Yanic A.

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Days 47 through 62 – 100-mile Diet - Last day came earlier than planned, but crossroads are always hard to come to…

Yanic A. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 11:19 am
It has been a while. My carpal tunnel having gotten the better of me, all little energy I had was used up at work and rest in the evenings was a must. Although honestly, it would have been hard to ge...
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Sustainability In The Workplace - A Survey by Brighter Planet

Yanic A. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 6:29 am
Hey everyone, A quick hello this morning to share a site for a survey on "Sustainability In The Workplace" by the Brighter Planet team. Please take a few minutes to fill it out: You may win 200$ in t...
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Taking a short break : Carpal Tunnel Syndrome acting up.

Yanic A. posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 4:56 am
Hello to all! I wanted to make sure you all knew I hadn't just dissapeared. I have been suffering from a bout of my CTS and have been unable to spend more than a minute or 2 typing away. I will...
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Day 46 – 100-mile Diet : Halloween without candy is no fun - But week-ends in the woods are!

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 8:51 pm
So I didn’t really think about it until today. I had thought of the challenge finishing before the holidays and not having to sacrifice any of my favorites like pumpkin pies, cranberry walnut sauce ...
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Day 44 and 45 – 100-mile diet : Finding allies

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 5:25 am
Following a wonderful comment left by Elle on my post a few weeks ago, I decided to go on a hunt for information on a little town called Vernon in British Columbia that has been doing something pretty...
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Day 40 to 43 – 100-mile diet : A week-end of fun and back to life as "normal"

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 5:47 am
Sorry it may have looked as though I disappeared for a while. The week-end was a very hectic and fun one and it took a few days to catch up on sleep and get back in the swing of things. As I had ment...
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Day 38 & 39 – 100-mile Diet : Busy last few days and prepapring for a partial "break" off the challenge.

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 5:33 am
So 2 weeks ago we received a very unexpected phone call from my mother-in-law announcing that they were planning a long week-end up in Quebec. Being from Pennsylvania, they would be driving up all day...
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Change the World Wednesday Challenge - How recycled is your stuff?

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 5:40 am
Hello to all. It's wednesday again and time for another Small Footprints "Change the World Wednesday Challenge" for you : For this week's challenge: Each time you shop for a non-food item,...
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Day 36 & 37 – 100-mile Diet : Darkness, Time changes and no coffee or tea

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 5:27 am
It is now late fall and Quebec is being tucked under a blanket of darkness. The sunrise this morning will be 7 h12 am and the sun set will be at 5 h 47 pm. Only a little over 10 hours of light and the...
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Day 33, 34 & 35 – 100-mile Diet : Taking the challenge on the road, what a wonderful week-end…

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 6:13 am
Good morning. Friday (Day 33) was a pretty relaxed work day. We had a friend over for dinner and made warm yellow and purple beet salad and spaghetti squash. We served it with an apple-strawberry cid...
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Day 31 & 32 – 100-mile Diet : Mastering and taming the sourdough bread beast!

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 17, 2009, 6:12 am
We have bread! Real bread… bread we could make little sandwiches with: Sourdough goodness that has a golden and hard outside crust and a wonderful creamy center. We couldn’t be happier! We decid...
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Blog Action Day 2009 - Understanding food miles and their impact on the environment

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2009, 2:55 pm
The main reason why my husband and I have been doing the 100-mile challenge was to not only have a better understanding of where our food comes from and to put a face on who feeds us, but it was also ...
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Day 29 & 30 – 100-mile Diet : Busy week and reaching one month.

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2009, 5:18 am
Ever since I got back from holiday (It was Canadian Thanksgiving this past Monday), the week has been hectic to say the least. Overloads of tasks at work have forced us, both my husband and I, to put ...
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Day 27 & 28 – 100-mile diet : Quiet days and quiet teas.

