Beautiful Each Day

“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to the stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear on cheerfully, do all bravely, awaiting occasions, worry never; in a word, to, like the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common.” ~ William Henry Channing

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Another Challenge - Buy Nothing in April

I have already signed up my unknowing family for the 100-foot Diet Challenge. Aliana was enthusiastic. The rest of the crew didn't really notice. This next one, though, is a little more strenuous than eating a delicious home-grown meal once a week.

From elsewhere in cyberspace, a blogger named Crunchy Chicken has challenged us to stop buying stuff for the entire month of April. You get to buy food, medicine and essentials, but not stuff.

Here's how she lays it out:

No new clothes
No new gadgets
No new furniture or housewares
No salon services
No makeup
No tools
No whatever the hell else people buy

Here's her page: http://crunchychicken.blogspot.com/2008/03/buy-nothing-challenge.html

I can't actually rope Patrick into this one, but the kids and I are in! Here goes.