a simple realist

keep calm

2011-10-21T18:03:00.008-04:00

bc i need to

cute prints can be found here

bicycle love

2011-09-08T20:51:00.003-04:00

they say that once you learn how to ride a bike,
you cant forget.

erm...i'm wondering who said that
because i totally forgot
and almost ran into a tree :)

bicycle love from felt and wire shop

air mail love

2011-08-31T11:19:00.003-04:00

i love wasabi tapes, or any kind of decorative tapes

even the fancy duct tapes but i can't justify the facts

for a duct tape so..

i own a roll of wasabi tape, some fancy extra decorative tapes from a korean website, and anything tape related.

and i'm not gonna lie...

one of my main reasons i'm going to korea in november is to find more :D

so when i ran across this website with these cool tapes,

i just had to show you guys :D

can be found from here

round two!

2011-08-31T11:15:00.003-04:00

all right friends

round two of the simple realist

because..

#1: i have more time
#2: i come on this blog to check my links the the right (ok..i know there's like blog readers and all that stuff but i don't want to set it up and i don't like change)

#3: bc i do #2, i always look at the past title of "i failed" and feel like that should not be my last parting words

so....

back to showing you guys my current likes, favorites, and just random items :)

i <3 you.

so i failed

2011-04-23T00:27:00.003-04:00

at the 1 picture a day mission
like epic fail

and i tried to upload
but then i got behind
and then it got harder.

but today. was a crazy day
i woke up to eye mucus closing both of my eyes shut
gross, right?

i called the doctor
and was able to get an appt
the catch? be there in 20 minutes

i got there barely
and was diagnosed with pink eye
28 years of existence without ever getting this
but first time for everything?

they made me do an eye test
with my 3 year old glasses
and i failed
like epic fail. like the nurses were afraid that i was going blind fail
i really need to update my glasses

then, i needed to get easter clothes :)

and i still sound like a frog
but now i'm coughing like i actually have a frog in my throat

love you i do

2011-04-07T17:38:00.003-04:00

lovely artwork from here

94/365

2011-04-05T11:16:00.001-04:00

today, i slept in past 9
first time in a long time.
i then wrote multiple papers
and went to class for 6 hours

again. insert long sigh here

93/365

2011-04-05T11:13:00.002-04:00

today, ga beauty show
i went as a multi-purpose person.
as a vendor, as a "store owner," and as the vp's daughter

92/365

2011-04-05T11:11:00.002-04:00

today, saturday class.
all day.
but found this lovely store called cafe mona.

91/365

2011-04-05T11:09:00.002-04:00

today, was april fools.

90/365

2011-04-05T11:06:00.003-04:00

today, i went to see Joonhee perform Cinderella. she played a mouse. her brother commented that it was like where's waldo, trying to find her

89/365

2011-04-05T11:04:00.001-04:00

today, no picture bc i was sad
all my fellow teachers
are making spring break plans, going places
and my plan for spring break includes :
-all day class on Saturday
-6 hour class on Monday
-working Tuesday-Friday.

(insert) big sigh here

88/365

2011-04-05T11:02:00.003-04:00

today, i started a new part time job

87/365

2011-04-05T10:54:00.008-04:00

today, hubby and i tried this new restaurant
soooo..the place where this new restaurant is located inside a Hmart shopping plaza and this place has a jinx. every store that opens up in this location closes within a year. this location has housed everything from a 알집, 순대집, 닭볶음집

hopefully, RAKU wont close down
im wondering if the owners knew of this jinx before

86/365

2011-04-05T10:52:00.003-04:00

today, life is like chopsticks but i dont know why yet

85/365

2011-04-05T10:49:00.002-04:00

today, it rained and i got a free car wash that cleared the pollen

84/365

2011-03-26T14:27:00.000-04:00

today, i finally bought much needed sunglasses

83/365

2011-03-26T14:26:00.000-04:00

today, lunch break with yummy tofu bibimbap

82/365

2011-03-26T14:25:00.001-04:00

today, we only had half of our students come
some were out bc of allergies and pollen
and some were out bc of vacations and travel
and one boy was out bc his mom just had a new baby
but man...today was such a quiet and productive day bc we only had 5 students.

