Eclectic Lotus

I bought the Happy Planner. Here is my review: When December comes, I am in disarray because I am seeking another planner. I have been purchasing Blue Sky planners but will neglect them. The one I bought last year came from Target and it was blue and pink- flexible and broken up into two sections. While I worked on it I was okay but touched it once every two weeks. Now, because I am paid as an independent contractor on my job (s) I have to make sure I have it all written out so I will know how much to pay for estimated taxes every quarter. My planner is my way of recording that. Appointments, addresses and other nominal facts are added to the planner or should be as they are a way to get my chaotic life in order. I have a planner gal who is also a life long friend. She doesn't know that I am saying this about her but she seems to have it together with her husband, kids and life all around. It sounds exhausting when she tells me about her life but she has told me the same about ...

So, this latest decade I have been into food. Not all food but select food has been one of my new passions which I am wondering if it coincides with the new decade I am as I have approached my 40's. Lunch from last week- a teriyaki tofu sandwich on french bread with french fries- a guilty meal I have attempted to try vegan, plant based throughout the week as my experiment. The last time I experimented with a lifestyle change ( I refuse to call it a diet) was when I was 30 and I tried being a lacto-ovo vegetarian which has sustained me throughout my 30's with my second pregnancy. ( My first pregnancy, I ate meat because baby craved red meat so I dropped being a vegetarian.) During work- "cheesy" chickpea pasta with veggies I did one full work week of vegan/plant based and I was impressed! I did not think that there would be much of a change as I am a lacto- ovo vegetarian which if you have not been keeping up with the whole vegetarian trends is a litt...