Champagne and capers

I cleared out the rest of the perishables from the fridge at the house. The rest will be tossed on Monday for trash pick up. I left the apple for now. It's getting soft and I still don't have the heart to throw it away until it needs to be. It's six months old. It should have been toast LONG ago... but I have a funny feeling that it will go bad when the house is sold. Then it will be time for a new beginning. A new one in this new place. Hopefully a place I can begin with Delores and grow from here. A place that starts with "us", not an ex and some old and bad memories. A place that will have happy memories of happy visits.

It was mostly condiments and non critical items that I cleared out today from the fridge including 4 bottles of champagne. One was open and had a champagne stopper on it. There is also a large jar of capers that holds a little inside joke.

I had used them to make scallops for Delores one afternoon. She decided to work from home, and then work from my house. So I made some lunch, but she wasn't to hungry. That was the first thing I had ever cooked for her....ever. She had some of it, and I'm glad she liked it. It was seared scallops in a champagne caper sauce and I had only used a little of the champagne. So tonight, I used it to make some veggies to go with my steak dinner.

There are a lot of memories in that house; My old life, two lives reconnect, some heartbreak from both, some good from both. But here...here is a fresh start...kinda...she was here before I even lived here which is a nice feeling.
Now, now I have memories in the fridge at this new place. How weird is that?

I also have in that fridge a few other bottles of champagne...and a rack of lamb. I hope I get to make her a nice dinner before it gets freezer burned.