The week began with Washington State’s third round of mask mandates. I’m actually okay with this, except for the ornery emails and phone calls from members who do not want to comply. I am a Membership Director at a private social & health Club, so yeah there’s that. You can imagine how the last year and a half has been. Enough said…. Moving on…..
The weather has been wonderful this week, not once did it get near the 90’s and hardly in the 80’s. Running has been so much for fun, which has helped my attitude immensely. I have been working hard to get myself organized; making lists, realistic goals and following my planner each day rather than glancing at it once a week.
My house is still dusty as all get, but with the weather getting cooler the windows will be closed and I can finally get rid of the layer of dust particles covering every piece of furniture I own.
Tuesday was Princess weekend registration and I went into the morning as calming as physically possible. I refused to let myself drag every laptop and iPad I own to the office and frantically monitor each like a dog waiting for a juicy treat. And guess what?????? I got every race I wanted, 5K and Challenge. It was the most laid back, relaxing Disney race registration I have ever done!
My costume crisis is slowing fading into costume completion. Items are arriving and ideas are coming together nicely.
One of my favorite Fall/Holiday flavors made a pleasant early arrival this year……….PUMPKIN SPICE! Over the weekend I found flavored coffee at our World Market, Pumpkin pie and waffle mix at Costco AND STARBUCKS HAS PUMPKIN SPICE. I am not at all embarrassed to say I had not one, but two pumpkin spice drinks on premier day (Tuesday).
Could life get any better?!?!?! Well, as a matter of fact YES!
This week special medals arrived for our Wine & Dine weekend. During Disney’s Food Festival we will be participating in Around the World 1 mile challenge. This year’s medals were too amazing to pass up. As you drink or eat at a Country you insert the corresponding flag into the magnetic slot. I am way excited to complete this challenge.
If you see me drunkenly staggering around Epcot, please help me from falling down. And if you see my passed out from a food induce coma, just drag my limp body off to the side, preferably a nice grassy spot behind Germany. At least I think this is where this picture was taken. Hard to say, as this was not my first drink that day.
Thursday was National Dog Day, so I thought it fitting to take Baxter out for my second run of the week. It was actually a four mile walk, since I’m still not comfortable yet running with him now that I’m almost completely healed from our July 4th tumble. This is the first time we’ve been out together since that holiday mishap. He was so happy to be out and about with his Human, and with the weather a bit cooler I welcomed his company.
My son participating in a Sprint Relay Triathlon this weekend at Hills Resort in Priest Lake Idaho. This is the first in person race either of us has done since the pandemic started. I was there for support and photographer. Watching all the race participants having so much fun and all the excitement made me feel very antsy to get back into the racing game. Their team came in 11th and let’s just stop right here….. the Mom in me has to take a moment for some major bragging. My son came in first overall for all participates in the relay triathlon. I’ve said it so many times for so many different reasons, but here I go again………. I am so PROUD of him!!!!!! What a great way to end the training week.
Recipe this week is from the Disney Villains Cookbook – Huntsman Pie
Why is it every recipe from this Villains cookbook has 47 steps and takes hours and hours and hour make? We renamed this dish the “All meat, meat Pie” because it was so filling and meat rich that seriously we had meat sweats all night. Baxter and Blitz were all up in my cooking business since they could smell all the meat fragrance. It must have been torture for them, with their super sense of smell to resist the temptation of jump on the counter and grab themselves some bacon or port or chicken. The final product looked surprisingly similar to the Disney version. It smelled like Thanksgiving and provided days of dinners since you could only eat a small portion at a time.
This is how Disney's Pie appeared in the Cookbook.
Mine was surprisingly similar.
To watch the recap of this week on my YouTube channel click here!
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