Samain Moon of the Winter Solstice
Empanadas. Kate and I came to enjoy this Latin perogi, or pasty, so we decided to make some ourselves. This former baker did the dough while Kate made the filling and baked. Cooking together is fun and I think we’ll do more of it as Kate eases in to full time retirement, possibly as early as March of next year.
By making more than we need we can then freeze some and have meals later from one morning’s work.
Whoa. Ratcheted myself up about that presentation. This happened because I agreed to do it before we left on our cruise, knowing I’d have barely a week to put it together when we got back. It began looming as we hit Tierra del Fuego and turned north, the turn that in almost all my trips means heading home.
That meant I came home ready to cram, which I did. After years of deadlines in college, papers and tests alike, I adopted an I’d rather get it done ahead of time attitude, so I prefer a relaxed pace, finishing something like a week before a due date. I didn’t have that luxury this time.
The church did send me a nice e-mail a moment ago, so I feel good about that.
Since getting back from the cruise, I’ve begun a short burst training regimen. That entails working at maximum effort for 45 seconds to a minute, I run on the treadmill at about 6.5 mph at 5% elevation right now, then getting off and doing resistance work or stretching, getting back on 4 minutes later, going full tilt boogie again, then off, until 4-5 minutes of maximum intensity have accumulated.
It’s fast and crams a lot of work into a short of period of time, plus, according to the literature I’ve read is much better than traditional workouts lasting much longer. Even so, I also do a 50 minute low intensity treadmill workout on the off days. I do the short burst three times a week.
Now, if I can figure out how to cut my calories in half.