So four years ago I made a tiramisu for my first Valentine's dinner with Dr B.
We had a portion each after dinner and put the rest away. A couple of days later he sent me the following email:
From: Dr B.
To: bitful
Sent: Sun 16/02/2003 12:35
Subject: Can you help the police with their enquiries?
The metropolitan police are [...]
To walk or progress with a slow heavy pace; plod. To work diligently for long hours.
You know what? I've been struck by the perfectionist's procrastinating bug again, where all I had to do instead is simply say that my fortieth birthday present from Dr B. was the best I have ever received. Well, perhaps I should say 'after the gift of life for which I will eternally be grateful to [...]
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This is the very first dessert I ever made for Dr B. It was Valentine's Day and it was the first time I was cooking for him. The menu made entirely out of Dr Atkins' worst nightmares, also featured breadsticks with Parma ham, and spinach and sweetcorn lasagna.
Ah, those were the days. We had met [...]
Our flat, today at 7:15AM
Me (handing over a card I'd scribbled hastily in the loo while having my morning poo): 'Happy Valentine's day!'
Dr B. (looking up sheepishly from his computer desk): 'Oh, crap - is it today? Oops.'
Romance is not dead. Just having a very long snooze, perhaps.
A person regarded as insignificant and contemptible.
A short rope or gasket used for fastening something or securing rigging. A cord worn around the neck for carrying something, such as a knife or whistle.
A deep red to dark grayish purple.
A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine. A collection of items held or bound together: a sheaf of printouts.
The TV programme Blue Peter is named after the 'blue peter' maritime flag that means the ship is ready to sail. This is because the programme is a journey of discovery and adventure.
Signed by The Hits is a tv show where music videos are signed for the hearing impaired, in the morning at 6.30 on [...]
The sediment in a liquid; lees. Often used in the plural.
A pad or cushion for an extra rider behind the saddle on a horse or motorcycle. A bicycle or motorcycle saddle.
A situation in which the price for real estate or land is raised to a higher price than what was previously verbally agreed upon.
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Last Thursday Dr B. treated me to a show to celebrate our four-year anniversary.
We had decided we were not going to get each other presents (Christmas was a little over a month ago, my birthday is round the corner and then it's Valentine's day) but to go out instead.
So he got tickets to go and [...]
One whose domicile lies at an appreciable distance from his or her place of business. A value far from most others in a set of data.
(Slang) A romantic infatuation.
Continuing the anniversary theme, here is the main course I cooked for my first Valentine's dinner with Dr B. (twelve days after we met) four years ago.
At the time I served it with a side salad and I made a tiramisu for dessert (we were thin then).
This recipe serves four.
Ingredients
1 pack (1 kilo) frozen spinach, [...]
Continue reading Sunday lunch: spinach and sweetcorn lasagna(An Irish term of address) Darling.
Swans mate for life but cheat on partners.
Kissing reduces chances of cavities.
Hybristophiliacs are sexually aroused by people who have committed cruel or outrageous crimes.
The bisexual pride flag has pink and blue bands with an overlapping purple one in the middle.
Divorce was common in ancient Rome but only became legal in Italy in 1970, and was [...]
(Also philematophobia) fear of kissing.
To assume financial responsibility for; guarantee against failure. To insure.
Four years ago today, late one Sunday night at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Dr B. and I met. We have been inseparable ever since.
Four years ago today, I had absolutely no idea of what it is like to be exactly who I am, and to be loved for that very thing, and to believe that [...]
A score of zero in tennis or squash.
A binding agreement; a contract.