Thursday, April 30, 2020

Baked Yogurt-Mustard Chex Chicken Fingers

Ingredients:
Chicken Breast 11/2 lbs. (cut into strips)
Corn Chex Cereal 6 C
Yellow Mustard 1/2 C
Plain Yogurt 1/2 C

Preheat oven to 350°F. Crush cereal in a bag using a rolling pin. Place cereal in a container. In another container, stir together Yellow Mustard and Plain Yogurt. Dip chicken strips in the mixture, then in crushed cereal to coat evenly; place on cookie sheets, spacing chicken evenly apart. Bake about 25 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center and coating is crisp. Remove from oven; cool slightly before serving. 
Enjoy!

Day45 - 04302020

It is the end of April!
I wondered if mid May our center can be reopened. Even if we do open, how many seniors will dare to come!? Me, not really!

Made baked chicken fingers, yum!
You actually can bake instead of deep fry, healthier and easier!

Need more time to finish maintaining the bird of paradise, tougher than I first thought! You never know those cut open stem can scratch and hurt you bad!
Well, once you start, you better finish it.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Day44 - 04292020

Chives, Sweet potato leaves, Leaf lettuce, Tomatoes, Onion and Garlic all grow well cannot wait to harvest them again and again!

Move six baby flowers, to grow in the backyard from the front yard, hope they will all grow!
Not knowing the name yet, its flowers are so pretty.

I Made some rice balls today, tomorrow will make baked Chex chicken finger. 
Learned to identify some garden weeds and lots of them are edible, maybe I should try them one day.

Submerge Geranium leaves in the olive oil to make the essential oil. One of its benefits is as an insect repellent.
Endless bills need to be paid!

飯團 Rice Ball

I rather name it, rice bomb, because it is huge!

Besides 2 cups of long grain sticky rice and 1 cup of brown rice cook with 2 cups of water.
I have make believe flossy pork, make believe fried bread stick, seaweed and sesame for the content.

It is good.

And you may want to know why I call it, make believe flossy pork and make believe fried bread stick.

When I went to buy the flossy pork or fish, I found that they all have MSG or preservatives or pea powder and they all expensive. And I forgot to buy fried bread sticks.
Therefore, I made stirred fry shredded pork with fresh mushrooms as flossy pork.
Baked french toast with butter, but without sugar as the fried bread stick.

Day43 - 04282020

Made Cheesy Hash Brown Cups with eggs and leftovers.

Around 3 lemons each day, so at least 129 lemons have been consumed so far, thanks for the previous owner who planted this lemon tree.

Tangerines are almost gone. Now is the time for Loquats.

Continue planting and trimming for the yard.

Monday, April 27, 2020

Day42 - 04272020

Woke up by a scam call, not so happy about it and then I realized it was 7:52am, the time I should get ready to give my older one the ride to work! Looks like I have to give thanks to the scam calls the first time!

The shoppers at the supermarkets are surprisingly little, was it Monday or people already bought enough or more than enough groceries? Maybe I should switch my shopping routine!


Want to make rice balls, but I forgot to buy 
fried bread sticks and the flossy fish is too expensive. Therefore, I am going to make something to substitute for it.

I used the mixture of mashed avocado seeds, aloe and the boiled avocado water applying on my hair after washing the hair. Let's see how it does to my hair.


This is the first time that staying home, no work, no school and no young kids need to be taken care of, a real stay home mom!


After the Coronavirus breakout two things I am worrying about, how the disinfectant harm our health and environment and the mutation of the virus. https://www.google.com/search?q=%E7%82%BA%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E7%97%85%E6%AF%92%E6%9C%83%E7%AA%81%E8%AE%8A&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS633US633&oq=%E7%82%BA%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E7%97%85%E6%AF%92%E6%9C%83%E7%AA%81%E8%AE%8A&aqs=chrome..69i57.38343j0j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

If only I can be good at something, I want to be a street performer. To let others enjoy the beauty of art right on the spot. No expensive seating or formal dress is needed.


How do you cope with the Coronavirus outbreak, the stay-at-home, the depression?. You can sing or dance or draw or donate something and so on, but you see I cannot do any of it. At least one thing that you can and should do, praying, maybe just for yourself or one other person. Let's all do it together!

