From a favorite book I just finished re-reading this morning, Life Expectancy.
“My parents didn’t raise me to ask God for blessings or benefits.  For guidance, yes.  For the strength to do the right thing, yes.  Not for a winning lottery number, not for love or health, or happiness.  Prayer is not a gimme list; God isn’t Santa Claus.”
“…I believe that without asking, we are given all we need.  We must have the wit and wisdom to recognize the strengths and tools at our command, and find the courage to do what must be done.”
The wit and wisdom and sincerity with [...]

I got an email last week sometime from Amazon.com touting their many different ab-improving products at discount prices and that got me to thinking as I clicked through pics of ab toners and chairs and rockets…I want to come up with an infomercial product at least once in my life.
Think of it!
An amazing way to twist off pounds (Red XL Abdominal Exerciser ) or flex your muscles all day while you do other productive things with your time (Vibro Toning Belt)!   There are ab machines that simulate riding a horse but without the horsey smells and outside stuff.  I, [...]

Eat more beef, save the planet.
Okay…that’s a very simplistic thought and grand start to this post but the idea is a solid one.  Eating beef IS good for you and the planet but only if the animals are raised right.
If you’ve watched Food, Inc. or read Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma you’ve seen the negative side of cheap meat.  Factory farms are taking nature and systematizing it in such a way that every aspect of the process is ultimately a negative to the planet.  The list of offenses, wrongs and horrors in factory farming is so long and depressing that it [...]

The Nutrition Seminar was a hit!  Excellent info floated around and I hope the thinking process was started in regards to the role food plays in our lives.  A huge highlight of the day was having Jason with Yonder Way Farm come in to speak about their farm, what they are doing differently than the factory farms and how that benefits us.  The question I got the most this past week when speaking about starting orders with Yonder Way was how do their prices compare to HEB.  Well, if you’re buying the “better” cuts of beef at HEB then you’re [...]

This Saturday (1-30-10) from 11 to 2 p.m. CFChampions will be hosting a Nutrition Seminar at Greater Houston Pool Management Office on Old Huffmeister.  Thanks to Eric and Michelle for the use of their facility again!  On a special note…Jason Kramer of Yonder Way Farm will be attending the seminar and filling in with his expertise on grain-fed, pastured animals and their health benefits as well as answering questions and taking orders for a Thursday (2/4) delivery!  CrossFit Champions and Yonder Way Farms will be working together to improve the health of our members and those their lives touch!   [...]

And then I’m not happy with this blog.  Either the direction or content or layout or anything else that could be changed and that’s what will happen.  In January.
So its under destruction and then reconstruction.  The old posts will stay but the direction and structure in 2 weeks will be different.
One can only hope its for the better.
See ya!

The Fed.
One of my favorite blogs to read is Tom Naughton’s as he covers a broad range of topics in what seems to me to be a logical and sane manner and explains or argues their merit with a healthy dose of sarcasm and tongue in cheek humor.  On Thursday he wrote about the Fed and left leaning journalism.  It’s been a while since I was in economics class in either high school or college so a refresher was nice.  Check it out.
http://www.tomnaughton.com/?p=427
Kind of a book end to Mr. Naughton’s article was one in the Wall Street Journal this morning [...]

There once were two opposing thoughts in articles…okay, one was a blog post and one was from The Wall Street Journal…regarding food choices in these tight economic times.  Still, the subject matters are the same but from opposing sides.
From the original Wall Street Journal article “Value is what counts to consumers right now,” says Bob Goldin, executive vice president at Technomic. “And, unfortunately, in the minds of many consumers, a lot of these lower-priced options are just not as healthy, but they’re still buying them.”

I like the irony in that bit about value being what counts right now.  Really?  If [...]

Yesterday, Matt grilled pork chops.  They were fantastic and difficult to not snack on all day until they were gone.  So after we got home from the gym I needed to come up with something quick and easy to go with them.  No problem.  Whatever I made would be overshadowed by those pork chops.   Spinach salad?  ehh…no.  I did find the pre-cut and cubed butternut squash at Costco that Anne S. had told me about so that was an option.  Maybe…  Okay.  There’s a recipe on the inside of the lid that looked like it had potential.  Divvied up the [...]

We’re having problems…again…with our kitchen sink not draining.  A month ago we had the line from the sink to where ever it is that the waste line runs cleaned out.  At the time, the guy said we needed to add a vent to the sink as our house doesn’t have one because there are is a window that is over and behind the sink.  Its a corner sink and the window is a nice little feature but I’d rather have waste water that drained.   This house is 30 years old and has never had a vent and NOW it can’t [...]