Gone Fishin'

This was a productive AND relaxing weekend.  On Saturday, we went to the farmer's market and bought more tomato and pepper plants as well as several days worth of produce.  We got a bunch of spinach and lettuce and zucchini and peppers (sweet and hot). Bill also picked up some cherries - his favorite.

After that, Bill went off to work and I spent the day mowing the grass, tending some plants and cleaning up the patio.  We have a huge Maple tree in our backyard, and I feel like I spend the entire year cleaning up after the tree. It's eternal.

We ended up having  a handful of friends over for some BBQ ribs which we smoke then grill. Bill found some sugar free BBQ sauce to mop on to the ribs which I thought was a really nice gesture.  I was prepared to go without the sauce altogether, but I was able to have some. It wasn't that great, but it wasn't terrible. We also grilled the zucchini we bought from the farmer's market which was AMAZING.

We also had my mother-in-law's potato salad. I usually eat about a 3/4 of a ton of that salad because it's the best potato salad I've ever had. Ever. In my life. Yum. At first, I said I wasn't going to eat any of it, but I waited quite some time, then consciously decided to serve myself up half a cup of it.  It was about 4 small bites. And I savored it. And that's all I needed.  I filled up on zucchini instead. Another thing that I did different at the BBQ was not drink any alcohol.  Everyone else was having their filll of drinks, and I sipped on my ice water. I missed nothing.



Sunday morning, we got up at about 4:30 am and went drove about 45 minutes north to a lake to do some fishing off the beach  We spent a good 5-6 hours relaxing in the sun.  It was the most beautiful day ever.

The early part of the morning was chilly and the sky was perfectly clear, the lake was calm, and it reflected in my mood.  I love this selfie I took of myself sitting lakeside. Just looking at the picture makes me feel chill.

I only caught one fish that I had to release because it was too small, but I'm still learning, and I'm even MORE excited about the fact that next month, we'll be spending a week at the lake and I'm sure I'll be getting a TON of fishing in during that time.

The lake is my solace. The lake is my restart button. And I'm going to make an effort to get there weekly.