Bake fish instead of frying. It's good only the gas bill will hike up too.

What kind of wheat flour the percentage of fiber is zero!? I am not going to buy it. For that I can always wait.

Workday only uses phone to browse the Internet during lunch break. Now I use it all the time.

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Day41 - 04262020 Sunday

How many forty days and nights has to be passed before abnormal become normal again!?

A manual of weeds - Weed Science Society 

http://wssa.net/wp-content/uploads/antique/Bailey_1919_A%20manual%20of%20weeds.pdf
Found at least 10 different kinds of weeds in our yard.

Made peanut butter oatmeal cookie and secretly including dry dates. Again, just want to share something good to someone doesn't like it.
My son asked me what kind of nuts are you used for the cookies after he done tasted.

"Mr. T.", I answered.

The leaf lettuce is bolting. 
"Bolting happens when the lettuce shifts from the vegetative state (growing a leafy head) to a reproductive state (growing flower stalks to produce seed)."
"Plants that feel threatened by harsh temperatures will often go to seed."
It must be the way that the plant to protect themselves to distinguish by reproduction.
Tomorrow I should use the shade netting to cover and stop them bolting due to the heat and sunlight.

If one person has been tested Coronavirus negative, but who can guarantee he or she is negative the next second!?



Saturday, April 25, 2020

Day40 - 04252020

Today is the fortieth day since our center temporary closed for good!
Forty is a special number!
"It has been mentioned 146 times in Scripture, the number 40 generally symbolizes a period of testing, trial or probation. During Moses' life he lived forty years in Egypt and forty years in the desert before God selected him to lead his people out of slavery."

"After the Ten Plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments. For 40 years, the Israelites wandered in the wilderness, eating quail and manna. After 40 years they were led into the Promised Land by Joshua; the victory at Jericho marked the beginning of possession of the land. As victories were won, the tracts of land were assigned to each tribe, and they lived peacefully with each other."

Genesis 7
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made. (Genesis 7:4)

"The temptation of Christ is a biblical narrative, detailed in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. After being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus was tempted by the devil for 40 days and nights in the Judaean Desert. During this time, Satan came to Jesus and tried to tempt him."

"Matthew and Luke narratives Elijah and Moses in the Old Testament fasted 40 days and nights, and thus Jesus does the same invites comparison to these events."

3 John 1:2

Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

Knowing that you have enough food to eat, is a relief. But every grocery shopping trip since the stay-at-home order, makes me feels like we are going to starve, so I have to buy more food, is horrifying.

Boiled avocado seeds and save the water for washing my hair, will it change/dye my hair!?

Found that a lot of weeds is edible! It is always fun to learn something you don't know! But not yet ready to try it myself, those weeds could always trick you!
We need a professional weed people here, there are other kind of weeds in our yard doesn't belong to any kind of them.
Foraging Wild Edibles: Fix your garden problem by eating the weeds
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g8kq1_1zwv8
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ARaUBo9vDkY

Friday, April 24, 2020

Day39 - 04242020

Found an interesting and quite useful website 
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

Sometimes I wish that I know nobody, no sympathy or whatsoever!


Feeling lazy but smart at the same time, I made pure grapefruit juice like I squeeze the lemon juice out manually. It tastes so good and it's hassle free. Should have thought about and done this sooner, some of them went spoiled. Those were the gifts from my senior friends from our center.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/04/08/plastic-bag-bans-reversed-coronavirus-reusable-bags-covid-19/2967950001/

Doubt about it!? As the environmental impact is less so let's help to reverse it!? Stimulate the economic a bit at the same time!? Cannot believe what's on their minds!? How about the shopping carts or baskets, did they disinfected  them after every usage!? I don't even dare to use any of them since!
Ever since the shopping bags are banned from the supermarket, they start to sell them at 10 cents each. With those thicker bags and people try to grab lots of free produce bags instead, is that more green??
And talk about some stores, they start the bag your own reusable bag policy. Thumbs up for them!

People were more careful than before, starting like wearing gloves when they went out. But they are touching their bodies with the gloved hands does that make any sense to you!?

Some of the people waiting for their relatives inside the store I need to remind you that now because the limited of the people can be inside the store, meaning only when one shopper out of the store then can another shopper get in! You can always wait in the car or wait in your home, how's that sounds to you!?

