the bitter truth

A while ago my mom saw this clip on CNN, and shared it with me. Since I am a promoter of all things health (if you remember from my 23 1/2 hours post), feel free to watch and share this with your friends. I found this clip absolutely fascinating, considering it's not just "fat" that makes our cholesterol levels go up, and the way sugar affects our brain. Anyway, enjoy! 

Have a happy and above average Thursday :)

summer pride days

I love summer. I love the sun, light until ten o'clock at night, sno cones, going on walks with Robert, the sun setting over fields, gardening, watermelon, BBQ's, and family. But most of all, I love being in Idaho where the high is 90 and the low is 50. (as opposed to 120 for LV).  School ends in 10 days, and we plan on having seven weeks of summer heaven before the Fall semester begins.

This past weekend my family flew up from Las Vegas to visit my Grandma, who lives just an hour south of us.  

A summary of our weekend is as follows:

A six mile run- turned into a ten mile run

family dinners

family history (stories)

watermelon

walks

The Cosby Show

sno cones

snow mobile races on the lake

Bob's Cafe

Maggie crying every time she saw Robert,

and an awesome family

Needless to say, it was a pretty good pre-finals weekend.

Now just to get through the actual finals part.

Happy Birthday, America.

I hope everyone enjoys their 4th! :)

PS- This isn't ment as a political, pro-Romney post; but rather a pro-American-wohoo-we-love-independance-day-and-America-post.