Happy Valentine's Day

So J and I decided to stay in today and make a nice meal (well, I'll be making a nice meal - J will be on clean-up duty) instead of going out.  So, here's the menu:

Shrimp Cocktail with Red Cocktail Sauce Sakowitz

Steak Diane Flambe

Wild Rice

Asparagus

Homemade Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing

Sounds good, no?  

Prednisone Plus Me Equals. . .

Bloat. Constipation. Not fun.  I've taken 3 Correctol's since last night and nothing has happened.  I also drank 8oz. H2O with 1 tsp. psyllium powder (gross) in hopes of getting things moving and nothing yet.  I guess I'll have another one after my dinner.  Thankfully - not one cluster headache since my prednisone dosage was increased, so I will take the bloat any day!

Speaking of dinner, I will be making Salmon with Lentils and a Mustard Herbed Butter - yum!  

Addition: The salmon was delicious!  Highly recommended - head over to epicurious.com and make this recipe!

A New Dawn. . .and Breakfast for Dinner

J and I are so thrilled for Obama's inaguration - I am going to watch as much of the ceremonies as I can while I'm at work tomorrow. Hopefully this optimism can stretch into the future.

In the meantime, it's breakfast for dinner tonight.  French toast and sausage - yum.