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Valentine’s Fondue

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 “Valentine’s Fondue” Cedar Park, 2022

Mariko and I enjoyed our annual cheese fondue dinner to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but this year it was just the two of us. Our oldest son is at university, and our youngest son had dinner with his girlfriend.

So it was a couple’s fondue dinner for the first time in a many years. Kids grow up so fast!

Even without the kids, it was a fun and delicious dinner. I am often just a little bit worried what life will be like as empty-nesters, but on each occasion where we find ourselves in that situation, it has been fine.

Tea Corner

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 “Tea Corner Tray” Cedar Park, 2022

Today’s photo is of our tea tray that sits next to our espresso machine. Every day I like to sip on tea while I work so I visit here a lot to fill the tiny tea pot with hot water. We have an electric kettle which makes it so convenient.

I’m not a tea connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination, but I enjoy the taste, especially green teas. Besides being tasty and calming, green tea has health benefits as well. Win-win-win!

Birthday Dinner

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 “Ribs” Cedar Park, 2022

Tonight I made some Chinese-style seasoned ribs and Oyster-sauce greens for Mariko’s birthday. She didn’t have a specific request, but I offered to try a new dry rub recipe on a tried-and-true baby-back ribs cooking method, and she said that sounded good. The ribs turned out great!

At the same website where I found the ribs recipe, I found a recipe for the greens and they also turned out nicely:

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 “Chinese Greens” Cedar Park, 2022

I hope Mariko enjoyed her birthday dinner!

Here are the recipes: