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Day 125 - Monday / 5.04.20

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Day 124 - Sunday / 5.03.20

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Day 123 - Saturday / 5.02.20

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Day 122 - Friday / 5.01.20

Woke up around 4:00-5a and had a hard time falling back asleep

Arboristas came around 7:30-11a to cut down all the palm trees in the back lot

V set up the Arlo to document the process

I saw a huge arm on one of the palm trees and I wondered how it got there

V wanted me to contact Rocky b/c rates dropped

Rocky said that it wasn’t significant enough for us to re-lock, we would be saving $640 in closing costs :(

V also went through the contract and compared our CD costs with my parents

I also tried calling their other appraisal co for quotes but left a message b/c no one answered

I later looked them up, Service Link, which was involved in a recent lawsuit so their appraisal fees were public. I think our would be around $730 vs. $600 with the other appraisal co from US Bank

Walked Truffs from 11:40-12:20p

V got done with his conf around 12:40p

We ate leftovers

Dan dan noodles

Wontons

Chinese stir fry with half a scallion crepe

I exercised around 5:30p to Tracy Anderson

Washed hair

Made dinner around 6:45p

Green beans with garlic + ginger

Asparagus with Chinese sausage + king mushroom

Kung pao chicken with pine nuts, purple onion, and zucchini...not that good, I think I burned the red chili pepper

V made thai tea with sour milk....

Mom wanted to keep the milk for baking but V wanted to throw it out

We showed mom and dad the howling video of truffs and when we played it, he started howling haha

Mom, me, and dad talked about the Vernon Hills sale and how similar homes are contingent or pendingg

Mom got really riled up and kept talking in circles

She complained that maybe it’s the condition of the house, it’s messy or dirty; last time with Michael the agent, they left the trash and clogged the toilet - maybe they’re not using shoe slippers

Mom said that the utility bill was too high for gas

Mom and Dad called Dan to see if he could make it out to the house tmr before the 11a showing

Dad was super annoyed and left the room

I told them that it was a bad idea to have dropped the price on the house so much from $349 to $309...

V worked all night past midnight

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Day 121 - Thursday / 4.30.20

Sent in my docs for Rocky

Walked Truffs from 11:25-12:10p

Ate leftovers for lunch 

quinoa bowls

Austin + 1 came by around 4p to take photos of the yard

I went to pick up Truffles’ poop and didn’t get the door in time so they let themselves in to the back

Austin’s friend (?) used a drone

Mom FT’ed me during the time they were around so I missed V’s texts of him wanting Austin to stay behind; he yelled at me afterward b/c his call was supposed to end around 4 but he didn’t get out till 20 past

He asked Austin to come back

V and I took photos of the yard with the palm trees

Left around 6:30p to run errands with V

Went to Smart and Final for roma tomatoes; I had to wait to go in the store only to find out that they had none left

Ordered 50% off of 20oz milk tea at Tastea in their app

I got Wintermelon (which was not full)

V got Tiger milk

Went to 99 ranch and got coconut milk, apparently they don’t allow reusable bags but I still used mine last time I was there; we also got some matcha red bean popsicle

 Couldn’t get milk tea b/c the bakery was closed

Went to Aldi’s to get grapes

Made chili oil wontons and dan dan mian for dinner

Recipes:

https://seonkyounglongest.com/dan-dan-noodles/

For the Pork

1/2 lb ground pork

1 T chopped garlic (approximately 3 cloves garlic)

1 tsp chopped ginger

1 T soy sauce

1 T shaoxing wine

1 T cooking oil

2 oz Chinese preserved mustard green, chopped -- FORGOT!

For the Sauce

1 tsp chopped garlic (approximately 2 cloves garlic)

2 Tpeanut butter

1/2 T soy sauce

1 tsp dark soy sauce

3 T chili oil with chili flakes 

2 tsp toasted and grinned Sichuan peppercorns - had to use V’s coffee grinder

1/2 T sugar

For Assemble

2 portions of noodles

bok choy

2-3 T sauce 

1/4 cup hot chicken or veggie broth

green onion chopped

crushed peanuts or sesame seeds

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix all the ingredients for the pork except 1 tbsp cooking oil and preserved mustard green. 

Let it marinate while preparing other ingredients, about 10 minutes.

Combine all ingredients for the sauce in a mixing bowl and set aside. This sauce can be stored in a refrigerator unto 5 days.

Heat a wok over high heat, add 1 tbsp cooking oil and swirl to coat. 

