Hey, congrats to you both, and enjoy the day. You have earned it.
SteveS
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Jef. wrote:
> Well, it was a couple of days ago, really; hard to do a lot on a work
day,
> so today's the day we're having friends in to celebrate it!
> Thirty-two years together; twenty six of 'em married. How is that
possible?
> I am absolutely blessed to have Marsha in my life.
>
> The handful of you who have met her at AS3 get-togethers here or
elsewhere
> know what a delightfully positive, guile-free, no-bull**** woman she is.
> How she's put up with me all this time is one of Life's Great Mysteries.
> I fall in love with her over and over and over-- and all I have to do is
> turn away a moment and then turn back...
>
> We're having a couple of our favorite couples over, and I'm cooking
tonight.
> Greek shrimp w/ tomatoes, garlic, parsley, white wine and feta cheese; a
> creamy, lemon risotto w/ scallions; spinach salad w/ fresh mango, pine
nuts
> and a blood orange/balsamic vinaigrette. To wash it down, great la****ngs
of
> Retsina for those adventurous enough to try it, or some Casal Garcia--
> slightly effervescent, dry, ****tuguese white wine-- for more timid
palates.
> Dessert is assorted sorbets (Lemon, Mango, Cassis, Raspberry-- with
fresh
> fruit: Mangoes, Peaches, Blackberries, Blueberries, Strawberries.
> Followed by plenty of sighing, burping and (hopefully) surreptitious
> farting.
>
> I'm taking a little break in between doing my mise-en-place and getting
> prepped to cook.
> This is a good day. I've needed one for a while, now.
>
> Strength to you all!
>
> Jef.
>
>
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