D.I.Y Anniversary Card

Now that our anniversary has passed I can post this! This is also my first time posting of any D.I.Y project SO if it sounds like I suck at explaining things and I confuse a lot of you sorry! :) So anyways, I wrote my boyfriend a poem but didn't know how I wanted to give it to him.  So I decided to make him another card I've made him a couple cards before but it’s been awhile.  I think this card is pretty simple compared to my other cards I've made in the past.  Everything I used I already had on hand so I didn't spend any money making this card.

What you'll need:
1.) Fabric Glue or Aleene's Tacky Glue I love using this glue for fabrics or any other crafts it dries super fast
2.) Any color ribbons.  I am using the Green and the Yellow ribbon
3.) 2 of any type of of paper such as; Construction paper, Photo printing papers, or like the one I'm using for this project a plain greeting cards.  I'm sure you can find these at any office supply stores.
4.) Regular scissor and any type of crafting shape scissors
5.)  Some tape

                                   
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( If you are using Construction paper fold both sheets of paper in half to make the card.
   If you are using Photo printing paper or the blank greeting card like I am this is very important. Fold 1 paper in half glossy side is on the outside.  Fold the 2nd paper with the glossy side facing the inside.  Because later you are going to glue both back sides of the paper together as you can see in the picture at the very top of the page it's a clean nice look on the inside.)


First I taped one end of the ribbon to the back side of the card and measured how much I would need then I taped the other end to the card.   Be sure to check to make sure that the ribbon is straight in the front before you glue each end to the card. You can leave the tape on the ribbon or take it off it doesn't really matter it's going to get covered up anyways.

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Repeat the same step if you are using 2 different ribbons.  I decided to do a vertical line and a horizontal line with the ribbon

First picture on the left is the front side.  Second picture on the right is the backside of the card.

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You should have something that looks like this now on the inside.

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See how I folded the second paper in half the front side (glossy side if using Photo paper) of the card is now on the inside.  Now glue the backside of this to the 1st paper with the ribbon

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I just use Paint to print out the words and use the scissors to cut it out making nice little designs and glued on.  The hearts I found on Google just search Hearts and a ton will pop up.  Before I glued on the heats I glued the ribbon to the card by squirting a little bit of glue under the middle of each section of the ribbon just so that it is more secured.

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I wanted to do something on the inside and not just leave it plain so I printed out a bigger heart and wrote in the middle and yes I had to print out a second one because I wrote 2013 instead of 2011 for when we first started dating.  Fail.  Anyways to make it pop out/3D looking I ripped a long piece of scrap paper and fold that in half then fold it making a Z shape and glued it to the back of the heart.

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and there you have it a heart that pops out

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I hope you all like this! I'm pretty sure I confused most of you that read this.  I didn't take that many pictures because at the time I really had no idea where I was going with the card.  I thought it was kind of cute so I'd thought I would share it.  The color reminds me of spring sunny (yellow ribbon) grassy (green ribbon) and flowers (pink hearts).

Thanks for reading! :) <3

Jalapeno Poppers

Made Jalapeno poppers today! Note to self WEAR GLOVES WHEN CUTTING JALAPENO! My fingers were on fire for about 4 plus hours I tried everything I could think of cold water, lime juice, ketchup nothing worked so I just decided to try to deal with it.  After the burning feeling stopped my middle finger hurt felt like it got squished.  It still hurts here and there but not as bad as before.  Anyways I like how it turned out but I didn’t love it maybe I’ll change a few things next time.  The jalapeno’s I used were extremely hot had to put out a side of cream cheese to calm the spicy flavor down.  My brother didn’t listen to me when I said “you might want to add a little bit more cream cheese on that before you take a bite” he took a big bite and looked like he was in a lot of pain! Lol should have listened to me.

