Backyard and Tea

Let's start with our backyard!

I met with the fence installer ... 5', black rails with spearhead top ... fencing the flat part.  I remembered to take some pictures (the fence will run in the pine straw in front of the privacy neighborhood fence).  The house next door is getting landscaped next week.  It's hard to get a perspective is you don't see it all together, but I gave it a shot.

My finger joined in for some of the pictures LOL!



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Now for tea.

Remember my bestie bought me Aveda loose leaf tea for Christmas.  I love it.  It's naturally sweet and has a super unique flavor.  I gave it as a gift and the recipient thought it was way too sweet -- doesn't like it at all.  It made me check out the ingredients again.

Licorice root.  Naturally sweet.  Tons of benefits - yeah.  And TONS OF WARNINGS - ut-oh!!  If consumed regularly it can cause high blood pressure, mess with monthly cycle in women, weakness, BRAIN DAMAGE.  What the what?!?!?

This is only one ingredient in the tea, but OMG.

Oh, by the way, it helps GI problems and can help balance sugar in diabetics.  Thank goodness something good.

I ordered 2 more bottles last week because I was drinking it every afternoon.  Now what?!?!.  I'm totally NOT drinking it everyday anymore.  I can't find information on the warnings regarding amounts.  How much is too much?  Hard to say.  It's absolutely present since that's what is giving the tea the sweet taste.

I also feel terrible for gifting it!!  (see below)

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Here's my latest mystery ...

Every evening I'm having a strange couple hours of the BLUES.  I (rather suddenly) get sad.  Take the tea -- I gave it with good intentions and it's nothing personal that my friend doesn't like it.  Fine.  Except for a couple hours in the evening, it makes me sad and it keeps upsetting me -- like I want to cry.

It's super strange.  I know the sadness is from nothing "real."  I thought it was stress related to the move, but I don't think so since I can be in the middle of something and SUDDENLY I get all sad -- and I'm thinking and doing nothing different when it starts.

As quickly as it comes, it goes.  Maybe it's the tea LOL.  Wouldn't that be a kicker!!  (You know I already googled it -- doesn't look like it's mood altering.)

Is it from not buffering in the afternoon?  Do I naturally get sad and that's why I buffer?  I don't think so - I've never noticed it before.

Mystery.

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Today is a busy day.  Hubby is home from business trip, working from home and getting ready to leave for a ski vacation.  We have lots of house stuff to work on from both houses.

My weekend of lots-of-plans has become a weekend to myself.  That's not a horrible thing (as long as I stay out of the refrigerator).

I'm reading A New Earth still.  I have  3 of 10 chapters left - so interesting.  I think I might start that FUN book this weekend.  My weekend needs some fun stuff added.

Later gators.