Healthy Eating

Healthy eating - two words I normally don't put right next to each other like that. Why? Because it's offensive to ruin delicious foods with things like nutrients and vitamins.

Shannon and her family have commenced a healthy eating kick. I think it's the Special K diet or Slim Fast or South Beach or Atkin's or Weight Watchers or Curvers or Tae Bo or Pilates or Jillian Michaels or SOMETHING.

Anyway, they have this deal where you eat healthy all day, exercise 3-4 times a week, and if you mess up once, you pay a dollar into the pot. What happens with the money at the end, I'm not sure. I say they donate it to some obese children's charity.

So Shannon asked if I wanted to join in. Now I am out of shape, I could use some serious toning, and it's almost summer, but what's this I hear about no treats until the weekend? CRAZY. And having to pay money if I want to cheat? Who willingly does that?

I don't know if I can do it. I love food. Shannon says I eat pretty well already, I just eat too much. Even healthier things. I poured myself a nice tall class of Tropicana Orange Juice and she said that I need to cut that in half! Whaaaa??

We went shopping and you would of thought that some alien possessed my body because in my shopping cart was REDUCED FAT Cheez-Its, REDUCED FAT string cheese, healthy cereal (no Cocoa Puffs), and V8 Juice. Yuck.

So wish me luck. I agreed to do this (I'm such a push-over). I'm apparently going to have rock-hard abs and broad shoulders. I think Shannon wants me to do this more than I do.

My picks for the Spring

Ok guys, these are the albums you absolutely need to have this season. I say albums because I don't care if you purchase the CD, download it off iTunes, somehow get it on cassette, WHATEVER. Just get this music!

1) David Crowder*Band - Church Music

Once again proving they're awesome, here's the latest from DCB. Showing they can continue to adapt, we see more rocking, guitar-led songs as well as some more use of synthesizers and mixing. It's an amazing CD. Songs to check out: SMS (Shine), Oh Happiness, and How He Loves.

2) Owl City - Ocean Eyes

This is for all you helpless romantics out there. This album is just plain cool. Track to check out: Fireflies.

3) Hillsong United - Faith + Hope + Love

Proving that they're still amazingly anointed, the crew over in Sydney show up again. Pretty much all new frontmen (and women) in the band (Joel Houston, Marty Samson, Brooke Fraser, etc. - all gone). But they're just as good, if not better. I think I love every track on the album. Songs to listen to: The First and the Last, For Your Name.

A little belated Easter humor

I laughed aloud at this.

The Return

After a 5 month sabbatical, I have decided to make a comeback in the blogging scene. It could of been Julie Powell who inspired me, or the band deciding to create a blog, or something else. But nevertheless, here I am.

Today's post will raise an extremely controversial, polarizing question. But let me first construct the framework from whence this question comes.

You're a young man or woman. You aren't married, you don't have any children, you may or may not still live at home with your parents. You have a car and a job. Easter day comes! And the loving and doting woman who gave birth to you presents you with an Easter basket filled with goodies! How awesome is that!

The next day comes. You go to work (or school) and since the holiday is over, life goes back to normal. With one change: at home there is a basket piled high with candy. So for the next couple of weeks, any chocolate or sugar cravings you have will be satiated by this woven wonder.

On the way home that day, however, you stop at the supermarket. And right smack-dab in front of you is a display case utterly teeming with Easter candy, all 75 - 85% off regular price! You have some spending money, you love chocolate, and there are amazing deals that you will not get for another 365 days sitting right in front of you.

So the question is: WHAT DO YOU DO? Do you walk away without getting any because remember, you have a full basket of candy at home. You won't be deprived. Plus buying even more candy screams "PIG!" But then again, the candy you already have will run out in a couple of weeks and at then you'll be wishing you bought some more. And in two weeks, these deals will be gone. I mean, you certainly can freeze it for later. Dilemma!

I bought another bunny.