Anne's Secret Oven

誼恩轉身

2012-01-23T13:51:00.005-07:00

哇！一轉眼已經兩個月沒有寫文章，真的是很忙耶，新年新希望，希望我會多找時間紀錄小孩的成長過程。

最近發生很多很好玩的事，俐雅現在好會說話，還會用一些好好笑的詞，像是應該，好像（有一天我不知道問她啥，她突然跟我說“應該沒有在那裡耶”），也很會照顧弟弟。

至於Ian，懶惰的我們終於把他的名字取好了，黃誼恩，感覺比四聲的毅恩好聽順口。就在龍年的第一天，小誼恩轉身啦！我把他放在床上，一轉眼他就翻過來了，第一次耶！被我看到真是開心，呵呵。

附上幾張帥哥轉身照，祝大家新年快樂，我們今天會繼續努力的吃火鍋，已經是第三天了，前兩天都和朋友一起吃，因為想讓俐雅有過年熱鬧的感覺，看俐雅和朋友們玩得不亦樂呼，很替她開心，今天晚上來自己吃，過個安靜的年。

烏龜轉身

啥？發生什麼事？

哦，原來我的床單長這樣...

時光飛逝

2011-11-08T20:55:00.012-07:00

最近不知為何，每天都有忙不完的事，一下子萬聖節，一下俐雅學會尿尿（待續，這麼重要的里程碑一定要紀錄一下），一下子弟弟變得超會笑，實在沒空寫文章，先po一些影片及照片吧，哈哈，我好敷衍。

Ian玩玩具，這讓我很吃驚，因為他那時還不到兩個月大

俐雅念謠 - 相思

萬聖節(俐雅的翅膀可是我辛苦的結晶呢，獨一無二，美吧)

那天照相完發現兩面都要撒粉，不然照相不好看，所以我在萬聖節前又加工

媽咪，不要再照了啦!

嘟嘴要糖果吃

掃落葉時兼當模特兒

我的帥兒子

童言童語和美好的一晚

2011-10-16T07:10:00.011-06:00

俐雅現在非常會說話，常常說一些讓人啼笑皆非的話，怕以後忘記，想把他紀錄下來。

某天我在倒車，小俐雅突然說: "我幫你看一下有沒有車" (令我大吃一驚)。

有一天出去玩，忙著弟弟和收推車，忘記替她綁安全帶，我要開車時，小俐雅突然大叫: "我沒有安全!!" (真是不好意思，不過這媽媽教的真好)。

有天晚上吃飯時，她說: "弟弟從媽媽肚子跑出來，俐雅也是從媽媽肚子跑出來" (怎麼這麼聰明啊！)

有一天在穿衣服，俐雅突然說: "媽媽你變瘦了" (這是從哪裡學來的？真是貼心的好孩子)

我都跟她說騎腳踏車要帶安全帽，所以每次她看到路上有人騎車(腳踏車或摩托車)，她會說: "她沒有帶安全帽，她不乖。要是人家有戴，她就說，她有戴安全帽，她很乖"

俐雅的如廁訓練相當令我傷腦筋，為了獎勵她，奶奶替他買了一個 Hello Kitty的手錶，我們跟她說，有去上寶寶（她的廁所叫寶寶）就可以戴手錶，她每次看到有人帶手錶，就會說: "他很乖有去寶寶，所以可以帶手錶"

有時候早上起床，俐雅已經起來我們還想賴床，我就會跟她說要不要來床上跟媽咪滾一下，然後有一天起床，她就跟我說: "我還要滾一下"

Ian每次哭，大概都是要吃ㄋㄟㄋㄟ，有一天他ㄧㄡ在哭，俐雅說: "小布丁又要吃飯了"，要不就說: "俐雅姊姊幫你拿奶嘴"或"俐雅姊姊替你開音樂"

說到 Ian，反正不在台灣，所以中文名字也還沒替他確定，不過目前大家最喜歡的是黃毅恩，應該還不錯吧！為何我說是美好的一晚咧，因為今天他從十點睡到早上六點耶！為了怕全世界的媽媽恨我，所以這種事情在我沒人氣的部落格發佈就好，哇哈哈，希望漸漸的他就可以睡過夜。

另一個寶貝

2011-09-09T16:40:00.022-06:00

轉眼間，我的寶貝二號已經兩週了，想起8/29那天凌晨...

Anne: 我累了，想去睡覺了（大約十一點）
Eric: 再看一集嘛（最近在看Lost）
Anne: 好吧

十二點...