81/365

2011-03-26T14:24:00.002-04:00

today, was teacher appreciation day at school

and i received flowers and cards and lotions :)

80/365

2011-03-26T14:22:00.001-04:00

today, work from morning till afternoon
and then school from afternoon to night
and then sleep.
what a day

79/365

2011-03-20T21:23:00.001-04:00

today, it was the first day of spring
and i celebrated by reading books, writing papers, and studying for tests.
yay. double yay.
and then i wondered why at my late 20s i'm still writing papers

78/365

2011-03-19T21:58:00.003-04:00

today, i went on a brunch date

with a guy whose allergies are killing him

and bothering me with all the sneezing

but man...those were some good grits

77/365

2011-03-19T21:55:00.001-04:00

today, i got a hint that summer is coming

76/365

2011-03-19T21:53:00.002-04:00

today, we celebrated st. patrick's day
and like except for wearing green
i need to wiki the meaning behind this holiday
bc i dont know

75/365

2011-03-19T21:47:00.002-04:00

today, one of my favorite students is switching school

and it was her last day

and another student who moved

brought us a card.

74/365

2011-03-19T21:46:00.002-04:00

today, i got a new printer
and a new app called "instamax"

73/365

2011-03-19T21:43:00.002-04:00

today, it was my "spring break"
which is one day
and during this day, i researched

72/365

2011-03-14T16:46:00.001-04:00

today, i lost my hour.
i want it back

71/365

2011-03-14T16:44:00.003-04:00

today, it was joonho's bday party
at a horse farm
but er....i didnt take any pics of the bday boy
but instead....cutie patootie minwoo!

70/365

2011-03-14T16:43:00.000-04:00

today, was major cleaning day.
like MAJOR

69/365

2011-03-14T16:36:00.001-04:00

today, i saw a little league softball game
joonhee was musheetsuh

68/365

2011-03-14T16:34:00.000-04:00

today, they were giving out free treats at starbucks
mini carrot cake.yummmmmy

67/365

2011-03-14T16:32:00.001-04:00

today, we had a birthday party at school
doesn't the cake doll look like the original?

66/365

2011-03-14T16:30:00.001-04:00

today, i was a good wife

and made a darn good 미역국

happy bday my love. hearts

65/365

2011-03-14T16:27:00.004-04:00

today, we moved into our new home.
yay sugarkids.

64/365

2011-03-05T22:55:00.001-05:00

today, i could have bought so many things with this money
like new jeans, or food, or 22 iced coffee from starbucks

63/365

2011-03-05T22:54:00.002-05:00

today, was moving day
and moving day requires sweet tea
yummmm sweet tea
im a southern gal

62/365

2011-03-03T20:04:00.005-05:00

today, i practiced my flute
i havent played in like 2 yrs.
but i gotta say.....muhahaha i haven't completely lost it

61/365

2011-03-03T19:53:00.002-05:00

today, no picture.
but preschool kids are hilarious

things heard on playgorund:

"I like your shadow. I think it's pretty."
" my mommy went shopping at macy's"--a 2 yr old
"these kids are driving me crazy"--a 2 yr old again.

60/365

2011-03-03T19:51:00.003-05:00

today, happy first day of march!
but yesterday, i took this picture as i was driving
through a tornado, hail, and a thunderstorm

59/365

2011-03-03T19:50:00.001-05:00

today, i tracked down this place
i have been maJORly craving frozen yogurt
and i realized that THE pinkberry
was like down the street from my school

life notfail

58/365

2011-03-03T19:43:00.004-05:00

today, i ate from norinori
for the first time
yummmmmy

57/365

2011-02-26T23:12:00.002-05:00

today, i had lunch with my favorite dog

56/365

2011-02-26T23:10:00.003-05:00

today, my hubby and i ate at this cute place called 단무지

it was good

but i realized this is classic street food in korea

and in korea, it would cost only like $5

55/365

2011-02-25T18:19:00.002-05:00

today, i went here
i <3 macy's

i also made 두부김치

54/365

2011-02-25T18:15:00.003-05:00

today, i used this curriculum
it's pretty good from lifeway

53/365

2011-02-25T18:07:00.009-05:00

today, this girl cracked me up all day.

seriously, if i ever have a daughter, i want it to be just like this one.

case in point #1

(we were at playground)

SH: i want to go to the park across the street

teacher: we are at the park

SH: no, I want to go to park

teacher: we ARE at the park.

SH: NO! I want to go to park.

teacher: this is the park.

SH: this is a playground!

i should mention...she's two

52/365

2011-02-25T18:04:00.002-05:00

today, i paid off my first car
seriously....its a gooo00oooood feeling.
it's a mixture of pride (for it being the first car i paid from beginning to end)
to relief (for now having extra money per month)

51/365

2011-02-20T15:57:00.001-05:00

today, i bought girl scout cookies
dosidos are my favorite and then lemon cremes
but i think the cooki boxes are a little outdated.
what do u think?

