Honestly I know April will be my month because I can feel the hope of spring in the air & physical journaling is making a comeback for me & I’m studying the thing that I love & I have a kind therapist who seems truly attuned to my specific needs and background & I don’t take people’s vitriol personally & I have a solid core unit of friends & I hit the gym and move my body & I take my multivitamins & I stick to my calendar religiously & I take hikes & bike through nature regularly & I try to tap into my likes and wants and who I really am as much as I can despite what people have to say about that & I don’t let people’s naysaying stop me
Slowed down, had a relaxing morning. Enjoyed how the rays of sun were hitting my plants 🌱
Workout was 30 minute run at easy pace 😌 Enjoyed a nice podcast as I jogged along.
I got a lot of chores done, finished the book I was reading, and started another. My productivity increased through the weekend…if only there was a whole third day off to get all the things done.
We had the loveliest little weekend away! We went an hour up the coast and camped Saturday night. Spent most of that night at the beach, in a BIKINI, SWIMMING IN THE NORTH SEA! I have never been able to do that before. It was like being abroad.
Walked 20 something miles on Sunday, just following the coast south along the beaches most of the way, through all the little seaside towns we used to visit as kids! Had ice cream at the last one, then turned round and walked back to our campsite. Got caught in some heavy downpours (weather forecast said light showers!) so we ended up wimping out and coming home Sunday night rather than spending another night in the tent with wet, soggy, stinky stuff. I like camping, but once my shoes and rucksack are soaked through I am not happy 🤣 we had pizza in the car at the end of our walk while it was raining torrentially and hopped out to pack the tent up as soon as it stopped and came home lol. Glad we did though bc we got up this morning feeling refreshed and went back to visit Bamburgh Castle which we had passed on our walk. Had dinner at a pub in Bamburgh and came home. A whirlwind of a weekend but a weekend very well spent!
Zucchini bread is one of my favorite things ever. Here’s a recipe (apologies in advance if metric is your preferred unit)
1 & 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg (optional)
1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 cup zucchini, shredded, skin and all (1 average sized supermarket zucchini should be enough.)
1/4 cup oil
2 Tbsp lemon juice (optional. I find it rises more with than without)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Combine your drys, wets, then all together. Add the nuts last and give it a swirl or two. Don’t over mix the nuts.
Butter a bread pan. In theory, the oil in the recipe is sufficient that you shouldn’t need to do so, but a properly lubricated bread pan makes cleanup that much easier. I’ve never tried lining it with parchment before.
Bake at 350F for 50-55 mins. A knife or cake tester stuck in the middle should come out clean! After you take it out, shove a knife around the edges to loosen it but don’t take it out yet. Let cool for 10-15 more minutes before trying to get it out of the pan.
It can keep maybe 5 days in a cool **dry** environment with a little plastic wrap on the cut end. If it gets too stale, microwave for like 10 seconds and add a little butter.
Bon apetit
been hearing ppl talk up zucc bread like it's gods' ambrosia in bread forme, so i gotta try this!!!
thrashing furniture ripping down wallpaper throwing laptop out the window
realized i got stuck because the emotional flow is nonsense (or just. incredibly weak. things don't connect and flow properly. where's the focus, i don't know, it should be there somewhere to make the ending scene hit properly) and you know, it's good to not get stuck on finer details and just power through a draft, but also when you get stuck stuck it's likely stemming from an issue way upstream of where you got stuck, which is the emotional flow as i mentioned.
but.
i tracked it back all the way to the first paragraph. and ohhhh fucking shit hell it's bad and i don't know how to get it to work.
i don't want to expand the initial setup, but must, don't i? it just won't work if it's too dense, if i want to keep all the fun little stuff. and if i don't keep the fun stuff, what's even the point.
but fuck it's going to take so long to get to the juicy part at this rate
Busy weekend! Out with a friend on Saturday, visiting family all Sunday. Lovely walk with Mags Sunday morning, saw a beautiful little family of ducks out for their morning stroll 🥹
Visited Nanna Mary and took her out for coffee, then visited my mams, went home and walked Maggie again. Reeally wanted to curl up in my pjs after but the weather was too good, so I took a tablet for my cramps went out for a run. Wasn't hoping for much but I managed much more than expected! Cramps didn't start until about 7K by which time I was almost home. Broke in my new trainers and it was like running on clouds 😍
Picked Matt up from work, had dinner and went to bed. Took more drugs bc I was in so much pain. Definitely took more than I should have but it knocked me out so at least I got to sleep 😂
Good stretch this morning, in the office today and tomorrow, need to go grocery shopping on my way home tonight so just aiming for some yoga when I get back. Trying to get into some sort of workout routine now I have 3 days at home. Currently on my lunch break regretting not bringing my hot water bottle with me like Matt told me to 🤦🏼♀️