American Shaolin

This book is amazing!!!! I have been trying to start reading books more than just sitting in front of the T.V. all day. This book has definitely helped me fulfill my new goal.... I can't put the thing down. It's a pretty easy read.

Mathew Polly (the author) recounts his experience of his 2 year quest to China's famous Shaolin Temple. I love his purpose, and I love how he describes his experience. It reminds me of my mission to Uruguay..... only he is there to better understand Kung-Fu. He really immerses himself in the Chinese culture and you learn a lot about it.

I think it is a good book to read for anyone who enjoys reading about self discovery. You can see the evolution of Polly as he continues to sacrifice ("taste the bitter") through his journey in order to truly grow from the experience.

I'm definitely not a good journalist or nothing. Can't say this short synopsis is worthy of making it anywhere past my little blog. It's good stuff though.

A Tasty, Healthy Treat!

I'm taking a nutrition class this summer at MSJC and one of our discussion board assignments was to try something that is truly "whole grain". I'm finding out how unhealthy things can be, even when they seem healthy. The whole grain bread I get from Stater Bro's is full of bad stuff..... (sorry, I'm not trying to act like a crazy health nut, because I'm not even that hard core.) Anyways, I tried the Ezekiel 4:9 bread, basically they take the Bible verse very literally and make the bread described in the text:

"Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley,
and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and ^afitches,
and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof...."

I bought a loaf of the original and a loaf of the cinnamon raisin. It is good stuff!!!! It costs about $3 a loaf, but it's pretty dang good and way healthy. I'm totally a fan and will probably purchase it regularly. Just thought I'd share my newest discovery!!!!

Softball Season!!!

My new hobby these days has been playing some softball on Thursday nights with my Dad. I went for the first time 3 weeks ago to try it out, and I had a lot of fun! My Dad decided to get me a baseball glove for my birthday to kind of seal the deal on me playing for his team.

On top of that, he mentioned to my Mom that there were some cleats on sale over at Chick's Sporting Goods that would be a good addition to my softball gear as well. Well, these are the cool cleats I just picked up yesterday (even though my birthday was March 20th).... they are a little behind.

I'm pretty stoked about it actually. Softball is good fun, except, throwing the ball all night really hurts my arm. The team put me in the "hot box" or third base. I get a lot of hits coming my way!

Well, it has been too long since I've posted anything so, with a little inspiration from my sister, I am sharing with you my work desk. I call this picture "My Desk-Life", because the majority of my life is right here. This desk has some character. I have sat at here for the past few years.... ever since we moved offices due to a fire. It was sort of torn apart through the moving process. As cluttered as it might look, I actually have everything really organized and I clean and dust it frequently. Anyways, this blog is more of a resolve to post more on my blog, so I took initiative and started right away by taking a picture with my cell phone. My example for good blogging: Tristen and Ken! Thanks Tristen for all your entries, I love to read them!