  hell, he doesn't even roll silverware cause heidi does it or him.  I'm sick of how they act at work.  Other than that, I don't mind talking to heidi as long as it doesn't pertain to work stuff.  Ben is just an ass in general.

I was so ticked off that I cancelled going on date ight with chris.  I'm so sick of all the double standards and for some reason it just effected me probably way more than it should have.  So instead of going to the store to get stuff for dinner, making dinner for chris and myself, going to watch some of the bartender competition, and then going to see the new Woody Allen flick...I instead layed in bed all night watching tv and surfing the net except for getting up to make mac and cheese and corn for myself.  Chris did end up going out to  Ruby Tuesday to pick us up a chocolate tallcake.  It's alternating layers of chocolate cake and chocolate mousse.  Very yummy. 

I have to work at 5pm tonight.  Currently watching some episodes of ER and Cold Case via my DVR.  Gonna take a shower in about 10 minutes after I clean stormie's litterbox.  Then I'll make some dinner.  Mac and cheese...maybe a salad...and maybe some canned veggies.  Then I'll have to go to work.  I probably would've tried to get coverage except I need the money sooo bad, as well you know. 

Then tomorrow I work a double.  I wish I could just take food to work from home...I'm so sick of all the stuff at work that I can actually eat.  That's probably why I don't try to make new dishes very often...cause I figure, when am I able to?  And if there are left-overs, when will I be able to eat them?  I work too much to be able to do that.

Animals
I've been really looking into the organization Compassion Over Killing.  They have campaigns like PETA...and one puts Pro-Veg commercials on MTV...and they actually air apparently.  I don't watch MTV so I wouldn't know.  But I watched the commercials on the COK website, and they definately get the message across.  I think it's great that MTV airs them since so many teens watch it...it gets the message across early.  I think it's probably harder to transition the older you get.  You can watch the commercials here.

They have a store at Cafepress that you can visit here...I really wanna get the woman's zip-up raglan hoodie.  I think it's cute ^.^  There are certain things you can get at COK's marketplace on their site itself that you can get the first item free...like the Vegetarian Starter Kit, Vegetarian Guide to Washington D.C., Vegetarian Guide to Baltimore, Easy Vegan Recipes, a poster that says "See her as more than a meal", a TryVeg.com bumper sticker, and Egg carton flyers about the egg industry.  I requested the bumper sticker and the Vegetarian Starter kit since I'm still new.  That's all I've gotten for now though.

Well, I really should go take a shower now. lol.  I'm gonna have to leave for work in just a little over an hour. 

XOXO