Chops

Well this weekend went by fairly.....slow it seems. I ate a good bit of bad food. A place called Souper Salad which is a salad+ buffet. We were out late book shopping and this seemed a better option than macaroni grill. I say better because someone in the family is the pickiest eater ever. Souper Salad was surprising pretty good though as buffets go.

Sunday after seeking out some used book stores and consignment furniture places we found ourselves at Olive Garden. hahahaha yah I think Liz jedi mind tricked me into going here. I chose some low cal options for soup and entree. They were ok. But I had to have some desert. I decided to try their new Dolcini deserts which are little cups of creams and chocolates that you can get in different combos. They were decent enough. Asa ate a good portion of chocolate cake and reminded us later that high levels of sugar equal lots of screaming later.

Anyway, I felt kinda restless this whole weekend. I didn't run and I don't have a book to read. I think this was perhaps why.

Last week, I actually read this book very quickly as it's pretty short. It's a simple book with some powerful messages. One of my fav quotes is from Mother Teresa: " We can do no great things, only small things with great love."

Liz had actually had a chance to listen to Dr. Morsch speak so she bought a copy. She is investigating an opportunity to do some work in Niger ( pronounced Ni zhay) next year as well.

I am gravitating towards another war related book right now and if nothing peaks my interest I may have to pick it up.

Recently I purchased another knife. It's been a long time. Here's a pic of the blade.
Normally I don't find such a 'pointy' blade very pleasing, but I guess I was ready for it. The interesting thing about this knife is the symbol of the company. Al Mar was actually the name of the company's founder who was Chinese American I believe. The symbol turns out is what is called his 'chop'. It's a family seal of sorts that goes with perhaps older traditions of a signatory power that is held in higher regard than just ones name. I still don't know what it means per se, but I think it has something to do with 'horse' which would allude to probably the finer qualities of a horse. You got some CHOP knowledge? Feel free to fill me! ( uhh in)