To have the disinfectants inject into the patient's body, to kill Coronavirus, are you nuts!?
It will be poison or harm you by only contact with or inhale it!

Fireplace, keep yourself warm while polluting the earth!
Air conditioner, keep yourself cool while making the earth hotter!
I am confused!

I am not 100% sure! We have Blackberry Nightshade grow in our yard. I need a professional confirm! According to some search they are edible when they ripen or cook otherwise it is poison with its high in alkaloids.

Today is Friday!!

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Day38 - 04232020

Every grocery shopping trip becomes routinely depressed and nightmare. It used to be one of my favorite things that do, checking the ingredients, all the bargaining, price comparison, the feeling of how much I save and how I exercise by browsing every single aisle at the same time. Now, we stand in line to get in and check out. People still throw away gloves on the floor or didn't keep appropriate social distancing, certain products out of stock all the time and I purposely to shop only locally.

I always sit my little chair which I got it is from the neighborhood throwaway item while I am plucking the grass. And then I was like, oh my Lord that was exactly twenty something years ago I saw some seniors sitting on their little stool and doing their yard work!

According to the magazine, better home and garden. I am doing the right thing for dealing with those weeds in our garden. But, of course, I shouldn't let the weeds have the chance to grow in the first place! When you get the chance, please read the May issue for detail information.

The meatballs came out good, but not the sesame steamed bun.
First the sesame went wrong, the yeast is not right either, anyway, terrible!
Never have two big projects at one time, I failed on the bun!

人如其食 You are what you eat. Watch what you eat!

相由心生 You are what your spirit inside of you. The face is the index of the heart. Watch out, people can tell what is the real you when they see into your eyes!

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Day37 - 04222020

Beside safer and save life, there are many other benefits from this stay-at-home order. I stay in our yard a lot. You get to have more chances to see green, here is the reasons on how good is it to you.
4 reasons why you need the color green
https://www.ameritasinsight.com/wellness/health-and-wellness/color-green-life

And breathe in fresher air with less pollution.

As getting more outdoor, more chances to get to expose to sunlight at the same time. However, there are many things that we need to be careful about exposure to the sun, for example, when to and how much time to be under the sun is enough, Read on some information about it.
https://www.goldengateurgentcare.com/blog/five-health-benefits-of-sunshine

I get to pay more attention to my own yard and take pictures and gain lots of ideas for my writing. Take better care for the yard and do more exercise through it.

Spend more time thinking what to cook and actually doing it.

Doing more reading and exercise on my own.

About the juicer, I tried it today, decided to put it away for now, not really efficiency and more.

Last week I went to Aldi, it opened earlier; 8:30am. So today I went around 8:30am, it was not opened until 9:00am. Though 
their regular open hour is 9:00am, I wondered what happened last week!?
Bought myself a new pair of gloves for the yard work, good price, quality was Ok! But when I took off the gloves, it turned my hands blackish!

Tomorrow's plan, make steamed sesame bun and meatballs dish.

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Day 36 - 04212020

Mat Kearney - Air I Breathe
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZu9A-dTfA

Amen - Micah Tyler

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-R3CPMfW2wc

It's been a week since the last grocery shopping trip, feeling kind of unease, though we still have still have enough food for at least another two or three days!
Tomorrow I am going to shop again!

Made waffles for dinner, need more flour and sugar!
I wonder how much electricity bill will increase this month!

Gave up on growing pinto bean sprouts!

Clean the old Hamilton juicer that a friend gave me years ago, I didn't remember that ever use it. I will try to make soybean milk out of it. When I tried to wash it clean, I found this juicer's design is really bad, very hard to clean it. Actually, almost of the devices that are useful, but difficult to clean afterwards! A lot of them, I used it one or two times than I gave up.

When will this stay-at-home order be over for good!?
Some say that there will be another bigger weave in winter!?

Monday, April 20, 2020

Da 35 - 04202020

Five weeks of stay-at-home today to be exact!

This was the third day that I used my DIY lemon oil.

Continuing plucking the grass, it is much harder than it looks!

Forgot to write that I made an invisible sweet/potato cake, scallion chicken and sesame crackers yesterday, yum! And the other day I made seaweed sesame toast, my younger one commented, "it's surprisingly delicious or is that good, I forget."

