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Happy Cinco de Mayo
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How to have healthy fajitas for Cinco de Mayo…..you could use corn tortillas rather than flour, but to really amp it up, use lettuce, Boston lettuce.
Marinate the chicken overnight and either grill it or pan fry in coconut oil. Make the pico de gallo the day before too. You can then use it with avocados for a yummy guacamole.
I hope everyone had a great day! Let me know if you need any recipes. Buenas Noches
Gardening in the “Hood”
My neighbor Will put his garden in first and he has a much more diverse assortment of veggies.He tilled out part of his yard to create his garden this year. (That would be a whole separate blog on the “tilling incident”) He used Epsom Salts and his garden exploded. I had never heard of using Epsom Salts but I looked it up and it’s quite common and well known.
This is one of my neighbor’s raised bed garden and here is his other one….
He started his garden before mine. (He needs to do some weeding.) He did not think using Epsom Salts would make a difference, so we will see!
This is my garden.
I am doing an experiment with my garden. This part of the garden I bought the plants from The Home Depot.
This part I purchased the plants from Pikes Nursery. (A local chain of nurseries) I will keep you posted with the results. It’s really not scientific just fun!
Eating Healthy on Vacation
Before we went to Tybee, my friend Paula informed me she was “eating healthy”. At first I was bummed. It was vacation. But then, it was a challenge, a challenge I was up to.
My menu for dinner, sesame noodles, collard greens and steamed shrimp with an awesome cocktail sauce. (We stopped at a little convenience shop in south GA. They had marmalades and salsas and jalapeño ketchup, I got the ketchup)
The Collards take a few hours, but are awesome
There is very little fat in them. The noodles too. 
Oh and steamed shrimp, fresh, sweet yummy! 
Steamed in beer and vinegar and Old Bay Seasoning!
It was great on vacation! So, when I got home I kept it up and I feel great.
Let me know if you would like any recipes. I will share some great ones next week.
Time away from Staycation
I took a few days off from Staycation and went out of town to Tybee Island, GA. Tybee Island is a barrier island off the Georgia coast, outside of Savannah GA. It’s a quiet laid back little town, super friendly and a great getaway in April. 
So, we went on a dolphin watch boat ride. (I was afraid it was going to be lame, but it was great!)
Oh and Flat Stanley came with us too! 
A shrimp boat was coming in, which is great if you are looking for dophin!
Pelicans love it too!
There were a lot of dolphins and momma dolphins with babies and it was a beautiful day and fun to have the wind in your face. 
I highly recommend it! (they allow dogs, but I am glad I didn’t bring Bradley Cooper.)
Staycation – A Walk in the Park
This is Kittridge Park! Great place to take a walk on a Sunny Day. It is located off of N. Druid Hills RD. 
The beginning or ending of the walk.
It is not a long trail at all, but it is a nice walk.
Take the time to take a walk!
Sheep at LaVista Park
The neighborhood I live in is called LaVista Park…
and there actually is a Park within our neighborhood called LaVista Park. Part of it is overgrown with ivy and weeds. So, some sheep were called in for help!
These sheep are huge. Well there job is to eat, so, I guess they do a great job. 
There are two big ole sheep dogs protecting the flock. There is an electric fence, so keep the kiddies and pets away. 
I think it is a really fun cool thing to see, and the park is fun too.
Take in the Beauty of Spring!
While on Staycation enjoy the sights and sounds of the season! Being Spring with the air crisp and clear, the birds all singing and the flowers blooming!
Enjoy!
Staycation in Dahlonega
It’s Spring Break in Atlanta. My nieces are out of school for the week, so I got to spend Monday with them. We always have a great time and it always becomes an adventure.
We decided to just drive till we saw something we wanted to see. Well, Zelda is hungry and wanted Mexican food. Perfect, we were headed towards Dahlonega and they have a great mexican restaurant, so off we went.
Pueblos was perfect. Their salsa is excellent.
On the way in I noticed a sign for a dive bell. What? a dive bell in Dahlonega Georgia, the mountains, this has to be a great story. 
This Dive Bell was found in the Chestatee River. Apparently, the ship it was on mysteriously sank there. It all had to do with gold and mining of gold. (The first gold rush was in Dahlonega GA). 
Then we saw a bear. 
They are everywhere.
Then we had to head home, we decided to go the scenic route. So, at one light I said shall we go straight or turn, no answer so strait it was and then we saw this.
It was a really big sign that said ZOO. We were there. 
There were lions and tigers and wolves and Zebras. We couldn’t stay though. We will go back.
You never know what you will find when you have and adventure.
ThrowBack Thursday!
Back in the day, with my Best Friend, Bunny!
Staycation Atlanta 