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Wednesday, 28 February 2007

woo-hoo!

i almost never try to win contests on the radio... much less on myspace pages! :) buuuut... ta-da!!!

all right, so you can't see anything.... maybe try this??
I actually won a valentine's gift from jars of clay... how exciting!! even though i'm just a runner up. :) wow, i guess all those years of being obsessed with jars finally paid off. haha...

Currently Listening
Good Monsters
By Jars of Clay
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Wednesday, 21 February 2007

last week

Valentine's Day kinda turned into Valentine's Week... :) Wednesday night, I made dinner for the two of us cuz i can't stand the crowds on these such days. We had a quiet evening of dinner, cake, and a movie. Little did I know, I was still in for an extravagant surprise on our "quiet valentine's day" when Jas gives me a gift neatly wrapped in pink paper. :) I open it to find a Pretty Woman DVD (one of my favorite romantic movies) and an envelope that reads.. "it's not the opera.. and we're not flying to San Francisco but..." (if you saw the movie, then you understand). I open it and find an open table reservation to Celadon and tickets to Wicked for Thursday night! :) yay!! and all i got him was... a basketball.... hehe..

our table of "gifts"

gifts unwrapped.... (i guess better presents DO come in smaller packages) :)

Wed. night's dinner... jumbo shrimp and scallops and seafood red curry. :)

Our dessert... that i bought!! I could never make such a delicious cake! chocolate with chocolate mousse filling covered in chocolate ganache and a raspberry puree heart. we appropriately enjoyed this dessert with the movie "chocolat"

Thursday night's dinner at Celadon (picture from website)

and our final valentine's celebration with our married couples sunday school class on saturday... potluck!! :) I brought a mix of berries and kiwi with some vanilla yogurt.. yummy.. love trader joes!

Sorry, no pictures of our Thursday excursion. Dinner was great though! Nice Asian fusion tapas place near the grove.. hard to get to, but fun to try! and Wicked was really cute and funny. :) we didnt bother to bring our camera since it's not allowed.. sorryyyy.. :) We did try for hours to take pictures of ourselves with the playbill when we got home, but they all turned out ugly and blurry. hahaha!

Even though valentine's day isn't a "real holiday" it's a lot of fun to have an excuse to spoil ourselves. :) Hope you spent it with the ones you love....

Wednesday, 07 February 2007

French Dip and Wedge Salad

so i went to BJ's with keith, thomas, charles, angeline, and jas after the superbowl party this past sunday. i guess we were feeling pretty gross after the hot wings, nachos, and desserts so we all got salads. i happened to order "the wedge" salad (which actually isn't all that healthy for you since it's just iceberg lettuce and ranch) and really enjoyed it (maybe cuz it was just iceberg lettuce and ranch). i dunno how they got their lettuce to be so crisp, but i decided to try it at home... after all.. it's just iceberg lettuce and ranch, right? :) So here's what I did for a dinner of french dip sandwiches, wedge salad, and roasted red potato "fries"

French Dip Sandwich

1 lb. NY steak or Rib Eye w/o bone, sliced 1/4 inch
1 packet Lawry's Au Jus Gravy Mix
4 French Rolls
4 Slices of Swiss Cheese
Horseradish and Mayo mixture

Grill steak for 2 minutes each side
Toast Rolls and smear a mixture of horseradish and mayo on each side to your liking
Follow Directions for Au Jus mix
Dip meat into au jus and
put swiss cheese between roll and steak as soon as possible to melt
serve with au jus for dipping

easy huh? and sooo good.. :)

Wedge Salad

1 head of iceberg lettuce
1 T. bacon bits or bacon fried till extra extra crisp
1/4 cup of red onions, chopped
1 T. parsley, chopped finely
(chopped tomatoes, optional)
Ranch Dressing

Keep lettuce in ice bath for 5 minutes, slice into quarters with a little bit of the base on each quarter to keep it together
sprinkle bacon, onions, parsley, and tomatoes onto the quarters
drizzle with ranch

Baked Potato Wedges

4 medium red potatoes, quartered
1 tsp. parsley
1 tsp. thyme
1 T. olive oil
1 tsp. lawry's seasoning salt
pepper to taste

shake all ingredients in a freezer bag
preheat oven to 400
microwave potatoes for 6-8 minutes (depending on your microwave)
place on a baking sheet and bake for 6-8 more minutes and broil until slightly golden (2 minutes?)

we had a lot of food... :)

Tuesday, 02 January 2007

tagged by wordswithoutasound

Delight the Senses 2007
(instructions: list three things in each category that you'd recommend to someone. please be appropriate!)

see:
1. Hawaii's sunset or sunrise
2. a groom's face as his bride is walking down the aisle
3. my adorable nephew!!
** 4. ok go's music video for "here it goes again" hehehe...

hear:
1. kids laughing just because they're kids
2. Heather Headley sing with Andrea Bocelli
3. itty bitty infants snoring softly.. :) (try it out on avery or jadon) hehe

touch:
1. ooo.. I agree... Modal sheets!
2. gund stuffed animals
3. (hug) someone you love

taste:
1. my dad's prime rib... yum!
2. The Bigg Chill's frozen chill berry yogurt with mango, kiwi, and strawberries!
3. Persian food! (kabobs, shirazi, tadiq with ghormeh sabszi, eggplant dip, yogurt dip... ooo....)

smell:
1. fresh baked cookies
2. aqua di gio.. still love it!
3. clothes fresh from the dryer

I tag: theotherjasonng, cecegajie, shirleyk, nire22, lookyitsbri, rachelers, adorable26, soopercrys, LH1004_jin, michmah

Have a safe and happy new year!

Currently Listening
In My Mind
By Heather Headley
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Tuesday, 21 November 2006

Happy Turkey Day!

Hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving!! We'll be in SF for the weekend... enjoy the funny picture i got from Esther. hehehe...