Man, I'm so bad at posting every day. Anyway, yesterday was Thanksgiving and Boyfriend and I had our own little Thanksgiving because he had to work so we weren't able to make it home. It was a lot of fun. I'm not sure if I could ever have the patience to cook a full meal for tons of people, but it was a lot of fun having just the two of us in the kitchen. We made two steaks, mashed potatoes, asparagus and candied sweet potatoes. I could only eat two out of those four but that's ok. I did have tiny tastes of the other two.
This was the first time either of us had made mashed potatoes and they turned out wonderful. I'm glad I have a potato masher. Boyfriend made the sweet potatoes and the recipe we found called for brown sugar, which we both thought we had. When we couldn't find any, he decided to substitute maple syrup and I think some Agave nectar. They tasted really, really good but definitely maple-y. That's not a bad thing, though. Boyfriend is really good at making steaks, as evidenced by this picture. I've never had steaks like the ones he's made. I'm not usually a steak kind of girl, but I might be converted. The hard part about living in an apartment is the tiny kitchen. I would love to have a giant kitchen some day with tons of counter space. I think it would be fun to cook a huge dinner for about twenty people but I'm totally not ready for that yet. Plus, this made a special day for the two of us.
This is what our dinner looked all laid out on the table. Yes, those are Batman placemats, yes, Boyfriend is drinking a giant beer. It's Thanksgiving! Here's another picture of him digging into his food. Which is not staged at all. I suppose it wouldn't have hurt to get a couple pictures of me but I was in my pajamas. Which is another thing I'm thankful for about this Thanksgiving. I could sit around in my pajamas and be not showered because it's my apartment, dammit. So I took pictures of the one of us that had showered in the morning.
I was also invited to my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dan's house to spend Thanksgiving with some of my dad's side of the family. It was really nice to see all my aunts and uncles and cousins. They asked me tons of questions about my schooling, Boyfriend, working and things like that. I "accidentally" ate a bunch of food that I shouldn't have, though. I kind of felt guilty but when I got home, I cleaned up the entire apartment for the most part. So I'm sure that I burned up all or most of those calories. It feels so good to have the apartment this clean. I'm hoping I can stay on top of it so it doesn't get messy again.
This was the first time either of us had made mashed potatoes and they turned out wonderful. I'm glad I have a potato masher. Boyfriend made the sweet potatoes and the recipe we found called for brown sugar, which we both thought we had. When we couldn't find any, he decided to substitute maple syrup and I think some Agave nectar. They tasted really, really good but definitely maple-y. That's not a bad thing, though. Boyfriend is really good at making steaks, as evidenced by this picture. I've never had steaks like the ones he's made. I'm not usually a steak kind of girl, but I might be converted. The hard part about living in an apartment is the tiny kitchen. I would love to have a giant kitchen some day with tons of counter space. I think it would be fun to cook a huge dinner for about twenty people but I'm totally not ready for that yet. Plus, this made a special day for the two of us. 
This is what our dinner looked all laid out on the table. Yes, those are Batman placemats, yes, Boyfriend is drinking a giant beer. It's Thanksgiving! Here's another picture of him digging into his food. Which is not staged at all. I suppose it wouldn't have hurt to get a couple pictures of me but I was in my pajamas. Which is another thing I'm thankful for about this Thanksgiving. I could sit around in my pajamas and be not showered because it's my apartment, dammit. So I took pictures of the one of us that had showered in the morning.
I was also invited to my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dan's house to spend Thanksgiving with some of my dad's side of the family. It was really nice to see all my aunts and uncles and cousins. They asked me tons of questions about my schooling, Boyfriend, working and things like that. I "accidentally" ate a bunch of food that I shouldn't have, though. I kind of felt guilty but when I got home, I cleaned up the entire apartment for the most part. So I'm sure that I burned up all or most of those calories. It feels so good to have the apartment this clean. I'm hoping I can stay on top of it so it doesn't get messy again.
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