mashed potatoes

on the way to church earlier, we heard a commercial for wingstop on the radio. so as soon as we got out of church, the first thing i thought of was fried chicken! we ended up at popeyes, because in addition to the chicken, i wanted mashed potatoes, too. popeyes has the best mashed potatoes ever! deeeelicious!

garlic breath

after the boys went golfing (again!), they picked me and lauren up and then we went to versailles for dinner. my garlic chicken and anthony's garlic pork were both extra delicious today, but that also meant that my breath was extra garlicky afterward. haha. yikes. we went to venus' house after dinner to play "battle of the sexes" and i kept burping up garlic. very ladylike, right?

fake meat

since anthony left me alone on a friday night (he went snowboarding), jenn came to the rescue and offered to be my hot date! cheowww! we ended up going to el segundo where we stopped by anthro and then ate dinner at veggie grill, which is a vegan burger joint. rianne recently won a drawing from them, so they catered lunch for her whole department at work. they also gave her a stack of gift cards with random amounts on them. i picked three cards out of her stack, and when i was paying at the restaurant, i found out that the first card i handed the lady had $25 on it! wow! jenn and i had a sandwich with "carne asada" in it. that's the closest i'll ever get to eating beef! and since the last time i ate real beef was 14 years ago, i'd have to say that it seemed like the real deal to me. haha. but what do i know? the "chickin" in my soup tasted pretty legit, too. yay for fake meat!

fast food

i met up with denise and gennie at koraku for a quick dinner earlier. we were limited on time 'cause they had a movie to catch. food was still good, though. gennie treated us! next time it's on me, bebang! and hopefully next time we can hang out a little longer. (=

coworkers

i had to drop something off in cerritos for work earlier. and since my coworker, alice, felt bad that i had to drive all the way there, she told me she would take me to guppys for an early dinner. fine with me! i think it's funny how age doesn't seem to be an issue when it comes to hanging out with coworkers. like when i was still working in irvine, there were some people my age in the building, but i naturally ended up hanging out with the older crowd instead. alice, for example, is only a few years younger than my parents, but i still feel like she's my homegirl. haha. it's just weird because if i didn't already know her and i saw her at the mall, i'd never think that she was fun to hang out with. but because the work environment puts you in contact with a wide assortment of people from all walks of life, you end up making friends with people who you wouldn't otherwise befriend. i wonder if my mom hangs out with people my age! haha.

do you, mommy?

orchids

oh my gosh. what have i gotten myself into? i am really not excited about posting so many solo pictures of myself. how lame! but whatever. here i am with my orchids. we have had three seperate orchid plants now. the blooms usually last 3-4 months. we were unsuccessful at getting the last two to rebloom, so we ended up having to start over with a new plant each time. i've had these babies since november. i love seeing them whenever i walk into the kitchen. sometimes i even say hi to them. haha! really!

meli

i went to visit meli earlier. doesn't she look happy to be in my arms? haha. yeah right. i don't usually carry her so awkwardly, but she was upset that i picked her up so i had to hold her in such a way that she wouldn't be able to scratch my face. doesn't that sound nice? =P i am making her sound so mean, but she's really just a typical brat cat. i know she loves me, she just likes to be in charge. she doesn't like to be picked up unless it's her idea. puh-lease. she's not the boss of me.

dirty hands

tonight for dinner we went out to celebrate gel's birthday! the original plan was to eat at boiling crab, but after waiting two hours and STILL being far from the top of the list, we decided to take our hungry mouths over to claws instead. we ordered so much food, but surprisingly we were able to finish most of it. my hands still smell like garlic, though!

arts & crafts

i spent the day with eva, gail, and gen at the orange county convention center for a craft convention! a lot of the booths had little projects that demonstrated how to use their products. but it was cool 'cause you could make stuff to take home. my favorite mini workshop was with a lady who taught us how to use a sewing machine! we ended up making flower brooches (which gen and i are holding). fun stuff!

hooters

anthony and i had dinner with carla and geof at hooters in anaheim. it was funny 'cause geof said that of all the people he knows, no one else goes to that restaurant as often as carla and i do. haha! what can i say? we love hooters! and the chicken ain't so bad either. >=) muahaha.