My previous and current job, requires a lot of talking. I still prefer to be a listener!

I had a weird dream the other day, I dreamt that I got laid off.

Long time ago, I spotted there are something looks a lot like the ㄇ shape plant support in our front yard. I was not quite happy then, thinking who left that useless stuff there!? These days, after serious maintaining yard work. Our multiflora rose can use those as the supporters! So they are now in the backyard supporting beautiful multiflora roses.

Made Panini for dinner, not bad.
Next will make waffles.

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Da 34 - 04192020 Sunday

Start to read a textbook my older one from his college; Literature.
Will I be able to finish reading or will I understand all or improved my writing and reading skill through it?

At first, I thought using the garden shear to cut the grass is more efficient. But it turned out that the shear got dull very easily and it is hard to sharpen it without a good tool. Therefore, I have to go back to pluck the grass manually.
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." This may not exactly apply to what I did. It is so true that pluck the grass one at a time is easier than a bunch of them all together.

Planted pomegranate today, I had planted it before, but never saw the result hopefully this time it will work! Later in the evening I checked online about how to plant it from seed, apparently I was wrong! No wonder! Oh well. It's too late now, pray for it!

Try to grow bean sprouts again, please be successful!

I have worn two pairs of gloves, need to get new ones ASAP.

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Day33 - 04182020

Sometimes I am not sure that I want to go back to work again!

Mowing the lawn can be green too by cutting or pluck them! No gas, no pollution to the air and ears!

Finally, I had roasted duck, but kind of disappointed, it has not been sliced and come with pancakes and such. Therefore, I am going to make ice cream with avocado and banana to make up my loss.

Maybe I should sharpen the garden shear. That I can cut the grass instead of pluck. Easier and more efficient 

Friday, April 17, 2020

Day32 - 04172020

Lamentations 3:22-23

22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
    for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
    great is you
This stay-home-safer has been over a month now!
Pray God sustains those who are vulnerable, whether physically or mentally, have mercy on them, give them peace and joy. 

Appreciate my own garden now, even the yard work can be very tiresome and frustrating! Thanks for the people who mistreated me! The one who made me so upset. If not I will  never realize that I should have treated myself nicely and never have the expectations for other's return. I treated myself a membership to arboretum in the midst of that situation, not just that, so I can forget the unhappiness at work, I learned so much about the plants, the nature life and have a walk with the God!


Sometimes I just want to be idle, blank!

Harvesting our sweet potato leaves and then replanting the stems.

Our next door neighbor had their gardener mowed our front yard lawn for us without telling us again. I have not really appreciated it, I know that I am not very nice. But at this special time, I don't want strangers anyway near my house. Plus I am using my own way to maintain my own lawn. Well, maybe I just have to take it as an exchange for cleaning all the debris that fell in our yard from their plants! Alright, I will thank them silently.

If I was doing some yard work on the front yard and I saw anyone passing by, I will quickly walk away. Please forgive me for being rude, because I have to protect myself. And if you see me in the front yard, I would appreciate that you don't walk through my side of the street.

My cell phone have the reminder sound whenever there is a message and I had my phone in  my jacket that I am wearing. This evening when it sounded I thought it is my stomach that made that weird noise. Ha-ha!

Little by little we are cleaning our house inside and outside, I already lost count of how many trash, recycle and yard waste bins that has been filled up since 32 days ago!?


Tomorrow's project Invisible potato and cheese cake.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Day31 - 04162020

Time flies, today is Thursday!

Today's project, the roses. Done!

You never know how much need to be done until you start!
Not until you do it, then you discover that how capable you are!

My teenage boy has been keeping social distancing from me since he is a teenager!

I have decided to do the cleanup the yard when it's daylight, and clean inside of the house after dark.
Kind of frustrating, it seems the cleanup has no end.
Where are those stuffs, useful or not useful came from!?

One of the day will make 珍珠丸子.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Day30 - 04152020

Mid April, really!

Continuing trimming the bird of paradise. Sometimes, I feel really want to give up, it's not an easy job, especially it is a hardly maintain for years one. Little by little every day, I can see the progress. Even it is only a small step each day, I am moving forward and it will be one more step closer to the finish line. Cheers!


