Here's the deal with me and Valentines Day: I like the concept, but I hate the inflated prices and crowded restaurants. I don't want flowers that cost less any other day of the year. I loved the boxed chocolates, but I was always encouraging Stephen to get them the day after at half price. I like going out to eat, but I want to go during the week to avoid the crowds. I was really irritated the one year we ended up at a Japanese steakhouse (our tradition) at lunch time to learn that they would be charging dinner time prices just because it was Valentines Day.
I have no idea how much of this applies in Oman. I know some hotels had special dinners. We didn't go out to eat, so I have no idea how full restaurants were. I know my in-laws found some special emoji chocolates for the boys, but I never saw a heart-shaped box. I know without a doubt that if there had been chocolates that they would not have been half price on February 15 because Christmas items were still full price at the beginning of the year. I did see flowers at the store, but I don't know how much they cost. They are not normally there, so there is no telling if even the given price was inflated.
Healthy Chocolate Melting Cake
This cake is based upon the recipe for Carnival Cruise Line's Chocolate Melting cake that you can find online and freely provided by them. When on a CCL cruise, I get this every night. Every. Single. Night. One night I made the mistake of ordering cheesecake. It was a massive mistake. I made mine healthy by making it low carb (I'm a carb cutter) and replacing the sugar with date paste (I'm sugarless, too).
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| Low Carb, refined sugar free chocolate melting cake with banana ice cream. Excuse the slug shape of the ice cream. |
Joy
Thanks to Air1 losing their minds and playing old, melancholy worship songs, I've switched to listening to music on YouTube. I've been listening to different mixes featuring TobyMac (my fave) and similar artists. The song "Joy" by for King and Country played the other day. It is admittedly not a deep song, but I still love its upbeat tempo in the mornings. It also reminded me of a thought I've been struck with multiple times lately: There is a certain amount of happiness and joy that we can choose in our lives.
For reference, here is the music video:
For reference, here is the music video:
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