Lunch Wars

One of the best things ever to be invented in the blogging land is BlogHer and, more specifically, BlogHer book club.  I love books.  I'm sure you knew that.  So I was so so SO excited to be asked to participate in my first BlogHer book club book review!

Other than wizards, there isn't much than interests me more than reading about health/nutrition/fitness/what's in my food, and I was really pumped to get to read Lunch Wars.  Amy Kalafa is an award winning film maker (she made Two Angry Moms) who wrote about her experience in investigating what her kids were being served at school.

The first 2 chapters were super interesting to me.  She taught me a lot about what is in my food, not just in school lunches (i.e. the 26 bazillion other names for MSG).  But, because I am not a parent, I found the rest of the book to be a bit of a bore as Kalafa speaks mostly about how you can get involved in your childrens' schools, how you can connect with the food service provider, and how you can create groups to take action.  After the first 2 chapters, I was uninspired as I didn't feel like it pertained much to me.  With that said, if I did have kids, we'd be having a serious revolution in Houston.

If you're a mom and you even minutely care about what your kids are eating, pick up Lunch Wars.  You'll learn more than you ever wanted to know.


This was a paid review for BlogHer Book Club but the opinions expressed are my own.

My man got 3rd in the state race. Yep, that's a good title.

Aashi

I just registered for my 2nd half marathon.
Oct 23rd in Houston!!
This time I will be running for Aashi- she is one of the girls at As Our Own (formerly Charasia)
I have talked about this organization eleventy billion times
It has my heart.
Next summer I am hoping to visit for 10 days or so
How fun would it be to tell Aashi I ran for her??

So, I am raising money for her
This is my first time to raise money for a race...I'm usually so meh about it
But she means a lot to me.
So here is my page!  Click it
Even a dollar matters so much to me.

You can also go to my page just to read more about As Our Own and how God is using them to rescue hundreds of girls from slavery.

Aashi.  Love.  Run.

Another List

Devin and I have this pattern...we decide to go out to eat, neither of us wants to make a decision, and I get mad.  Normal, right?

Last month was Houston Restaurant Weeks?  Month?  I don't even know...it was all of August, and we tried a couple of places we've been holding out for.  Then, we got inspired and made this

As you can see, we go to Bible study on Wednesday nights.

Anyway, now when we decide to go out for a bite, we can close our eyes and point to one on the list.  Prollum solved.

Any suggestions you don't see on ze list??