Day 2

So i'm a bit amused by all the attention yesterdays post gathered on facebook. And i think perhaps i should restate my goals a bit- this isn't about starving- i don't need to starve, i'm on the thin side, it's not about restricting- it's about living healthier, reducing waste, and cooking more creatively. I'd like to make veggies a more integral part of our diet- get away from the traditional "meat as centerpiece of the meal".
So day 2.
Slept late- blueberry pancakes
Since i slept late- made habanero salsa for lunch, then Mark made me a pinapple mango smoothie. perfect
Seared flank steak marinated in sherry, garlic and pepper, with broccoli and carrot paella.
+why i'm only giving up a little bit of meat.
+the paella was awesome. saffron rocks like that.

Veg diaries day 1

Recently I've considered becoming vegetarian. One, because I want to eat more healthily. Two, because I eat too much. I eat like 3 times more a day than people in the rest of the world. That can't be good over the course of a lifetime. Third, because my jeans are getting tight. No good. Four- meat just isn't that appealing to me. Five- meat gets expensive. So I think my goal will be to eat a more moderate, mostly vegetarian diet. Now I love food. This is going to be tough. In fact I'm planning on eating steak for dinner. But since I already bought it I don't want to be wasteful. I'll just let my husband eat most of it!
Day 1: Bagel and milk for breakfast. Gotta get that protein in there.
Peach for lunch. Yes one huge peach from the new grocery store downtown.
Slice of Veggie pizza for dinner.
see, that wasn't so bad.

I think this whole veg thing comes from my recent frustration with just how wasteful I can be. I've got too much stuff. All those clothes I never wear, all that food I buy too much of and never eat, all this junk cluttering my desk and I'm not sure why or how it got there.
So, here's to a starting a more moderate, less cluttered lifestlye.
Now to eat plantains for lunch and clean out my closet.

"the I which is not i"

"the I which is not i"

i feel much smaller than the I.
the I is straight, it is tall, it is defined, it is unified
it knows what it is and why it stands
it is a skyscraper of defiance
it makes a statement and a point
yet me inside is not ready or worthy of a capital
i am disjointed
i am small
i feel much less than tall
why does english demand we use the I,
the I which is not i?

Wedding

So the wedding went on...but not as planned. It was supposed to be outside, in a lovely wild field. But alas the winds and rain of fate said it was not to be, thus the back-up plan was crazily instituted and executed within a matter of 24 hours. We tried to build "a forest inside" complete with an 8 foot tall japanese maple tree- which is now planted at the farm as a memory.
We really had a great time with everybody, and a lot of people asked us where we got our vows. We actually wrote them... borrowing a few things from here and there to create what we really wanted to say to each other. I was especially pleased that one friend later noted that they weren't of the "silly cheesy sort that most self-written vows usually turn out to be". So here they are. Just let me know if you decide to use them, k? :)

Before God who has given us the gift of love,
and asking for His power and grace
to keep the promises we now make,
I join with you in the covenant of marriage.

I promise to provide for and support you;
To strive with you to acquire faith, knowledge, harmony, and happiness
by mutual love, respect, and understanding.

I promise to be true, faithful, and loyal to only you,
to show life-giving love to you,
to share all that I have with you,
to daily make sacrifices for you,
to learn to forgive you as God has forgiven us,
to give all that I am to you,
and be your lifelong companion.

I promise to live with you in peace,
to abide in the will of God,
to cherish and protect our relationship whether in good fortune or adversity,
and to seek with you a full life of faith,
and follow with you wherever God leads us,
as long as we live.

I give you this ring
as a public and clear declaration
of our commitment to each other,
as a reminder to me, to you,
and the rest of the world
of this day and its continual importance.

For Christ there is one bride,
and for man, there is but one wife.
The trinity is never alone, but in perfect accord;
by His model in truth and love
and in His help for this life,
we will display the same.