Maple cones, what should I do with them!? Today's project, clean up all the maple cones that fell on our front lawn. At the end of day I fill 
the yard waste bin to the brim with cones. Recycled, reused and reduced; put the cones around the base of the trees to prevent weed growth. Pine Cones Make Good Garden Mulch.
https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-hant/%E6%9E%AB%E9%A6%99#%E7%94%A8%E9%80%94

Commit to your yard work, trust me the reward is beyond your imagination!


Made sushi today, haven't done it for years, a lot of work but it is worthy!

Must plant something tomorrow!


Tomorrow going to turn the leftover fried rice, salmon into baked rice with salmon with lots of cheese on top.

吃的飽飽睡好好

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Day29 - 04142020

This morning before I got out of the bed, I said to myself, let me guess what time was it?
It is 7 o'clock and then I checked the time, it is 6:59!

Leftovers, guess who's the one always finished them, the mom! 


Clean most of the debris in our yard, but all those fallen leaves and flowers are all from the next door neighbor.

It's been some time since I clean them, every time I have tons of excuses for not doing it. I was too tired, too lazy, most of all, all that are not from our yard. Hate to clean after others, unfortunately it all fell on our side of the yard.
Some debris turned into blackish soil, I even found earthworm in it. Hooray! I guess it is the best for our lawn and plants. I have them around the base of the tree, it will not only become  the nutrients for the plants also it suffocate the weeds around! Smart move! Does that count as another one to turn the negative into positive!?
I was sweating like the rain pouring down on me. The sweat is salty, so it is not a fun thing when it gets into the eyes, yet I am totally fine with it!


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bZH13wFGffg

I am thinking to use natural dye to dye my hair, avocado, that will do it!


Doing yard work you may be sore here and there. Sometimes even getting cuts from, you don't know how and when? No regrets!

Found the video of stretching exercise with actual music/song. You will do stretching like you are dancing at the same time, plus this is the song that I like.
Perfect - Cool Down / Stretching
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eWtnxOgV4S0

Monday, April 13, 2020

Day28 - 04132020

The good thing that I am not a business owner!
When the business is running you have to make sure to mainland a good business, so every employee get paid on time.
As the business now forced to close, you concern about how are your employees doing?

Nursing home, used to serve once a week with the church, many of the residents not function as a regular people, they were fed by tubes, breathing through the ventilator and had diapers on all the time, sad!


Keep my cell phone at least 20% battery.

Wildlife reclaiming their territory ries amid Coronavirus closure!

Continued unwillingly, but have to trim the neighbor's overgrown trees in our yard.
The reward is the roses that growing along our side of the wall to get to see the sunshine and breathe freely again. Hooray!

Waiting patiently for one of my coworkers either text or call me back. We used to chat a lot after work. Pray for her and her family, be safe and healthy. I am all ears and all eyes to you.

How much saving that you should save in case there's an emergency happen like Coronavirus? How long can you survive without a regular pay?

Garlic bread, sushi, maybe!

Sunday, April 12, 2020

Day27 - 04122020 Sunday

Easter Sunday 

Our robot break, the most probably is the rechargeable battery dies.

The funny fact is our house is way too messy that cannot even use the irobot to do the vacuuming, there were not even space for it to roam.
So, that makes the second thing that we need to fix it after this Coronavirus disaster is over!
And who knows when!? The stay-at-home orders has been extended through May 15. 

As in the public we are required to wear a mask, therefore, the makeup, perfume or deodorant is no longer needed. People won't be able to see or smell it. Besides, who cares if we can sense it or not we just want to keep social distancing from each other.


Made brownies and mashed potato today. Happy!


I have been drinking lemon water since the stay-at-home order, I got a flat stomach.

Every time after I squeezed the lemon for lemon water, I can feel the lemon oil is all over my hands, I then apply them onto the back of my hands and my face. Something amazing happened. Its astringent properties rejuvenate dull complexions, restoring my sagging face skin.

Trimming the trees that are overgrown from the neighbor, seriously, isn't appreciating them at all!