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 5:33 am
Good morning. The last few days have been mellow ones as far as the diet goes. After Saturday’s roller-coaster, we decided to think of other things. When you’ve been thinking about food non stop ...
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Day 24 - 25 & 26 - 100-mile diet : Lots to do and lots to think about...

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 9:10 am
On Day 24 (Thursday), a friend of mine sent me a recipe for home made fresh cheese. Our first thought was “amazing! A money saving idea!” Turns out it may not replace the sharp cheddar we love so...
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Change the World Wednesday Challenge - Walk with a purpose!

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 4:59 am
Back (a few days late) with another great CTWW challenge from my friend Small Footprints : Put on your walking shoes because this week we're going to walk ... not just idle walking ... we're ...
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Day 23 - 100 mile diet : Reward day.

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 5:19 am
So, when we first started planning the challenge, we had been dead set on being absolute purists. My husband and I have a tendency to be very hard on ourselves. We feel very guilty about succumbing to...
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Day 21 and 22 – 100 mile diet : As time goes by…

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 7:30 pm
Monday (Day 21) was pretty uneventful. We had leftovers for lunch and made oven roasted root vegetables for dinner. We had leftover goat milk yogurt so my husband decided to make a nice little garlic-...
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Day 18-19 & 20 – 100-mile Diet : A very big and productive week-end…

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 6:32 am
I hope everyone had a great week-end. Sorry for being away for a few days. Between not being home and then being home but having the computer unhooked for painting, I haven’t had the chance or the t...
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Day 17 – 100 mile diet : Quiet night musings

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 6:12 pm
I’m sitting alone in my living room, waiting for my husband to get home from helping out a friend tonight and I decided to write. I rarely have time to write on the actual day I post about and end u...
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Day 16 – 100-mile Diet : Simple is best.

Yanic A. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 5:25 am
Until now, I’ve never really taken the time to fully appreciate what the convenience of quick food brings us. The idea of coming home, mixing together a few things and sitting, lazily, while they ba...
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Adventures into green...

Yanic A. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 5:07 pm

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Change the World Wednesday Challenge - Make wraps and foils a No-No in your home!

Yanic A. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 4:58 pm
So here we go for another challenge! It's been a few weeks since I've posted, but I wanted to do my share. So this week's CTWW challenge is as follows : This week ... for the entire week...
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Day 15 – 100 mile Diet : A good night…

Yanic A. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 4:32 pm
I'm a little late posting today... ran out of time this morning. Yesterday (Day 15) was a very good night. Why you may ask? Because we took care of the first of many points I had on my list of th...
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Day 14 – 100 mile Diet: 2 weeks already?

Yanic A. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 5:32 am
Time sure does fly! We realized last night that we had hit the 2 week mark of our NOW 64 day venture. (Our new end date now being November 18 because of a few social life amendments taken.) We start...
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Day 11-12-13 – 100-mile Diet: Humdrum, canning and football without beer.

Yanic A. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 5:28 am
Hello to everyone. I hope everyone had a wonderful week-end. I’ve been so little at home this week-end, I didn’t have the time to write anything so I thought I’d jumble it all together. Friday ...
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Day 10 – 100-mile diet : Revelations and Amuse-bouche!

Yanic A. posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 7:20 pm
Good evening to all. Today was a good day food wise! Not only did my mayonnaise turned out great and we found a celery the size of a small grocery bag and I was able to make egg salad, but we had an ...
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Day 9 – 100-mile Diet: Bringing out the books.

Yanic A. posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 5:14 am
After the slight slump that my hubby and I had early in the week about food choices and stuff we could not have, we decided to try our hand at making a list of things to make sure we wouldn’t feel l...
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Day 8 – 100-mille Diet : Don't know what you got 'til it's gone…

Yanic A. posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 4:58 am
Since yesterday morning, I’ve had that song stuck in my head. *Cues the 80s soundtrack* It started with being upset with myself in the morning for having problems concentrating enough to read my sc...
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