It's a new week, and it includes Yom Kippur.

We spent Saturday just relaxing and watching TV all day, one of my favorite days!  Sunday was back to being busy.

We went out in the morning to take the hurricane shutters down.  They come down a LOT faster than they go up.  We got them down in an hour, and since we started at 9:!5 a.m., it wan't even that hot or sweaty.  Around noon we headed over to Epcot for our first time at the Food and Wine Festival.  If you go three times and are an Annual Passholder, you can get a free glass.  Last year it was a wine glass, but this year it is more like a highball glass.  No matter what it is, we want it and plan to get it.

We ate ravioli and peanut butter mousse from The Chew.  Mark also had a cabernet.  Then we went to the Greenhouse Guru where we shared a bag of fresh tomatoes and I had a Riesling.  Next we went to Wine and Dine for the Artist Palette, which was a trio of cheeses with three wines to go with them.  There was a Red Blend from Mondavi, Goldie (a Chardonnay from the Kurt Russel vineyard), and Conundrum, a crisp white.  I have had Conundrum before and like it.  Neither of us cared for the other two.  The Goldie is a VERY expensive wine, which Mark had been wanting to try, so he was happy to taste it and glad he hadn't bought the whole bottle!

We then hung out in the DVC Member Lounge after riding Journey into Imagination.  It is beautiful and includes free coffee, soda, and snacks.  It was delightful, and we programmed a Fastness for Living with the Land while there, which we rode next.  Finally, we walked around to the South Korea  kiosk, between China and Africa, for the Vegan Korean BBQ.  We had that last year and knew it was outstanding.  I had TWO!

Then it was time for the concert, Plain White T's.  We had never heard of this group, but we listened to three of their songs on YouTube before coming to Epcot this morning.  We like them.  I may have to become a fan and buy an album. Also, they must be very popular because this was by far the most crowded concert we ever attended there.  Mark also bought hummus fries from Morocco with a lager to eat during the concert.

Mark bought a bag of Joffrey's coffee, too.

Once we got home, we watched the second presidential debate.  CRAZY!  Enough said about that.

This morning Mark has gone to his rehearsal for the fall play while I'm waiting at home for the piano tuner to arrive.  In the afternoon, I will play Mah Jongg, and after dinner we are going to Susie and Ed's house to play Rummycube.  What a great day!

There will be no blog for the next few days.  Tomorrow morning I have a fasting blood test on Oak Street, which means about a 35 minute drive.  So I will be leaving too early to take the time to write a blog.  Then we are going to the Comfort Inn and Suites near our synagogue because Kol Nidre is Tuesday night and Yom Kippur is Wednesday.  We like to spend those two days near the synagogue.  Hopefully, we can swim in their nice pool complex before having an early dinner at Landry's prior to Kol Nidre services.  Thursday we will check out and go back to Epcot for our second trip to the Food and Wine Festival to eat lunch before doing our usual weekly shopping.

Are you tired yet of just reading our schedule?  HAHA!  I think I am.

Yom Kippur is the finale of the Ten Days of Awe.  We have had ten days to ask for forgiveness from anyone we have wronged during the year.  In the synagogue we will spend the day asking for God's forgiveness.  In order to receive forgiveness, we must first admit our sins.  The prayer book is full of long litanies of all the sins we might have committed against people in general and God.  We recite them aloud multiple times and ask for forgiveness.  None of that removes our obligation to actually ASK people we know for forgiveness if we have wronged them, either knowingly or unknowingly.

If you are reading this blog, please, I sincerely ask for your forgiveness if I have offended you in any way this year.  I might have written something that you found to be offensive, and if that is the case, I did not intend to do it, and I am very sorry if it happened unintentionally. I ask your forgiveness.

If you are reading this blog and you are a family member or a friend to whom I see or speak to regularly, there is EVERY chance that I have said or done something to offend you.  I promise to try harder to think before I speak or write next year; it is an ongoing process.  I sincerely ask for your forgiveness.

If you are observing Yom Kippur, I hope that you have an easy yet meaningful fast. And may you be sealed in the Book of Life for another year.