What an end to the entire year, this month was so relaxing, the beginning at least lol. Mainly because I had like a month off from school (no classes, exams finished early) and because Steve's mom went away for like a week (wish it was longer T_T) and you know what she did as soon as she came back? Asked Steve to do her school homework and school project while she just sat around and relaxed >.<
His mom seems to be extra clingy since she came back which is overly annoying, like having princess syndrome. She woke us up in the middle of the night to plug in the ipad right beside her bed -___-' like wtf. She also woke us up super early in the morning to tell Steve that the heat isn't coming on in her car (you gotta wait, stupid!) its overly stressful when she's at home. Its like when she left and came back she decided "
hey I can get away with my son doing everything for me so I might as well take advantage of him and his girlfriend" Umm fuck you no, you know how to fucking pump gas into a car/buy grapes!!!!!!!!!! Man where is karma when you need it lol.
Cute but stupid
Speaking of stress, my stupid mom decided she can take care of two dogs at once because she's basically getting paid, but in reality, she sucks at taking care of people let alone animals. She's killed one dog before because she thought a puppy doesn't need a leash, so it got hit by a car. Her excuse? "
it committed suicide" uh.. no. The dog pictured above has high anxiety issues when its left alone and is super people dependent. If there is nobody upstairs with him he will bark and howl until someone goes up there. SO ANNOYED! And on top of that we have a super nice tenant that I hope doesn't move out because of these stupid animals.
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Woo I got most of the classes I want this semester ^__^ so I'm pretty happy right now.. but I still have to buy books for the semester so that's gonna set me back quite a bit >.< poops lol. Class starts tomorrow for me and my sleep schedule has been super messed up lately >.< (sleeping super late and waking up late) its all thanks to Steve because we moved his computer from the living room into our bedroom and he likes to play games super late or watch anime -___-' lol.
Its food time!
Lotus Root Soup
I did a lot of cooking this month, specifically soups and this one is my favorite :P so easy to make and tummy warming :P Chinese soups FTW!
Steve's birthday dinner
I took Steve out for his birthday dinner when we went to go visit Ashley since I thought it would be hectic for us to do it when his birthday actually came around. We went to Black Bottle in Bellevue and it was so goooood.
Steve ordered a local beer and I ordered a cocktail that was really bitter and full of alcohol, I fell asleep as soon as we got home :P LOL
Water
Fried Chicken
Ashley suggested these to us, they were good but I'm a fried chicken snob lol so obviously I wanted more. The sauce was a nice compliment to the chicken.
The food came out quick which was nice.
Clams with chorizo
This came in a really nice broth. Generally I don't really like clams but I had this once and had to get it again, Steve ended up eating like all the clams -___-' I only had like 3 lol but he let me have most of the broth ^__^
Pork Belly and Kimchi
It wasn't as good as I thought it was, it was alright but I probably won't be ordering this again.
Fennel and Sausage Flat bread?
I thought that the flat bread was too much food and I was right lol, I had only two pieces and Steve ate the rest lol but it was good but we found a super hard piece of rock or something in it >.<
I didn't want this LOL
Steve ordered another dish, this one is vegetarian and its roasted eggplants, roasted red peppers, a nice mozzarella with some balsamic sauce. I ate a bit but that was it.
BEST THING EVER!
This is the best panna cotta ever! This is earl grey panna cotta O_O I would eat this everyday if I could. Steve liked it too and he generally doesn't like many desserts.
Christmas Dinner Setting
We were invited to a nice Christmas dinner at Ashley's Mother-in-law's husbands daughters house LOL ok that was a lot.. maybe this would be easier Ashley's husbands step sister? LOL I don't know but it was a very large dinner and there were many guests.
Ashley's on a diet so she didn't get a chance to eat the food they made but she kept asking us what some food tasted like lol.
SO MUCH FOOOD
The dinner was so great! Everything was delicious and I know a lot of hard work went into this dinner >.< Wish I brought something to contribute to this dinner.
My large dinner plate lol
Steve's Dinner plate
OMG the desserts!
Some of the stuff on this plate I've never had before like the marshmallow thing on the left, the white balls (didn't try those actually -__-') There was like a brittle thing, gingerbread and short cookies.
More Desserts!
This plate has fruit cake, sugar tarts and fruit tart? I have no idea LOL I didn't have much from this plate.
Steve's second birthday dinner
We went out for another birthday dinner for Steve on Boxing day with a couple of friends and of course we had a few drinks :)
Salmon Sashimi!
Miso Oden
I have a secret love for daikon radishes and I super love oden!! Should find myself a nice recipe :P
Meat Skewers
We got some Toro (pork belly?) and uhh.. I'm not actually sure what this other one is LOL but the toro is the best!
Quail eggs wrapped with bacon?
I don't think its bacon.. lol I think it was thin pork meat wrapped around it, but it was pretty good O_O
Ebi Mayo
Basically battered fried shrimp with a spicy mayonnaise lol but these are always good no matter where you go.
Chicken Karaage
Fried chicken! This was alright.. lol I love super crispy fried chicken and this wasn't crispy enough for me.. lol
I don't remember what this was
It was not worth it LOL. It all tasted the same to me, I mean it wasn't bad tasting but for something that is supposed to have variety it all just blended together and it seemed like you were eating the same thing.
Steak
It did not need butter LOL
Nature Republic Products! O_O
Steve's mom couldn't find the product I wanted so she got me these instead. $40 for 3 boxes at the duty free? Seriously next time I go to Korea I'm only going to shop at the duty free lol.
Hope you all had a good end of year celebration! Since school is starting I'm not sure how often I'll get to post something but I'll try my best to do a weekly post or something!
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