Add the pork mixture and stir fry until pork is fully cooked, no more moisture on the bottom and slightly have brown edges, about  3 to 4 minutes. 

Add preserved mustard green and stir fry 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and keep it warm.

Cook noodles by following the directions of the package you’re using. At the last minute of cooking noodles, add yu choy or your choice of green vegetables into boiling water with noodles. Cook all together for 1 minute, drain

Place half of the sauce (approximately 3 tbsp) on a bottom of serving bowl and lay the noodles on top of the sauce. 

Arrange the blanched green vegetable on top of the noodles then cooked pork mixture. 

Pour hot chicken broth around the edge of the bowl. 

Garnish with chopped green onions and crushed peanuts or sesame seeds. 

Mix everything throughly, enjoy!

Chili Oil wontons - https://seonkyounglongest.com/wontons-chili-oil/ (Used costco frozen wontons)

1 1/2 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns

1/2 cup oil

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped (approximately 1 tbsp)

1 oz ginger, finely chopped (approximately 1 tbsp)

1 green onions, finely chopped, separate white and green part

3 tbsp Thai chili flakes -- had to use red pepper flakes

1 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

Watched Love Island

Ate popsicle which was really good!

In bed around 12:20a

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Day 120 - Wednesday / 4.29.20

Walked Truffs around 10:50-11:40a

Drove V to the post office around noon so he could call Rocky, the loan officer I spoke to yesterday at US bank

V picked up his package which contained his graded $

Went to KFC to get free chicken sandwiches with drink purchase

V spent <$2

Came home and ate while watching first few mins of Worth It - Lasagna

Called Rocky after lunch to lock in rate

We’re going to do 10 year at 2.875 and pay 3500 of closing costs which come out to be break even at year 4 and we would be saving about $100 / month after, ~$7200 after 10 years

Started gathering docs

Made thai tea and spilled a ¼ cup near the kitchen door, had to sweep and vacuum

Made mexican stir fry bowl for dinner

Sausage

Purple onion

Sweet potato

Zucchini

Jalopeno (which started molding)

Potato

Quinoa

Egg

Avo

Accidentally cut my thumbnail while slicing scallions

Started watching Love Island on Hulu

Worked out around 9:30 using Week 1 Day 2 for Heather Robertson

Went to bed around 12:20a

V needed to be up by 7a for his virtual diversity conference

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Day 119 - Tuesday / 4.28.20

Noticed our neighbors, Emilia + Robert, were doing work in their backyard

Made banana bread from Simply Recipes: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/

Walked Truffs around 10:45-11:45

Noticed that Pacific Ponds car was parked by Emilia’s house

Told V and he said that they were supposed to come to our place

He texted them and a minute later, there was a ring on our doorbell

V said he was very dismissive but the cheapest overall

He let himself in to our yard…weird

He was around the neighborhood b/c the flip at 2021 is owned by a developer who’s currently living there and they do a lot of work together

Ate Chinese leftovers for lunch

Watched Shark Tank

Called Rocky Harris from US Bank after receiving a flyer from him 

Rates are 7 ARM 2.875%

10 ARM 3%

30 year fixed 3.5%

Made asparagus risotto (from Aldi’s) for dinner

Asparagus

King mushroom

Sausage

Also washed some strawberries, blackberries and ate with nutella

Boba milk tea from 99 ranch

Watched Shark Tank and the first ep of Zoey’s playlist, which was a lot deeper than we thought; very sad, not sure if we want to continue watching. We wanted to see Good Girls but they only had season 3 up on Hulu

Worked out around 10p to Heather Robertson Week 1 Day 5

Went to bed around 1a

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Day 118 - Monday / 4.27.20

Walked Truffs around 11-12p

Almost missed my 12p team meeting

Ate leftovers for lunch

Ono BBQ chicken

Fries, panko shrimp, tostino’s pizza rolls

Went to run errands around 3p

Ralph’s for grapes, very little left

Smart & Final for roma tomatoes, which were OOS

99 Ranch for seafood mushrooms, noodles, chives, onions, milk tea; ran out of coconut milk :(

Made Chinese food for dinner, ate around 8p

Egg tofu + ground pork + strips of king mushroom + peas

Bok choy + Chinese sausage + egg

Seafood mushrooms + broccoli + corn

Boba milk tea from 99 ranch

Found a weed stuck in Truffles’ foot, and it left him bleeding; that was why he kept licking his foot :(

