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We went to see the live concert of " The Offspring " on August 9 ! Location was Phoenix, AZ which takes about 2 hours drive from   our place. We both love The Offspring's music very much so we were very excited when we found they are touring to Arizona. The concert was held at "Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre" in Phoenix ,   and besides the Offspring,  there were two other bands also performing at the concert -   Simple Plan and Sum 41 . All three bands have been touring together this season. We both only knew The Offspring so before going to the concert, we were also looking up and listening to the other two bands' music, and Ray found alot of Sum41 songs that he likes. The tour name is  " Let The Bad Times Roll Tour event "  which is the title of one of The Offspring's songs. So we suppose The Offspring is the main band for this tour.  We made a reservation for a hotel near the stadium that night. and the check-in time was 3 pm. So ...

I became 60 last Monday ! I can't believe I've lived 60 years ! Feeling like time flies unbelievably fast. Especially after reaching to 50, it's getting faster and faster. I feel like year 2000 is about a year ago,  90s is a few years ago, but it already past over 20, 30 years since then. About birthday, When I was younger , I was thinking that birthday is the day for celebrating my birth, and it's for myself.   But one day, I realized that in that day I was born,  my mother worked hard to give birth to me while feeling pain. My mother gave birth to me by caesarean section because she had a narrow pelvis.  I saw her cesarean scar when we took a bath together when I was a little kid. My dad also worked hard to earn money and took care of me with love. Since then I realized that  birthday is the day to gratitude to my parents. I am very thanking to my parents who gave   birth to me in this world and  raising me with love. In that day at evening...

I have been placing a bamboo tree on the desk where there is my desk top computer. It was always fine, growing normally until 2 days ago. I was bitten several times on my leg by a mosquito around my desk recently. and was looking for something good to remove it. Then I found the video which shows " mosquito repellent sound " in Youtube.  There are many, but I chose one of them which has the best comments.  It has many positive comments which says it worked immediately. So, I thought let's try ! I felt it really worked for removing mosquito, so I was very happy for it.  and I kept playing it for about more than 6 hours. and in the next day,  I saw my bamboo tree plant's color changed to yellow from green ..... I feel the sound of the video is very powerful to kill not only mosquitos but also plants,  it made me scared  and was wondering what about for human body ? So I stopped playing it because we do not know if it's fine with our bodies or not. ...

Is the bottle you are trying to open extremely tight and impossible to open? I've just discovered the easiest way to open an extremely tight plastic bottle cap yesterday ! You only need a rubber band ! If the surface you are placing the bottle on is slippery, it's good to place wet towel under the plastic bottle.   Then, tie a rubber band two or three times around the cap of the plastic bottle. and twist the cap. It will open immediately. I was really impressed to know this way,  because nothing really worked and my hands got very hurt by twisting it hardly. When I sometimes put a plastic bottle of water in the refrigerator without opening the cap,  the cap got very tight and it was hard to open it. But since I found this way, I no longer have to worry about it.    If this way is new for you,  you may want to try it. For opening a tight glass bottle lid,  it usually works by hitting the edge of the lid with metal spoon.   I  re...

  Tortilla + Cheese + Sour cream + butter + mustard and heating it up about 30 seconds with microwave. ( 1000 watts)   My husband and I recently enjoy eating these combination for our snack, in the time between lunch and dinner. It's very yummy!  1.  Spread butter on the Tortilla.  2. Spread mustard on it.  3. add cheese on it. 4. Add Sour cream on it. 5. Fold it up like the image below, 6. Wrap it with plastic wrap. 7.   H eat it in the microwave for 30 seconds. ８．Done ！ In the beginning, I was eating it without sour cream because I was not so crazy for sour cream and I only ate it with baked potato, and when I eat Mexican food, Burrito. and the taste of it without sour cream was okay. but when I saw my husband started eating it with sour cream, and he said it's very yummy. So I tried it. and I found it's really different taste when adding sour cream in it,  and very delicious ! It really match with the tortilla.     I t...

I made custard cream donuts recently. These dough are very soft and fluffy.   and not so sweet. Very very delicious ! I was not so crazy for donuts in the past because store donuts I've eaten were usually too sweet for me. and I thought it's difficult to make donuts at home by myself without fermentation machine. But recently I discovered that we can cook donuts without fermentation machine in youtube cooking video. My husband loves donuts a lot especially soft & fluffy donuts. So I thought lets' try. If you are like me who love less sweet donuts,  you will love these donuts. How to make custard cream donuts ? I got the recipes in two youtube videos. One for the donuts,  and  another one for the custard cream. You can use donuts and custard cream in the first video,  but for custard cream,  we prefer the taste of it from the 2nd video. but both ways are fine.      In gredients [8 pieces of about 9cm] Dough Ingredient *...