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cgsbaBIaoVc


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1T2tMt0Ky6g

Love Moved First - Casting
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qDdTt7AB0gI

Diary

Back when I was little, in elementary school, junior high and high school, the teacher asked us to write diaries for practice writing purpose.
And I wrote like almost every day, today was a sunny day or cloudy day, whatever depends upon the weather was that day literally that's it!
Seriously, I have nothing to write about!
Like I have no life, no ideas what to write, zilch, period!

I was a bored person, I hardly communicate with others at all.
That's sad, right!?
There were times that I questioned myself! Why was I been born!? What is the purpose of me being alive!? 

Yet now I am writing without anyone to push me or grades me! And I have a whole lot to write about! The ideas just keep coming! I just want to keep writing and writing!
Maybe there won't be lots of readers to my blog, but who cares!
Because someone dies for me and risen on the third day and loves me dearly!
Yes, Jesus, He is alive!

I may be a Nobody but a Believer, Lord, please bring me back to where I belong to, the Church!

Mashed Potatoes with Spinach and Cheese

I thought I was the first one to invest this recipe, when I tried to google it, there already have some!

But again, as usual, I modified it, a lot!!

I add sweet potato, only one and it turned out good.

Also have a whole bulb of garlic in it. Cook it with diced spinach beforehand.

Using heavy whip cream to moisturize it that should have enough of fat for it so I omitted the butter. 

Finally mix in whichever kind of cheese that you prefer. I used extra sharp cheddar cheese.

Then served!

A meal loaded with protein, fiber, carbohydrates and such!

Next time I should include  boiled eggs in it.

And want to give this recipe, a new name, Green Mashed Potatoes!

Brownie

1 C coconut flour 
1 C wheat flour
3/4 C brown sugar
1 C cocoa powder
1/2 t baking powder
1C crushed walnut
3 eggs
1/2 C butter
1/2 C heavy whip cream (feel free to add more if the mixture is too dry and make sure it's not liquid either)

Combined well all the dry ingredients, then mix all the other ingredients together.

Pour in 9 by 13 bake pan, press it firmly.
Bake at 350 °F for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely before cutting.
Enjoy!

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Day26 - 04112020

Smoothies,  easiest way to consume more fruits.
Fried rice with lots of vegetables, the solution to the problem of refusing vegetables.
Bake bread, layer with boiled vegetables and top with cheese, another way to sneak more vegetables.

Time to find some online video for dance move exercise to follow along.

Yesterday I saw one family three people shop three loads of grocery in three separate checkout! 

If I didn't come to America 26 years ago, will I be able to speak or write English!?

Baked sweet potato and potato fries, so delicious!

I kill birds with one stone by weeding while sitting on a chair sunbathing.

Friday, April 10, 2020

Day25 - 04102020

Good Friday 

Finally, find something (tissue paper) I need to buy also remember to something (banana and black pepper) that I want to buy.

Got the tissue papers, for the past couples of weeks, tissue papers were nowhere to be found, in store and online.
This is the first time that I felt so relief that I can go to the restroom without fearing of no papers for our butts.

First time I willing to stand in line (grocery store) for something. For they have to limit the number of the people in the store.

First time wore the mask in the public. And I made our own masks.

It rains today, so I will go out again to enjoy it.

Found an old pack of seeds of a variety of herbs, will plant them, hope that it still can grow.

My hands will become stronger for sure, I have been squeezing the lemon for lemon juice ever since. Every time after I squeeze the lemon, the lemon oil is all over my palms, I use them to apply to the back of my hands and my face. It feels refreshing and it has lots of benefits.
"Its anti-bacterial properties can also sanitize wounds. Its astringent property rejuvenates dull complexions, making Lemon Oil effective for restoring the luster on tired or sagging skin. Lemon Essential Oil's high vitamin content boosts immunity by stimulating the body's ability to combat harmful bacteria."

We had hot chocolate with whipped cream today!

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Day24 - 04092020

Cleaning the house, throwing things away, I had the feelings mix with happiness and fear; happy to finally clean the house up, but fear there may be something that you shouldn't throw away!

We almost forgot to push out the yard waste bin until I saw it this morning and right away I had my son to push it out. I was so upset, because I purposely not reminding my sons, and they didn't even bother to check it last night. Somehow we were lucky, the yard waste had been taken away in the end. But I found something suspicious; this morning when the bin was pushed out, it looked like both sides of our street's yard waste bins had already been done??
Amazing! Unbelievable! Did someone secretly help us out!?

