A surprise and 20 cloves chicken~!

It's been a good day thus far. I love Saturdays. Normally there isn't a bagillion things to do and I can get a little more rest than on the weekdays (which is SO needed). It was nice going to worship practice, hisashiburini. I especially enjoyed the drive over there in my new red sports car, which my friend gave to me for FREE. Thanks God! Last night after the Harbor, I came home and there was a plastic bag on the door handle. I thought to myself "Hmm... this could either be really bad (poop) or good?" So I opened it and to my surprise I found these:



That is a bag of origami cranes (and the faces behind it are me and my sister's emo-ji onigiris). I was having a hectic time at work on Friday. There were a million things to do and I didn't have nearly as much energy as I would have liked. During the day, the coordinator for the Asian American Pacific Heritage month thingee at our school asked me for some Japanese things for a table. As the room I'm in is not really mine, nor is the stuff in it mine, I was hesitant. So I asked a couple of my students to make some origami real quick so that I could give them to that teacher. The celebration was a success (and I got to eat a WHOLE bunch of Filipino food, yay!) and it was over with so I didn't have to worry about it anymore. I have a student who lives next door and I guess he overheard me talking about the origami. So when he went home, he and his brother made a BUNCH of cranes for me. I just about cried. God has an interesting way of making me feel like a complete idiot for being a cranky jerk to my students. Thank you God for humbling me.

Today I felt really ambitious after watching cooking shows and going to Mihama to get a cookbook. So I made 20 cloves of garlic chicken! Recipe:

It really reminded me of my Thanksgiving Turkey recipe though after eating it. It was just... okay. I gave my brother a piece (along with the veggies I made) and he said that it was "Awesome" and "Umai". If it has Henry's vote, I guess it's aiight.
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/content/videolibrary/index.cfm?cm_type=gnav

20 cloves garlic chicken with diced potatoes, tomatoes, onion, broccoli saute. I'm practicing for my future husband~! :P

Avocado Burger?

Today was a pretty good day at work. I got a lot accomplished. Gave the kiddies quizzes, made up a project that they have to present to the class, and took them to the library. All in all a good day. In my random free time I perused the top 20 recipes on Allrecipes.com and found this recipe for Guacamole. It turned out okay.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Guacamole/Detail.aspx
I decided that I was too lazy to make tortillas and instead made an avocado burger. Avocado burger= wheat buns+ mozzarella+ beef pattie+ romaine lettuce+ guacamole. It was really filling and I guess kinda healthy?