Tea and Marathons

Marathon runners rack up many many miles with their workouts and races. They stay focused on their grueling training in the hope of improving their personal best time or even winning a marathon. People have different reasons for running. The possibilities range from loving a great challenge, running like the wind, to the exhilarating feeling they when they finish. No matter what their motivation may be for running, it always comes back to it being something they really enjoy doing.

You may be wondering how marathons link up with tea. Think of this way. Think about what a wonderful day it would be to go from one tea party to the next....

A good friend of mine became engaged a few years ago. Being her matron of honor I helped plan her bridal shower. It was decided that a bridal shower tea would be given. One of my jobs was a to take the bride to a tea room so as to not arouse any suspicion that she might be going to bridal shower.. I told her to dress to a tea (pun intended). This included hat, gloves, the works. After tea, I told her that I needed to stop by work and pick up something that I had left behind and needed in order to finish some teacher tasks at home. Pretending to be unable to find my key, my friend quickly found hers and opened the door. Surprise! There were about 100 ladies, plus children all ready for a bridal shower tea.

So that day we both had a marathon of tea parties. Hey, two parties separated by thirty minutes is not bad at all. Of course, we had all of the tea, tea sandwiches, and oh so many other delectable goodies all over again.

Two tea parties in one day is still my tea marathon record, which I have repeated several times since.

Hopefully, the record will change to three tea parties in one day, which would be absolutely fabulous and dreamy. Every marathon participant needs a goal, even an individual who loves tea and tea parties can have a tea party marathon goal.

Try this, get a group of friends together and and plan a tea party marathon. Have everyone prepare light tea party foods (Remember, you have to pace yourself if you are going to do this all day) that are ready to serve, along with great tea that you will brew after everyone arrives. Think of this as a tea party marathon.