Anne: 真的要去睡了，真煩，想快點生一生，快叫你兒子出來。
Eric: 布丁ㄟ...你的衣服都給你洗好了，快出來吧！

兩秒鐘過後...我的羊水破了。真是個聽話的乖孩子啊，我們在醫院急診室想到這件事還是覺得很好笑。

到了醫院之後，我還是一臉開心，因為沒有陣痛，一旁有一位媽媽臉超臭，因為她已經痛很久了。我們兩一起被護士帶到樓上，她被帶去Triage(就是還不知道要不要住院)，我就直接進產房，因為羊水破了一定要生。上次生俐雅也是在同一間醫院，雖然事隔兩年半，但是有一種很熟悉的感覺，好像是昨天才發生過的事。

生產過程和第一次一樣順利，輕輕推三下就生出來了(three contractions), Ian 出乎意料的小，比俐雅還小，我這次肚子比上次大多了，本來還以為會生個大 baby, 結果才6 lb 6 oz (about 2890 g)。第一眼看到的感覺 - 怎麼和俐雅小時候長的一模一樣啊，所以長大應該也很可愛吧，哇哈哈。

俐雅剛開始很吃醋，連看都不看小布丁，但是第二天之後就好很多，開始想親他摸他。現在就更棒了，會幫忙拿尿布給我，弟弟哭的時候還會拿奶嘴給弟弟，真是模範姊姊。

自從布丁出生之後，突然覺得俐雅長得好大了！第二次當媽媽，覺得自己更有耐心，很享受和寶寶相處的時光，或許是因為驚覺到小孩子一下就長大了，所以特別珍惜可以和他們相處的時光吧。另一個很特別的感覺是覺得我們的家真正的完整了。以前有俐雅時我們也是一家人，但是現在感覺更像完整的一家人。我本來以為只有我有這種感覺，結果Eric也說了同樣的話，很有趣，看來布丁注定要當我們的兒子，哈哈。

有時候會聽父母說他們比較疼哪一個小孩，我很難想像為何會有這種想法，兩個都是寶貝，一樣疼啦！

隨便po po

2011-08-01T09:11:00.004-06:00

ㄟ...部落格好像長草了，沒辦法，最近幾個月真的很忙！回了一趟紐約參加小姑婚禮，接著接二連三有客人來家裡玩（妞約媽咪，小姑夫婦，表姐與姪女），然後又接著露營和主辦鄰居派對，寶寶快出生了家裡有一大堆東西要整理，加上最近家裡又在油漆外面，還要在生產前把網站的SOP弄好，我只能說只有一個累字可以形容！不過忙總比閒好，腦袋比較不會生鏽。Anyway,今天先po那一天帶小俐雅去兒童博物館的影片給大家聞香，有空在多寫文章囉。

說到小俐雅，最近覺得她變好多，真的長大了，常常說媽媽我愛你（爸爸很吃醋，但是那是五月份的巧虎教的，因為是母親節，所以爸爸你等到八月吧，我小巧虎會教新東西的，哈哈），還會玩很複雜的拼圖，雖然照顧她很累，但是看到她開心的笑容就是一天最好的慰藉。

露營翹腳照

兒童博物館跳舞

俐雅自彈自唱 Leah's piano solo

2011-06-17T15:26:00.002-06:00

今天俐雅心血來朝，突然坐在她的小鋼琴前面自談自唱起來，這珍貴的畫面一定要與大家分享的啦！我每天晚上睡前都唱小星星和ABC給她聽，想不到她就會唱了耶，不過她每次唱到一半就會中英文對掉，超好笑的：ㄧ閃一閃亮晶晶, how I wonder what you are...真是令我臉上三條線 =.=

Eric 的生日晚餐 / Eric's birthday dinner

2011-05-12T13:12:00.015-06:00

話說Eric上星期五生日，還記得去年我生日，他替我準備了一頓豪華大餐，有興趣的請看這裡，我怎麼可以太虧待他呢？加上去年我把工作辭掉了，現在只有他一個人賺錢（我也沒閒著，希望我的start up也可以快點完工開始賺錢），所以當然要好好慰勞一下辛苦的爸爸囉。他從很久就跟我說要吃有椰子，白巧克力，還有香草的蛋糕。我們都討厭吃美國那種甜死人不償命奶油蛋糕，所以我決定來做個戚風蛋糕捲。戚風蛋糕捲說難很難，說簡單很簡單，其實只要把蛋白打好就不太會失敗，蛋白影響蛋糕的質地，要是蛋糕的質地沒做好，一捲就斷掉了。像我這種愛自我挑戰的人當然要來做一下囉。蛋糕一出爐，摸起來軟綿綿的，我就知道應該沒問題了，其實我心裡超級緊張的，因為我很懶得再做第二次，嘿嘿。放涼之後，趕快七手八腳的把鮮奶油和椰子絲抹在蛋糕上，捲起來放到地下室的冰箱定型。放到地下室的冰箱是因為怕被他看到，想明天給他一個驚喜（我星期四就做了，因為星期五還要做晚餐），結果沒想到大爺星期四一下班就去地下室拿啤酒喝，一上來就問我問我那一捲是啥咚咚，只好老實跟他說是他的蛋糕，結果一吃完晚餐他就迫不及待的拿來廚房叫我切給他吃。不過也好啦，因為蛋糕捲就和壽司捲一樣，兩頭都要切掉，因為很醜，所以我和他還有俐雅就很開心的把邊邊吃掉了，俐雅好喜歡這蛋糕，吃完還露出一副貪婪的眼神一直說還要還要，亂有成就感的。

