Resverotrol

This is a link to a piece on CBS News / 60 Minutes about a new antioxidant called Resverotrol, which takes the nutrients found in red wine & concentrates it for health benefits. It's said to have many benefits, relating to age- weight- heart disease-diabetes-cancer-auto immune diseases, etc. The studies showed the ability to prevent diseases + improvement of diseases already in progress.

Why not just drink more red wine I ask? (I LOVE my Wine!) The answer is that it would take about 1000 glasses of red wine a day to equal the amount of antioxidants in the 250 mg capsules! I don't love wine THAT much- I have some restraint!

My Dr. recommended it for me & I thought I would pass the information along. It's hard to tell if the antioxidants alone are helping or the combination of various techniques I (we) try towards the goal of health & well being on a large scale. I figure every little bit helps ; )

Anyway, I buy mine at GNC for about $20.00 (250 mg) the higher the mg's the higher the price. Mine is middle range, the highest I found was in the 400 mg range. 2 pills in the morning can't hurt if it means living a little longer with higher quality of life. And if nothing else- a few extra antioxidants can't be bad...

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4752354n

UnThink KFC

On Friday Luis was on our local Sacramento news to promote KFC's new grilled chicken The promotion is called "UnThink KFC". On Monday, the company will sponsor an "unfried" day. Anyone can walk into a KFC on Monday April 27th, and get a free piece of grilled chicken!

Luis will do another interview with NBC on Monday morning, and 2 more in the month of May. Who knew Chicken was so interesting? Here's the link to the Sacramento News...

http://www.sacandco.net/archives/index.htm

Cassie's Shoe

Click on photo to enlargeCassie was bored in Spanish class on Friday & drew a picture of her shoe, pretty cool!

Easter Picture

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Here is a Picture of Cassie, Lexie & Michelle,

My Chinese Northern Ca Daughter- She calls herself a "Chexican"!

with the Easter Bunny. They're such good sports!

Road Trip

This week, the girls, Roscoe & I accompanied Luis on a work related "Road Trip". We drove to Nevada & spent some time with my brother Adam & his family (videos of them to come later!). After Nevada we headed to Oregon where we saw deer crossing right in front of us! From Oregon we went to Boise Idaho, it was beautiful!

Our hotel was in "downtown", there we found great food (including a Chocolate Factory!) local Native American & Mexican Art and awesome state parks & museums. We did this all in 3 short days, road warriors! Here are some pictures & video clips of our little trip...

This is a web-site with information about Parks & recreational activities throughout the state of Idaho: http://parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/

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Sacagawea

Cassie was in such a state of peace & tranquility when we came upon this bronze statue of Sacagawea in front of the Idaho Museum of History. The area is well known for its role in history of the Lewis and Clark expedition of the transcontinental crossing of North America.

Sacagawea, best known as the essential guide and interpreter during the journey, is derived from the Hidatsa language, tsakáka wía, meaning "bird woman. She was born into an Agaidika ("Salmon Eater") tribe of Lemhi Shoshone, between Kenney Creek and Agency Creek about twenty minutes away from Hayden and Bear Trail Creeks in the city of Salmon in Lemhi County, Idaho.

She has spoken to a deep part of Cassie since she first learned of her early during her elementary school years, as a model of stregth, determination, beauty and a connection to the suffrage of the Indigenous peoples and women across the Americas.

It was an honor, as a Mother & Woman, to watch my daughter's expression & emotions as she stood gazing at the statue of this remarkable woman. She said she could almost feel her soul looking down upon her. For Cassie, Sacagawea holds the place of women, children and the struggles of our earth close at heart next to her bosom as a symbol for us all.

Put in the Big Rocks First

One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz." Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"Everyone in the class said, "Yes."

Then he said, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks. Then he asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?" "No!" the class shouted.

Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"

"No," the speaker replied, "That's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all." What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Your children; Your loved ones; Your education; Your dreams; A worthy cause; Teaching or mentoring others; Doing things that you love; Time for yourself; Your health; Your significant other?

Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all. If you sweat the little stuff (the gravel, the sand) then you'll fill your life with little things you worry about that don't really matter, and you'll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff (the big rocks). So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first."

Posted by Stephen C. Ehrmann to the POD listserv, August 21, 2000, Ehrmann@tltgroup.org