Food, Inc.....My review

Yeah, yeah, everyone and their brother with a blog has done some kind of review about this documentary. But, I still want to get it out there how important and relevant the issues in this movie are...ESPECIALLY considering that our children's generation is the first in history to have a shorter life span than we, their parents.  And I wish I could say it was because of God's rapture of His followers, but that's not necessarily the case ;)

After several months of reading reviews, second-hand recaps and condensed versions of the movie Food, Inc., I was finally able to see the full 91 minutes of the movie instead of the 3 minute trailer on youtube.
I had prepared myself mentally and emotionally for the vast amount of information I was about to take in.
Or so I thought.
I thought I knew the gist of what I was going to see and hear. I had read the Michael Pollan, David Kessler, and Marion Nestle books about the food industry and its prioritization of profit over consumer health.
Despite all my preparations, I was in tears within the first 15 minutes of the movie.
I was enraged, grieved, and at one point felt virtually helpless.
There were several things that touched a nerve with me in the movie.
The first was how cows have to be administered antiobiotics simply to survive on the corn they're being force-fed.
Great, right?
We're consuming the meat and by-products of an animal being injected with medicine because it's eating what it shouldn't be eating.
The second part was how all the vitamin-void, nutrient-deprived, processed crap food is cheaper than the vitamin rich, nutrient dense, calorically beneficial food found in nature.
Food is barely food anymore.
It reminds me of a quote from the movie Say Anything. Lloyd's sister says to him,
"Why do you eat that stuff? There's no food in your food!"
The story about the family who was too busy and too "poor" to buy real food quite simply infuriated me on several levels.
Remember my post about having an Ikigai?  One of my faves :)
I'm starting to believe that getting this information about the food industry's perversion of pure unadulterated into schools could be part of my Ikigai.
At the end of the movie there is a list of things to do to help make a difference in how and what you purchase, consume and support.
Going to the http://www.foodincmovie.com/ website provides even more opportunities to be proactive.

You don't have to be a prisoner of the corporate food powers that be. There is hope, there ARE options, and there are opportunities to change things.

Dads and Daughters

Is there anything sweeter than a daddy and his little girl dancing?  I suggest "no."

Tonight I had the honor of being Bruce and Trinity's personal photographer at the 2010 Shamrock and Roll Daddy Daughter Dance :)

Trinity is a Daisy Scout this year, and earned a super cool badge just for going to the dance!     

My favorite moment of the evening was when we first walked into the heavily decorated lobby, we heard the music pumpin' coming out of the gym and Trinity said, "Oh.Snap."

The dress: Bruce surprised her with it one day. He picked it out all by himself. Good taste, eh?

She is havin' a blasty dancin' to "I Gotta Feelin"! Woo hoo!

They didn't win this competition and my little stinker is a very sore loser. *sigh* There were tears. I hope she's able to overcome that reaction SOON. She is SO competitive.

Another slow dance :)

Dads and daughters have a special relationship. There are tons of studies about the absence or presence of a male influence in a daughter's life and how it affects her spiritually and psychologically.

Dads are the first representation of God to any child, male or female.

With daughters, there's a unique opportunity for dads to show how other men should treat her.

I'm so grateful that Bruce is the strong male presence in Trinity's life, and subsequently the standard for how her future husband should treat and respect her.

Frugal Fashion Finds

I got some St. Patrick's Day Deals!

The warm weather has inspired me to get some "new" clothes for the upcoming spring and summer seasons.

So, I headed to Goodwill and found these two skirts and dress, along with two pairs of shorts for Trinity and a pair of shoes for only $20!

Duggar style, yo. ;)

The comfy walking/hiking/shopping shoes :) They fit perfectly, which is surprising since I have ginormous feet.

If my height correlated to my shoe size, I'd be 6 feet tall. Ha!

Below...my fave new dress :)  Sooooo comfy.

I found it at Kohl's, and was THRILLED when I saw that the $58 pricetag had been knocked down to a mere $7!!  All mine!