Spicy Garlic Shrimp with Coconut Rice...and other stuff

So I made this recipe for the second time today (from Simply Recipes) and it came out just as I remembered it. I'm going to tweak it for the 3rd time I make it because there are still some things that I'm just not satisfied with. It has good potential, though...and with or without tweaking, Brien says that this is the BEST thing that I've made so far and he could eat it everyday. (Psh...whatever, right?)

If any of you care, here's a link to the recipe.

Other than that, I'm still anxiously waiting for my package from Coastal Scents. Not sure what it is? You'll find out when I get my package and post a blog about it. Hehe. (Although you can probably already assume that it has to do with makeup...) I think it should be coming tomorrow.

In other news, this weekend is my Dad's birthday so we're doing like a 2-day celebration. Tomorrow I'm going to dinner at Yanagi Sushi and meeting his girlfriend -_- for the first time. Then we're gonna go watch Olomana play at Hilton Hawaiian Village like I did with Brenda a couple of weeks ago. Then on Saturday we're going to Alan Wong's Pineapple Room, which I'm excited about since I've never been there. The menu doesn't look as great as his King St. restaurant one, but there are similarities...I'd still rather go to the REAL restaurant, though, haha.

Okay well I'm gonna go wash dishes now. Have a great day!

PS I won't give up on Rachael jusssst yet because of Emily. Jeez I am so weak.

Crap Lasagna Casserole :(

So today I tried making Rachael Ray's Lasagna Casserole, a recipe from her talk show.

I tried buying whole milk ricotta cheese annnnd I grated my own parmigiano reggiano. Did I spell that right? Oh well.

Anyway, it was not that great, considering the amount of work put into it. I'd rather mix cooked pasta with bottled sauce and top it with cheese and bake it...

It's not even worth posting the recipe, but I just wanted to say that I don't think I'll be making anything from her ever again. I watch her show all the time and I guess I got suckered into her recipes that look good, but probably don't taste all that good. I think I'm going to stick with cooking blogs...

Okay well I'm watching Idol Gives Back and Annie Lennox is crying...so sad.

Bath & Body Works!

Yaaay! Today I got my shipment from Bath & Body Works and I was sooooo excited when the postal clerk came. (*sidenote: I said, "Thanks!" and she replied, "Thanks for being home..." kinnnda sarcastically kuz Brien always orders stuff and we're never home...annnnyway I thought that was semi-inappropriate.)

Anyway, I ordered this last week Wednesday, I believe, and it came this afternoon. Here's a list of what I got:

12 Anti-Bacterial Deep Cleansing Hand Soaps (in no particular order):

• Enchanted Orchid (New Scent!)
• Mango Mandarin (Lovvve this one!)
• Pink Grapefruit
• Freshwater Cucumber
• Sun-Ripened Raspberry (Never thought I'd like this one so much...)
• Cucumber Melon (A staple, of course)
• Sea Island Cotton
• Tropical Passionfruit
• Sweet Pea
• Coconut Lime Verbena
• Wild Honeysuckle
• Kitchen Lemon (for Brien, who loves lemons...)

I also got some of the new Anti-Bacterial Hand Foaming Sanitizers kuz they were on sale. I got 2 Cucumber Melons, Sweet Pea, and Midnight Pomegranate.

And last but not least, I got 3 Liplicious Lipglosses, all sheer, in Grape Soda, Pineapple Juice, and Limeade. I tried on the Limeade one just now and it's amazing! It's not super sticky like MAC Lipglasses and the taste is sooo good! This one tastes like Green River, which I just found out is served at Jurison's Inn in Waikele :) Yay! Nostalgic beverage!

Phew! That was a lot of stuff, huh? Well, the total didn't come out to that much. The soaps were only $3.33 each and I stocked up for an entire year. :) Now when I go on my trip to New York I won't have to worry about bringing all of this stuff back. Super convenient...I think I'm gonna keep doing this until we get a Bath & Body Works here.

Can't wait 'til the rest of my bathroom soap runs out... :)

And can't wait til my box from Coastal Scents comes as well...

FIRST POST :)

Not sure what I'll be putting on this blog but I'll figure it out...since I'm bored out of my mind. :(