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Survived the holidays and the family. The relatives actually listened this year, I have very limited space and am a hard size-to-fit clothing-wise. I always tell people to bake me some cookies or get me a gift certificate for a book store or something. I trimmed my possessions after the divorce and just don't need any knick-knacks to dust or a sweater that doesn't fit and needs to be dry-cleaned. So they all went in together and purchased gift certs for a local spa so I can have massages whenever the school stress gets too bad. I'm in heaven! It's something I would never have asked for but its just perfect.
I had the stragglers that couldn't make it to the big family dinner over last night. There was about a pound of boiled shrimp leftover from the cocktail appetizer Thursday. I made them into a fairly decent homemade shrimp bisque. Served feta cheese soaked in olive oil, garlic and herbs as an appetizer and had a huge chicken injected with spicy garlic marinade, served with a rice piaf for the main course. Not half bad if I say so myself. Desert was bits of almond pound cake and fruit dipped in a chocolate-honey fondue. Three guesses who's going back to the gym next week ;)
Hope everybody had a good holiday.
I had the stragglers that couldn't make it to the big family dinner over last night. There was about a pound of boiled shrimp leftover from the cocktail appetizer Thursday. I made them into a fairly decent homemade shrimp bisque. Served feta cheese soaked in olive oil, garlic and herbs as an appetizer and had a huge chicken injected with spicy garlic marinade, served with a rice piaf for the main course. Not half bad if I say so myself. Desert was bits of almond pound cake and fruit dipped in a chocolate-honey fondue. Three guesses who's going back to the gym next week ;)
Hope everybody had a good holiday.