Less Time To Write My Blog

I noticed that I am less and less to write my blog. I am using Instagram/Facebook mostly time. I can make a memories books from Instagram. I like to have something in my hand than online. The pictures are worth more than a thousand words. The pictures are just showing you than I have to write down to get visionary in your mind. I wanted to have a private blog, because blog is like a journal for personal, not for business. Blogger started a long time ago in 2000's. It is now 2017 with the new upgrades everything different than back in 2000. Sometimes the blog is confusing me with the new updates in internet~I am used to the first old ones than upgrade up over and over again. I know where to go with the pages, layout, link, etc but now I had a hard time to find, so I had to played around with my new upgrade blog to find where or which to click on.

Reeses~guinea pig~ is still much alive. When I hold her, I was trying to put her down on the floor to "exercise" around, because her home is box with no space to run. She LOVES home, every time I put her back to her home, she instant jumps off from me. Sometimes we forgot to close up her gate's door, I was surprised to see that she is still there. She never escapes. This is her 5th year life time. This year is probably her last year of her life time. She has a few lumps on her, she is getting older and older.

Knitting~ I am knitting Top This! Hat for the kids. The pink cat hat is too small for Emma, it's short length of cap. I am going to make another purple owl hat for Emma with the correct length of her age. I am currently knitting green elephant hat for Wyatt. I didn't finish the Tool Box cowl, I am trying to get finish before I start a new project. I already started to knit a gauge for next new project. But I want to get the another projects to finish first.

Beads~ I am crocheting the beads crochet necklace. I am obsessed with the beads. I love to watch this video here. I don't crochet. But this one I accepted, because it is hidden stitches with the beads. I love the feeling of the beads on rope.

Winter 2016/2017 wasn't that bad than I thought it will be. January is always depression month for me. Knitting and Netflix are so helpful and keep me company! I am catching up the movies. (Summer has no time for the movies~ DUH summer!) The weather is WORSE ever in the history! The snow was in waist length. We had a hard time to pull back our car out from garage because of the snow on the curve part. Snow~ A LOT! Yes, we did have flooding in Cache Valley. My basement had a small flooded. I panicked! Thank God for Derek's work schedule that he off from work. It was scary. It is not easy to be adulthood of own a house. I told Derek that we live in with parents will be very much easy life. He said fuck yes! But it is our turn. I miss my childhood. Growing up is trapping! We had so much of icicles on our roof, we had to break them often. One of our roof's shingle came off. I want spring to be here. I noticed that I don't love winter anymore. In my childhood is different than now I am. I love spring and summer.

Hello, 2015.. Wait, No- It is already 2017!

2017, huh?!? I am still thinking it is 2015. 2016 went so faster than before. Like the beginning of the top slide down to the end of bumpy slide. I did remembered when the spring was sprung- I was so excited that summer is coming. It came and gone in 2 days of blink eyes. But so far, I am good lately~ I always have January Blue. I am hoping this month I don't have bad blue like usually. I am planning on to watch the movies to catch up on netflix and knitting. Plus, of course, clean the house and exercising too. Yesterday, I was thought it was saturday, anyway we went to the park for the sled hill down. It was fun. I went on too! I want to! Why not? It was good panting work-out for me. Two years ago, I couldn't do it. I went on for 2 shed down, but yesterday I went on more than 5 times! I am improving.

Our christmas was okayest, We didn't went to my parents' house due to badly snowing outside on christmas day. We got white christmas! We went to Derek's parents' christmas party: let me tell you~ It is f*&%ing worse christmas ever I had! Derek's oldest brother blamed on us for the lousy gift for his teenager son. I made very best of points at him about the christmas. He did see that now. So I told Derek, we are NOT going for his family christmas party! We are GOING to my, MINE, me family party for christmas of 2017. I am not buying the presents for Derek's families. Only mine. (Derek's family are so rude, judgey, mean at us because his mother told at our faces (!!!) that we are cheapsake) I had enough of this! I told Derek that I married you, not for your family. Only you! He knows that I don't like his family since I met them. It was hard and it is still hardest!

