From My Corner of the Universe
Pretty Peony Blog
We usually celebrate my sister's birthday when we gather for Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's place. How time flies. I remember when we were only kids. Innocent. Free spirited. Full of happiness. I also remember the fights and the VHS music video we created. My sister sang to "All Cried Out" by Lisa Lisa and... Continue Reading →
[Wearing Hmong Clothes] Daughter's school celebrated Heritage Day last Friday. Only a few student's dressed up in their heritage clothes but almost everyone brought food! I was too busy taking photos and didn't get the chance to try all the food. Most of the food were American though (rice crispy treats, cinnamon buns, deviled eggs,... Continue Reading →
I unthreaded a Hmong Green skirt earlier today in preparation for Heritage Day at Kida's school this Friday. I am not good at explaining the process of unthreading but basically when the skirt was made it was tucked together tightly with thread in order to create tiny pleats. The thread is removed only when the... Continue Reading →
The photo was taken over the summer. The quote is from a book I purchased. Feel free to take. Also, if you want to print this (up to 8x10,) you can grab it here.
When Kida asked to switch from tap dancing to lyrical and then asked for lyrical socks, I had no idea they would look like little boy undies. When the front desk lady held the socks out for husband and I to look at, we couldn't help but laugh. The lady laughed with us. She understood... Continue Reading →
[2011: Southlands Shopping Center] I'll be taking the girls trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. The girls' dentist is offering $1 per pound of candy (up to $5) they donate to the dental office and they will ship those candy out to our military in Afghanistan. I think that's a really awesome idea! My 4-year-old was pretty... Continue Reading →
I took the girls trick-or-treating at the Southlands Shopping Center yesterday evening. My 4-year-old refers to the place as 'Halloween Town' because of all the costumes and the door-to-door store-to-store candy going on. The girls had a great time even though it was quite chilly. Once again, I used the free actions from dbox.tumblr.com on... Continue Reading →
It will be snowing for most the day today. These photos were taken this morning and I made them black and white because I think it looks better. I've also posted many snow photos in the past and wanted to make these a little different. Mentally, I'm ready for snow. Physically, I'm not. I'm still... Continue Reading →
We attended another year of the Knights of Columbus Halloween Party. The girls loved it. To accomplish the look of the above photos, I ran some actions on them. The actions were downloaded for free from dbox.tumblr.com.
During our stay in Vegas, we drove to Hoover Dam and took a tour of the powerplant. I've visited the Dam before in the couple of times I've been to Vegas (years ago) but I've never taken the tour (and I'm not sure why). It was pretty fascinating to learn the history and go underground... Continue Reading →
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