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Pictures for my mother – Costco Tulips
Posted by: | January 24, 2015
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I bought this jar of tulips two weeks ago for my mother. It was $11.99 at Costco. I normally see my parents every weekend. But my parents have been busy the last 2 weekends. Tulips are now in full bloom. So, I took pictures of them and emailed them to my mother.

My mother enjoyed the images I sent her.

I set it on the chair by the window so it will get some Sunlight. I bought that chair last week for $5 at a garage sale.

Photography: I am still enjoying my Canon PowerShot S120.

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Happy Thanksgiving 2014
Posted by: | November 27, 2014
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Happy Thanksgiving!
This year’s turkey was THE best of them all. It was a 21 pounder.

I’ve been baking Turkeys for 5-6 years now. I usually bake 15 lb turkeys. But this year, I went for a bigger bird for bigger fun. As usual, I was home alone and ate alone. I was invited to a family gathering about 70 miles away. But I politely declined so I can enjoy being home alone. There is nothing like being at home – even if I live alone.

I am not a bad son. In fact, I am a good son. I see my parents almost every weekend. So, my parents do not miss me for Thanksgiving much. I will see them in 2 days, and we will share Thanksgiving stories.

My turkey came out real nice. I didn’t follow any recipe. I seasoned the turkey from my experience (memory). I used orange, lemon, sage, & rosemary growing in my front yard. I watched TV, drank coffee, and relaxed. It was a good time.

Happy Thanksgiving.

I am glad I bought that turkey rack from Costco last year

From Costco: Turkey, turkey rack, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, gravy

Replaced a Garbage Disposal
Posted by: | August 23, 2014
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Boring story. I replaced a garbage disposal.

I found the same unit from Home Depot… so it took me about 30 minutes to replace it. It could have been a nightmare if I couldn’t find the same unit.

I got lucky.

 

Late Thanksgiving Turkey
Posted by: | December 27, 2013
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I had a stressful Thanksgiving day that I had to cancel my dinner. 

2 days later, on Saturday, I forced myself to bake a turkey. It came out pretty good.

I had a miserable holiday season in 2013. Horrible… I didn’t tell you at that time.

Early Christmas Gift To Myself
Posted by: | November 3, 2013
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I bought an early Christmas gift for myself. This is the third guitar I bought this year.

It’s PRS SE Santana ($725). If this was a made-in USA model, it would be about $4000.00 (? not sure). They are for rich people. I’m happy with the imported version. Imported versions are not bad at all. I tuned the guitar the whole step down (D tune) to play Motley Crue songs. Motley Crue is the only 80s Rock band who tuned their guitar in D tune (on every song). Metallica recorded one song in D tune.

I play stuff from the ’70s & 80s (& some early 90s) – that’s when the guitar was glorious.

This is the cheapest guitar I own, and it will stay at my work.

Breaking Bad Marathon
Posted by: | October 11, 2013
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I never watched a single episode of Breaking Bad before.

Then there was a hype about the show coming to an end. They said Breaking Bad was perhaps the greatest TV show in history.

Then AMC aired Breaking Bad marathon, starting with the pilot episode – entire 60+ episodes. The marathon started on Thursday. So, I programmed my DVR to record everything.

I watched the entire series in 5 days.

I agree. Breaking bad is perhaps the greatest TV show in history. I am glad I didn’t miss out on Breaking Bad. I am also glad that I watched them in 5 days rather than following the show for 5 years.

Scented Candles – 2 years later
Posted by: | September 14, 2013
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If you are a long-time visitor to my blog, you will remember the time when I first got into scented candles.

Then I announced I would stop talking about scented candles because I started talking more about scented candles than Costco. I was absolutely obsessed with scented candles.

With that, below is a picture I just took this morning.

I understand burning candles produce cancer-causing chemicals. I am now replacing all paraffin candles with soy wax candles. Even with soy wax, I shall refrain from burning candles too much.

I love scented candles. I am burning rose right now.

scented candles