Tuesday, April 2

[gottawonder]

Today I am grateful for:

Sunshine, and more and more grass showing every day. Soon I'll be cleaning out the flowerbeds and the garden.

A good ride on River. Short, but I think we got some nice results. He doesn't have to work his ass off every day.

Lots of socializing with others at the barn. One kid fell off her horse and got stepped on by the horse behind them, and she seems okay. I'm very grateful for that.

Getting groceries. I'm shifting my eating a little. I'm trying to eat less sugar in general, and lower glycemic foods. I'm kind of tired of being big in spite of all my physical activity, and maybe I need to make a shift to lose a little fat. I hate the idea of a "diet", but I am already familiar with making shifts in my diet for the better. Being a vegetarian meant changing my whole food perspective. I don't want to think of my eating as restrictive, but I am willing to make some changes. My riding friend has cut out sugar and carbs and has lost 25 pounds in about 6 months, which seems like a reasonable pace. I know that I have a couple of food habits I could change, and maybe that would help. Most of us probably eat a lot more sugar than we realize. I'm grateful to have the means to buy good food.

A good pottery class. I got some glazing done (and one piece that I'm going to have to try again, the glaze didn't go on right and I might have to wash it off and re-glaze it), and put the parts together on a tea pot, and so far it looks really good. I'm getting better at making pulled handles.

Coming home to tasty leftover chick pea stuff.