Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

"Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" is back for its second season on ABC Tuesday evenings at 8pm (and for those of us who are too busy, you can catch it on abc.com!) I got hooked on this show last year when it was in its first season, and even wrote an article for my youth newsletter about the show. This season, Jamie is trying to impact the public school lunch system in Los Angeles. He is being met with great opposition, and the school board will not even let him look in the kitchens, which is pretty sad if you ask me.

Now that I am going to be working in a school next year, I feel even more connected to this cause. With all the health issues in our country, I was shocked at some of the illustrations he used to show what our kids are being fed at school. For example, he had a dump truck pump a school bus full of all the sugar in flavored milk just in Los Angeles public schools each week. The sugar filled the whole school bus and leaked out the windows making huge piles on the parking lot! And that's just the flavored milk in one city, in one week!

This is an eye-opening show for everyone, whether you are involved with schools or not. It's definitely an inspiration to think about where our food comes from and what we are putting into our bodies!

"Wolf Pack" is an interesting mascot...

As the days I have left in the Burgh come to a close, I am getting excited and anxious! We recieved the very exciting news that NC State wanted to offer Nolan an RD position. He accepted the position and will be moving to Raleigh while I am at my training in Mississippi in July. "Relief" is an understatemnt for how we are feeling to have all the details coming together! Thanks to everyone who prayed for us through this job hunt. I guess I better start liking red more...because NC State is the "Wolf Pack" (I better figure out if that is one or two words...) and their colors are red and white!

And we're back...

Life has been very chaotic lately, and my blogging has fallen by the wayside. There are lots of changes in our lives, and I am very excited for this new adventure. Nolan and I will be moving to North Carolina this summer where I will be teaching middle school English with a program called Teach for America. Nolan is in the midst of the job search, and we know something will come around! In other news, my family has lots to celebrate...Melanie is graduating high school (ah! so crazy) and my mom is getting married on May 28. I am excited for both of these wonderful events. As excited as I am to start a new phase of life, it is certainly is bittersweet leaving a city I have called home my whole life, leaving people I love, and a job that has really helped to shape who I am. Nolan and I are so grateful for supportive friends, family, and church "families" who are celebrating this new adventure with us. I look forward to blogging more often...and letting anyone who reads this in on the ups and downs of being a first year teacher and living in a new city!