"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. " "It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. " "Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves. " "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. " "Love is everything it's cracked up to be…It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. " "The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions." "Seduction isn’t making someone do what they don’t want to do. Seduction is enticing someone into doing what they secretly want to do already. " Irish Stew (for 4-5 servings): Package of roughly ½ lb Beef For Stewing (or use ½ lb rabbit meat if you can find it) 1 large potato, peeled and chopped into large uneven chunks 1 large white or yellow onion, peeled and chopped into medium sized uneven chunks 2-3 large carrots, washed and chopped into medium-large uneven chunks 3-4 celery sticks, washed and chopped into small-medium uneven chunks 1 tablespoon salt 3 tablespoons Cracked, Coarse black pepper Large tab of butter 3-4 Cups of water 4 tablespoons dried parsley or 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley 1 tablespoon tarragon (optional) Throw all ingredients together into a medium-large pot and gently boil for 20 mins, then reduce heat to medium/low and simmer for a minimum of 45 mins and as long as 2 hours. Make sure the beef is cooked through. Add more water if needed but do it early on. Salt to taste. Vegetables shouldn’t be mushy or hard. Serve with large chunks of French bread that’s been microwaved for 30 seconds. Tortellini in basil pesto (for 2-3 servings): 1 small package of any flavor stuffed ready made tortellini 1 small tub of basil and pine nut pesto Boil water for pasta in medium-small pot. Throw pasta in. start another small frying pan for the pesto on high. Scoop 3 heaping wooden spoonfuls of pesto in the small frying pan and fry on high, bubbling, heat. Keep stirring it so that it doesn’t separate too badly, and make sure it doesn’t burn. Strain pasta and throw into the pesto. Stir thoroughly! Let the pesto brown to a medium color and lightly crisp in the pesto, let the pasta soak up the oil. Optional: Add small, cleaned shrimp or small bites of precooked chicken in with pesto when you add the pasta. Can also do bow tie/shells/macaroni pasta. Serve with baby mixed greens salad, or grilled chicken breast.

My Ideal Person "The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. "
"It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. "
"Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves. "
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. "
"Love is everything it's cracked up to be…It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. "
"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."
"Seduction isn’t making someone do what they don’t want to do. Seduction is enticing someone into doing what they secretly want to do already. "
Irish Stew (for 4-5 servings):

Package of roughly ½ lb Beef For Stewing (or use ½ lb rabbit meat if you can find it)
1 large potato, peeled and chopped into large uneven chunks
1 large white or yellow onion, peeled and chopped into medium sized uneven chunks
2-3 large carrots, washed and chopped into medium-large uneven chunks
3-4 celery sticks, washed and chopped into small-medium uneven chunks
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons Cracked, Coarse black pepper
Large tab of butter
3-4 Cups of water
4 tablespoons dried parsley or 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon tarragon (optional)

Throw all ingredients together into a medium-large pot and gently boil for 20 mins, then reduce heat to medium/low and simmer for a minimum of 45 mins and as long as 2 hours.

Make sure the beef is cooked through. Add more water if needed but do it early on. Salt to taste. Vegetables shouldn’t be mushy or hard. Serve with large chunks of French bread that’s been microwaved for 30 seconds.

Tortellini in basil pesto (for 2-3 servings):

1 small package of any flavor stuffed ready made tortellini
1 small tub of basil and pine nut pesto

Boil water for pasta in medium-small pot. Throw pasta in. start another small frying pan for the pesto on high. Scoop 3 heaping wooden spoonfuls of pesto in the small frying pan and fry on high, bubbling, heat. Keep stirring it so that it doesn’t separate too badly, and make sure it doesn’t burn. Strain pasta and throw into the pesto. Stir thoroughly! Let the pesto brown to a medium color and lightly crisp in the pesto, let the pasta soak up the oil.

Optional: Add small, cleaned shrimp or small bites of precooked chicken in with pesto when you add the pasta. Can also do bow tie/shells/macaroni pasta.

Serve with baby mixed greens salad, or grilled chicken breast.