February!

Time flies. So fast. It's already the middle of February. Pretty soon it will be a year since my computer died and I haven't even gotten the files off of it yet.

Happy Valentine's Day! For the past few years, Valentine's Day has been celebrated by cooking a large meal and trying out new recipes. This year, we had Tunisian-inspired meat pies, salata umuk houria (a Tunisian carrot salad), steamed lamb chops and potatoes, cupcakes, frozen raspberry cheesecake, and assorted fruit. Three of those things were new recipes and all turned out delicious. There was one year though that the food did not get such good reviews. I made a French vegetable thing, a Middle-Eastern lamb dish, and a fennel and blood orange salad. The Hubs was only really impressed with the salad because he loves fennel. Who knows what next year will bring?

You know your day is going to be good when you do not have to wait for even one second at the secretary of state. Yes, it was a good start to the day.