2012 – Silicon Valley Living

Christmas 2012

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2013-1-1 This year we celebrated our New Year In Reno as last year, it’s a white New Year. 2012-12-25 This year Spare The Air Alert was off- We could have our fireplace on, unlike last year, it’s so nice. The cookies were gone and so was the milk, Audie and Brando got their sold out …

Sandy Hook Elementary School

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Looking at all the kids pictures today, I couldn’t help tears on my eyes. They’re so beautiful and innocent, the school teachers were so heroic and full of energy. RIP

Tire Insurance Hard Sell At Tire Shop

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2012-11-24 I received the $100 VISA from American Tire last week, the last time. So, last Friday and Sat, I received a promotion through email from American Tire, my A6 needs tires badly and I’ve been waited for this sale the whole year (trying to be frugal). There are 1 thing I dislike is the …

Disneyland CA 2012

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So, Audie is 8 and Brando is almost 6 and it’s their first time to Disneyland. I was shocked to see the prices on line. I remembered the last time it was $32-36, it must have been a while then. Brando didn’t make the Indiana Jones ride, it requires 46″ tall and with shoes, he’s …

Audie First Star Test

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Audie took the first STAR (Standardized Testing And Reporting) at the end of her 2nd grade. She was so excited about the results, she checked the mail every week for the whole summer. The reason is that we would reward her with a build-a-bear if her score is over 90%. Actually, she was so sure …

Barcelo Maya Palace Deluxe-Cancun-Mexico

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Our summer vacation this year is in Riviera Maya, and we stayed in Barceló Maya Palace Deluxe resort. It’s huge and beautiful, we have nothing to complain about besides some mosquitoes and no free wifi ($28 for 5 days is not bad). The restaurants are nice and the foods are great, not bad for Mexico. …

Remodeled Park In Ardenwood

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Although we’re so busy every weekend to fix our home, we still have to save sometimes to play with the kids. The park near home just had a face-lift with all new stuff, the kids wanted to try it out, we took a ride with our bicycles to the new park, they love it, and …

Replace Redwood Fence Panels

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Our original fence lasted 34 years, thanks to the storm last winter, we have to replace with a new one. We have great neighbor and we decided to share the cost of replacing it. Instead of hiring people to do it, I did it for both of us. Here is the transformation of our fence. …