Things Before I Go List

In no particular order, things I would like to do before I go: 1. Take monkey mani to Hong Kong 2. Take monkey mani to San Francisco 3. Pass the CPA Exam 4. Adopt or foster a child 5. Take a family photo 6. Learn to sew 7. Learn to knit 8. Visit New York 9. Take a family road trip 10.Vist all 50 States 11. Learn to swim 12. Learn how to apply makeup on myself 13. Buy a DSLR camera and learn how to use it. 14. Do a 365 photo a day 15. Finish the baby scrapbook 16. Finish the school days memory book 17. Take monkey mani to Disney World 18. Organize and computerize my recipe collection 19. Exercise everyday 20. Eat healthy 21. Start a nonprofit organization to help kids be healthy 22. Bulid a stock portfolio from all my favorite companies 23. Buy more savings bonds for monkey mani 24. Learn to dance 25. After # 25 dance at a party 26. Write a book 27. Make a bento every weekday for a year 28. Have a wedding ceremony 29. Learn to ski 30. Learn to rollerblade 40. Fly a kite with monkey mani 41. Be the author of a very popular blog 42. Start a tax and accounting service 43. Go to cooking school 44. Go to school for phycology 45. Have an award winning recipe 46. Take a trip to Mexico 47. Travel to Europe 48. Go on a cruise 49. Vist Canada 50. Walk inside of an igloo 51. See a pyramid 52. Vist the Grand Canyon 53. Learn photoshop

How to save time and money on fruit...

Fruit is expense and after spending way too much on fruit the previous week, I was complaining about it to my mother. Well, while we were shopping in Sam's Club my mom had the idea that I should just buy one of their fruit trays for the week. What a great idea, it saves money and prep time and the pieces are already small and just right for bento making. I came home and put the fruit in Lock N Lock containers and it worked out great. Sam's also had a large container of strawberries for only $2.99.

China Town

Monkey loves to do flash cards. One question said "What is the ancestral home of Chinese people?" Monkey didn't understand the question, so I said where do Chinese people come from? His response, stated very loudly with much confidence, "China Town". That was the best laugh I had all day.

Thanksgiving Cooking

Today I tried a new muffin mix for Monkey. Here are the pictures. I don't have much time to experiment and try recipes for him but when the holidays come I always make multiple dishes for him and most times he ends up not liking them. In order to increase the chances of him liking this mix, I tried four different ways to prepare the mix, plain, extra sugar, raisins, and applesauce. I also finally remembered to look for Soyatoo at Wholefoods, but it was a waste of money, he didn't like it at all. So he had me but white icing on the muffins instead. He didn't even want me to try the raisins but it turns out he like the ones with raisins the best. Then he wanted to try the raisins mixed with the applesauce.