Crazy Week

What a busy crazy week this has been. This past week was Cambodian New Year.  April 14th – April 16th.  I didn’t go to the temple this year because I had work and won’t be able to go to El Dorado Park for the Festival either because it’s the same weekend as my boyfriend and I two year anniversary! :)

Also April 17th is the 38th anniversary of the start of the Cambodian Genocide.  Starting in 1975-1979 the 4 years of horror and suffering under the rule of Pol Pot killing almost 2 million lives if not more. I've heard countless of stories that my grandma has told me, it is so heart breaking especially at moments when I can see the pain in her eyes as she remembers all the things she's been through. I’m glad my parents made it through this whole thing.  But because of this I will never get to meet my grandparents on my dad’s side and his other brothers and sisters, I would also never get to meet my grandfather on my mom’s side and her other brothers and sisters.  But I am still grateful that my dad’s 2 brother and sisters made it with him and my grandmother, mom, and her 2 sisters and brother made it out also.

I would also like to send condolence and prayers to everyone in Boston and Texas.

So after a crazy week I was craving sweets the other night but there was nothing in the house so I decided to try and make this Cambodian dessert called Ba Baw Pout aka Corn and Tapioca Dessert.  It turned out great! Except I think I put a little bit too much tapioca it absorbed all the liquid over night.  Not really sure if it’s suppose to end up like that or not but it was still good!

Surprise date

My boyfriend again surprised me by showing up at my house bright and early to take me on a lovely date! I almost didn't believe him because I knew he had things to do that day and wouldn't be free until around 3-4pm but I guess not!  We went to San Pedro area because I've always wanted to see the Korean friendship bell and Cabrillo Marine aquarium. On the way there the area looked really nice near the harbor went over 2 high bridges to get there nice view.

The view from the Korean friendship bell was amazing on a nice bright sunny day!  We made our way down the hill to Point Fermin Park the park has tables right next to the cliff great for picnics and watching the sunset. There is also a light house but we didn't check it out. We then headed to Cabrillo Marine aquarium parking is $1 per hour so it’s not bad. For the most part I think it’s free to get into the aquarium but it is suggested donation of $5 per person.  It’s pretty nice for a small aquarium they have a touch tank but it’s only open during a certain time not sure if it’s every hour but it’s nice, follow the blue line on the ground to get to the touch tank.  There are a couple different kinds of starfish, sea anemone, sea urchins that you can touch in the shallow side. Towards the backside of the touch tank the deeper side that you can't touch, there are different kinds of fish, sharks and I think he said an eel.  The aquarium is also located in front of the beach.

After all that we went to have lunch and started heading home didn't want to hit traffic and get stuck on the 405! We were going to get some frozen yogurt but I convinced him to let me go check out some shoes I’ve wanted to try hehehe :) but after I bought him some Italian ice to make it up for dragging him around shoe shopping.  For dinner we went to Claws Restaurant and for the first time EVER we had to wait a really long time!  I've never waited more than 10 minutes but this time from the time we got there to the time we left 3 damn hours! People that got there after us got seated before us which was ridicules! The only reason I put up with it is because my boyfriend loves this place and we barely come here because he lives so far and there isn't any restaurant of this type in his area.  Our waitress was extremely nice though so it kind of made up for it and my boyfriend was super sweet I went to the restroom to wash my hands came back and another waiter popped out of nowhere with ice cream for me. I had the most confused look on my face I didn't know my boyfriend told them it was my birthday.  So over all the surprise date was awesome even with some bumps in the road. :)

Middle Bottom Pic: biggest lobster I've ever seen!

Boyfriend moved to Victorville

My boyfriend moved to Victorville for a certain reason and I’m so bummed about it.  I guess it’s not that far but I hate driving so it feels like a billion miles away!  Not too sure when we’ll have time to see each other because he has extern at the hospital during the week and gets out at random times and I help my dad at his work place on the weekends.  That’s how we had time to see each other after I get out of work because he only lived less than 5 minutes away from my dad’s work.  BUT now he lives way over there so I can’t see him on the weekends or randomly during the week anymore.  I’m trying to keep a positive outlook on things like my boyfriend said just be positive it’ll be fine everything will work out.  Last week was extremely hard felt like the worst week of my life which it should have been one of the best because my birthday was last week. But it was just so hectic, stressful, and frustrating with my boyfriend moving and other things I don’t want to mention, I was in break down mode.