V washed his paws at first and he didn’t even notice it

Finished MAFS

2 divorce + 2 marriages

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Day 117 - Sunday / 4.26.20

Worked out with Heather Robertson Week 1 / Day 4 from youtube

Washed hair

Joined virtual Zoom baby shower for Phoebe around 12-1:30p

> 40 people on

Prayed in the beginning

Then played games like guess which on the relationship did what

Baby photos guessing game

Some phone game with points – didn’t really participate

A-Z boys names

Circumference of belly (~38in)

Ate lunch: hot dogs with leftover guac and mashed potatoes

Baked hot cheetos

Pao de quiejo

Tostino’s pizza rolls

Macarons

V had another virtual hangout with his friends at 3p which lasted till 4:50p

I made a quick appearance with Truffs and then left

I was pretty angry that it took so long and V didn’t leave since he told me that he had about 4-5 hours of work left for the day…

Walked Truffs around 6:50-7:10p

V wanted to take photos first but all the batteries were out

Took some photos of the house and backyard to capture the 4 palms in the back before we cut them down

Made scallion pancakes for dinner + leftover stir fry

Watched Married at First Sight

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Day 116 - Saturday / 4.25.20

Went to Chase around noon to withdraw $3k in cash for landscaping

Indoor ATM and outdoor were giving me trouble so I had to ask a teller

Turns out that they thought it was fraud

Went to Costco to return the H&S shampoo, got some really good deals

Bought an avocado tree $20

Mashed potatoes, corned beef and cabbage for $2

Charcuterie board for $4

Hawaiian Pistachio Matcha chocolate $14

Macarons on sale for $8

Watermelon $6

Tomato bisque $7

Vegetable soup $6.50

Teton sausage links

Bird’s eye pasta 

Hawaiian bread

Veggie burgers $8

Pack of 10 garden gloves $10

Went home to put everything away before heading out again

V dropped me off at Aldi’s while he went to return the extra vegetable oli and macarons we originally bought at $12 (he used one of the new ones we bought) - later he found out that they threw out all refrigerated returns

I went to Aldi’s to return the organizers and got some groceries

Strawberries x2

Kiwi which rang up as $2 instead of 

Asparagus 98c

Shredded and sliced cheese

Eggs

Tater tots

2 drawer organizers

Bananas

Risotto

V came to pick me up after getting BOGO chicken combo from Ono and he also got fries from McD’s

Ate Ono for lunch around 2:50p

Watched Married at First Sight

Ate some macarons afterwards

V fell asleep after lunch till around 5p and then worked till dinner around 9p

Walked Truffs around 7:20-8p

Made veggie burgers (from Costco) for dinner with provolone, guac, tomato, and heated up the corned beef mashed potatoes from Costco

Ate some strawberry ice cream + mochi ice cream after

Watched more Married at First Sight

In bed around 2

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Day 115 - Friday / 4.24.20

Heatwave, even hotter than yesterday; >100F

Pondworks came around 11a-12p

Young guy who actually poked around the area; found a plug that was within one of the crevices, it didn’t work after testing it with a phone charger

Gave us a few options on either fixing the pond or creating a new one from the lower and higher elevation; also drew us a diagram of what it could look like

He was really into volcanic rock which was very much the opposite of the previous guy, Chad from California Waterscapes; he told us that those rocks at that size are really hard to find now and go for a couple hundred bucks each and we should keep them

Price is similar to Chad’s contractor price ~$6k to build a new pond/waterfall

Ate leftovers for lunch around 2:30p

Heated up noodles for V and indian food for myself

Leftover slice of pizza and some panko shrimp, pao de quiejo

Walked Truffs around 7:30-8p

Made scallion crepes and stir fry dish

King mushroom

Celery

Zucchini

Chicken thigh

Sweet potato

Potato

Onion

Ate dinner around 9p

Watched Married at First Sight

Started period in the evening

In bed around 1:30a

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Day 114 - Thursday / 4.23.20

Heat wave

Learned about the 36 Qs that lead to love from Arthur Aron in today’s wellness webinar: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/style/36-questions-that-lead-to-love.html

Walked Truffs by myself from 10:35-11:10

Ate leftover pizza for lunch

Also had some veggie puffs and panko shrimp

Made chinese peanut butter noodles for dinner

Peanut butter

Soy sauce

Sugar

Garlic

Ginger

Bok choy

Ground pork

Started watching Married at First Sight season 9

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Day 113 - Wednesday / 4.22.20

