Luke 10:42

"only one thing is needed" we had a wonderful weekend, it was good to be reminded again in the midst of busyness what's matter in life: my relationship with the Giver of Life.











work hard, play harder!















campfire songs














and board games

Jeremiah 45:5

"I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go"














lunch with Le-lah on Thursdays












stop and smell the roses















"Life is what's happening when you're too busy to notice." -Wayne Muller



























lunch with Ruth (she & Pete will be Jack's new owner!!!)














baked eight dozens of cookies - for the Youth's fund raising tomorrow at the retreat.












i'm done now, what we had for lunch will be the dinner tonight!

right after christmas holiday, a friend gave us a special strawberry plant - soon we spoted the first bloom.















then the fruit formed















it's so pretty to look at but someone has to taste it right?















lunch with Ms Baragia on Tuesdays - we had creamy spinach soup, (leftover from our Monday ladies night, my better half served us well with lightly toasted sourdough bread)















we had early dinner - curry chicken and bread














we were back at the school for the orchestra's final performance of the year...but the honors orchestra has one more road trip the following week!

what can i say?

a hand me down


















wristlet: $4.00














bouquet of flowers: $5.00













a dashing young man















dinner at Inakaya: $50.00














High School Prom: $50














puppy love: priceless
we took our almost seventeen year old and his date for dinner, Japanese food of course! (we were the chaperones but they have their own table)
ahh...my little boy has grown up too quickly!!!

a long day

up at 6:30am, the little one is heading out for school.














"Mom, take picture of the worm - it dance!" my little one said.















the irises in full bloom and the roses too!




















today's focus: the yellow roses




















the older two had noodle for breakfast, a heavy down pour just before they step out for the school bus!














took a break at three and went to school - the Honor Orchestra gave us the sneak preview! can you spot the little one?















i got back to my packing just like what i have been doing the past few week - boxes and more boxes!















my better half prepared spaghetti dinner and a sweet dessert - it was very good!















Jack was waiting patiently for his daily walk.















i ran out of dish washer!














the Master and his dog















the air was filled with the sweet scent of the
Japanese honeysuckle, and the wild blackberry in full bloom and this yellow one made my day!















it's time to pack for the little one's big trip to Florida - four days three nights, i miss him already!

Apple diet

the apple diet -
which mean for three days you eat nothing but apple!
I like apple and thought I should just give it a try.
everything was going according to plan and between breakfast and lunch I had about four apples.

then the eye migraine hit me.
the last attack was quite a while ago and thought may be I played too much sudoku lately, I was trying to finish the book.

by late afternoon, I had another round of migraine which was unusual and I was desperate for answer.....of course you will not find the cause of migraine but here were some of the triggers, and to my surprise I was guilty of eating too much nuts the past two days; sleep too little, and for the first time I added a lot of preserved bean curd in my chicken soup last night!
it doesn't help I skipped a meal today - technically I did not skipped a meal, just modified diets....oh well, i'll just have to try the diet another day!

Fund raising

the youth are raising fund for their trip to DCLA (youth conference)
and the mission trip to Biloxi in July.








so instead of the usual catered Chinese food, the youth prepared hotdogs, sandwiches, pasta salad and fruit salad.

they raised about $630, not bad for their first attempt!