From: ByzCathMom (71.99.226.160)
Greeting: Howdy
Date: April 5, 2005 at 8:18 am PST

I am a 36 year-old work-at-home wife and mom to one great kid. I live
in the Tampa Bay area in the hot, humid and oh-so-sticky state of
Florida.

I have been vegetarian since 2003. Unfortunately, I had a very notable
lapse where I returned to eating meat. That little experiment cost me
a lot in the way of health so I'm back to being a vegetarian.

I plan to transition to a vegan diet - but since I'm taking my family
with me on this journey (and one of them isn't exactly thrilled) I
think it will be a longer transition time. But I have started by
cutting out eggs and butter completely. I am working on cheese now.
And then I will start worrying about all of the "hidden" dairy
ingredients in things.

My daughter is 9 years old and is totally on board with the changes.
My husband is slightly less enthusiastic but willing none-the-less.

I've learned a lot from this site and am looking forward to drawing
more heavily on the resources here in the future as I transition more
fully to an animal-free diet and lifestyle.