Walked Truffs with V from 10:50-11:30a

Ate frozen food for lunch 

Indian food while V had chicken pot pie

Gave Truffs a haircut from 2:30-4:30p

Amanda called around 7p-8

Made 2 pizzas for dinner

Sausage

Onion

Potato

Zucchini

Egg 

Also baked some fish sticks and panko shrimp

Ate dinner around 8p

Finished Too hot to handle

V worked for the rest of the night

Worked out by myself using Tracy Anderson videos around 11-midnight

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Day 112 - Tuesday / 4.21.20

Made wonton soup with bok choy for lunch

V had a call during lunch so I basically ate by myself

Also tried to finish the bitchin sauce, the korean side dishes, and mom’s stir fried lettuce root and shan yao

Walked Truffs around 2:35-3:08p by myself

Chad from Waterscapes came around 3:10p

Proposed a pondless waterfall idea and to build a waterfall in the area where the gravel is currently, removing the volcanic rock, adding a skimmer

V also asked about using the current water basin for a pond and he said that was feasible and they would fill in some of the water basin area where the upper level starts to make it smaller

Said that we would need to decide by Thurs/Fri so they could start then since they’re in b/t jobs and he would give us the contractor price; also offer 18 month financing

Cost was $6400

Worked out together with V - Heather Robertson Week 1 Day 3

Finished Chinese leftovers for dinner

Watched too hot to handle

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Day 111 - Monday / 4.20.20

Ate leftovers for lunch

Ono

Pizza

Chicken pot pie

Pears / clementines / apples

Macarons

Watched an episode of too hot to handle

Walked Truffs around 3:50-4:30p by myself

V washed Truffs

Called AMEX to dispute $30.53 Uber charge on my corp card

It’s the same charge I disputed for my canceled uber eats order but it’s labeled as “uber” this time

Made chinese food for dinner

Mapo Tofu

Napa cabbage, chinese sausage, king mushroom, firm tofu

Panda express leftovers

Thai tea

Ate some almond tofu after

Watched Too hot to handle

Exercised by myself using Tracy Anderson workouts (from goop)

In bed around 1

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Day 110 - Sunday / 4.19.20

V went to go pick up Ono BOGO on Aloha plates since today was the last day of the promotion

I got fire island chicken and V got katsu

He also apparently went to McD’s to get fries

V had to answer a work email so we were delayed eating

Watched Kim’s Convenience while eating

Walked Truffs with V around 1:30p - 2:20p

Went to Moon Valley Nurseries in North Hollywood to look at plants for our landscaping project

V was in contact with a person named Melody who took us around in a golf cart to show us some potential plants

V liked Japanese Blueberry a lot as privacy hedges $150 per. The cheaper option is Privet $100, which is the same as the ones we have in our driveway

their pricing wasn’t that cheap, their fire sticks and most smaller plants were ~$30 or $25 wholesale

Melody gave us an estimate of everything and it came down to $13k after tax

She said that they do financing with no interest and could apply as much discounts as possible like 10% off

Got back around 5p

Pull a tick off of Truffs

Went for a run on Camino Lindo for 2.1 miles (3 loops before Camino Verde, including Cul de sac at La Bellorita)

Washed hair

Made 2 pizzas with homemade dough 

Marinara sauce (started molding on lid)

Cheese

Mozz

Chicken sausage

Onions

Corn

550F for 10-12mins

I put one pan in the oven to heat up and that pizza crust was much crispier

V also baked veggie puffs, pao de quiejo, panko shrimp

A lot of smoke - Dyson went crazy

Ate dinner around 7:45p, finished Kim’s Convenience

Started watching Too hot to handle

In bed around 1a

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Day 109 - Saturday / 4.18.20

V worked for most of the day, he had a call at 10a

Started making homemade pizza dough

Used a combo of Buzzfeed video and Xiao Gao Jie

Was a little nervous about the yeast bc it expired in 2018

Dough was a lot more runny than the one shows in Buzzfeed so I added a lot more flour

Let it rise on at room temp for 30 mins before I put it in the fridge but I later took it out during the afternoon and let it rise in RT and it rose a lot more, put the dough back in fridge overnight

Made hotdogs for lunch with guac

Used up colby cheese

Onions

Walked Truffs around 4-5p

Did VS Tracy Anderson workout

Made some chicken pot pie for dinner using crescent roll dough as topping

Peas

Chicken

Carrots

Onions

Zucchini

Milk + flour for roux

Watched Kim’s Convenience

Finished watching McMillions in bed