My Recent Obsession

For the last week or so, I've been cooking a lot more things from scratch. I love to cook, and I love seeing how happy it makes Brian when I make something especially for him in mind.

Recently, I've been obsessed with cooking with fresh garlic. I know what you're thinking "uhhhh she's a weirdo" and to some extent you're entirely right. But at the same time, I've realized that fresh garlic is AMAZING to cook with and really enhances the flavors within a dish.

Friday's food post is actually going to be a collection of recipes that I've made in the last few days. All of the recipes call for garlic, so I thought that it would be appropriate to post them all together.

Currently, there are only two recipes that I'll be posting: Homemade Chow Mein (Brian says it's better then any other chow mein that he's ever had!), and Homemade Garlic Noodles using fresh garlic.

Check back here on Friday afternoon to read my post!

Monday: Brian's 21st Birthday

21st Birthday Urban Dictionary Definition (classy, I know): The individual whose birthday it is, gets completely and totally intoxicated with the help of friends/family that eventually leads to uncontrollable actions and the loss of self-respect and any dignity the individual has.


Brian's 21st birthday is this coming up Wednesday - and since I'm not 21, I obviously couldn't buy him a bottle of wine or a bottle of champagne to help him celebrate...So instead, I bought him different types of glasses that he can use for drinks.

We already have one wine glass (originally we had two, but one broke when we moved into our apartment, so now we just have one) - so I bought him a matching wine glass. I also bought two 20 oz wine glasses....These things are HUGE, and I mean that literally. "Normal" wine glasses are 10.5 oz - so the bigger glass is almost twice the size. Additionally, I bought him two martini glasses, they are pretty standard at 6 oz each. Also, I bought two champagne flutes (I can't remember the ounces, but they are small-ish).

Brian absolutely loved his present - and I loved the expressions on his face. Here are a few of my favorite expressions when he was unwrapping everything:

Now, you have to realize that Brian's been talking about getting glasses for the last few days. I'm not even kidding you - easily once a day he would say "I really gotta think about when I'm going to get glasses so that I have them before my birthday". Little did he know that I was already planning on getting him glasses :)

Here's a picture of all of the glasses as well as the happy birthday man:

(If you're curious, his shirt says "Participation. Empowerment. Change. We are the SSI")

What's been your favorite gift to give someone on their 21st birthday? What has been the worst gift you've given, or have received? Let me know in the comments!