Anyway, I got apple watch series 2!! Wyatt got more Nerf guns toy, Emma got more dolls, Derek got soap kit and more *&%$# tools (from his family).

Ok, that is it for now.

Happy 2017.

This Holiday Is Must Be Good!!!

Ah, yes. We usually get more money in between October to December. I love that! So I can shopping without stressful. I am almost done with christmas lists shopping.

I saw one house on the 1400 North, there is christmas tree already set up in a living room. I said to myself that is too early! I don't want to get my christmas tree up in early November because it will feel so forever and slower days until 25th of December. I am just focus on the autumn season now. I am enjoying the thanksgiving and autumn first.

Anyway, last Monday, we bought a brand new- NOT USED -car. It is 2016 black Hyundai Sonata Limited, only 200 miles. We had to traded it from our old Nissan 2009 Quest van, because it has too many, a lot, much, a millions of problems for every time I changed the oil in between 3 months since we bought it back in June 2013. Last week, our van broke down and we had to asked a stranger to helped us out to jump up the battery. I was so embarrassed. It is only once, but more than 5 times to jump up since bought it. Before we bought a new ones, Derek did went to Nissan shop and got a battery replaced. The worker of shop told us that our transmission is bad, get this- we replaced it in earlier this year and now it is again, I am not buying new one- $500! I need this money for christmas.  So I decided to have an enough of it. So we went to Hyundai Murdock and bought it. This time it has a warranty. Van doesn't have a warranty.

Van's problems:
1. trunk won't stay up, had to replaced it last year.
2. new battery twice
3. the slide doors' rubber are broke
4. leaking from the heavy rain on top
5. replaced transmission
6. The rugs are stink from wet outside
7. transmission fluid leak
8. new tires last spring due to the pressure low
9. gas recall
10. the driver seat is creak
11. fuse problems
12. warning light of low tires are so annoying!
13. beneath of starter, something is in a cell is really bad, a wire maybe
14. The AC isn't that cold enough in the summer.
15. The remote of key is getting worn out

So I had enough of it. I was planning on to keep this van for good, but nope. It eats our money pretty a lot. We had to use ford credit card and yes we are still paying on it even we have a new car.

Here's a photo:

It's pretty a lot of roomy inside. I was surprisedly. When we rented a car, most of them are so tiny, but not this one. Trunk is so roomy, so do the back seats for the kids from the front seats that are not hit the kids' legs. It has everything same we had van--top range; I hate basic car; especially movie dvd player. 

Good news: we have a lifetime of car wash in Murdock. It's so neat! Save our money from washing. So when its need to wash, we just show up the shop and ask for wash. Plus pro is that Hyundai is opens on Saturdays. Nissan is not opens on Saturdays (WTF!). It has a great mile of gas, it's double more than old van.

I am glad it is right time to get a new ones because of more money to home, so we had an enough of money to down payment deposit. 

We are happy now. Our money will thank for us. 

Oy! October Is Almost Gone!

No, I don't want October to be gone for next year. I freaky love October. I love Halloween. It's so much fun. I love pumpkin. I love special coffee drink in fall season: Pumpkin Spice Latte. (Get this, I had PSL for first time in a longgggg time, I don't usually drink latte- too much dairy, calories, whipping cream, low caffeine and sweet-y. I much prefer to drink just black coffee that which is high caffeine, zero calories.) I made homemade pumpkin pie, again get this, we don't usually eat a lot of the pies. Just one pie with homemade whipping cream.

We are repeating watch the Halloween movies: Hocus Pocus, Hotel Transylvania, The Great Pumpkin; Charlie Brown, The Smurf: Hollow, Mickey's Treat, Alvin and the Chipmunks Halloween, The Addams Family, Corpse Bride, Ghostbuster (2016), The Goonies, Monster High, and Trick or Treaters.

We went to Logan River Trail. I love the leaves fell on the floor. I love to walk in it. It was so beautiful.

We went to the Garden Market for special halloween activities. The kids wanted the pumpkin and paint them. It was free.

I sew the small tote bags for the kids and Christmas presents. I won't show the christmas presents part.

