But I did have a lovely birthday yesterday. Randy and I had lunch at McPhee's Grill in Templeton, one of my favorite restaurants and home of the world's best ice cream sundaes. Then we went up to Paso Robles and saw the latest Harry Potter movie. Randy even sprang for popcorn. After that, I lived a fantasy. We went to Pier One where I picked up a few little things that I wanted/needed. And Randy paid for everything! It pained him, but he did it. With only a tiny bit of grumbling. We topped off the festivities with lattes (chai for me) at Starbucks where I also indulged in one of their sinfully iced polar bear sugar cookies. Just a nice, pleasant day.
My Big Cooking Whoop today was to make a lamb tagine with a hunk of lamb I drug out of the freezer. (The freezer is over-full, so there will be a few mystery meat meals coming up.) I sort of followed a Martha Stewart recipe, but I thought the directions in a recent special issue of Fine Cooking, which I'd made a few months ago, were better, so I sorta winged it. Used apricots. I love to cook with fruit. I made couscous (never did that before, either) to go with it, adding raisins, cumin and cinamon. It was all pretty tasty. Wonder what the next mystery meat meal will be?
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It sounds like a lovely Birthday day. I'm glad you're around to celebrate it. And, you never know the effect you have on people. Or even the people you have an effect on. So, though I find it sad and even cruel that Elizabeth Edwards is gone, for she certainly was an inspiration and all the other good things people said about her, I'm happy to have you around celebrating your 62nd birthday. I hope you're around celebrating lots more!
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