Category: Florida

Birthday Celebrations

I started off the day a bit different as I was working and attended a clients clay shooting charity event. I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy it, but it was really a lot of fun. You had a golf cart and you went from station to station with different targets. It was in a rural part of Florida, which was good to see as well. Unfortunately there was a 3 hour drive home!

I came home and was greeted by Richard, the kitties and Clint & Anne. I got to open all my birthday gifts and cards before heading out to the cooking school in Winter Park.

It was a busy day, but a good day!

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Flower and Garden Show

  • My scavenger hunt
  • And my prize!

I met up with Candi for the flower and garden festival at Epcot and we had a great time. The food was much better than the food they had at the food and wine festival! The next post will have all the topiaries that they had on display- they were amazing!

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Tiffin Lunch

So I decided to go to Tiffin for an early birthday lunch. It gets reviews as one of the best restaurants in the parks and I have to say I would agree.

I started with a duo of appetizers (and forgot to take a photo). It consisted of charred octopus and a spiced falafel. The falafel was served with a mint-pistachio pesto and some pickled vegetables. Both were really good!

For my main I had a crispy corn cake with chermoula- infused vegetables and a corn emulsion. It was even better than the starter! I finished the meal off with a cheese plate and a nice cup of tea.

A nice birthday treat!

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Animation Experience

I have been wanting to try the animation experience at Animal Kingdom for awhile now and I managed to get a fast pass for 9:40 this morning.

Unfortunately the lines were so bad getting into the park (I guess it is spring break?) I almost missed it!

While I am not an artist- not bad for an accountant!

Now just a short wait before my lunch at Tiffin. Another place that has been on my list!

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Switch places

I would love to switch places with Richard right about now. I could be sitting on the patio drinking a glass of wine looking at the lake.

But I am here dealing with this:

We had a toilet that kept backing up in our house. Turns out there was a cap that got stuck in one of the pipes during construction- 4 hours later it is still there. They have moved it and lost it in the plumbing a few times, but it is still in the pipes somewhere!

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Bike Ride

Sunday was my first organized bike ride. We drove about an hour to a town called Inverness. It was very low key with a start time between 7:30 and 9:00 am and you could chose any distance you wanted up to 100 miles (we rode 34). This was my longest ride so far and I did ok.

We followed it up with a local breakfast and the Hen House. The food was your good old small town food and definitely needed after the bike ride!

We then came home to this crashed out on the new couch.
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