Shopping at Marshalls

I love to shop at Marshalls! I can easily spend couple of hours scrounging between the isles there considering I usually don't shop except for food. Their price is always unbelievably good and I like the feeling of trying to find treasures. 

Today I got some really pretty ceramic bowls, shower gel from The Body Shop! An exquisite jewelry box made in India and many YUMMY sweets. Includes Orange Marmalade, dark chocolate trenched Oreo Cookies from William Bennett. And this tasty lollipop from Yummy Earth. I liked it even though I never eat candy myself. If your kids craving for sweets, give them this as a treat. It's all 100% natural flavor and color. Made from all organic ingredients from fruit extracts. Your child will love them! I give my daughter and her friends and they all loved it!

Yogurt & Cucumber Lip Mask

 My Lips are very dry and cracks a lot recently. One of my friend introduced me to this yummy lip mask.

The material is quite simple: cucumber, yogurt and  honey are all you need.

First wash and skin the cucumber, cut few pieces and press some juice out of them. Then add some honey and yogurt together and mix. Wa la la! Leave them on the lip and surrounding area for 15 min. then wash off!

The proper proportion is like this: Half stick of cucumber, one teaspoon of honey and one tea spoon of yogurt. I like to reduce to just a little because you can't store them and use it again. And you really don't need a lot!

Recycling

Today I threw out all my old Tupperwares. Well, not exactly threw them away but dumped them into the recycling can. I then got some microwave and dish washier save glass containers  from Costco to replace my old ones.

The reason I am changing my Tupperware is after some research about plastic, I learned that you should look at the numbers on the bottom of your plastic bottle or containers. My old plastic containers don't even have any numbers. Very suspicious!

There are seven numbers reflecting seven different types of plastic available in the market.

To summarize, plastics #2, #4 and #5 are generally considered safe. Plastic #1 is safe but should not be use for refill. Plastic #3, #6, #7 should be used with caution.




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What Do The Plastic Recycling Numbers Mean?

by Joe Barrios

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P.S. If you notice any wrong language usage, mistakes in grammar, spelling etc., please do not hesitate to point out. 

English is my second language and I am very insecure about writing in it.

Swimming and Jacuzzi time

Today, my daughter and I went to the Y to swim. I admit that I  rarely do exercises, but every time after I swam, I always feel very energized. Today I tried swim in the pool first then jump into the Jacuzzi and back to the pool (this part it's painful and take some self-discipline) and back to the Jacuzzi again. My friend who works at UCSD medical school told me this really helps our circulation. After the swim, I did see some color appeared on my cheeks. Ha Ha!!!

Thank you Aerie-el, I got my first comment.  My daughter and I are so excited!

Cleansing

After the holiday, our body were loaded with yummy but fatty foods. We stayed up late for parties, and stayed indoor most of the time because of the weather. I am scared for the well know all raw vegetable juice cleansing method and want to try something gentle and soothing.

How about pouring boiling water into a cup filled with Goji Berries and chrysanthemum flowers. Goji Berries are good for your tired, stayed up late eye sight:-) It is also said very good for the kidneys. Chrysanthemum flower is well known in Asia for cleansing and to calm your inner fires! These are said especially good for women because the combination is actively boosting our Yin energies.

Calm down from the wild life you had over the holidays. You can get all the materials from your local Asian market.

Enjoy!

Visiting Mission SJC

I love to visit California Missions. Every time, I feel the tranquility and peace when I am inside the old mission compound. The sacred church, tranquil garden, historical life brought a sense of spiritual and natural environment upon me.

 Hope I'll find chance to visit all twenty one of them here in CA.

New Year's celebration

It's really a busy day today. But what's better than to start the New Year with friends and families! And of course Yummy foods!

Oops, It's already passed midnight, I am actually missed the first day of the year:-(