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Leftover turkey from Thanksgiving 2016
Posted by: | July 25, 2017
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Because I live alone, I have to vacuum pack and freeze most of my turkey meat on Thanksgiving night. I vacuum pack them as soon as possible.

I thawed the meat yesterday (July 25, 2017) and took a short time to fix this dish. It was amazingly good.

Turkey from last year

 

Music Choice Killed Classic Christmas
Posted by: | July 14, 2017
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Created: July 14, 2017

Update December 2021: I quit cable TV since my original blog in 2017. Now I have a new setting to enjoy Christmas music. I tune my TV to Pluto’s Christmas channel (free). The TV is on mute, and I play my own Christmas music through the home theatre system. This is the best setup so far.

Update November 12, 2020: Comcast now has a Classic Christmas channel via digital Music Choice channels. All the classic tunes and pretty pictures. Read more about it below – comment #14789.  Thank you for posting!

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I love Christmas.

Music is very important for us Christmas lovers. Along with decorations and the smell of pumpkin spice, music is the element that will hold Christmas together. I like classic Christmas tunes that make me feel happy and sentimental. Classic Christmas music takes me back in time. I own 70+ Christmas CDs. I bought my first Christmas CD from BMG CD Club 20-30 years ago. Remember BMG? Columbia House? I used to buy records from them. Good times.

Every Christmas season I tune my cable TV channel to Sound of the Seasons, a part of the Music Choice channel line-up. They play commercial-free Christmas tunes. I enjoyed that channel every year. Then something happened.

They started to play Christmas songs by young artists such as Brittany Spears, One Direction, In Sync… Then last year, they rarely played classic tunes, but most of the songs they played were teeny-bopper, hip hop Christmas tunes, some songs with deep heavy bass – as if I’m at Run DMC concert.

YO BABY, YO BABY YO~!! SOME-BODY SCREAM~!!
NO~!!!

So, I stopped listening to that God-awful channel.

Look at this abomination. Britney Spears is a beautiful and talented young lady. But that’s not Christmas.

To sum up – Christmas music should sound like Christmas. Christmas music should NOT make me feel like I’m in the middle of a breakdance battle. Don’t drop the bass on the yule log.

2 Kirkland Signature saucepans – $1 each
Posted by: | July 5, 2017
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Happy 4th of July. Congratulations to Joey Chestnut for winning the 10th championship in the hot dog eating contest.

These 2 Kirkland Signature saucepans (2 qt & 3 qt) were $1 each.

Kirkland Signature Saucepans

I was excited to find these 2 saucepans for $2. And they are Kirkland Signature. They look used and came without the lids, but still very good. I will enjoy them for many years.

Kirkland Signature Saucepans 3 QT

Used Costco Saucepan

 
 
 
 
Merry Christmas
Posted by: | December 22, 2016
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Merry Christmas, everyone.

This year is going by so fast. I wish we don’t get old so we can have fun forever.

Below is my cubicle at work. This is a repeat of what I did last year. I just added some more stuff. Many people stopped by to talk to me and took pictures. It’s been a fun season so far.

Good times. Merry Christmas.  🙂

Visiting Long Island, NY – And Costco
Posted by: | December 11, 2016
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I visited Long Island, New York. Went to Costco, too, of course. Below is my show and tell.

Day 1 (Thursday)

I had almost no sleep. I woke up at 1 AM, took a shower, and drove to LAX by 4:00 AM. I flew to Baltimore first to change the plane. Baltimore was absolutely beautiful looking down from the sky. Baltimore airport was beautiful and inviting. I arrived at Long Island past 5 PM.

Day 2 (Friday)

We woke up at 3 am (12 AM in California time). At 6 AM we took a ferry ride to Connecticut. We went to Stamford to watch Maury Show!! Some of you know how much I enjoy Maury Show. It was a crazy good time. 

After Maury Show, we drove to Long Island (no ferry. We drove around) – I didn’t visit New York City. I was not interested in visiting a big city. Also, I was very tired.

Day 3 (Saturday)

We started the morning at Dunkin Donuts – then checked out garage sales. The air was cold. I saw ice on lawns. I found some silver jewelry and some vintage Maxwell House coffee mugs.

Then we went to Costco. The first thing I’ve noticed was the recycle kiosks by the front entrance (picture below). I didn’t buy anything at Costco. I just walked around and enjoyed looking at Christmas items on display.

We went to a fish and chips place for dinner.

Day 4 (Saturday)

I ate a bagel for breakfast and a slice of New York pizza for lunch.  4 days flew by fast. I had so much fun. I got dropped off at Long Island airport to start my journey back home.

End

It was an amazing experience. Now I am waiting to see myself on Maury Show. You ARE the father~!! Hahaha.

Thanksgiving Turkey 2016
Posted by: | December 2, 2016
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This was the 7th straight year I baked Thanksgiving turkey alone. Just like last year, a friend dropped by for a short time. But I was home alone for the most part. I live a stress-free life. I was invited to a couple of places. But I didn’t want to drive 2 hours to see my family. And I didn’t want to go where I could not truly relax. Many people talk about holidays and stress. I have absolutely no stress.

First, I baked the turkey upside down for an hour. Then I flipped the turkey and put it back in the oven. I like this technique. I think it was the best turkey I have ever made. I can’t wait for next Thanksgiving.

Red Lobster biscuits (from Costco) were very good. Turkey, stuffing, organic cranberry sauce, and turkey baking racks were also from Costco.

Ugliest Christmas LIghts
Posted by: | November 20, 2016
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Is it just me? Or is this the ugliest thing?

It seems like these lights are selling like hotcakes, good for them. But… you cannot pay me enough to have that shining on my house.