This little girl turned 23 today.
and this sweet grandma turned 79 today. They are my April 19 birthday ladies!
Lindsey prepared a beautiful spread of food for Allison's birthday gathering. How beautiful! In N Out was requested by Allison and the cake, fruit/cheese platter and salad was made by Lindsey!
There was a time when I decorated two dental offices, one church stage, and home for Christmas. Now, I'm only doing one office and no decoration is needed this year for church... and I'm procrastinating my home decoration.
Just me at the SF Zoo in 1989.... Oh, take a look at my vintage Gucci crossbody purse from Itaewon. They don't make replicas like they use to from the 80's.
I have been making this granola for more than 10 years. It's called an overnight recipe since I make it at night, into the oven all night long.
Sue’s Overnight Granola:
2 Cups of Rolled Oats (Grocery Store)
2 Cups of Pecans (Costco) (break apart)
1-2 Cup of Sliced Almonds (Costco)
1-2 Cup of Slivered Almonds (Trader Joe’s)
2 Cups of sliced or shredded coconuts (Trader Joe’s)
1 Cup of Pumpkin Seeds (Trader Joe’s)
1 Cup of Sunflower Seeds (Trader Joes)
1 Cup of Wheat germ or Crushed Flax seed (Costco or TJ)
1 Cup of Brown Sugar
Wet:
1 Cup of Vegetable Oil
½ Cup of warm water
½ Cup of Honey
2 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
2 teaspoon of Maple Syrup
Mix wet with dry in a big bowl
Spread on parchment paper
200 degrees for 8-9 hours (overnight)
Granola is very personal. Add what you love!
Oh, this is so fancy! I have a sister in law who is a cosmetics consultant in Hawaii. Occasionally, she sends me samples. I was watching a youtube vlogger and she was loving this Japanese cosmetics brand. I said, "hey, I have that". Thank you Sandra unnie for introducing me to something new! So far, I love the lipstick and the emulsion lotion!
PAA winter banquet with Zoe. They looked so grown up since their first date 2 years ago! Time sure flies... This year, Randy drove to Zoe's house and picked her up driving in dad's white BMW!
This is ENK's 1974 Porsche 914. It was yellow. VERY yellow for years. He wanted to paint it VERY ORANGE for years. He finally decided on this silver metallic blue color. I think it looks mighty fine. I can't wait for all his cars to come home. One is being painted and the other is getting it's body work done nearby. We'll figure out how to store these babies.
iced coffee and refrigerate or make your own cold brew
fresh mint syrup
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 big bunch of fresh mint leaves (around 3/4 cup)
1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
(combine all of the above in saucepan until sugar dissolves and let it cool in room temperature. Refrigerate for later use)
Cup of Mint Iced Mojito:
Add 2-3 tablespoon of mint syrup into 8 ounces of coffee concentrate
add 3 tablespoon of milk or cream and mint leaves for garnish and use coffee ice cubes to get cold.
Yes... I couldn't believe it! Nordstrom Rack... What the heck? I had my friend Yoomi and her girls next to me... "That's free!" They yelled out. Yup, they say it happens... Thanks NR!
So happy that Lindsey and Allison came home for Thanksgiving. I'm thankful that they are close enough to come home. Randy was especially a happy camper seeing his two sisters. It's good to have komo and komobu nearby to enjoy the day with us.