new duck - day 3 of life

More pictures of the new baby ducks

The first dukling is here!

Here is our first duckling! How precious he is! so far, we have four hitched. tomorrow, I will take more pictures and share with all of you!

Weekend fun!

This weekend, it is the first time my husband left to have some fun without the rest of the family since we are married. I am so happy for him. Here are the pictures he sent to me through his cell phone.

Beautiful view!


Colorful tent!



A big boat!

My new vegetable dish

We have so many mint growing around my fish pond. It originally from a co-worker who gave me couple of the mint plant few years ago. I planted them on the edge of my pond. Here they are!


What can do with the well growing mint?


They look so green and delicious. May be a dish would work for me?


Here they are! I harvest them like this.


The Mint!


Again! there they are!


Picking!


Duck eggs given by my darling duck "Cinderella".


Garlic sauce I made.


The Process of making the Garlic sauce.


Here are the garlics.


Boiling some water to prepare the new dish.


Making duck egg noodle!


The noodle is working.


The egg mix before cooking. (sorry for the disordering pictures. I do not know how to load bunch).


Beating the eggs.


The beautiful eggs!


Here are the egg noodles!


The way I cut them.


Before cutting.


It just came out from the pan.


Egg noodles on top of boiled mint!


Using cold water rinse the mint.


Just before fishing the mint our from the boiling water.


Boiling.


Boiling water


Add oil to the new vegetable dish


Add vinegar


Here you go! Enjoy!! It turned out very good and I am going to make more!!

Thanks USbank Oregon Campus Branch Office manager

I have been a US Bank Customer since 1999. I am OK with their service so I stayed with them all those years. But this year, I almost closed my bank account with them. When I am saying "almost", that means No. I choose to stay with them just because I appreciate their services.

In May 2008, I bought two money orders for $400.00 each to pay immigration
fees. The department of State lost one of them.

I called US bank and asked them to stop payment for that money order, and the gentleman said so it will take 6 months to get my money back to my account. And then I ordered another money order for $400.00 to finish the business I needed to take care of.

After 6 months past after I stopped the money order payment, I called the US bank customer service again. I did not see my money back from the canceled money order. The person on the phone said that she could not find any record about the money order and the reason is they only keep 3 months records. She suggested me to go to the local bank to ask them to help.

I did. But the person on the desk no idea how to handle this so I was introduced to the bank manager Tammy. I was very lucky having her to deal with my issue. Of course, she had no idea how to handle this either. But she was making lots of phone calls and find out how to deal with it. She apologized to me that I should not waited so long to get my money back. She really worked hard to get this done for me. She did not want waste my time while she is figuring out what to do, so she sent me home and promised me to call me the next day and get my money back to my account at the same time.

She is that kind of person with a big smile and get on top of things. You knew you can trust her while you talk to her. So I went home and the next morning, she called and asked me to come in to sign a paper so she can get the money back to my account. She did and I am so happy finally get my money back!
After so many months past and she only using two days and get it done! If all people can work so efficiently like Tami, the world would be a much nicer place to live!!

Please expect our new duck babies!

Twinkies and Root Beer - from a forward email

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of Root Beer and he started his journey.



When he had gone about three blocks, he met an elderly man. The man was sitting in the park just feeding some pigeons.



The boy sat down next to him and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the man looked hungry, so he offered him a Twinkie.



The man gratefully accepted it and smiled at boy. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him a root beer.

Again, the man smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.

As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the man, and gave him a hug. The man gave him his biggest smile ever.



When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?

"He replied, "I had lunch with God." But before his mother could respond, he added, "You know what? God's got the most beautiful smile I've ever seen!"

Meanwhile, the elderly man, also radiant with joy, returned to his home. His son was stunned by the look of peace on his face and he asked," Dad, what did you do today that made you so happy?"

He replied, "I ate Twinkies in the park with God." However, before his son responded, he added," You know, he's much younger than I expected."

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Embrace all equally!