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Happy New Year!  No I’m not a few weeks late, I’m talking Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival as they call it in China.  This is the Year of the Dragon and it makes our boys laugh every time they say it in Chinese because it is a bit of a tongue twister.  After we tried saying it a few times, we got them to say “She sells seashells by the seashore” a few times.  Such fun!  I’m doing a round up of Chinese New Year Recipe round ups from some of my favorite bloggers.  But first, let me tell you about how we’ve been celebrating with our Chinese sons (college exchange students who live with us). Read more

It’s been crazy people.  If you live somewhere that gets a lot of snow, you’re probably laughing at all the news coverage of the snow and ice storm in Washington.  But for those of us who aren’t used to it (and especially for this Hawaii girl), it’s been quite the adventure. Read more

You may be wondering what’s up with the random picture of my sink.  Well, this post is celebrating newness, and so I just had to share our shiny new kitchen faucet with you.  I never really imagined myself buying a fancy new faucet, and it wasn’t really in the budget.  Then again, the $400 water bill caused by our old leaky faucet wasn’t in the budget either!!! Read more

The results are in, and Eric and I have held on to our title, but just barely! This is definitely the closest gingerbread contest yet. There was no telling who was going to win until the very end! Read more

Eric’s sister and brother-in-law suggested we put up photos of our pumpkins we carved for voting like we do our annual gingerbread house contest.  So here goes!  #1 is the Father and Son Man-Eating Pumpkins. Read more