April 26, 2026 Snack - Pain au Chocolate Breakfast - Awful, Potato, red cabbage, mincemeat stuffing scrambled Eggs, Lunch - Egg Salad Salad. Dinner - Grilled Rib Steak and Asparagus with Potatoes Dauphinoise

April 26, 2026 Snack - Pain au Chocolate Breakfast - Awful, Potato, red cabbage, mincemeat stuffing scrambled Eggs, Lunch - Egg Salad Salad. Dinner - Grilled Rib Steak and Asparagus with Potatoes Dauphinoise 

I woke up at 2:00 and worked on my pleading until 4:00. Then I turned on the TV and saw that one of the cycling Spring classics, Leige Bastogne Leige was being telecast so I watched that. Tadej won the race by over a minute to a new 19 year old French rising star who finished about 1 minute ahead of the peleton. I think this I was the fourth year Tadej won this race and is now being compared with Eddie Merckx, the greatest cyclist of all time.

I then had a snack of a pain au chocolate with a cup of tea as I watched Chelsea beat Leeds in the semi-final FA match. Chelsea will face Man City for the FA championship and Willy could not be happier because he bet that Man City would win the Premier League championship this year and it looks like he might win his bet.

At 9:30 I made a terrible breakfast with red cabbage, leftover stuffing from the acorn squash, old baked potato slices and eggs. It was really bad but it got rid of some leftovers.

The only good thing about the meal was we ate it under the gazebo in the garden beside the water Irish and roses.

At noon we drove to Costco to buy a mattress cover but there was none. We bought lamb riblets, eggs, pistachios, 15 lb. of Yukon Gold Pitatoes, dirt for the garden, baguettes, coffee, red and green grapes, 5 lb. of Vidalia onions, and baby portobello mushrooms. 

We stopped at Lowe’s hardware on the way home for an extension cord and when we returned home after we put up the groceries, Suzette connected the extension cord to the charger in her BMW to maintain the battery.

When we returned home I minced 1/8 of a Vidalia onion, two stalks of celery, four hard boiled eggs, about 1/3 cup of minced fresh tarragon and several sprigs of garlic chives to which Suzette added a Mayo dressing to create a lovely egg salad that she served on slices of romaine lettuce garnished with grape tomatoes and a bunch of red grapes for a wonderful lunch with a glass of Vouvray and a slice of toasted baguette.

After lunch the wind was blowing in gusts, so we did not garden. I rested and read until 5:00 when we picked a stalk of immature garlic in the garden that Suzette used to rub garlic juice onto the Pyrex pie dish she cooked the Potatoes Dauphinoise in. I peeled and sliced three or four potatoes to which Suzette added 1 cup of heated milk and butter, 1/2 cup of Gruyere cheese, and white pepper and then baked the potatoes Dauphinoise about 25 minutes at 425 degrees.  Here is the recipe.

I had thawed a rib steak at 2:00 when we returned home and fetched a bunch of asparagus from the garage.

I also peeled and sliced six potatoes and three leeks and minced a stalk of garlic from our garden and simmered them in five cups of Suzette’s homemade chicken broth. After an hour of cooking Suzette emulsified the cooked vegetables to make Vichyssoise after dinner.

Willy joined us for dinner. Suzette grilled the steak to medium rare and grilled the asparagus with the steak.

I opened the carton of 6 Calstar 2014 Sangiacomo Pinot Noir that arrived on Thursday and opened a bottle to let it breath about 1/2 hour while Suzette was preparing dinner.

The pinot opened up as it always does and tasted even more fruit forward after 1 hour, which I love about this wine.

We enjoyed dinner. Everything was terrific. The Potatoes Dauphinoise prepared using Julia Child’s recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking was particularly impressive, browned Twisted cake like and full of flavor, a French classic.

After dinner there was some Pinot left so Willy opened several bars of Hawaiian chocolate we brought back from Hawaii and we savored a last glass of wine each with squares of rich 60% and 70% cacao chocolate.

Willy left after dinner and we then watched the final Forsythe Saga episode at 8:00 and went to bed at 9:30.

It was a day with food highs and lows which made us appreciate the highs better.

Bon Appetit

April 25, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate and Hot Chocolate. Lunch -Pad Thai. Dinner - Garlic Eggplant with Rice

April 25, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate and Hot Chocolate. Lunch -Pad Thai. Dinner - Garlic Eggplant with Rice 

I watched PL soccer this morning from 7:00 to 10:00 and ate a pain au Chocolate with a cup of hot chocolate. 

At 10:00 we drove to Two Wheel cycle shop to pick up Suzette’s new bike and drop off my new recumbent bicycle.

Then we drove to my appointment at Renal Medicine. It took them a bit of time to find my April 20 labs, but when they did, it showed my body was in normal range.

After the appointment we decided to split a Pad Thai, so

Paseo.

The Pad Thai was delicious and did not seem excessively salty. The noodles were prepared ahead and the meat selected cooked to order and added. I liked the sautéed pork but Suzette thought it was tough.

Suzette also thought the restaurant on Carlisle was better. So, we decided to do a Pad Thai survey of Albuquerque in the future.

After lunch we drove home and I rested until 5:00 when Shambly called. We called ICICI and asked them to call us back to but a call back did not come.

