Daylight savings time started today. I sure don’t like it. I don’t think it is wise to mess with Mother Nature. Not sure what we think we are saving by switching the time. We still have the same amount of light.
It has been four weeks since I cut out flour and sugar and started eating the Bright Lines way. I lost 7.2 pounds my first four weeks. This last week I only lost one pound which is what they tell you to expect to happen. Still have 30 to 40 pounds to go. Sooner or later I will make it. I will continue to live my life and wait for the pounds to drop off. I’m trilled I am losing weight since I no longer have a thyroid. Everything I read about removing the thyroid prepared me for a weight gain. It is harder for me to lose weight than most so I will gracefully accept a one pound a week drop.
Went to Pioneer Bluffs last night with some friends for the Contra dancing. It was fun to get out and I enjoyed the fellowship of the event. The first half was traditional Contra dancing which was a lot like square dancing. The musicians were really good and the caller made the evening a relaxing and fun event.
The second half was a modern Contra event. The music was very different and the dance was a blend of Contra with a modern twist. It was a bit more complicated but the dancers seemed to catch on and made it work. I liked the rhythm of the traditional Contra better.
Coming home last night we drove through a very light rain. I was sorry to discover it didn’t make it up the road to my house. Sure smelled nice though. I really need a good couple of inches of rain. The ponds around here are getting very low. It isn’t a good start to pasture season. Ranchers won’t be able to burn until we get some rain and grazing season will be delayed if we don’t get good spring rains..
A friend came to visit today. We met up with some other friends at Ad Astra for lunch and then went into Emporia for the premiere showing of a locally produced movie about local women. It was fantastic! Go see it if you can. It will be on several different TV stations over the next month too. It has a great message about the roots of the prairie and how women are keeping it going.
Saw several friends at the movie that I hadn’t seen for a bit. The longer I live in Chase County the more people I meet and get to know. I’m so lucky to live where I do.
It feels like it could start snowing any minute. What a change from yesterday. Spring in Kansas is unpredictable. We are on a weather roller coaster and going high one day and dropping low the next.
Grateful for a visit from a friend, grateful to the prairie where I live, and grateful to have so many beautiful women in my life.