Since the mother is down for the weekend, I decided I'd make my super famous (at least in my family) spaghetti sauce. 3 1/2 hours of pure love go into this, not to mention 3 large onions, 6 cloves of garlic, 2 8oz. cans of tomato sauce, 2 6oz. cans of tomato paste, 1 tsp of basil, 1 tsp of oregano, 1/2 tsp of thyme, 2 bay leaves, generous helping of fresh ground pepper, 4 tbsp of olive oil, and a bunch o' salt.

Heat up the oil in a large stock pot (medium high). Push in the garlic and onions, lower the temp to medium, and saute for about 8 minutes. Then pour in the tomato sauce and paste, plus a can of water of each (2 8oz, 2 6oz.). Add all the spices except salt. Simmer on low for 3 hours. You can add meatballs (which I shall be doing) after 1 1/2 hours.

I wish you could smell what I am cooking!