Dinosaur and Shopkins.

I am still working on socks, pink cape for Emma, one more a pair of socks, Mystery Knit A Long shawl, and cowl. I need to finish them first before I can cast on a new project.

I give up. I went to store and bought the costumes for the kids. I was planning for kids to wear again the same costume that they wore it last year to save money. Wyatt lost some of piece of his costume.

Emma: Monster High

Wyatt: Hulk

I will be Hocus Pocus Winnie. I just ordered the costume of her. We haven't decided for Derek's.

We went to American West Heritage Center for Halloween activities. We finally went to the Haunted Hollow in the forest. It was fun and a little bit scary. We couldn't take any pictures due to the dark and jumpy.


Here's of the Pumpkin Walk. I LOVE it! We went there twice, and are planning on to go back again. It's only once in a week of the year.

America flag

Skittles candy

The Late Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Doctor Who

Steve Job

The Winnie of Pooh

The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

The another scene of Charlie Brown

The banner said "Who are you NOT going to vote?

I vote them NONE!

The night before christmas pumpkin. I love it. There are many of the craved pumpkin around. I have many pictures of them. I choose this one for my blog. (My computer won't let me click the all images in once)

I recommend you to go to Pumpkin Walk in Cache Valley. We went and went and go for a millions times since I got married. The Pumpkin Walk started in the late 1980s. It's going to strong for the business. Plus it's free!

Back to the reality and back to work and knitting. Happy Halloween.

Welcome Fall

We have been playing with new app: snapchat. We love it. It's fun to do. Also it helps me with "love me in the picture" I hate being in the pictures due to my post-pregnancy fat. (Yes, I am working out lately. I am doing yoga that works for me.) Oh, also it is good moment and memories.

We went to hike in Rattlesnake Trail in Sardine Canyon. I saw the trees are changing. I wanted to be surround the trees of full the fall colors. So we went. I absolutely love it. The heat is still here. I remembered last about April that I was so thrilled that spring has sprung. And now it is fall that I am not that excited like I used to. I always LOVE fall season. I am just sad that the bright, warm, sunny, and long daylight season is over. I won't see it again until about in May. I used to go to the Starbucks for PSL aka pumpkin spice latte. But I am lost in interested of it. I don't drink latte anymore. I prefer drink a black coffee with no milk, sugar, and whipped cream. My body can't really stand the dairy production anymore. My body is changing. Well, that is good news, right? The lattes are high in calories. A black coffee is zero calories. (I couldn't drink sodas, milk, juice, and alcohol; a very little of alcohol)

I started to knit this Reversible Listed Cowl. I was at the local yarn shop- Knit Unique a few days ago. I spotted the bright pink-purple colors yarn and I knew that I want to knit this in cowl. I wanted to knit the colorful of the neon, bright colors because the bright colors are gone until about April. It helps. I don't want to knit the dark colors. I started this a week ago.

Before I was too deep for knitting, I eat the bad food. I gained the weight really bad. I ate the sugary food every night after dinner. And now, I stopped a while ago, if I need the sugar food, I knit instead. To calm down my crazy for sugar. Also get away from the kitchen room. I have been visiting my dieting doctor for over two years. So I have been knitting crazy than before and eat the small amount of the meals- 3 times a day. I lost some of the weight, but still need to lose more.

Knitting rocks!

I look pretty, huh? I love snapchat. I don't wear the makeup due to the oil face.

I joined the Mystery KAL (knitting a long) Ducenti with the group in ravelry. It's my first time doing this. I want to be involved the knitting club. So last Sunday, it released the clue #1 of 4. I am all done for part clue #1. I am waiting for the next clue #2 on next Sunday. What is mystery for?-- There is NO pictures, measurement in the pattern. You knit and get the picture after you knit. I have been wanting to do that since. I can't join for M-Club due to $290. So I joined this one pattern of mystery. Hopeful next year, I can sign up for M-club.  I am obsessed this knitter, Laura.

I used to obsessed with this knitter, Stephanie. But now I am not in big interested in her. She stopped use Ravelry a while ago. 