Anyways yesterday my boyfriend randomly stopped by my house to surprise me!  He is so sweet!  Brought me some flowers and we talked for a bit I didn't want to let him go when we hugged goodbye he was on his way to Victorville.  He definitely made my day just to see him even if it was for a little bit the fact that he took that extra side trip just to surprise me he’s definitely a keeper! I will eventually make my way up there one of these days.  I just hate driving by myself in the dark and it’s like what 45 minutes of driving in the dark mountains from Victorville to get to the first city?  Maybe the first couple of times I drive there I’ll ask my brother if he would be kind enough to come with me. We shall see. :)

From my lovely Boyfriend :) <3

First attempt at making Pretzels!

It was super cold the other day and it look like it was about to rain.  Craving pretzels I didn't want to drive out just to get a pretzel.  So I was wondering if I could make it but wasn't sure if I had all the ingredients. Surprisingly I did! I've never made pretzels before so I had no idea how it would turn out.  I didn't have an electric stand mixer so I used my hand mixer to help mix in the flour and the liquids together.  After it was all mix I knead the dough for a while until it was all smooth.  Anyways the result it was great! It was crunchy on the outside fluffy on the inside!  I made salt, cinnamon, and plain pretzels.  Next time I need to try and make the dough even! I can’t wait to make these again! My boyfriend loves the pepperoni ones from wetzels pretzels so in my next attempt I will be making those for him! Can’t wait!

End of January plus February update

I ended January in the worst way by getting sick again! The worst part was my ears were plugged for 2 weeks even after I got over being sick it was driving me crazy I sounded sick all the time!  When I finally got one ear to pop it was when I was driving on the freeway.  Everything was extremely loud it hurt! Such horrible timing. I got my right ear to pop couple days later.  But now when ever my ears plug up I always have to try and pop them right away because  I'm always scared or paranoid it'll stay like that for a couple days to weeks again!  What I took to help me get over this congestion was Sudafed Pressure + Pain.

Anyways so February was so eventful! First my cousin gave birth to her first kid she's so adorable looks just like her dad.  Then it was Chinese New Year which I celebrated with my family,  and Valentine's Day. It was one of the best Valentine’s Day I've had ever! It was stress free not thinking about how to plan the perfect Valentine’s Day and just do what was simple and fun made it so much easier to have fun.

My boyfriend and I put a budget on our spending so we wouldn't go to crazy over board with the whole Valentine thing. I made him a few different kinds of chocolates and his favorite chocolate covered pretzels which I made in white chocolate and milk chocolate, I also made some of each with coconuts shreds. It tasted so good with the coconuts!

What he got me was a big surprise! I've never got a giant card before and what he wrote in there made me tear up a little bit. He also got me stuff animal, candy, and a coach sunglass. Talk about putting a budget on gifts! I love it all! He's the sweetest guy in the world always surprising me! I love him!

         What he got me ^               What I made him ^

So our plan for the day was to get some breakfast and watch movies bum at home. We were starting a rush hour marathon but decided to watch another movie he really wanted to see after the first rush hour but we both ended up falling asleep.

So after we woke up from our nap we were talking about what to do. We end up going to Morongo casino since he has never been there. It was about an hour drive.

It was so much fun I’ve never really gambled much and we didn’t lose! Morongo did us good! :) This time.

I don't know what was going on, on Valentine’s Day with how people were driving but there was so many accidents going to and coming home from Morongo! I've never seen so many accidents in one day. It wasn't just small bumper hits either, most of the ones I saw were really bad. Everyone just needed to slow down and chill out that day. I felt so bad I hope no one was seriously hurt. We almost got into an accident our self with this van instead of slowing down for a big rig that was going to merge into the vans lane, the van decided to swerve so quick into our lane. So glad my boyfriend had a quick reaction and braked and swerved out a little and I’m glad no one was behind us. I have no idea what he was thinking the big rig was nowhere near him anyways and the lane doesn’t even finish merging until after we past the sharp curve.  It was a super scary moment and the van knew he messed up because he took off so quick away from us when before he was driving slowly.

Anyways we came home early got some frozen yogurt and made chicken quesadilla for dinner with a copy cat recipe of taco bell chipotle sauce I think that’s what it’s called.  Over all it was an amazing day one of the best valentines so far! :)


On a side note this month is also the month one of my best friend passed away.  It's been 8 years, even though you aren't around anymore you're always in our thoughts.  We miss you and love you so much! R.I.P Caitlin Oto!  You were truly an amazing person and I'm glad we got to become the best of friends in this life time. <3