Hello pals! Coming to you with a shock way of life put up – I had deliberate to share some recipe inspiration right this moment, however Matt and I had a singular date evening earlier this week and I received some footage and simply thought it could be enjoyable to pop in and share. 🙂
Should you’re searching for some recipe inspiration for the upcoming vacation, you’ll want to try this weblog put up: Healthy 4th of July Recipes.
That put up focuses on appetizers and desserts, so if you happen to’re searching for essential dish BBQ fare, try this put up: Healthy Grilling Recipes for Summer.
And now, on to the date evening!
I discussed in my life lately post earlier this week that Matt and I’ve been doing a weekly date evening, which has been a very nice routine. When Riese was tremendous little we received into the behavior of very hardly ever having dates, after which it was covid life, and… yeah.
Now that Wes is sufficiently old we really feel comfy leaving him with a babysitter, it has been very nice to do one thing to prioritize our relationship and join with out the children on a constant foundation!
Because the climate has been heat and it has been gentle out so late, we’ve been mixing up our date nights and doing an exercise as an alternative of simply dinner, which I really like.
This week my concept was to go kayaking! I believe writing earlier this week about how we used to go kayaking to see the 4th of July fireworks earlier than children impressed me. 🙂
(And sure, our life jackets will not be fixed – we had been instructed we solely needed to have them within the rafts with us, we didn’t essentially must put on them. So we went for an in-between choice.)
I LOVE kayaking, particularly within the night when it’s not so sizzling out, and we hadn’t gone in ages.
We hustled out of the home as quickly as our babysitter arrived and made it in time for his or her final kayak rental appointments of the day – a 6 p.m. departure from the marina!
We rented two single kayaks from Belle Haven Marina, which we’d by no means been to earlier than.
Previously we’ve all the time achieved leases in Georgetown (in D.C.) by way of Key Bridge Boathouse, which is enjoyable nevertheless it’s sort of a ache traffic-wise on a weeknight to get into Georgetown. Plus, this fashion we received to discover some new to us areas!
There have been some cool little marshy areas for us to discover alongside the coast. It was extremely attractive and enjoyable to be out on the water for the primary time in ages. Being in nature is all the time my go-to when the world simply seems like… so much. Anybody else?
It was simply so calm and peaceable on the market, it was pretty.
We even noticed what we expect had been Bald Eagles!
Can anybody verify?!
After kayaking for about an hour and a half, we drove into Outdated City and had a late dinner at Advantage Feed + Grain which was additionally pretty. It was packed however we snagged a spot exterior!
We shared a bunch of stuff – their umami burger (with mushrooms and bleu cheese), fries, and two salads – a scrumptious spinach, walnut, and feta salad and a simply okay seared tuna salad.
Such a deal with of a night.
I’ll finish this put up with a random request for recommendation! We’re coping with some fruit flies round our indoor countertop compost bucket. We’ve been composting for years now and hadn’t had this occur till only recently, so I’m unsure why they unexpectedly confirmed up!
I completely cleaned out the bin and the lid, changed the charcoal filter with a brand new one, and it didn’t do something.
I requested a good friend who is aware of so much about composting and she or he mentioned to strive placing a jar with a bit vinegar in it subsequent to the compost bin – it has some plastic wrap with a couple of holes poked in it on prime so the fruit flies go in and don’t go away.
It has caught a couple of however not all of them… perhaps I simply should be affected person?
Any suggestions are welcome. 🙂
Have an awesome weekend, pals, and a pleasant vacation in case you are right here within the U.S.
I’m taking subsequent week off of running a blog as we can be on trip within the Outer Banks. So, see you again right here in a week-ish!
