I hate sewing: One Year in the Making

Project #5   Yes, it took almost one full year to complete this little dress. Not because it was a highly intricate project or anything but primarily with everything that happened last year my creative juice simply ran dry.
I started out with a lower portion of the dress and let that project sat on a hanger over 6 months. By January before I forgot how to thread the machine, I figured I should do something to refresh my memory. I decided to take on another project (a yellow dress with white polka dots which I will post the pic later). Hence skipped my unfinished project once again. As Easter quickly approaching, I pulled the trigger and thought it was about time to get it done. I gave myself a deadline by Easter so this dress finished just in time. Only a few hours before we headed out to the Easter lunch.   I like how the dress turned out with a vintage and romantic touch of pink lace as sleeves. See a 2014 version of the Easter dress {here}.   I Hate Sewing episode How it all started | Project # 1 | Project # 2 | Project # 3 | Project # 4

Easter 2015

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend. It was not a good day for outdoor egg hunt activity here on Sunday as it rained in the morning but we managed. As always we headed over to my in-laws' house for some scrumptious lunch/dinner and enjoyed each other's company on the cloudy day.    

Food Trucks Fun and Yum!

This was the second year we hit the food truck festival and savored the unique and scrumptious creations from the various food truck chefs. Truck by truck, bit by bit. How I wish we could sample all. Our bellies could only handle so much we gotta stopped. It was quite a hit and miss this year. Half of the food we tried tasted so good but another half was not good at all.
Before the festival, I did my research and planned ahead since there were 35 vendors. It was mainly because we had to wait in line for a long time last year at certain trucks. So this year I decided ahead of time as what trucks I wanted to visit. Of course I primarily aimed for Asian fusion food trucks while my husband focused on his meaty burger truck. I sure was hungry and ready!  
Kimchi Ramen: this was soooooooooo good. Spicy and full of flavors. A unique mix of kimchi in Ramen and crispy tempura chicken.
I couldn't recall what was in this burger that the husband got but he loved it.
Swaggy dog sushi: OMG this was super delicious!!!! Shrimp tempura and fried corn wrapped in sushi rice/seaweed served with spicy aioli sauce. I have been craving for this.

Ahi Tuna Taco: it looked good but the husband said it was overly salty.
These little desserts were golden oreo deep fried in fennel cake batter. Oh my, don't even imagine how many calories each little piece had. I didn't like it though but the husband loved it so much.
In summary, I am hungry!!

The Beauty of Spring & Life Updates

Spring must be the most favorite time of the year. In the past, I never looked and saw Spring the way I see now. The only difference that each season brings to me was simply the difference in temperature, that was all. Sadly it was such a poor outlook of a person who never really took the time to appreciate little things in life or the beauty that our mother nature offers. However, I was glad it didn't take me a lifetime to finally realize the small things in life. I love the beauty of Spring when everything is coming back to life after a long period of cold and dark days. Seeing those little and colorful flowers never fail to make me happy.
On another note, life has been crazy ever since last summer. Work related stress ate me up and consumed my energy for months. Last year was crazy to say at least. The possibility of losing a job plus the fear of having breast cancer were the worst combination of all, they were the two crazy things that happened right around the same time last year. Hence the reason of the absence from this space for the longest time.   Looking back now, I never wanted a year like that again. The worst part of all was the wait. The wait to hear about the decision at work. The wait to hear the biopsy result. The wait was killing me! I remember coming home everyday feeling exhausted physically and emotionally. I felt all tensed from head to toe every single day due to stress from work. One night the fear of having cancer hit me hard, I was sitting right next to my daughter's bed watching her sleep at night. My tears were rolling down my eyes. I couldn't help but thought about all kind of things that could happen if those white spots they saw in the mammogram turned out to be cancer. I let my imagination ran wild. I worried about my daughter's life most. I didn't want to die, she still needed me at this age I thought. It was awful.   Finally by September, the dark clouds finally started to move away and the sky slowly cleared up. Three people in the same department were let go and the other three (me included) were safe. It was very emotional seeing the coworkers you had worked with for 10 years go. Those that stay carry triple workloads, it was not fun but we are grateful that we still have jobs. It is quite a blessing these days. Next the result I had been waiting for weeks finally arrived, no cancer. NO CANCER..NO CANCER...I happily repeated with joy and relief. I could never been anymore grateful to be healthy right now.  Despite the stressful situations I had gone through, I realized that you only made everything worse by worrying yourself to death. Whatever happens, happens. There is no point in worrying too much about things that haven't come (which is difficult for me to do because I can worry about anything you can imagine). I always say that I believe everything in life happens for a reason. I believe those two incidents were great reminders that life is unexpected and too short. Don't take things for granted.    Live now, enjoy life now, share with others now, love now, appreciate now and worry less. Thank you Kim, Rowena, Jane@Another Momma Blog, Trishie, Jane@Winding Ridge Lane, Jo, Louise and Diva in Me for visiting this blog and/or keeping me company on Instagram during the hiatus period. Hope to be back soon. Miss reading all your posts.