49/365, 50/365

2011-02-19T23:21:00.002-05:00

what? i was lazy

48/365

2011-02-19T23:18:00.001-05:00

today, i tried out bowling shoes i bought like 5 yrs ago
and forgot i had
or would forget to bring everytime i did go bowl
and i bowled a 96 :p

exactly how i feel

2011-02-19T22:58:00.002-05:00

Dear Friends and Family

No, you cannot combine my birthday and Christmas presents

Sincerely, December birthdays suck

47/365

2011-02-17T18:30:00.003-05:00

today, i thought these new ketchup packets were coooL

46/365

2011-02-17T18:29:00.001-05:00

today, i went to neverland

45/365

2011-02-17T18:27:00.002-05:00

44/365

2011-02-17T18:23:00.003-05:00

today, a student of mine gave me this
lots of love

43/365

2011-02-17T18:18:00.003-05:00

today, my hubby and i celebrated vday

couple days early bc he's going out of town

we went to miller union

and the food was quite yummy

picture 1 is grits fritters.
picture 2 is my love
picture 3 is homemade icecream

matchbox love

2011-02-12T21:57:00.001-05:00

omgeeeeeeeeee
so cute
these are matchbox valentines
filled with candy
easy to do

hmmm...even cute wedding favors :)

seen here from inchmark

42/365

2011-02-11T23:46:00.000-05:00

today, i saw a panda

41/365

2011-02-11T23:45:00.003-05:00

today,
i found my small bliss
in iced coffee half sweetened, light cream
from starbucks

40/365

2011-02-11T00:20:00.000-05:00

today, i found wisdom
in the form of my pencil case

on another note..
man morning glory
your english is improving

39/365

2011-02-11T00:15:00.000-05:00

today, my husband made my day
by taking me to honey pig

38/365

2011-02-11T00:14:00.002-05:00

today, it was rainy
and the kroger by my house is closing

37/365

2011-02-11T00:13:00.001-05:00

today, we had 떡국
even though new year passed
bc its easy to make :)

36/365

2011-02-11T00:11:00.003-05:00

today, i finally went to a hair salon

i'm happy with the result

35/365

2011-02-03T10:44:00.003-05:00

Happy New Year!
It's the year of the rabbit.
i do not know what that means
except the ppl born this year will be 토끼띠.

34/365

2011-02-03T10:33:00.002-05:00

today, i went to New York

33/365

2011-02-03T10:32:00.000-05:00

recovery

32/365

2011-02-03T10:31:00.001-05:00

today, we celebrated the new yr a little early

happy korean new yr :)

31/365

2011-02-03T10:26:00.002-05:00

today, i ate a lobster --sushi

and other things raw

that i rather not know what it actually is

30/365

2011-02-03T10:21:00.003-05:00

today, i had a mini photoshoot.

well...the photoshoot was actually the day before's

but today besides barely making it to church

i was sleeping all day.

29/365

2011-02-03T10:19:00.004-05:00

today, i pretended again to be a coordinator

and i watched a friend become a Kim

it was a good day.

28/365

2011-02-03T10:12:00.002-05:00

today, i pretended to be a coordinator
man...what a tough job for the feet

everything is going to be amazing

2011-01-30T22:37:00.001-05:00

i would like to believe
optimism needed from here

27/365

2011-01-28T10:07:00.004-05:00

today, this one flower made my entire day
amazing that such ittty bitty thing has so much flavor

26/365

2011-01-27T10:31:00.002-05:00

today, it was fun

25/365

2011-01-26T00:22:00.001-05:00

today, i bought wine bc the label was so pretty
what? apparently im not a connoisseur.

seeeee...so pretty.

24/365

2011-01-24T23:04:00.002-05:00

today, i started a new semester
its been like 3 yrs since i keep starting new semesters

and today i wondered when i'll start my last semester

23/365

2011-01-23T21:26:00.002-05:00

today, i tried to do 거픔 키스. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

22/365

2011-01-22T23:45:00.001-05:00

today, i made lemon nut bread

but i think i got carried away with the lemon zesting

bc it was lemony.

hubby is home from being away too long.

it was a good day ;)

21/365

2011-01-22T21:29:00.002-05:00

today, i played with my favorite olivia
i'm going to be so sad when she leaves

20/365

2011-01-22T21:29:00.001-05:00

today, i went to target
and then they told me vday is coming.

