Blessed with Full hands: May 2010

Food, Inc - A movie "review"

This past weekend, my husband and I finally watched the documentary Food, Inc. I had been wanting to watch it for a while and I knew the basics of what it was about, and I also knew that watching it would probably be the "nail in the coffin" for me. I have been on the verge of trying to switch to organic, locally grown foods, including meats, but our budget and just good old lack of real planning have prevented me from making the full switch. Yes, we rarely buy processed foods. Yes, I cook from scratch. Yes, I even have a small garden. But, I knew that there was more I wanted to do. More I needed to do.

Well, watching Food, Inc was the final push. I highly recommend watching this documentary, just know that you will want to change how you eat.

May

FRESH

I have not seen Fresh yet, but it is a documentary similar to Food, Inc, except that it focuses the process food goes through to get from the farm to your table and why it is so important to buy local, organic foods.

May

Our Weekend on the Run

We had a very busy weekend this weekend! It was full of fun and lots and lots of activities.

Saturday morning, the boys had their Kids on the Run Race. They were both excited and K was running practice laps in his bedroom before bed Friday night. The races started at 8:30 AM and since I do not know my Maryland geography yet and thought the race was a lot closer than it was, we had to get everyone up early. The boys slept in their race clothes and ate breakfast in the car.

May

7 Quick Takes Friday

This is the first time I am writing a 7 quick takes post. I have not blogged much lately, nor do I have much time to type away at the computer, so I thought this would be a good post to try to write down where I am at these days. Go on over to Conversion Diary and check out more 7 Quick Takes Friday.

1. I had a great Mother's Day. My parents were in town and it was so nice to spend Mother's Day with my mom.

May

Barefoot running video - if anyone is interested

It is enough to convince me that barefoot running is better for your body!

May

Health: Barefoot Running - nytimes.com/video

I am sorry if all this running stuff is boring anyone . . . this is more of a healthy reminder to myself . . .

May

Things I hope I remember

Months ago, somewhere in the world of the Internet, on a blog I do not remember, the blogger mentioned that she read the book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller. I was intrigued. Not intrigued enough to buy it, but intrigued enough to put it on hold at the library. Well, this week it finally came in.

In the last two days I have read more of it that I probably should have. When I am done, I will probably give a full review.