sunday

Sunday!  Sunday!  Sunday!

What a difference a day makes.  Today is perfect.  Again, it is glorious weather, again, there is football on tv, again, the Pea and her little buddy are sitting in the driveway...BUT, today I am not annoyed.  Nope, not a bit. 

Today, I was able to start the day with my favorite show, CBS Sunday Morning, drink an entire pot of coffee in peace, snuggle with the Pea while the pumpkin bread we made baked in the oven, and get a few things done without ONCE having to stop and yell "STOP YELLING AND BE NICE!"

Ahhh...much better.

So, as most of you know, the Pea and I are gearing up for our Christmas in Disney.  In less than  two months I will be in my happy place, hemorrhaging money.  Since most everything there is a bit on the pricey side, we have to pick and choose what we do, and what we buy.  We don't do souvenirs, other than pressed pennies and a photo cd (because I don't need any more plastic shit in my house), we don't buy clothes there (because why would you when you can get Micky shirts at Target for $7), and the Pea knows better than to bother asking for anything being sold by a street vendor. 

One place we go all out though, is food...or more specifically, dining experiences.  I am a big fan of the "character meal."  For those of you who don't know, the character meal is one where specific characters come around the dining room and stop at your table to interact for a few minutes.  The only other way to interact with the characters is to stand in line in the parks.  Some of the lines go on for DAYS...I don't do lines.  Combining my favorite thing: food, with one of the major reasons we go to Disney in the first place: the chance for the Pea to get hugged by a princess, is brilliant, and worth every penny.  We are scheduled to do three meals with princesses and one with Pooh Bear.  I am actually just as excited as the Pea, Price Charming is nummy because the food is awesome.

I thought I was the only person in love with Disney food (because most people just think it is overpriced and not all that great) until I stumbled on this little gem:  http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2284684
Food Porn.  I have been looking at a bunch of it lately.  I am so addicted to this form of porn, in fact, that I have already started planning what restaurants to eat at for subsequent trips to the world, because I want to try it ALL.  Most of the good restaurants actually do not have characters, so it looks like I am either going to have to start going more often, going without the Pea (which would never work because I would feel so guilty I couldn't eat), or lying and telling her the characters are sick and can't come around whenever we go into a place without them.

I don't think going more often is feasible unless I win the lottery, so I am officially going to start lying to my kid on our next trip.  Until then, I have my porn.



My recipe for a perfect day: 
Wake up next to Prince Charming with a perfect cup [pot] of coffee, bake some pumpkin bread, make some chili, chill some beer, turn on a good [any] football game, and during the commercials scroll through some food porn. voila, perfecto!