YAY! My Second Attempt Works!

So I tried to make a New York Cheesecake recipe the second time around with a different recipe and YAY YAY YAY it works! The secret is? BAKE BATH! It is from ABC News, from Top Chef at Cheesecake Factory. Just a plain New York Style Cheesecake with sour cream top. It will have cherries on top :) of it too. I will post the picture tommorow.

We are going to surprise Ty's mom for her Birthday. Im excited :)

I actually tried the one that cracked like a 10.0 Earthquake! It wasnt bad but man....it is the ugliest thing that ever come from my kitchen! hahaha seriously....ANYYYYYYYWAYYYY I finally can rest now :) If anyone want the recipe. I would be more than happy to share :)

Puerto Vallarta, Here we come :)

Finally!!! Tyler and I are going to Puerto Vallarta the last week of April. We are very excited. We'll be there about a week, I can hardly wait! I havent have a break for one full week in a year. I have accumulated a month of vacation. Even this, work hesitates to give me the time off....grrrrrr

Im looking forward for good food, wonderful weather and some RnR! Ty and I were doing A LOT of searching and finally decided on one destination :) Puerto Vallarta!

I went to Ixtapa last year with Kathy. I loveeee Ixtapa :) It was beautiful and fun! My most fond memories there were the massage on the beach where you can hear the ocean while you get the treatment! It was awesome!

Im a little upset though today since I tried to make a cheesecake last night and boy was it failed! I should have done the bake bath like I did with my pumpkin cheesecake. This one was a huge disaster. I will make another one today and by God, this one better work! or I wont sleep :P

Anyway I will keep you all posted on how the cheesecake turn out today even if it is another disaster. It is for Ty's mom birthday tommorrow! Sigh.... it better works this time!

Evelyn Emilia Walsh

She is 91 years old. She lives at Peter's Creek Retirement Home in Redmond, Washington where I sometimes work on the weekend as a concierge.

I started working at Peter's Creek on December 2007, a couple months after my divorce. I needed something routine and constant. I work there for 6 months. I didnt have any weekends for those 6 months. I stop working in June 2008.

Im now working there again part of the weekends.
During my time there, Evie has been an inspiring lady. I LOVE HER DEARLY! Even those times that I didnt work at Peter's Creek. I still went and visit her with Tyler.

Here is how we met, One weekend day, I was working at Peter's Creek. It was around noon and all of the sudden I heard a walker quickly pushed and a lady said "I CAN'T MISS THE GAME!" and run with her walker. I was laughing so hard. She was talking about the football game, The Seahawks.

Later that day, She was sitting by the concierge desk. I approached her and asked how was the game? :) She was telling me how exciting it was. Then we started talking more about what she did when she was younger. She was an accountant for The Seahawks!

Evie and I hit it off instantly. I am forever grateful that she is in my life. She makes me see life in a different ways, positive ways. I have never seen a lady who is 91 years old, so sharp, so full of life and so feisty! I love her to pieces!

I have so many stories that I think I should start blogging about her. One was when it was Super Bowl time in 2008. Peter's Creek was setting up a little party for the residents and she saw that there was no booze! She told her 80's 90's years old friends, "Okay ladies, follow me, I have some brandy and we are going to have Michelle gets us some 7 Up, We have some time before the game"



If she forget that I dont work one weekend, she would call me, her message is so dear and funny. "Michelle, this is EVIE, your mother, I meant your other mother. I need you to call me or I will keep calling until you answer the phone. I need to know why you didnt show up today, call me"

For Christmas, Tyler and I got her a new white shirt with beads around her collar and she justttt loves it. She told everyone that is the shirt she got for Christmas from us.

She think Ty and I are just great together. She always has to remind me that I have to be nice to Tyler :) also how much she loves Tyler in his Elvis costume. She told Ty that she is coming to our wedding. LOL the problem is, we asked her, "Who is getting married?"

She loves my bake goods especially banana bread. She always asks about my banana bread. She and I lost our dear friend Betty Frank. She got cancer and passed away last year. All of us, Ty, Betty, Evie and I are such great friends. We were so sad that Betty is no longer with us. We all miss her very much.

People said to me. How can you work at a nursing home like that? Isnt it depressing? My answer? ABSOLUTELY NOT. It is soooooo inspiring to see those older people have so much life in them. They know how to have good times. They make the best of their life. It makes me appreciate things that I take for granted. Just as simple as picking up something I drop on the floor.

Their love for me at Peter's Creek is mutual. I love all of them dearly. I look forward to see them and hear their stories. I feel so honored and blessed that they would share life experience with me.

Not only Evie, but there are so many of them who touch my life in so many different ways. But yes I must admit, Evie has adopted me the most :) and I love her very very much.

I Made it!

First of all, THANK GOD IT IS FRIDAY! Whew.... what a week! I got a cold and yesterday I almost lost my voice! That's a blessing for some people haha. Im hoping for a relaxing weekend. I have some plans line up but I might have to cancel them since it involves being around little ones.... I dont want to share my cooties...

I need to do some cleaning and catch up with my laundry at home! I have some recipe that I'm dying to try. It is spinach artichoke lasagna :P I have all the ingredients. All I have to do is put them together.

I cant believe it is mid March and the first day of spring is today! Let's hope there will be no more snow! I'm so done with snow! I didnt want to go to work today, lately it has been drama after drama here. Its like episodes of "Days of our lives" gone bad!

One good thing today :) Im going to have a massage! hahahha I love my massage therapist! I told her when Im retired, she will have a full time job :D hehehe

Anyway, Have a wonderful weekend!

Dinner, the card and the bunny :)

So I got home and there they were. An anniversary card, a white bunny with pink ribbon :) How sweet! I know :P

And of course our yummy dinner ;)

The beer really did the trick! It is fall apart yumminess! haha I dont know if that even a word?

Here is the pic for your enjoyment :) I sort of made up the recipe but hey it works!

Have a wonderful night! XOXO

St. Patrick's Day and My 11th month Anniversary with Ty

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I prepared my first corned beef and veggies meal in the crockpot last night :) It cooks in beer! We shall find out how it tastes tonight :) Ty and I was working on it together. We decided that nothing would beat "Stella Artoise" for a beer!

Also today is our 11th month anniversary. I cant believe it is 11 months. It feels like yesterday he and I met. Time flies when you are having fun :) I love him more everyday. I get really impatient at times and just being a firecracker but he knows and understands my corkiness haha. Poor Tyler! I know ......

During the whole 11 months, I found many wonderful facts about him aside from his corkiness ;) He is great with his family and mine, He loveeeessss me, He never lacks of motivations! (I admire him for this), He lovesss Italian food, He loves 'bella', his motorcycle, He loves to travel, He loves kids and vice versa, etc etc etc.

There is one thing that just blow me away this year is the fact that he dressed up as Elvis for a special 91 years old friend I have at Peter's Creek (a retirement home). Her name is Evelyn Walsh. I love her! I cant Thank You enough that he does this for Evie!



He always thinks of me. A wonderful friend as well as a boyfriend. And yes I know :) I'm a lucky girl :) but if you ask him? He would say "Chicks all ages dig me :)" Well we sure know that Evie (a 91 years old) digs him! ;)