星期五到了。認真的想到底要做什麼，前一陣子在Mei的部落格上看到一個燉羊腿，看起來超美味的，加上我一直想用我的耶誕禮物（見下圖)來做個 Julia Child的紅酒燉牛肉，想說那就來個紅酒燉羊腿好了。

材料都準備好之後，趁俐雅睡午覺時我就開始煮囉。燉菜系列其實超簡單的，只要放對味道然後慢慢煮就一定不會失敗的啦。既然是紅酒燉羊腿，那紅酒是一定少不了的，孕婦難得可以喝酒，所以手一抖就很豪爽的一整瓶都倒下去了，一倒下去整個廚房聞起來香噴噴的，然後把整鍋放到烤箱裡就沒我的事了，我最愛的菜，不用在廚房煮的大粒汗小粒汗的。因為不想花一整天在廚房煮飯，所以我選的菜單相當簡單。

菜單

Eric’s Birthday Dinner
May 6th, 2011
From Anne’s Secret Oven

Cocktails 雞尾酒
Jack and Coke JD和可樂

Appetizer 開胃菜
Bacon Wrapped Scallops 培根包干貝
Fresh scallops wrapped with smoked bacon, served on top of fresh cucumber

Salad 沙拉
Caprese 義式番茄沙拉
Fresh mozzarella and beefsteak tomatoes, topped with basil and balsamic vinegar

Entree 主菜
Lamb Shank with Sweet Potatoes and Broccoli 紅酒燉羊腿配地瓜泥和青花菜
Lamb shank braised in red wine and seasonal vegetables, served with mashed sweet potatoes and broccoli

Dessert 甜點
White Chocolate Chiffon Cake with Coconut 白巧克力戚風椰子蛋糕
Silky chiffon cake topped with fresh strawberries

Beverages 飲料
Iced or Hot Latte 冰拿鐵或熱拿鐵
Milk

一整頓吃下來差點稱死，不過每一樣都好好吃，不禁很佩服我自己，哇哈哈。

材料費：$40
價值：無價，因為是老婆的愛心，用愛心煮的菜是最好吃的。

Dear Eric, 我很幸運有你這麼支持我的老公，讓我追求自己的夢想，雖然我們需要在財務上作很多犧牲，我知道對愛花錢的你來說很困難，但是你都很配合，所以我非常的感激你，我不會讓你失望的！

生日快樂。

Good Friday

2011-04-26T22:11:00.015-06:00

上個星期五是 Good Friday,也就是耶穌被釘在十字架的那一天，詳細我不清楚啦，因為我是無神論，相信命運是由自己創造的。連著兩年的 Good Friday都發生值得一提的事情，所以想紀錄一下。

2010 Good Friday
我還記得去年的這一天我放假，那時還在上班但是已經辭職了，但是心情還是很糟，因為超級討厭這個工作。趁著那一天放假，俐雅又去上學，所以我決定做一些自己喜歡的事情。於是我那一天找了兩間瑜伽教室去試做了一下，做完之後覺得神清氣爽，也買了其中一家的會員，從那一天之後我就每個星期至少去做一次瑜伽，覺得精神和體力都好很多！

