What a weekend!

Happy New Year!
Happy Valentines Day!
Happy Birthday Dad!

so much going on, where to start. Oh yes, food.

Thursday 2/12 jae and i went out to dinner to celebrate Vday. every year for, i dont know, 6 or 7 years we have been to ruth chris in weehawken. we only like this location. this year being our first Vday in Long Island, Jersey just seemed too far. But in order to keep tradition alive, we did manage to head to a steakhouse. Mortons. Let me tell you what i ate...(just bc i like to talk about food)

I started off with an iceberg wedge salad with bacon, egg, tomatoes and thousand island dressing. i could have made out with this salad. Jae had lobster bisque which i thought was also good.

I had the filet mignon. I could only order this medium well but surprisingly it wasnt all too bad. the meat was still juicy. towards the middle, it did become a little too rare so i had to stop. but this was good. our side dish was mashed potatoes.

for dessert, creme brulee, as always.

i was in hog heaven. first of all, we have not been out in a real restaurant in so long. by real restaurant, i mean one where they refold the napkins for you when you leave the table, or where if your check in on the table waiting to be paid, someone besides your waiter will sweep it up and charge it so you dont have to wait.

the bad thing was, the dinner was close to $200 bucks. in the past we used to eat like this all the time. but we stopped since moving into our co-op and suddenly its not as fun anymore.

ok anyway... continuing on with the food, Friday I had a chance to meet my girls in the city for dinner. I, of course, suggested Ktown bc I have been craving soondubu. not homemade. One with MSG and lots of it. afterwards, we went to Pinkberry...while we were sitting there, julie and jully show up. they hadn't eaten yet so we all follow them to Baden where we sit down again. I did have some fries and noodles. i ate way too much!

Saturday - wake up and head to my sister in laws to arrive at 7:30AM. yes, thats early but i need to babysit due to some last minute circumstances. I was so tired...I tried to nap but the kids kept yelling "Why are you sleeping Aunt Jessica?". oh wells, there goes that idea. Instead, I Was entertained by things like this:



we ordered papa johns... yummy. at 12:3o my other sister in law comes with her 2 kids to relieve me, but I don't actually leave till 3PM.

Head to supermarket quickly, then go home to clean up what i can, and then to grandmas for new years dinner. What a feast! I can't believe my grandma cooked everything...she usually buys.

AS I'm leaving grandmas, I call jae to see if he wants any help. he tells me theres a huge issue with strawberries....the cases he got today were rotten and he had already made 80 orders with them. he was so busy he didnt QA the fruit as it came in. Soooo, head over there and see what happened. Its about 9:30 or 10 by now and all 8 workers are still there. The strawberries dont seem too bad, i taste one. Its too late to change everything, so they have to go out the next day. I leave at 10:30 and go home and continue to clean the house. The house should be clean before new years to start the year off fresh! I'm tired, but i chug on. I open jaes closet and its a wreck. i manage to get 2 loads of laundry in before i sleep. I did 2 more the next morning.

Sunday - Happy Birthday Dad! We have a 70th Birthday party for my father in law in flushing. at my sister in laws at 9:30am so she can do my hair and dress me in my hanbok. We head to take studio pictures...then head to the restaurant for lunch.

this was a great party! dad was soooo happy all day long. all his old friends came and it was crazy korean men singing karaoke. we had lots of dancing. It was literally like a wedding. The parents did a cake cutting, where they fed each other cake and had to give each other a kiss. It was cute. The siblings and I all got introduced and we had to walk out to strobe lights and dance music. We also did something formal which was bowing and handing tea to the parents. we gave out favors and ate a lot. It was fun.

and the kids even performed. Philip played happy birthday on his violin, but Kristen stole the show with her dance to "Nobody". check it out! look at jae's dads expression (in blue hanbok) to her. he loved this and after she was done, he ran out on the floor and picked her up so high! he was so proud! hehe



heres another video of the oldies getting down:



heres a few pics i did manage to take (will upload on facebook later)

me and kristen


sign in board, my sister in law made:


philip's violin notes. he just learned the song the night before!


After the party...we all head back to my sister in laws where we hung out and ordered in chinese food. this was fun too....non-stop laughing! we left after dinner and went home to rest up. we started to watch some DVDs but fell asleep soon after. Poor Jae, he was exhausted. He napped most of the time we were at his sisters house.

Monday - a morning full of shopping - 2 supermarkets, BJs and michaels. wasnt feeling so hot, so went home, made lunch and then napped for a few hours. Hubby was nice and since he knew i wasnt feeling well, went out and bought stuff to make soup for me. It was good.... we ate that with some leftovers from the party.





and then bedtime.

what a weekend! baby was active this weekend as well.... but i think i wore myself out. I really need to be weary now... the last time i had a weekend like this, i was also comatose the monday following. must. relax.

oh heres my vday card i got from the nephews... the kids are taking over my fridge!