Thursday, February 13, 2014

VALENTINE'S DAY, 2014

Feast of Saint Valentine is here. Really, here. Mark and I are cooking a prime rib roast and garlic mashed red potatoes dinner for our friends Lew, Lynn, Paul and Cindy. 


We have a sunny but chilly 69F morning. Happy Valentine's Day! (Today is a very difficult day for three friends who recently lost their mates ... all were in loving relationships and the loss is acute. We are thinking of you today.)

After a little house cleanup, Mark prepped vegetables while I baked a "Triple-Chocolate" layer cake. Of course it wasn't THAT easy; I'd forgotten to buy eggs!  Mark dashed to the store for a dozen. 

All plans went well, and the company arrived about 530. We had a nice fire going and sat in the living room for cocktails!  Of course the meat thermometer was malfunctioning, and it took an hour longer than we thought to cook the roast. That's okay, the cocktails continued. LOL. 

Mark, Cindy, Paul, Lew & Lynn 

Cindy married 20 couples earlier today and was ready for fun. Paul, however, looked weary. Haha. 

Everyone was full of fun and celebratory champagne. Dinner was a little challenging for us ... but it was very good. About 11:30 the partiers headed home and we tied up. 

Whew. Time for a Sunkist before bed. LOL


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