Happy New Year

Happy Gregorian New Year to everyone!

Wow, what an anticlimactic segue into 2006.

It didn't feel like anything other than a regular weeknight here, since in Iran the real new year worthy partying over is yet to come. Then there will be much merrymaking for 10 days.

Ali fell over a gutter yesterday and had cuts and scrapes on his hands and knees, and I have a cold or something.
I did cook a new kidney bean curry I looked up off the internet because I can't get mine to taste like my mom's stuff, so I figured I should do something else. AliBob loved it, so I would call it a success. (He loves almost anything though, so I'm not sure if that's really any testament to my cooking skills.)
We went to sleep at midnight with a quiet Happy New Year to each other.

Let's hope this coming year brings more peace and joy and ethical living all over the world. I also would like to add a little request for the cooking fairies to sprinkle cooking skill dust on me pretty please. Or enough funds to hire a personal chef. I'll accept either one.