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Year Four, Day 119: Small Spaces Do Not Scare Me!

Short on time today. I am here at the library printing recital music for piano students.  Then I off to teach.

I am keeping up with my daily exercise, reading and continuing to stay away from sugar, wheat and dairy.

I noticed this morning when I put on my boots that I had to tighten the laces.  My feet, which often ache and swell, have shrunk!

I'm also contemplating Martin Luther. I just picked up a book about his life from the library. I think I am I am rapidly becoming a Lutheran. More about that another time.

I also have discovered an interesting link between sugar and cholesterol. My mother and I are having frank discussions about nutrition.

I had two wonderful meals since I last blogged. One at the Veggie Grill downtown Portland:



Asparagus soup and kale Ceaser Salad at the Veggie Grill.




The second one at the Jerusalem Cafe downtown Vancouver:


Greek Salad with chicken and a Drop Top Amber Ale


They were both delicious!  I do admit that I had some wheat at the Jerusalem Cafe. I had pita bread and a beer. It's been a long time!  That was yesterday. Today I feel a tad sleepy, but it was well worth it!

The weirdest thing is that in the evening when I opened Facebook, a memory popped up. With a similar photo. I had been at the Jerusalem Cafe 7 years ago to the day with my son. But it was when they had a location in Portland.  I guess people don't change that much!

Had a stellar piano lesson with my new teacher. Then lunch at my favorite restaurant, The Jerusalem Restaurant with my favorite man, Andrew Jefferson. So far a very good day indeed! — at Jerusalem Restaurant.
On that note, I need to make like a baby and head out!

Talk to you tomorrow!

Happy Friday.

Love,

Zita



P.S. Here is today's and yesterday's hooping videos. Days 40 and 41!

A friend of mine asked me if they make smaller, weighted hoops because she didn't have much space home. I told her I didn't think so, but I have hooped in extremely confined spaces!

In the two videos below, I am hooping on the back patio, which is quite small. The grass is too wet, but I didn't get up early enough to hoop inside before my family woke up. But small spaces do not scare me!




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