Playing in the rain, only, I was being practical, saving water in every container that I can find. Plus got out some dirty plastic chairs let the rain do the cleaning.

Found the rain jacket from around 26 years ago, so I went out again. Listened to and felt the raindrops on me. Fun! Fun! Fun!

Tangerines

Share Gospel vs. Tangerine Harvesting 

Couples of ways or situations while you are harvesting the tangerines from your yard.

1). Tangerines over ripe dropped on the floor, you didn't pick them up quick enough, it spoiled, or accidentally step on it become inedible.
2). Harvest from the tree, touch and it land on your hand.
3). Fall right in your basket.
4). Forcefully picking, end up breaking it.

We are the chosen ones, We are to teaming up together, through timing, practice, patience, love, praise, pray, takes good care of them to fulfill God's will.


1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 

4 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Day23 - 04082020

I only can say our house is getting less dirty not cleaner.
It's long before that I can remember when I decided not to clean the house.
No matter how much effort that I made. It'll eventually messy and dirty again.
No one appreciates or help or care, that's how it ended up here.
Everything happened with a reason! I declare that I will do the cleanup from now on.

This morning, someone rushed off to work and spilled water on the restroom floor and didn't even let me know.

So after I dropped him off for work, came home, use the restroom and then I found it by stepping on the water with my socks on.
Madly, unwilling, I had to wipe the floor dry, that's when I think why don't I clean up the restroom a bit since I already get down my knees and my hands are all dirty!?
Does this count as turning negative into positive!?
I'll continue more clean up later.

Every morning I asked myself, will I running out ideas to write for my blog, guess not! 


Whenever the rain stopped, I went out, even it is only one second, need the sunshine upon me, I cannot stand to stay in.


Make masks with handkerchief without sewing, a mask is required whenever you are out in the public.


I wish that I can retire now without worrying about finances!


Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Day22 - 04072020

The 22th day of full time stay home mom, good news, I have been used some long leftovers as ingredients to cook an bake!

And threw away tons of useless stuffs into trash and recycle bin!
More to be done!

Money can change the relationship between people and nations!

Had a dream about one of the fellowship friends,  we met them more than ten years ago for a short time, we didn't talk much then. But it was only the mom and the youngest son in this dream. When I woke up I even remembered their names.

When kids were little, if they don't want to eat the food that you prepared, then we said just wait till they were hungry, they will eat them.
Now that they are grown up, if they don't want to eat what you cook, they just turn away and prefer their own junk food.
And I will the one to finish those unwanted healthy foods.

It rained again, only get to go out in the morning.
If I can have rain gears, I want to go out and standing in the rain.

Monday, April 6, 2020

day21 - 04062020

Yesterday it was only drizzling.

It rained today, good thing is I don't need to go to work.


It was raining, it was pouring, I had to stay in, I felt desperate.

Therefore, I went out when it was not raining hard. 
Reminiscence, when I was little, I used to go out and play whenever it rainedI had the raincoat and rain boots on, playing in the water puddles, on the swing, oh what fun!
Though I don't have all the rain gears now, simply pulled up the hood and standing in the rain. 
The birds! lots of birds were out flying, chirping, they must love the rain too!

Waiting for the mail every day, any mail, even its just the advertisement or bills, feeling that I still connected with the outside world.


Pick some tangerines.


I had two small pieces of 70% chocolate, take a tiny nap and then went out to the yard for quite some time, trying to clear off my blue and gray feeling. This was the third time that I had to go out for fresh air.


All these yard work; weeding, picking fruits and vegetables, trimming, makes me feel like back to the nature, to the Mother Earth.


Time to make some kind of Farina Bars.

You only need 6 ingredients to make it. Yum!
3 C farina 
1 C sugar (could be less, it tastes a bit too sweet to me)
1/2 C raisin (leftover, and this probably why it tastes sweeter on top of the sugar)
1 t baking power
1/2 C plain yogurt (that's the leftover, I will say maybe add another cup of it.
1/2 C milk (again, leftover, I think if you have enough yogurt, then you can omit this one)
Bake at 350 degree Fahrenheit for 30 minutes.
Since it's so sweet, I should call it Farina Coffee Bar instead.