Dinner - Suzette decided to use some of the leftover BBQ pork to make one our favorite Chinese dishes, Garliic Eggplant.

I peeled and sliced into strips an eggplant and picked and chopped about a cup of garlic chives and parsley.

Suzette then fried the eggplant strips and drained them. She then sauntered the pork and added a seasoning sauce made with mirin, sake, a bit of soy and sugar.

I made a cup of rice with extra garlic chives, parsley, and seaweed.

We loved dinner. 

Here is the recipe for the eggplant.

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After dinner watched Dallas lose game four in its series with Minnesota in the Stanley Cup and ate bowls of chocolate ice cream and then went to bed at 9:30.

Bon Appetit

April 24, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Vietnam 2000. Dinner - Leftover Lasagna with a tomato salad

April 24, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Vietnam 2000. Dinner - Leftover Lasagna with a tomato salad

I awakened at 7:00 and watched the market open with a bang as the high tech sector took off stocks like ARM and AMD soared. It became one of my best days ever and my portfolio increased by almost 2.2%.

I worked on my brief until 11:30 and then went to linch with Aaron at Vietnam 2000. Aaron ordered sautéed salt and pepper chicken and onions on rice.  I ordered No. 76, Egg noodles with duck leg soup, a dish I dearly love.

After my usual bowl of granola in the morning, I really enjoyed the soup and ate all of it, which is unusual for me.

When I returned home I watched the market close and then confirmed the huge day’s result. I worked on the brief for another hour and then at 4:00 lay down and napped until 5:30, when I helped Suzette with a letter and then we prepared a very simple dinner.

Suzette sliced grape tomatoes in half and tossed them with cucumbers threads and red onion with olive oil and balsamic vinegar to prepare a simple tomato salad and heated squares of leftover spinach and mushroom lasagna.

I opened a bottle of 2019 Vouvray that was on the sweet side but very expressive of the Chenin Blanc grape in the Loire Valley.

After dinner we watched the news and then Montreal beat Tampa Bay in an early round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

At 8:30 we went to bed.

I have been enjoying reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, so read some more tonight.

Bon Appetit

April 23, 2026 Breakfast - Gravad Lax on Bagel Lunch - Mary and Tito’s with Henry. Dinner - Baked Stuffed Acorn Squash

April 23, 2026 Breakfast - Gravad Lax on Bagel Lunch - Mary and Tito’s  with Henry. Dinner - Baked Stuffed Acorn Squash

Today I was clear headed and made progress on my reply.

At 8:00 I spread goat cheese on two slices of toasted bagel and garnished them with slices of red onion and Gravad lax.

Then I worked until 12:45 when Henry came and we drove to Mary and Tito’s for lunch. I love the fresh flowers on each table. Henry ordered Huevos Rancheros and later a bowl of chicharrones.  I ordered the Thursday special, two tacos with double beans and red chili on the side.

I returned home after 2:00 and checked the Market and even though both averages were down my portfolio made a new high with a small gain.

I then drove to Smith’s and bought a half gallon of milk for $1.38 on digital special plus a container of vanilla and a container of Chocolate CherryTruffle ice cream, a discounted wedge of Affinois cheese, and two Belgium Endives. 

When I returned home I rested from 4:15 to 5:30 when Willy came and we spent three hours with Xfinity to get our cable service re-connected.

Then we heated the baked acorn squashes stuffed with ground beef and mincemeat and drank glasses of red Mencia wine..

Later PBS came on and we were able to watch Midsomer Murders.

Suzette made an open face ice cream sandwich by putting a glob of vanilla ice cream on a chocolate chip cookie garnished with a squirt of chocolate syrup.

I ate a bowl of vanilla ice cream drizzled with chocolate syrup and with a chocolate chip cookie.

Suzette went to bed at 9:45 after Midsomer Murders and I stayed up to watch George Gently, another British police detective series, until 11:15.

Bon Appetit

April 22, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Leftover Chirashi. Dinner - Leftover Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna

April 22, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Leftover Chirashi. Dinner - Leftover Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna 

I woke around 5:00 and started working on my pleading at 5:30 after I saw an early indication that today would be a good day in the market.

I worked until 7:24 and then watched the open at 7:30 and commentary until 8:00 and ate my usual bowl of granola with milk, blueberries and mango yogurt.

I them worked on my pleading until 11:30 when I took a walk around the block.

At 1:30 I made a cup of green tea, heated the sushi rice from yesterday’s chirashi, and poured some soy into a dipping bowl and cut up the large pieces of raw fish onto small bite-sized cubes.

I ate and drank tea until after 2:00 and watched the market close to a new high by the NASDAQ and S&P and my portfolio.

I meditated from 3:30 to 4:00 and then napped until 5:00.

Suzette came home hungry and I toasted and buttered three slices of baguette and garnished two them with slices of Leyden and one with goat cheese.

We then decided to blanch and sauté green beans and pinon nuts and serve them with squares of reheated Spinach and Mushroom lasagna.

 This was one of the best lasagnas I have ever eaten because of the creamy Mornay sauce we used on each layer made with Tallegio cheese, so it was a joyous meal. 

Later Aaron visited and we discussed some encouraging news about Earn.

We then attempted to watch A movie but decided to go to bed at 10:00 instead.

Today was another stellar day in the market for my portfolio. I loved it.

Bon Appetit