18/365

2011-01-18T15:55:00.000-05:00

today, it was a very hard day to wake up

i haven't been to work in 12 days bc of the snow and mlK break

im not gonna lie

it was a long and hard day

but this face was kinda worth it

17/365

2011-01-18T15:47:00.003-05:00

it's hard to take a picture a day when
all i did was lounge at home all day
yay for holidays.

saw this on dear blank, please blank
linked over from my friend jchong's blog
and i thought it was hilarious..

dear iphone,

jokes on you

sincerely, winter mittens

16/365

2011-01-16T20:09:00.000-05:00

today, we have mail!!

and i won a dvd at the conference in NC!
what a great day

happy bday little bro

15/365

2011-01-16T20:08:00.003-05:00

today, i was out all day.
it was a busy day.

on another note,
sad to lose a friend to the west coast

14/365

2011-01-15T00:03:00.003-05:00

today, i watched videos :D
it's still majorly icy in my neighborhood
so i stayed in and watched missed videos.

i did leave once to go to the post office
bc apparently, its ok for the mail not to come bc of ice
but they won't make any provisions on things that need to be postmarked
makes no sense whatsoever

i haven't had mail since last saturday
i wonder when we'll get ours.

12/365, 13/365

2011-01-14T00:08:00.002-05:00

ohmgeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
cabin fever.
major cabin fever.

i drove home for the first time today
and the roads were okay.
not back to normal
but manageable.

until....i got to my gate
and reazlied the entire street on my subdivision was iced over.
that street is always in the shade and kinda uphill
and i was sliding and slipping
a good samaritan helped me drive it up
and then i slid back down another hill
praying i wouldn't hit a stupid car that was parked on the street
and bc my hubby cleared our driveway earlier on in the week
i was able to get the car into the garage

and then i came inside
and realized i have limited food resources.
sigh
but i was impressed by my neighbors in the afternoon
all pitching in together to get the 2nd hill cleared

11/365

2011-01-14T00:03:00.002-05:00

today, i drove to kroger
barely made it
and apparently this is all you need
to whether the icejam.

10/365

2011-01-13T23:56:00.003-05:00

today it snowed.

a lot.

like in a short time.

owoo and i were stuck at home.

and we walked to kroger together

the streets and everything were a ghost town

i also made him shovel the snow out of our garage

highly recommend it next time

bc then when everything freezes like it did

our driveway was the only one that wasn't frozen.

9/365

2011-01-13T23:52:00.001-05:00

sunday.
busyness.

sorry no photo :)

7/365, 8/365

2011-01-13T16:58:00.006-05:00

on these days, i went to VBS Preview Event at Ridgecrest.

I drove 3andhalf hours to North Carolina.

It took close to 5 hours to drive home

bc of the snow that started falling as soon as we got there.

i enjoyed the snow bc i thought it would be the last time I saw it...

i went with my 3 lovelies

and it was great seeing their excitement and dedication for vbs 2011

cant' wait!

also..driving down a mountain when its snowing...not fun

6/365

2011-01-12T21:46:00.002-05:00

today, i played with this beautiful
so great to see old friends and new additions

5/365

2011-01-06T14:50:00.003-05:00

today i joined a gym
yay me.

4/365

2011-01-04T22:44:00.002-05:00

today, i was reminded again
as i was getting my 4 dollar coffee
(albeit a free one..)
how fortunate I am
and how we can't forget

my heart broke all over again reading this article
i didn't think it would break until i actually
saw how Haiti is like personally..
praying for those lovelies we met in Haiti
especially at the orphanages where we left part of our heart

3/365

2011-01-03T23:11:00.003-05:00

today, i saw a korean banchan on sale at trader joe's.
for only 99 cents!
i was tempted to buy it
but we have a lot of 김 at home

yea...im still on vacation
so my pictures are kinda boring
but mylife is boring...sooo

2/365

2011-01-02T18:26:00.000-05:00

today, i ate here minus ten dollars.
u know...because being kind is always better.

1/365

2011-01-01T19:18:00.002-05:00

today i fought with a fire alarm

it was loud and yelled at me

but i still won

new start

2011-01-01T19:13:00.003-05:00

lets see how long i can hold onto

au revoir 2010.
hello 2011.
will you be nicer than 2010?

one of my many half thought out resolutions...
#1 blog and take dailys (picture) everyday