After a race I did a couple of weeks ago (see below), we sat down for lunch and one of our teammates pulled out a Beer Growler. I found it to be so cool! I am a lover of good beer. Well, a few days after the race, I found a store in Sandy Springs called the Beer Growler. Ohhh what fun this place is for a beer drinker (aka, my husband)! They have a bunch of craft brews on tap - you are welcome to taste as many as you like to find the one you like best. Then you purchase a bottle - small, medium, large - or was it just small and large? Can't remember. Anyway, they fill it up for you, seal it and off you go. The beer stays fresh for up to 4 weeks - or 2-3 days after you open it. Matt loves beer and I thought this would be a fun thing for him to give him. He enjoyed his beer over the course of a few days and we will head over to the store together tonight (date night!) to turn in our bottle and have another one filled up! The first time you go in, you have to pay for the bottle (around $5) and the beer (price varies based on the beer you choose) and the bottle is yours... so each time you go in, you bring your bottle and they give you a fresh clean one. Pretty cool concept! This would be a fun birthday present, host gift, Father's Day gift... stop by! I believe there are several locations - Midtown, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody....
Baking Soda
In my house, I use baking soda in two ways - as an odor neutralizer in my fridge and freezer also in recipes when it's called for.. I have memories of watching my mom wash glasses with baking soda. She'd wash them with regular soap and then wash them a second time with baking soda and it was like they were brand new - no residue, no foggy glasses - sparking clean! Well, I've recently added a third use for baking soda - on my face! My friend, Emily, told me that she started using it to wash her face and loves it. Now I'm hooked! I tried it by itself the first time. I just put a little in my palm and added a few drops of water. It's a cleanser and exfoliator all in one. My face felt incredibly clean and as smooth as a baby's bottom. The next night I mixed a little in with my face soap, Johnson's Baby Wash. It was equally as refreshing. This washing routine coupled with my Coconut Oil moisturizer is really working well! And an added bonus is that I'm spending close to nothing on these products! Why spend a bunch of money on products that have a ton of ingredients when you can use natural items that make your skin look even better?!! Try washing with baking soda tonight - you're gonna love it!
Baseball games
As you know, my boys love baseball. And this mama here loves it, too. We spend a crazy amount of time at the baseball field. I've been blessed for the second season in a row that Matthew is on the same team as Edward, who is the son of my dear friend, Debbie. We have a great time at these games - Debbie and I watch the games, and we talk - about life. She always has an entourage of family members and often times my dad and/or father-in-law are there. Side note - how blessed are our kids to have active grandparents with whom they can share these experiences? Makes my heart go pitter patter... A couple weeks ago, it was the Spring Break and Matthew's team was one player short of being able to field a team. His coach called and asked me what Champ was doing that day - to which I replied, "Champ is only 9 - are you sure? Stick him in right field and bat him 9th." (Right field just happens to be the spot where the fewest balls are hit, statistically - and being that he is 9 and the other players are 12.. well, you get it). Champ was soo nervous but excited at the same time. Matthew had an extra jersey from the year before so they were both DAVIS #2.
Champ had nothing to lose - he was merely filling a spot - but when it was his turn to bat, by golly my heart was racing! I so badly wanted him to get a good hit because I knew that alone would fill him with confidence and just make his season. He got up there and both sides of the stands - our team and the opposing team - were rooting him on. "Let's go, Champ!! Rip it!" Check out this picture of Champ at the plate and Matthew in the box...
Pitcher throws the ball and I can't remember where in the count Champ hit - but when he made contact, it sailed into the outfield for a single. Woo hoo!! We shouted from the rooftops. Nothing in the game mattered after that. It was pretty cool.
And then there's Brooke - the sideline entertainment at the games. I try to switch out the toys I bring for her to play with before each game - and she munches on popcorn, peanuts, and most recently, a ring "paci" (ring pop that she named a ring "paci") - so fun!
And here she is holding court with the players. I'd say she has them wrapped around her finger!
Tough Mudder
A few weeks ago I had one of the most fun athletic experiences I've ever had! I did a race with five others called the Tough Mudder. In Washington, GA, this was a 10+ mile trail run filled with 20+ obstacles which ranged from swimming through a dumpster with dense ice water (painful!) to army crawling under live wire (had a tough time with that one) to climbing up and over walls and crawling through underground tunnels filled with mud. Shall I keep going? Oh yes, there was the climbing a big wall only to get to the top to then jump 20 feet into water (scary!), monkey bars, jumping over fire... I absolutely loved it and can't wait to do it again next year! I loved the team camaraderie of it - we had to help each other (it was more like the men helping us women) with each obstacle. We were a group doing this tough, messy, exhausting challenge together. It was so fun!! Here is a picture post race:
As you can imagine, it took days to get all the dirt off... Thing is.. it was much easier for me than running 10 straight miles - the obstacles, even though some of them were tough, were a break from running. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to complete and I loved every second. Let me know if you want to join us next year!
I've got a fabulous granola bar recipe to share and will do my best to get that out over the weekend. Until then, make it a super weekend. Smile - and show your teeth when you smile! You'll be amazed at the smiles you get back when you yourself smile big. :)
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