Happy Monday friends!<\/p>\n
I hope your day is going well and hope you had a wonderful weekend.<\/p>\n
I had the day to myself Friday and I took myself to the water.\u00a0 I sat on a bench along the St. Clair River and read a book, sipping a fancy overpriced coffee.\u00a0 One of those things I’ve always wanted to make time to do and never have done.\u00a0 I see people sitting in lawn chairs, having picnics all the time and I’ve always thought “I want to do that” and I guess I’ve been waiting for someone who wants to do it too.\u00a0 Instead, I took some time to do it myself.\u00a0 And it was so nice.\u00a0 I encourage you to do things for you.\u00a0 Don’t wait to do it with someone.\u00a0 Just do the thing you want to do and don’t worry about it.<\/p>\n
I wanted to go to the Pancake Breakfast under the bridges, but my husband plays baseball and he had a really fun tournament this weekend in Parkhill.\u00a0 I’ve actually never been to Parkhill.\u00a0 Aside from construction on the main street, it was a beautiful place.\u00a0 We ate at a really nice little restaurant for lunch.\u00a0 Niko’s. I ate spanakopita – which I’d never had.\u00a0 Had to Google what it is –\u00a0Spanakopita<\/em>\u00a0is a delicious savory Greek pie made of perfectly crispy layers of phyllo dough and a comforting filling of spinach and feta cheese.\u00a0 It was incredibly delicious and I thank the lovely waitresses for the recommendation.\u00a0\u00a04 games of baseball over 12 hours.\u00a0 If nothing else, it was a reminder of why I don’t “sport”.\u00a0 (smile)\u00a0 It’s a whole level of athletics that I cannot compete with.<\/p>\n I’ve watched Mind Your Manners, How To Get Rich, and the Lewis Capaldi documentary on Netflix.\u00a0 I haven’t missed an episode of the Young and the Restless since the pandemic locked us up at home.\u00a0 The storylines are ridiculous and the characters haven’t changed much in the years I’ve stopped watching, but I can’t seem to stop watching.\u00a0 It’s how I shut out the world at the end of the day.<\/p>\n Summer so far has been quiet.\u00a0 And that’s okay.<\/p>\n My grey hair is now in control and has all the say.\u00a0 And I’ve learned that grey hair changes – when I got my hair cut recently I was told “You have such natural wave” and I was shocked.\u00a0 Because all my life I’ve fought my straight hair.\u00a0 I used to spend so much time and effort to get a little curl in it.\u00a0 Now that they grey has taken over, it’s wavy.\u00a0 Unruly.\u00a0 There are some pieces that don’t want to stay in place no matter what products are used.\u00a0 Who knew.\u00a0 \u00a0So now I’m fighting my wave to keep it straight?\u00a0 What a mixed up age this is.<\/p>\n I’ve learning how to balance hormones with food because any woman who hits this stage in life knows how unpredictable it is.\u00a0 Emotions all over the place.\u00a0 Weight gain.\u00a0 Forgetfulness.\u00a0 Hot flashes.\u00a0 All very real and all very different for each and every one of us.\u00a0 All I know is that certain foods have a greater impact on our health.\u00a0 The more “clean” it is the better it is for our bodies and our hormones.\u00a0 So much to learn.<\/p>\n That’s it.\u00a0 That’s all I got.\u00a0 That’s my update for you.\u00a0 I’ve missed sharing life with you on a more regular basis.\u00a0 I’ll try to do better.<\/p>\n