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Our house is finally at the point where we can have people over!  It’s still not all finished, but as of Friday at about 5:10pm, I have a fully functioning kitchen.

We invited some friends over, and I had a vague hope that the oven would be in by then.  On Thursday, the plumber came and moved the in-the-way gas line.  On Friday when our temporary Argentinian exchange student came home, we attempted to install the oven.  To say it was a tight squeeze is the understatement of the year! but we got it in and I had it all wired by 5:10.  Just in time to run to the store, buy some oven-able meat, get home, and have the guests arrive at 6:30.

I really enjoy cooking and had a helpful Argentinean sous-chef, so we had a great meal (mango and chicken satay on a salad with pear and cointreau cheddar to start; cold-sliced roasted tenderloin with Bearnaise sauce, savory roasted vegetable, and wild rice with shitake mushrooms; and creme caramel and winter apple cider for dessert…) and great company.  We met K & S at a trans-racial adoption seminar.  They are adopting a little girl from China!

Here’s to many more dinner parties!