This week was so busy I can hardly put my thoughts on paper much less on the internet. I’ve had the misfortune of being a victim of porch pirates this week, normally they don’t come out until closer to Christmas. I’ve had three packages stolen off my front porch, with the most recent my order of holiday flavored Joffrey’s ground coffee. It’s for this very reason I have a PO Box where I get most of my mail, however Joffrey’s does not mail to PO Box’s. Luckily when I contacted them, they immediately sent out a replacement order – THANK YOU JOFFREY’S!! As you can see I immediately dug into a bag and brewed a cup of “Apple-y ever after”. I’m saving the ‘Happy Harvest” for Thanksgiving morning, but the pumpkin will be open sooner than later!!!!
This final theft of my holiday yumminess, prompted me to add to my existing home security system. I already have Arlo cameras inside my house and being extremely pleased with them, I installed a camera to monitor my front porch and surrounding yard. I also subscribed to their online service for just $10 a month. The extra $$ is worth my peace of mind. You don’t need an expensive security system to protect yourself – Arlo is super affordable and took very little effort to get up and running. If I can do it so can you!
I been reading on Facebook everyone were starting to receive the Disney Virtual Lion King medals and mine finally arrived. Thanks to my Arlo, no one stole them.
I was so excited on how my homemade lion king running costume turned out, but sadly I never got to wear it.
Between the triple digit temperatures and smoky air quality I never ran the three dedicated runs I had planned for these virtual races. I do feel I deserved them since I ran 30 5K’s in 30 days during the “Close your rings” Challenge I did in June. I put in the miles to earn they gorgeous medals, just didn’t dedicate any particular run to each of them. I must say I’m super impressed with the packaging this year, except the medals were really hard to get out of the box. I think that was all me!
I added an additional 3 miles to my training plan this week with the long overdue Virtual Margarite 5K. I had been planning this with my friends for months, but weather, smoke and busy scheduled had postponed this run more times than I can count.
I have to say I have the best friends in the world.
The day of the race, which was supposed to be in the mid-70’s ended up closer to 90 degrees. And to make matters even worse there was a brush fire not more than half a mile from the “aid station” they were attending for me. The wind started up and the smoke filled the air as well as my lungs. I actually ran right by the fire, through all the firemen. Who by the way, said I looked very refreshing. Did I mention, I ran the entire race in a Margarita costume, completed with a lime wedge headband, which by the way kept falling off because of the windy conditions.
After the race we were hot and thirsty. So what better way to celebrate the end of a Margarita run then with MARGARITAS!
The week ended with my long run, 11 miles on the plan and as I walked out the front door, I was not sure there was 11 miles left in me. Surprising enough the three margaritas the previous day did not slow me down too much. I did change my intervals to 3 run/1 walk and this helped keep my energy level up as did the lower temperatures. When I hit mile 8, I realized I was actually going to complete the entire 11 miles today!
Recipe this week is from the Disney’s Simple Family Cookbook – Summer Ratatouille Salad and Miguel’s Favourite Empanada.
The title states “simple” so why was this weeks recipes so hard for me. I couldn’t get the pie dough to keep from ripping, not sure if it was because there was too much meat or if the meat should have cooled before dumping it on the dough. Regardless, I’m glad there were two dough rounds or this would have been a catastrophe. Then there is the issue of me not paying attention to the directions and noticing the oven temperature was NOT in Fahrenheit so when it said 200 degrees with a “C”, that doesn’t mean set your oven at 200 degrees. The recipe also used metric measurements. It’s a wonder we had dinner at all that night. The Ratatouille salad was very delicious, however more salt could have been added, but that is my own personal preference. Despite the major mishaps in preparing the empanadas, they were most flavorful and the crust was nice and flaky.
Here is how the recipe should look.......
And this is my version, may not look like as pretty.... but it was very tasty.
Week 10 was a long and busy week, to watch all the Mayhem on my YouTube Channel, Click here!
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