Ups and downs

We had a really nice weather day on Monday. Perfect conditions, 70 little wind and partly cloudy. If only it could last more than one short day. Back to a Tuesday rain filled day and colder in the 50's. I at least have indoor plans for the day. No work, but plenty of baking! I have to make ravioli, French bread, and crackers on my schedule. Since it's not nice out, makes for the perfect day to spend in the kitchen. 

Getting back to Monday, I used my time sitting outside, working for an hour and going for a ride to Hastings with Steve to sit at the park by the water and play cribbage. I also re-arranged our dinner to include burgers instead of my pasta. Steve made mini slider burgers on the stove top grill. We tried to make the burgers like the food net work show we watched. They smashed onions on the burger while cooking, put the toasted buns on top and added cheese. Small burgers just cook quicker and don't dry out like the big ones. I think home made sliders are the way to go! I should have taken a photo!! I also made some roasted sweet potato fries in the oven and of course we had other veggie leftovers. 

 The water receded from the last time we were at this park in Hastings. We set up our table, chairs and played two games of cribbage by the waters edge. Made for a nice afternoon! We also treated ourselves to some IPA beers. I went into the liquor store and grabbed a case. We splurged because we needed to do a little self care. We just bring our cups and split 3 beers. You are not suppose to drink liquor at the park, so we bring a bag/cooler. It beats staying home.  It makes us feel like we are getting out in the world. On weekends we would go to restaurants or breweries and have drinks and play cribbage. The park drinking and cribbage, kind of feels like the same thing of us going out, just minus the service, bathrooms and hot food. We do have better scenery being at the park! We are in the hunt to find more less busy places to sit, have a drink and play cribbage. We have better luck during the week day. Weekends will be far too busy to try and visit any kind of park! We will have to get creative to find less busy places to go on the weekend!