I just love with Laura's patterns and beads. KAL is more fun. She is using Ravelry a lot. It's easier to get in touch of her. Stephanie never reply/answer to the people that are fan of her. Laura even did replied me in my Etsy shop, and yes she is also Etsy shop owner. So that's how I got into deep in knitting than eat the bad foods and complained about my weight. 

Happy Tuesday. I am going back to knitting. Yes, I am ignoring the adulthood and chores. 

Quiet......

I am watching Craftsy: Knitting Texture One Motif At A Time. I am enjoying to watch with Laura Nelkin classes. She is a good teacher. 

Cheers!!! Shawl with beads. I ordered it from Craftsy.

Yarn: Cloudborn Fibers Merino Superwash Sock Twist. I am using large size (60 stitches). I made the stitch marker: sea turtle . Aren't they that cute? I love sea turtle. I love being under the sea. I always want to go to the clearest water beach, aka hawaii or bora bora. 

I just want to be quiet time and knit. I was little crazy in these days with my disorders. Knitting helps to calm me down. 

To be honest, I want to knit all the patterns of Laura Nelkin's patterns. I am obsessing about her. 

Before yarn. 

My neighbor's cat was sitting on top of the fence. She looked up to see me. She caught an another mice in my backyard. She is shy cat. She won't let us to pet her. 

A roving 100% merino into yarn.

In the next day, I have been spinning when the kids were with their grandparents for two days. I got it finished when the kids are home. I spun in under 12 hours, this isn't me. I had a good time of freedom time without the kids. 

I used chain-plied the yarn. It was only one on bobbin. It is about 120 yards and sport weight. 

The heavy smoke from Plymouth. It was human caused. I think it was spread to about 10k acres. I could be wrong. This came from my front yard head west. I love the orange-red sun. Later in the night time, we saw the creepy red moon. I was little spooky. 

The smoke was heading to the east from my backyard. 

So far in the summer, here in the western states have really drought lands. We have mini fire in the canyon. The firefighters were working hard to put the fire out very quickly. I love Cache Valley town. Most the big fires are came from Salt Lake City. We were lucky in this county where there were mini fires. We are 80 miles north from Salt Lake City. 

It's crazy. The mountains are so so so dry. You could see the yellow grasses on the mountain. I don't use water sprinkle for my grass, it hards to stay green in this drought weather. I am saving my money and water. Plus the pipe is still broken. No, our grass is not very yellow like the mountain has. We need rain, but I love the sun so much! I am not looking forward for darker season. 

Yep, you got this right. At the first, I thought it was a joking. I was shocking to see this in reality after I watched the news on TV. My face was like, are you kidding me? It surely does smells like a swedish  fish candy. But it is too sweeter that I don't really like.

I need to go back and knitting. Knitting is the best thing in my life.

I Don't Want August To Be Here...

I don't want august to be here. Because that's means the summer is almost over. We are turning to autumn season. I do love the fall, but winter is coming that I don't want. It's depressing season. So, I am going to enjoy as much as I can while the summer is here. I don't care how hot outside. I love the sunny season. This morning, I noticed that in my master bathroom window that sun is moving to the right than center to my sink. I was like no no no nononono. I am not ready for that. The sun is going to be on way to south of the earth. I am jealous of you- south america- that the spring is on their way. Plus, I am nervous for election day in November. 

Here is our July events:

We went to the Bear Lake with Derek's families for a week. It was fun. I did had a bittersweet to leaving head to home. I love to see the blue lake. We went to the Minnetonka Cave. We enjoyed it. It's cooler inside than outside. 40* F. I was relieved that the mouth of a cave from parking lot was not that far like another caves do- walk for a mile up to the mouth of cave-. When we arrived to the mouth, you could feel the cold air coming out. The cave has 800 steps total. Be prepare if you are going, plus a jacket. 

We went to the private beach in the Bear Lake. It was so nice than the public beach. I don't like the crowded beach. How?- Derek's parents' friend lives there, we just went through their backyard to the beach. I wish we live right to the beach. We had a lot of fun events. 

