The elimination of plastic (some how missed posting this in April)

This has been a complicated part of my life since 2013 when I had it as one of my requirements.  The kitchen is the hardest and I had gotten things down pretty well except for yogurt containers ... could not find it sold in anything but plastic containers.   Made me kind of crazy ... I looked into yogurt makers but it seemed excessive and environmentally unfriendly to buy yet another appliance ... I have been trying to reduce that way as well. It was slow at work and I was cruising the net and I discovered a recipe for homemade yogurt, you can make in the crockpot (glass and metal and I own one already) and its so easy.
I pick up organic milk, in a glass container which you can return to the store,
heat it in the crockpot for a couple of hours,
let it cool for a couple hours,
add some organic yogurt with live bacterial culture
wrap the crockpot and mixture in a bath towel to keep warm
go to sleep
next day YOGURT which I can then store in GLASS jars!

Probably seems silly but its a tough battle ... every shopping trip is an adventure in packaging, which choice is more environmentally friendly can I recycle, reuse this container, and the final question did I remember to bring in the reusable grocery bags

GBS Sucker Punch

This Guillian Barre Syndrome (if you think in fighting terms) was a sucker punch to Melanie and our family (that includes alot of people at SRKF) ... it just came out of no where, and shocked us all pretty badly.

At this point I can only say thank god she is getting better.  Life lessons will need a little more time and distance for me to recognize ... I am still kind of catching my emotional breath (if that makes any sense).

I have been practicing my sword form and trying to catch up on my numbers which did a number (ha ha) on my back which is now on the mend.  I am planning on doing my sword form and mu long khun (maybe I should learn how to spell it first) at the tiger challenge so I need to get back to it.  Really enjoyed returning to classes and being part of the I Ho Chuan team again.

I would like to thank everyone again for all the support, emotional and financial it was very much appreciated.