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Two Weeks & Birthday Wishes
Two Weeks
On April 11, 2013, I celebrated a birthday; a milestone birthday I may add. Of course it was bittersweet…many friends, family and new friends wished me well. That is the sweet part of it friends and family all around me …I know and realize how truly lucky I am.
I cannot help but focus on the bitter part of it as well. I am older, no longer, a young girl starting out but a woman with all these years behind her, trying to still figure it out and always ask; where did the time go? Are birthdays just a reminder of another year added and reflections of our choices, or should it be a celebration?
What transpired around my birthday was, that I allowed certain events to over shadow the good and because of that, it became a bittersweet event. When I started out blogging, I promised myself that I was going to be as truthful and open as one can be, but the difficulty of that undertaking is that certain things cannot be shared. Therefore, I apologize for the secrecy ….all I can say is the experience that I felt was most likely a fear, what followed was confusion.
Therefore, since my birthday, I am working on resolving a few things….change is inevitable….but more importantly is that what is done is done, I cannot change my past so I accept all of it. I have too because I have to make the next phase of my life the wonderfulness it deserves to be…..and I know it should be and it could be; because only I can make me feel that way…. I forgive my past and accept it…
The Forsythias did bloom on my birthday; I was so worried because before April 11 they were bare.
We were invited to our friends’ son’s 1st Communion celebration and I was presented with a wonderful personal cake! Thank You, my friends!
All I can say it was divine!
My sister took me out for lunch and I had the best salad….and spicy tuna roll. The salad was,
Wild Warm Mushroom, Goat Cheese, Salad Mixed Greens, Garlic Trûffle Sauce…. I am still craving it! Thank you, Silvana, it was scrumptious!
At home, that evening we had a spaghetti and meatball dinner; a favorite of mine; and our traditional Hostess cupcake birthday celebration with just hubby and the kids…..I kept it very low-key.
I received roses and a gift of my choice from hubby and the kids.
The kids got me a card with a Wonder Woman Magnet!
My friend Laurie dropped this card on my doorstep with flowers; thank you, my friend…loved it!
My Table
Teddy is wishing me a Happy Birthday, and telling me to be happy and smile!
(Poor little guy, desperate need of some grooming…soon!)
FAMILY
The celebration continues….
On April 12, 2010, we became a family; a judge granted us Parental rights to these two monsters:
We celebrated at Izumi Hibachi
Japanese soda that the kids ordered
Our Chef
Showing off his skills!
Onion volcano!
Of course, we had hot Saki!
My Family!
I was also honored in my new friend’s blog:
Peanut on the table
The great soup race is a post about Mom’s and I was so honored; not only was Mangia Mangia…No Talk mentioned and that my friend Tammy wished me wonderful birthday wishes, but that the tribute was in a blog about Moms on the day I became a mom! That was a true gift that the universe or God wanted me to see; which was:
Don’t Worry….Everything will be OK!
Well, I did say in the beginning of this post that I am lucky; I have great people around me. Some came into my life conventionally, and some unconventionally…in the end, does it matter if I met you on the internet because of this blog; or if we were stolen (which is true that did happen, friends stole us from other friends!)
No, it doesn’t make a difference how we became friends; because what matters to me now is how we make each other feel, actually it is how you make me feel, which is, I am important to you! I feel the same, you are important to me too! We are all connected and because of that, I thank everyone …you are all in my heart forever!
This week on the menu will be Stuffed Peppers…I will post next!
Mangia, Mangia…No Talk!
Liebster Award
Good Morning…..I believe I am back; in the last week I became a year older!!!! ( It was a big one) I was fortunate to receiving wonderful wishes from all my friends (new and old) and family! Thank you everyone!So much has happened in the last two weeks and I will write about it.
Happy Belated Easter Everyone
We had a wonderful and quiet weekend, I was home on Friday; took a spur of the moment vacation day (by spur of the moment I mean, I asked for it on Tuesday, rather than weeks ago)
I Heart Garlic!
I
Garlic!
I must because my last post was all about pasta with garlic.
On the way home after work tonight, I was thinking about what my post should be about; what recipe should I post….briefly I thought I can do a quick shout out to the pasta with garlic. I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about.
Yes, I must love garlic a lot. Let me tell you why.
My drive from my job is rather quick, compare to other commuters; twenty minutes the most. The radio is on and I get to listen to my favorite radio station out of Fordham University, a public supported station that plays an array of genres. Therefore, my mind drifts from one song to the next, although tonight I was thinking about posting on my blog. That is until I pulled into our driveway and headed inside. Hubby was getting dinner ready, the kids came to say hello and give me hugs, Teddy was jumping on me and wanted a goodie, the dining room table was being used for a project that Nick and James were working on. Nick is speaking, telling me something, and Amelia wanted another hug. I was thinking about dinner and making a salad. Hectic? Not really, more like controlled chaos.
Whew!
Tonight’s dinner was Oven Fried Drumsticks (chicken legs) accompanied by a tomato and cucumber salad with garlic, and an oil and vinegar dressing…At this point, I can tell you about how delicious and easy the chicken legs were; but then again, I will save that for another time, because I’d rather share with you a little surprise while I made the salad. I love it when inspiration shows up…it’s so awesome!
Yes! I
Garlic!
I must, check out what I came across when I was making the salad this evening!
-shaped garlic slices!
“You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic you can eat The New York Times.” Morley Safer quotes
“Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.”
Alice May Brock (of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ fame)
Even Teddy got excited!
Mangia, Mangia…No Talk!
