Too Much Fun!

Published 5/9/2011

Too Much Fun!

The Retired Cooks Diary

By Suzette Pennington Munson

I remember as a child going on a picnic with friends to Bridgeport Lake and one of the kids, being worn out and ready to go home to bed when ask if he had a good time said, “I had too much fun!”

Well, this last week has been like that, I have had too much fun to settle down and take care of business. Mother’s Day started early for me. Thursday night we came home from a business meeting to find a box marked 1800flowers on the front porch…I quickly tore it open to find a beautiful bouquet of spring flowers from my son JR and his wife Adrian. It started a weekend of lots of surprises and fun.

Friday night Doug called and asked if I wanted to go out to eat, and after about a second of thought I said yes! He asked if I had chosen a place to write about this week and because I had been having “so much fun” of course I had not. I was really exhausted and decided that I wanted to just visit old “stand bye’s”.

We drove to Decatur and had supper at my favorite Taco place, The South Beach Taco on the square. If you haven’t taken the advice in my previous columns and tried it you should make the trip. They are always consistent and have so much variety that you can always have something new.

On Saturday morning we were out running errands and when I don’t have to cook I choose not to, so we stopped at another favorite, the China Palace, on Hwy 287 as you are coming into Decatur. It is always a good quick meal as their specialty

is the buffet which is always hot and fresh. It is another place we go to in a pinch when we want something fast that is not fast food.

Sunday morning is always a rush and being Mother’s Day makes it more so. We decided to take my Daughter Jennifer and husband Ronnie to the Italian Café in Bridgeport as a treat after church. Jennifer is graduating from TWU on Friday and we may not have much time to celebrate this week so we wanted something special. Again, if you have not visited the Italian Café, shame on you!! They had the Grand Opening on May 5^th and are making a big splash in Bridgeport. We again were treated to a fantastic meal. The little ones had spaghetti and meat balls while the adults were more adventurous with triple pasta plate, lobster ravioli and of course Sal’s special homemade bread…I always stuff on the bread and olive oil and balsamic vinegar before my meal comes then I get to carry home my leftovers!

Jen and Ronnie surprised me with a wind chime and a card, and Emily surprised us by coming home with us for the rest of the afternoon. We relaxed until Emily and I decided we needed an ice cream cone. So on our way to take her home to Bowie we stopped at our favorite place for ice cream, Dairy Queen. Dairy Queen has been a tradition in our family for as long as I can remember. So sporting a chocolate dipped double dip cone we took Emily home along with a bag of dilly bars for the rest of the family.

We got home just as a thunderstorm was building to find another surprise, a bouquet of Red Roses on my kitchen island from my oldest son Damon and his wife Daniella. The flowers were beautiful and I truly have a wonderful family that loves to surprise me. And yes I did have “too much fun” and now have paid the price be setting down and writing this column.

I hope all you Mother’s out there have had as wonderful a weekend as I have and I truly hope you have too had “TOO MUCH FUN”!