June 2026

  • #9: Make Some (More ) Mochinut Donuts

    ~These donuts from Mochinut were oh, so good. (June 1, 2024)~ Two years ago, I got to try some mochi donuts from Mochinut while on a date with Raymond. They were delicious but driving about an hour, through often heavy traffic, to get more, didn’t sound too appealing. So, I looked up a recipe and…

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  • #8: Bake the Icing Artist Cake

    We celebrated our daughter’s sixteenth birthday yesterday!! Since it was my daughter who wanted to do the Icing Artist’s cake class with me, I decided that I would surprise her and attempt to make it on my own for her birthday. I purchased access to the video lessons and recipes a few years ago, so…

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  • #31: Get Professional Family Photos Done

    Getting professional photos done of our family was something I included on my Thirty Before Thirty list. While I did mark it as accomplished on a technicality, it wasn’t really what I had envisioned. We got our family photo taken with Jeremy Renner at a ComicCon in San Jose, and went home with a nice…

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  • #1. Create an Eclectic Gallery Wall

    There is an awkwardly shaped wall in our living room, sandwiched between two open entries into said room. Part of this wall is cut on a diagonal on one side because our staircase is on the other side. I am sitting here on my front porch struggling to describe this wall. Regardless of my lack…

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