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Click clack, I’m back!

Wow! What a long little hiatus! I read through some of my previous posts and realized how much I LOVE writing and sharing on this silly, teeny blog of mine. Is blogging even still cool? After the Tik Tok craze took off and now that everyone has a phone or tablet with access to tons of videos, do people even read blogs anymore? And don’t forget about all the AI chats that are all the rage now,…

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Air Fryer Convert

If you don’t have one, get one! Fries are crispy, chicken is juicy, beignets are fluffy, and wings are scrumptious!! I will never eat take out again!

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A Fluorescent Christmas

Lights!! Homemade decorations! Twinkle ✨

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I love cakes!

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Micronesian Zoom Social

If you’re curious about Micronesian culture in USA, join me at this zoom social hour!! If you’ve met a Micronesian person but still have more questions or want to know more, join me!! If you’ve never met a Micronesian but are now curious, join me!! All are welcome!!

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Unicorn Valentine Magic

Also been on the elliptical

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Liseran

The water rushed and crashed against her small frame, cold and frigid. It was a stupid thing to do. To jump in violent waves at the edge of the waterfall. And what could her little body do to save such a great and giant creature even if it was a baby. No upper body strength, no swimming experience, not even the slightest idea how to rescue a human let alone an elephant.

But jump she did. Liseran…

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Nokia N75 and That Old Fart

“I need a phone charger for a Nokia N75…” her voice trails off as the store clerk’s smile twitches a little.

“Excuse me? Did you say Nokia N75?” his voice extremely skeptical, the curves of his lips indicating amusement, maybe judgement. “You know we have all these new phones with plenty of applications, and they all come with standard accessories, including a phone charger. Are you sure? I don’t…

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COVID Humor

I think that my lil man is not enjoying having me as his full time teacher! But since I’ve been furloughed, I’m home and trying to be useful around here! I hope everyone is staying safe, and still finding ways to learn new things and also create joy and happiness.

I’m going to drop a few memes I thought were pretty funny in that corny way that I find HILARIOUS:

Again, I hope everyone is…

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Beautiful Mini Treats

I made some mini tiramisu mousse cakes and they turned out quite lovely and absolutely scrumdiddlyumptious!!! Using my whipping and mirror glaze techniques AND I learned how to temper chocolate!

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Baking With Confidence

I have stumbled upon and discovered some very simple sounding advice/tips since embarking on this baking journey but to the ears of a newbie baker, they ring profoundly. Struck a chord so to speak.

First, no recipe is a perfect recipe. I grew up thinking that I have to follow every recipe to the T. Ahhh, not so, my friends. Not so at all. All recipes can be tweaked, experimented with, and…

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Dessert & Art

I was experiencing a certain kind of dullness in my soul recently. This dull, gray, darkening feeling grew and grew until I burst into tears in the bathroom at work. It felt like my soul was withering, dying even. Everything felt heavy and headaches became frequent.

And then I started baking after a gentle, kind of sneaky nudge from my sweetheart. Baking turned into experiments in the kitchen…

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Quote Love ❤️

I found the following on a Facebook pop up thingy, and it gave me comfort, and I love it. So I’m sharing!

“Self-care is often a very unbeautiful thing.

It is making a spreadsheet of your debt and enforcing a morning routine and cooking yourself healthy meals and no longer just running from your problems and calling the distraction a solution.

It is often doing the ugliest thing that you have to…

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Artsy Fartsy

I’ve been feeling very artsy lately and taken an interest and liking to painting. I am not great at it at all….but I feel so happy before, during, and after the whole process. Fulfilling.

I never know what the inspiration is; maybe it’s a holiday (pumpkin painting), bad mood, fabulous mood, or maybe I just wanted to make something to hang on a bare wall in my home.

Sometimes wanting to have a…

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Pumpkin eater...NO!

Pumpkin eater…NO!

I’ve never been very good at art or art work. I barely draw stick figures. But over the years, I’ve seasoned a little, and it looks as though my creative, artistic eye is peeking out a little. Just a teensy weensy little bit. The Jack Skellington?? That’s all me. Free hand, baby! *high fives all around!*

Yep. So the two in ze middle are mine. The nice thing about pumpkin painting is no gooey,…

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Happy Birthday, Dearest Brother

Every year this day comes and goes; and as I’ve stated before: some years are good and some years are almost unbearable. But every year, I sit down with my thoughts and my memories, and I allow myself to be very candid and frank. Today is Dallace’s birthday. We lost him to suicide almost thirteen years ago.

It’s surprising the things you actually remember and miss about a person when they are…

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Willful Rebellion

I’d like to be completely free of all the world and all it’s unreasonable expectations. I’m slowly getting there. I went for a little walk in my quaint little neighborhood and contemplated on the things I really want from my life. On who I think and who I know I am. Who I was before and who I’ve become today.

For some weird reason, I grew up thinking I had to be absolutely and undeniably…