Archive For May, 2007

Joshua Bell Concert at Ordway Center

By | May 31, 2007

Simmie and I went to Joshua Bell’s performance on Saturday, May 26. It was my first time at the Ordway. Very nice venue, much more sophisticated than MN Orchestra Hall. Plus, we had good seats too. Our seats were 12 rows from the stage. Yeah, I counted the rows. Good thing I went with a [...]

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Grow Dammit!

By | May 24, 2007

My gerberras I bought couple of weeks ago are growing. The five lily plants are still sitting on the patio waiting for me to transplant them . This is the strawberry plants I bought at Mernards 3 weeks ago. When I saw them in the store I was thinking to myself, “Hey, why don’t I [...]

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Weekend of Concerts

By | May 21, 2007

This Friday, May 25 is Vänskä Conducts Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 at the Minnesota Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. I exchanged these tickets when they cancelled the German Requiem in March due to inclement weather. Told DB to come with me since he didn’t want me to go by myself, his response: “Urgh”. Very nice of [...]

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School’s done and updates

By | May 16, 2007

Ok, this post is long over due. Just to update a little, school is done for this semester. I handed in my portfolio of two papers on Tuesday, May 15th. I am so glad it’s done with. Sixteen weeks seems an eternity. I registered for a summer class, Principles of Management, which commenced on May [...]

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A day of shopping

By | May 12, 2007

It’s Saturday and I didn’t feel like doing my final paper. The weather turned cool after DB and I came back from running our weekly errands. We even stop at ACE hardware store to get the usual stuff for spring – furnace filters, weed killers, outdoor pails, water hose reeler, and flash lights. Little stuff [...]

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Lazy Saturday

By | May 12, 2007

These are pictures taken with SD’s camera. The pictures turned out good compared to our old 1.5 MP camera. The crab apple tree a week ago filled with flowers, and…….this is what it looks like today. We had 55 to 60 mph wind last weekend and we lost power for about 45 minutes. Dakota Electric [...]

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Different look

By | May 8, 2007

I was getting sick of the blue on this blog…so, instead of editing my papers, I’m putzing with the looks of my blog. Finally, I’m satisfy with this color. In addition to the colors, I managed to widen the margins on the sidebars where now they are not eaten up like before. Now, I’m getting [...]

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Buckwheat Pancakes

By | May 7, 2007

I bought this pancake mix couple of weeks ago. We had a craving for pancakes and didn’t want to go to IHOP (International House of Pancakes) down in Apple Valley. I drove to the organic store by our home and bought this mix. (The picture is not the best.) We have not had anything with [...]

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Gwai Ling Koh (Herbal Jelly)

By | May 7, 2007

I made this herbal jelly yesterday. Mom sent several packets to me from the last care package I received. I could not remember when was the last time I had this. This herbal jelly was manufactured in Hong Kong by the famous Eu Yan Sang Chinese herbal store. The herbal jelly in this powdered form [...]

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Peace and Quiet

By | May 4, 2007

At last, she’s in an office. We need to get a cake to celebrate! We don’t have to listen to her loud conversations anymore. Conversations that sounded so condescending. “LISTEN TO ME.”“NO, YOU CANNOT DO THAT…. NO YOU CAN’T! HUH!!”“CAN YOU HEAR ME?” Yeah, we can hear you loud and clear, clear across 4 offices [...]

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Random Pictures of Spring – 2

By | May 3, 2007

Please click on the pictures to get a bigger view of them. Whiskey barrel with wildflower seeds; chickadee on the bird feedereating until it’s getting round; our make-shift gate A male bird looking out for a mate??; the stupid squirrel Ranger’s allergy reaction; Cooper enjoying a scratch in the sun…. …and time for a dump; [...]

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Random pictures of spring

By | May 3, 2007

Ranger under the crab apple tree Bird feeder with 1/2 the food gone…on the groundThe lavender plants I ordered & waiting…..A chickedie having a afternoon snack http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

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Guess I’m still alive

By | May 2, 2007

I updated this post to include some pictures….. Yeah, it’s been a long time since I posted anything on my blog. Sometimes I wonder if I’m still alive!!! ‘K just to keep updated on stuff… DB is back to work 8 hours a day started this Monday. A week plus after his surgery, he thought [...]

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