Hi friends – Happy Weekend!
Before I get to the topics of today’s post, I want to say how much I loved reading your comments about the “Get Hungry” post – lots of really good comments and conversation! Thank you so much for that and I’m so glad that you guys liked the post so much! I’ll be sure to include more like that in the future. If you like what you read here, please pass the link on! (and you can follow me on Twitter to get FeatTweets!) Let’s build the FitFeat community so that we can continue to share and exchange all of our ideas!
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Do any of you ever watch that show on TV called “What Would You Do?” where they have hidden cameras taping actors doing something morally out of line to see how people respond that aren’t in on it? I feel like I was on that show today…
This morning I completed my annual CPR/AED course, which is a requirement to maintain my ACE personal trainer certification each year. I don’t like to be a Negative Nelly (publicly anyway, ha ha!) but the guy that taught our class today was not only dry as the Sahara desert but also completely unqualified to teach people life-saving techniques. I take it seriously because if I’m ever in a situation where I need to put this training to use, I want to know I am competent at it. And the steps often change slightly from one year to the next so I want to be sure I’m comfortable with the protocol. I feel bad for the people in the class today who were first-time attendees – even for those of us that were there for renewal, he was all over the place and completely confusing. I hope that if I ever need someone to perform CPR on me, they weren’t ONLY trained by this clown.
I’m strongly considering contacting our local Red Cross chapter – it was that bad.
So like the TV show, I’m asking: What would you do? Would you consider calling to let them know that their instructor needs further training before being let loose with a real class or would you chalk it up to him having a bad day and stay out of it? I’d love to get your input on this!
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OK on to fun stuff!
Anyone else still suffering from Kombucha withdrawal? Have you seen any of the main brands back on the shelves yet? (Not the pasteurized imposter wanna-be Kombuchas – they don’t count!) 
Since I’d been missing my BUBBLY booch so much, I mentioned recently that I was left no choice but to attempt to make my own. My first experiment with making Kombucha tea is going the same way my first attempt with sprouting went, which is to say UNSUCCESSFULLY. 
I followed the steps to a “T”…
And hid it away to do it’s thing for 2 weeks.
But after 16 days…. I don’t think it’s really growing anything. Which is a big Bummer with a capital B. I think that the culture kind of expanded but supposedly I should now have a second culture growing on the TOP of the tea. But I don’t.
The directions mention that the culture can be damaged by heat so maybe my first mistake was ordering it in the summertime when the box it shipped in had to sit in my mailbox till I got home from work one day – probably BAKING the whole time in our 90+ degree heat.
I refuse to give up! I’m hearing that kombucha should be back on the shelves in August… so if I can get my hands on just ONE bottle somewhere then I will try again using THAT as the starter rather than the dried one. I’ll wait until WINTER to order another dried culture if I have to go that route.
Because even when it’s back on the shelves it’d be really nice to save money by making my own anyway!
OK, blog buds. All this tea talk has me thirsty!
Let me know your thoughts on the “What Would You Do?” question! Can’t wait to hear what you would do!
– Shari B. =)
(MSP loves the cookies too, by the way! I promise I’m sharing!)
