Inspired by Elisabeth. … and by Paul—”Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things,”— to engage in more regular appreciation of all the good things.

A long overdue catch-up with my good friend

The Melbourne Marathon was held on Sunday. I didn’t run, but I got to hang out for a few hours with a good friend who moved to Tasmania last year. It was so good catching up. Afterwards, she sent me the most beautiful text of appreciation for our friendship and urged me to stay in touch. That is a big YES from me. We are planning to catch up when my husband and I go to Tasmania next February.

Hydration

My friend has struggled with chronic fatigue and migraines off and on and we got chatting about my recent issues. She told me that doctors had found that some types of chronic fatigue can be helped by increasing your hydration, but it needed to be with electrolytes, not plain water. I had been monitoring my water intake to try to have around two litres a day but after hearing this I’ve included my low-glucose sports electrolyte drink in the mix and I feel like it has helped increase my energy levels and reduce my headaches. I’m going through a lot of the hydration mix so I’m going to refill our maple syrup at the Bullk store and try using Dr Tracy Sims hydration recipe of 1/16 tsp salt and tsp maple syrup per 16oz of water for most of the day.

My tomatoes are nearly ready to plant

I potted up my tomato seedlings and they should be ready to harden off and plant in the garden before I leave next Friday. They’ve been sitting on the floor near a sunny window in our kitchen for a number of weeks now and it will be good to finally get them planted.

Good Family Friends

I went to the funeral of a friend of my family on Wednesday. Although we hadn’t seen as much of him in the last few years, he and his wife were a big part of my childhood and teenage years. He was an eccentric Frenchman and you never really knew what he might say next. He loved to make jokes and do all sorts of things to entertain us. We also spent lots of time visiting their farm. The funeral was held in Taralgon which is a two-hour drive but I wanted to honour their place in my life. Having good family friends who had time for us kids really enriched our childhood, so shoutout to all the adults investing in the lives of families.

Rhubarb

Our rhubarb plants are getting overgrown so I need to eat (or give away) a decent amount of it before we go away. I want to give it room to keep growing. I made this rhubarb compote yesterday to eat on my morning porridge and it is so easy. The rhubarb is baked which removes the necessity to keep watching it on the stove and the very likely possibility of it catching on the bottom when I get distracted with something else.

**I plan to do a cute graphic for these posts but didn’t want the lack of time to do on, stop me from actually recording the good things. That will be a post-holiday job.

How about you? Share in the comments your good things or link me up to a post.