Daisy Break

I missed out on snapping a picture today so I decided to take a daisy break.

Hardwood Plank Laying Complete

Luis finished covering the formal living and dining room with the raw hardwood. He journeyed over to the family room with all his tools to kick it off over there. As for now, from carpet to wood, what a difference! I really like it!

Paying Bills

Once a month I set out some time to gather all our bills and pay them. When it boils down to it, we are truly beyond blessed to be able to take care of these bills timely. I am thankful everday.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries with Pecans

If I say so myself, my first attempt to melt chocolate was unsuccessful so was my second and third. So I turned to youtube.com for help. Ah yes, it was the temperature. I had it on to high to where it wasn't melting the chocolate more like turning it into a play doh or burning it. I had a rough start. The half bag of semi-sweet white chocolate, down the drain. The hazelnut candy bar with plain hard shell M&Ms, down the drain. Then andes mint candy, down the drain. Finally after pulling out all the chocolate candy I had in my pantry, I had one last chance. I had one milk chocolate candy bar and a handful andes thin mints. I melted the chocolate successfully, dipped my strawberries and coated them with pecans. I loved how they turned out and Luis loved eating them. I can see myself dipping strawberries again in the near future.

Tet 2010

Every year Tet is celebrated at grandma and grandpa's home. The whole family gathers to celebrate, enjoys each others company, eat yummy food and sometimes gamble for fun. After dinner, all the kids gather to receive their li xi. Here along with a few adults, all the kids are fanning their red envelopes. A room full of smiles, what a joy!

Nail It

So it begins, the start of installing a hardwood plank. This is not your normal hammer and nail tool, this is an all out hardwood nail gun. It rests against the edge of the hardwood plank and Luis bangs a rubberhead hammer at the black end of it and a flying nail with teeth hugs itself to the plywood underneath. Who knew these are the tools needed to assist in this project, I sure didn't. I'm glad Luis knows what he's doing.

Li Xi

Every year little red envelopes gets stuffed with lucky money for Chinese New Year. They are given to the young kids by the adults. Although there really isn't such thing as lucky money, the kids enjoy receiving these fun envelopes with cash in it. I found these li xi envelopes on my trip to Arlington, although they were a little more expensive than the regular ones, I didn't hesitate to purchase them because I thought they were just too cute and adorable. I always look forward to handing them out to the kids.