B-DAY

A box lunch for my birthday boy, I mean birthday young man, and a smoothie to be for the breakfast.

It’s a huge day, a big step.

Popcorn On The Cob

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9QA4SB9WuR8

Don't rush to the supermarket and buy the regular corn on the cob, it won't work.

It's a special kind of popping corn.

I should Google more information before, it's silly to think, and it’s that easy.

I feel kind of sad and disappointed.

rice pudding 2

Rice pudding, no doubt about, there will be rice, milk powder, sugar, raises, egg and cinnamon.

Once again, I enjoy doing my own kind of cooking. Therefore, I won't be able to give you the exact amount of my ingredients, but make sure it has to be creamy, tastes and smells milky and not too sweet though.

I don't remember since when I never buy the regular rice but brown rice.

And I add the raises right before I eat it warm instead of cooking with and a little bit if milk adds on, if you wish.

apples, tangerines and lemons

Can you tell how many different kinds of fruits are there?
Apples, tangerines and lemons, so proud of them and shame of myself at the same time. lately, i've been so stressed out from work and the like, too lazy to walk into the yard. 
Many of them had fallen on the ground and rotten, such a shame!

front yard lawn

There’s drought alert in our area, so I’m kind of act in concert with it and also try to save the money. In between, I still try to give some water from wash fruit and vegetables, but the grass is sort of brownish and dying. I’m so worry about it, what about later, we need to anew the green grass back, and then I need to spend a lot more money on it.

And then, weeks ago, it rains, and to my surprise, the grasses come back to life, not 100% though, like 85%. It’s amazing.

5K Pumpkin Run

My young one attend 2015 5K Pumpkin Run, I’m so proud of him. There are hundreds of runners attend this event, he’s the twenty-something runners that run back to the finish line.

Only thing that I don’t get it, is, why pumpkin run, how about turkey run instead?

Oh! I get it now, that’s how and why Cinderella has the pumpkin as the coach, it can run, right?

Among those runners, some are couple months old mom with their babies together, there are cancer survivors, one of them is my kid’s friend’s mom. Pay my best tribute and blessings to them

There are also some booths and food truck to provide services and information. One of the booths is host by a local church; they give away tons of free fresh fruits, apples, oranges, bananas, really appreciate that, it’s the best nutritious and healthy and energy supply, especially for the runners.  

People jokes about women’s handbags, always huge and yes! It’s full of things that never know when you going to need it. For example that day right after the run, my son asks me for tissue papers and something for the itchy throat, like minty cough drop; guess what it’s all inside my small handbag.

My son’s school friend’s mom, a cancer survivor, run with her son this time and she asks to run with next year. I say, yes to her, but kind of not sure and scare already. I never run this kind of run before.

home grown

It’s such a joy, either to share something you have with your love ones or your love ones share something with you.

Recently, friends being share with me so many different kinds of fruits and vegetables, all from their own caring backyard, grapes, pomegranate, persimmons, sweet potato leaves, longans (龍眼), guavas.