While I was cooking the chicken and brussels sprouts
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2025 8:17 am
Although the storm was pretty bad in my area, it cannot begin to compare with what happened to the poor folks in NY and NJ. I have many friends with houses on the Jersey shore and they are all pretty terrified to see what has become of their property. Also my boss will be out of the office all week helping his mother get out of her home in Long Island, where two huge trees are currently blocking her in. Lastly, for those who were wondering, although Fabio’s family lives in Queens, none of them had any trouble with fires or flooding, thank God. Luckily everyone I know was relatively spared from the storm! Phew!
Ok so now that we’ve gone over all of that, let’s switch to a lighter topic, shall we?? Do any of you guys want to hear how Fabio’s birthday celebration went?? Can you guess what we did??
Here’s a hint:
Yes, we went up in a plane! And Fabio was the pilot! Haha but I’ll get to all of that in a minute. First let’s start with Friday.
Friday evening Fabio and I went to the grocery store to pick up a few items for dinner (it was packed btw, with people stocking up for Sandy). I even let him pick out an ice cream cake for dessert (which he prefers over my homemade regular cake. Sad.) and he couldn’t decide between a Carvel cake or a Snickers ice cream cake.
as adults, I tell ya.
Once we got home, I made Fabio one of his favorite meals on the planet, lasagna. He is obsessed with Italian food and for past birthdays and special occasions I have made him baked zitti and stuffed shells. This time it was lasagna!
I followed this amazing recipe from The Pioneer Woman (because she is a genius and I love her/am obsessed with her). It was really easy and so good. I also made gargantuan sized garlic bread (can you tell Fabio was in charge of slicing bread to the size he wanted? lol) to go along with the lasagna. Because 5 lbs. of cheese and pasta weren’t bad dataset enough for me??
Phew. So many carbs/calories but it was worth every bite!! So good!
After dinner it was time for cake!
Jack wanted a piece too
Sorry Jack, no cake for you!
After enjoying some cake, Fabio and I spent the rest of the evening on the couch relaxing. We were still sort of recuperating from the previous night’s birthday celebrations (aka, the tequila was finally wearing off) so we just wanted to relax. Also, we had big plans in the morning and I didn’t want either of us to be hung over!
Ok so now that we’ve gone over all of that, let’s switch to a lighter topic, shall we?? Do any of you guys want to hear how Fabio’s birthday celebration went?? Can you guess what we did??
Here’s a hint:
Yes, we went up in a plane! And Fabio was the pilot! Haha but I’ll get to all of that in a minute. First let’s start with Friday.
Friday evening Fabio and I went to the grocery store to pick up a few items for dinner (it was packed btw, with people stocking up for Sandy). I even let him pick out an ice cream cake for dessert (which he prefers over my homemade regular cake. Sad.) and he couldn’t decide between a Carvel cake or a Snickers ice cream cake.
as adults, I tell ya.
Once we got home, I made Fabio one of his favorite meals on the planet, lasagna. He is obsessed with Italian food and for past birthdays and special occasions I have made him baked zitti and stuffed shells. This time it was lasagna!
I followed this amazing recipe from The Pioneer Woman (because she is a genius and I love her/am obsessed with her). It was really easy and so good. I also made gargantuan sized garlic bread (can you tell Fabio was in charge of slicing bread to the size he wanted? lol) to go along with the lasagna. Because 5 lbs. of cheese and pasta weren’t bad dataset enough for me??
Phew. So many carbs/calories but it was worth every bite!! So good!
After dinner it was time for cake!
Jack wanted a piece too
Sorry Jack, no cake for you!
After enjoying some cake, Fabio and I spent the rest of the evening on the couch relaxing. We were still sort of recuperating from the previous night’s birthday celebrations (aka, the tequila was finally wearing off) so we just wanted to relax. Also, we had big plans in the morning and I didn’t want either of us to be hung over!