I bought this mug. I love it so much. Bearly awake- barely wake. It was in the Lazy One store.

I finished this shawl after we got home from the Bear Lake. It was so long: 545 stitches total! I am so glad that this is finished! 

Now, I am working on the hats for Dad, Justin, and Jake for their hunting. 

I got the idea when I cleaned up the living room as I picked up a toy of tent. So I put the Reeses, the guniea pig, in the tent while her cage is cleaning. I love it. It fits. Isn't she that cutie?

I couldn't drink that much of dairy production. So I had the raw almonds in my pantry. So I decided to made the almond milk. It's different than I usual taste for cow milk. I wanted to make my matcha tea with this almond milk. It was okay. Next, I will try it with soy milk.

Emma and I have been collecting the mini toddler of the Disney princess. I love them, so do Emma. I like to collect the toys in sometimes. I miss my 90's toys. 

Oh yes, that's right. you should be jealous. Ha ha. I didn't want to wait, so I went and bought this when its released in the store. I read and finished it in under 12 hours. It was a good story. You should read it. 

Nothing Much, Especially Sad News

In about 2 Fridays ago, (July 1st), we found out that our friend- Ellen O'Hara was killed in a car accident in West Jordan. She was attempted to make a U-Turn. Maybe she didn't see that one coming at her. We and also her parents are confusing why did she do that? We went to Deaf Center for her memories service. We will go again tomorrow here in Logan. She was 31 years old. Her cemetery will be in Missouri. We also found out that she is cremated due to badly damaged body. 

Her crash site was just simple accident that caused killed her. She drove a Subaru outback (2000ish). A pickup white truck hits her car by her driver side. I am hoping she is not in suffering while in crash before her death. I was saying that I am hoping that she died instantly without suffer the fatal injury.

Lately, here in Utah- there are so many in millions car accidents. It's scares me. I am glad that we live in small city far away from the freeway I-15. I will so much rather to take a bus, streetcar, train (frontrunner), and taxi(not here, but you know). 

I am so relieved that we are home safety from long drive trip for our vacation in Disneyland. I prefer to ride a plane than car.

Ellen was divorced. She was a teacher in JMS(deaf school in SLC). She did do things a lot going on in her life. She is very energized person. We are totally opposite! She is fifth of 7th in her family. You can watch her memories service here. Also it was good to see the old friends too. 

We did had fun time of our July 4th. We didn't go to the tradition for firework in Logan by USU stadium. We usually sit on grass by Lee's Marketplace. Because Derek's parents had to work. But we did, indeed, went to Lewiston firework. I love Lewiston firework: less crowd, few people, small town,  not too loud, quiet place, so few of the kids, and had a portable of toilet.

Yes, I know, I know. We had to. Yes, we had to use our credit card. The old ones won't start when I needed to start to wash the dishes. But it did wash really well. So I saw the opportunity of the July 4th sales in Lowes. So I ordered online. I want silver this time. Microwave is next, because it makes funny noise (my parents told me).  I want all of them brand: Whirlpool. I had Maytag, KitchenAid, & Frigidaire. I want all match brand of appliances. 

When I first saw this shoes from Clara Parkes in her Instagram. I had to have it. It is AllBirds. Hey! You know that I am knitter! I love this shoes so much. You don't necessary to wear the socks. It's sooooooooo comfortable than the other runner shoes EVER! I didn't get blisters. My ankle heel is not sores. You can throw it in washer machine to clean it. I am planning to buy one for Derek. Go on and read the story of this shoes. It is worth my money. I ordered while I was in Disneyland.

Anyway, about my knitting- the shawl is still in processing (now it is over 500 stitches). I am now on the second of sock for my mum for christmas present. Only two more socks to go (for dad and jake).

I registered the kids for swimming lesson class for two weeks. They started last week. It will be end this Friday. Then next week, we are going to Bear Lake. It is not summer without it! We need to set tent in our backyard. I love tent. We can't go to campsite due to Derek's work. He can't get it day off instant. So we will plan on this. We also have a fire pit too.

That's all, folks.