Good Morning! I hope everyone is well. It sure feels like Summer is here already here on Long Island Hot temperatures and thunderstorms but cooler nights. I'm not a heat lover but I do enjoy what comes along with Summer~bbq's, flowers, vegetable gardens, beach visits, porch sitting.
So its been pretty busy here. Besides helping to care for a relative who is ill, we also had a Sweet 16 party for Caitlin. Her birthday was March 28th but we wanted to celebrate outside. Glad we got the new patio done. Everything worked out well.
We had about 40 people and the weather was perfect. Everyone loved the slushy machine, the candy table and all the games we had. It was a fun day. I mixed up the menu with all different stuff from Sushi, to Italian, to Mexican! A very fun day. Kind of glad its over though because we've been planning it since the Winter and I'm ready to move on LOL 
I spent most of yesterday working in the yard especially in my gardens. I picked some strawberries, broccoli, oregano, parsley, scallions and lots of romaine lettuce. I still want to plant more and it's early enough. Waiting on my tomatoes, cabbage and peppers. They are growing well but I have nothing to pick yet. I need to plant zucchini. Next year I want to make room to plant potatoes.
One of the things I've been doing is changing up some of the meals for dinner. Something different. I was inspired by so many of the options my kids order when they go out. They order poke bowls or acai bowls. I don't know if they are popular anywhere other than the Northeast but they are super popular here. So its like making a bowl and pretending its compartmented and you have some of several items! A fruit, a grain, a protein, produce, etc. So tonight on my menu is grileld shrimp from the bbq, butter rice, romaine salad, sliced tomato with hard boiled egg, a slice of cheddar, and sauteed zucchini. and add a fresh fruit! Trust me when you arrange these in neat portions ina circle, it's not only pretty but delicious! I do different dinners all the time. The other night it was grilled chicken, pasta salad, broccoli, hummus with bagel chips, some raw carrots with ranch. It's a lot of food but in smaller portions. They seem to like eating lighter in the Spring and Summer.
That's about it for me! I hope everything is wonderful in your life or as good as it can be! 