WELL its a birthday so you have to HAVE CAKE !!!!!!! I am not a baker way tooo much measuring and exactness ( NOT ME ) so a box mix will do SORRY to ALL U professional bakers (I know my limits ) He likes a MARBLE cake w/ CHOCOLATE frosting n thats WHAT he got !!! DAD frosted while I did dinner I made CAKE early this am BETWEEN my ZOO & FARM games LMAO !!! I can not believe I AM DOING THIS !!!!!! OMG SO not me !!! ANY WAY sorry for another rant !! WELL HERES CAKE !!!! SEE YOU SOON I HOPE BYE FOR NOW ♥♥♥♥

HI!!! Welcome everyone , yesterday April 10th 2010 was my youngest sons 23rd birthday !! We went out for dinner to CARMEN ANTHONYS !!! It was great !! Justin was born on a MONDAY ( a C-section scheduled he was my 5th preg. n like 3 yrs ( ANOTHER TIME KKK I WILL WRITE )!!!! 2 nd child ( oldest his bro. (MARINE) was 4th ) STAY tuned for HISTORY LATER BACK TO REALITY !!! RICK my AWESOME , AMAZING HUSBAND of almost 34 yrs came w/ Christian 27 mos.old in a LIMO to pick us up !!! It was my 35th bithday on Thursday April 13 th , ALSO HOLY Thursday n I had to cook for EASTER !!!! OMG TAlK about DRAMA !!! but as you know I handled it !!! SOrry to RANT but it kinda just came out ( that's what this is all about right ) !!!SO ANYWAY to nites dinner was VEAL MARSALA over fresh Linguine , you know lots of fresh SLICED garlic n parsley !!!!!!

2 nd pasta

I made two kinds of pasta same shrimp and sauce !!!

HOLY SATURDAY April 3, 2010

SATurday nite before EASTER I usually TRY n not COOK but kinda never works out that way !!! NO problem , right casue I LUV to COOK !!!!!! ANY way we were having FRESH shrimp from CHINA TOWN , NY over Rigatoni w/ VINCENTS Sauce !!!!! AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SAUCE is like NO OTHER !!!!!! SHRIMP so fresh taste like ocean !!!! ENJOY

3 rd pizza mushroom

and if that wasn't enough I made a 3rd PIZZA mozz & mushroom ♥♥♥♥

Good Friday nite dinner WHITE CLAM PIZZA

Came home from LITTLE ITALY n put away food n had to run to # 1 Fish Market n get little necks 24 ( 2 doZ ) & minced clams , go 2 pizza rest & get 3 small doughs n of COURSE LIQUOR Store ( just to make sure ) I had enough WINE 2 get through the nite !!! LMAO TUFF ONE !!! Then came home n proceeded to wash n scrub clams then cook them in pan till they opened n then ............. make other clam sauce n make pizzas !!!!! HUBBY, bro-in-law, cousin, (MY KIDS OUT 4 dinner ) RESULTS FOLLOW 1st one was gone n seconds no pics this was 2 nd one !!!!!

GOOD FRIDAY , Atlantic Ave. , Brooklyn , NY

Every GOOD FRIDAY since I was very little we used to go to Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY to buy our LEBANESE FOOD then cross the bridge and go into LITTLE ITALY and eat at VINCENT'S CLAM BAR corner of Hester n Mott!!!!!! THEN walk around n shop @ various stores !! WE StILL carry on that TRADITION 2day !!! I /WE luv it !!! So the pics will follow that DAY !!! ENJOY as I have n GOD willing will continue to !! IF any of you want to JOIN us just let me KNOW we can MEET N NY !!!!!

SPlit Pea soup w/ Ham bone from Easter Sunday

HI!!!!!!!!!! I'M back again.............................. 2nd PIZZA for tonite !!! I told you this NEVER STOPS !!!!! ANyway it was a :::: RICOTTA Cheese , tomatoes, sauteed hot & sweet sausage , fresh mozz, garlic, parsley,& wild mushrooms !!!! YUMMO !!!! again ALL GONE !!!!!

ANOTHER request from my other son at a moments notice ( WELL STOCKED PANTRY & FRIG ) at all times !!!!! PIZZA :::: peppered bacon w/ onions & mushrooms , fire roasted tomatoes !!!! need I say LOTS of sliced GARLIC & fresh parsley !!!! YUMMO ♥♥♥♥

DINNER , was a request from my MARINE son who's home for a short time ! It was Rigatoni Alla Buttera !!! It was amazing as you will see!!!

HI !!!!! Everyone its been a few days since I've written !!!! SO SORRY and I do miss this I will continue , hopefully daily from now on .I think I'm kinda caught up well ,as can be expected for now . My MARINE son came home on HOLY Thursday , which was April 1 st last week as today is Friday OMG its been over A WEEK wow !!! TIME DOES FLY BY !!!! That was crazy enough but a family tradition is we go to NEW YORK , on GOOD FRIDAY , which I/we still did !!! NEED I say more then SAT was last minute shopping early for fresh produce , and the prepping had begun , then it was an EASTER FEAST (pics will follow ) !!! THEN just plain craziness w/ him home n regular tasks!! NOw weather is getting warmer I am also responsilbe for outside as well .SOMEONE has to work , ( I DO NOT ) so I do it all inside & outside !!! I will explain GOOD FRIDAY at another time it needs is own SPACE !!!