Cultural Diet
Since one of the things I like to do is cook, I'll start with this last week or so. I try to cook global dishes (or that have that kind of flavor/flair), This week I made a Chicken Enchilada Soup that was out of this world and much more waist friendly than my standard enchiladas. We also had Char Sui with fried rice. I am sure you know being on a college budget eats into the pocket book quite a bit! These two items are very budget friendly. I also made homemade Marinara Sauce that is a recipe that belonged to my children's great grandmother.
I find most of my recipes on Pinterest, which I tend to scroll through daily. I have a whole list of art and DIY projects to do saved up for when I am out of school. My favorite thing to do is to sew quilt tops. I love watching the various fabric patterns come together and make this harmonious big picture. I have one quilt I need to finish for my granddaughter, Eilley. She just turned three and really won't be much of a baby blanket by the time she will get this. Her name means "beautiful bird" in Celtic. I have yet to start Averie's and she just had her first birthday!
Other media/games I do daily are Seekers Notes Hidden Mystery, Clockmaker, and Gardenscapes. These help me decompress after class and work, and work different brain functions. Since my grandfather had Alzheimer's, this tends to be a concern for me as I get older.
The only other medium I access regularly is Facebook (about three days a week). Facebook is a little bewildering to me, perhaps since I have only been on it since March. I find it fascinating how some will post every trivial thing and others rarely post a word. Facebook is truly an interesting social construct. I was pushed into joining by my mentor for business reasons, but have decided that I would best be served paying someone to do my social media.
Most of my time is spent with school work or working on different aspects of my business I wish to open. We do volunteer once a month at Feed My Starving Children. Amazing charity and two hours of your time produces about 40,000 meals that goes to seventy different countries with a 98% success rate. They even were able to deliver food into north Korea! It really makes an impact.
I find most of my recipes on Pinterest, which I tend to scroll through daily. I have a whole list of art and DIY projects to do saved up for when I am out of school. My favorite thing to do is to sew quilt tops. I love watching the various fabric patterns come together and make this harmonious big picture. I have one quilt I need to finish for my granddaughter, Eilley. She just turned three and really won't be much of a baby blanket by the time she will get this. Her name means "beautiful bird" in Celtic. I have yet to start Averie's and she just had her first birthday!
Other media/games I do daily are Seekers Notes Hidden Mystery, Clockmaker, and Gardenscapes. These help me decompress after class and work, and work different brain functions. Since my grandfather had Alzheimer's, this tends to be a concern for me as I get older.
The only other medium I access regularly is Facebook (about three days a week). Facebook is a little bewildering to me, perhaps since I have only been on it since March. I find it fascinating how some will post every trivial thing and others rarely post a word. Facebook is truly an interesting social construct. I was pushed into joining by my mentor for business reasons, but have decided that I would best be served paying someone to do my social media.
Most of my time is spent with school work or working on different aspects of my business I wish to open. We do volunteer once a month at Feed My Starving Children. Amazing charity and two hours of your time produces about 40,000 meals that goes to seventy different countries with a 98% success rate. They even were able to deliver food into north Korea! It really makes an impact.
Hello Kim!!
ReplyDeleteI admire that you’re big on quilting. I’ve always been interested but never have gotten the courage to start. The biggest fear I have is that if I start, I won’t be able to stop. Working on your imagination i think is one of the best things that we possess.
I also was ecstatic to see that you volunteer to feed the starving children. There are so many people out there that have way less than we do and sometimes, we take so many things for granted. I’ve learned when I lived in Turkey at 15 to appreciate everything I have in my life because I saw the poverty level but these people were so kind that they were willing to give you their last slice of bread. Amazing post and very inspiring!!
Miyuki, thank you for your kind words. My daughter was a missionary as a teen to Honduras as a teenager and would tell of women who were "rich" because they had a pallet for a floor. Something that we see as trash was beyond what most could even hope to attain.
DeleteShe and her husband were missionaries for three years to Thailand and worked in an orphanage. They also saw so much poverty and yet generosity such as you mentioned. I am so glad that you made it to America, and yet still keep your heart humble. We all sometimes need to reassess exactly what we need versus what we want. It is so easy to become embroiled in the materialism that we forget life is about people and experiences. Thank you for sharing yours with me.