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the early bird always sticks it to the night owl

jenyu — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:13:16 PDT

Recipe: baked egg rolls I love staying up past midnight. It always seems I get a second wind around 10:00 pm and then I’ll grudgingly go to bed around 1:00 am out of guilt. I get under the covers and close my eyes, and then the hamsters in my brain will run a hundred miles [...]

positively

jenyu — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:26:00 PDT

Recipe: sparkling watermelon agua fresca There has been all manner of blerg going on for the past few days (really, the past couple of months). We’ve been troopers, getting through one thing after another. It’s mentally and physically taxing such that I have resorted to filtering out the negativity more than usual. I don’t want [...]

the sunburn of my discontent

jenyu — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:05:29 PDT

Recipe: maple balsamic vinaigrette There’s nothing like a sunburn to remind me of the necessity for sunblock, long-sleeved shirts, and a good hat in the sunny months. I guess that is a misnomer since it’s almost always sunny in Colorado – I mean the summer months. Except anytime the mercury rises above 60°F, I call [...]

my mom

jenyu — Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:56 PDT

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the wonderful moms out there! I personally feel that every day should be Mother’s Day, because it is without a doubt, the most difficult job in the world. thank you to all of the moms I’ve written on occasion about my dad on the blog, because that’s pretty easy [...]

mother knows best

jenyu — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:43:22 PDT

Recipe: pistachio almond cake Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday. Don’t freak out or anything. I’m telling this to you now so you can get your act together with a couple of days to spare. My mom called Monday and sternly warned that under no uncertain terms, she would be very very upset with [...]