2011 Good Friday
這一天帶著俐雅去朋友家吃火鍋，和一群台灣媽媽們相聚總是能撫慰想台灣的心情。大人們吃的開心，小朋友也照相和染彩蛋玩得很開心。就當快要散會的時候（那時我正愉快的喝珍珠奶茶），突然聽到俐雅大聲的哭了起來，轉頭一看原來是跌倒了，想說給她秀秀就沒事了，沒想到她下巴血流不只，大家用了好幾張餐巾紙替俐雅止血，但是一張一張的紙很快就便成血紅色，大家都嚇壞了，不過是跌倒撞到奶瓶而已。過了幾分鐘之後，終於止血了，一看傷口，大約兩公分大，也挺深的，決定趕快帶俐雅去附近的急救室看需不需要縫針。一路上俐雅一直哭，衣服褲子都是血，當媽媽的我看了真的很難過。護士一看到就說一定要縫，還說他們不能麻醉，所以我們一定要去醫院。醫生聽到一陣騷動便跑了出來，看了一下傷口說她可以處理，替俐雅擦了麻醉藥膏，就坐在那裡等麻藥生效。在等的時候，俐雅還是一直哭，加上又沒睡午覺，哭著哭著就睡著了。她一睡著，醫生就來了，拿出一塊硬板子，護士七手八腳的把俐雅綁在板子上，這樣她才沒辦法亂動，又開了一盞很亮的燈照俐雅的臉，這樣才看得清楚，俐雅很害怕的看著我，眼睛看起來充滿恐懼，看了更令我難過。我實在很不想呆在那裡看她受苦，但是醫生叫我要留在那裡唱歌撫慰她。我不曉得整個過程到底會不會痛，但是看俐雅一直哭，想跟我說話但是我又聽不懂她在說什麼，真是一個很不愉快的經驗。好不容易結束了（縫了三針），趕快把俐雅抱起來秀秀，真是心疼。後來回到朋友家，大家都還在，因為擔心俐雅，真是令人感動。她在朋友家時就已經笑咪咪了，所以我想大概真的不痛吧，但是當媽媽的我還是覺得很難過。回到家裡，我跟Eric說，小孩和老公真的不一樣，上次Eric住院開刀我也覺得他很可憐（或許我心裡覺得他活該，因為是騎摩托車受傷的），但是完全比不上俐雅受傷讓我難過。總之，我希望俐雅再也不要去醫院了，超級討厭那種感覺，我很難想像要是小孩斷手斷腳父母作何感想？整個晚上胡思亂想都沒睡好，一直想說要是我沒給她那個奶瓶就不會發生這種事了...早知道給她杯子還是什麼的...

話說整個過程讓我很難過，但是對俐雅好像一點影響也沒有耶，她隔天就活蹦亂跳的，一點都不像受傷的小孩，星期五就可以拆線了，希望不要留下疤痕。

受傷前的美美照，感謝維霙阿姨

染彩蛋

俐雅兩歲生日

2011-03-23T21:53:00.003-06:00

真不敢相信我的寶貝已經兩歲了，時間過的好快。這兩年雖然過的挺辛苦的，但是俐雅帶給我們許多歡樂。謝謝你當我的女兒，媽咪超愛你的，祝你生日快樂！

生日實況轉播

愛笑的俐雅

2011-03-09T23:07:00.002-07:00

俐雅從小就是一個愛笑的小孩，每天起床她也都笑咪咪的，心情不好的時候，聽到她爽朗的笑聲就什麼煩惱都忘記了！

隨虎起舞

2011-03-09T22:22:00.003-07:00

俐雅非常喜愛巧虎，我也不知道虎爺究竟有啥魅力，為何小朋友都愛他。很多卡通都吸引不了她的注意力，唯有巧虎能讓她乖乖坐在那裡從頭看到尾。前幾天她看得正嗨，跳舞跳得超開心，正好被我錄下來，給大家欣賞一下。

扭一扭

我的身體

阿嬤一路好走

2011-02-06T14:06:00.019-07:00

親愛的阿嬤，

今天是農曆初四，也是你的生日，先祝你生日快樂。

昨天早上突然接到小聰打來的電話，聽到你過世的消息，心裡很難過，但聽到你是壽終正寢，在睡夢中過世，心裡也替你高興，因為沒有痛苦，大家跟我說你的表情很安詳，人生的最後能這樣下舞台，也算是福報。人在美國，很抱歉不能見你最後一面，不過我在我家的二樓面向西方，也替你念阿彌陀佛，希望你一路好走。

上個星期聽我媽說你現在都不能走路，洗澡上廁所都要在二樓，沒有人背都不能出門，聽了真的很心疼，想打電話給你也不行，因為你重聽，而且你也不知道我是誰，所以我想想之後覺得你早點去和阿公作伴也是好的。阿公走後你一定很寂寞，現在終於可以一起去當菩薩，我很替你高興。

我還記得小時候，你做衣服要是有剩下的布，都會做一件小洋裝給我穿，所以我有好多衣服都是跟你同一個花色。印象最深刻的是一件淡綠色的洋裝，找了一下照片都沒找到，不過我就是記得這些事。每年端午節你都會包好吃的粽子，也常常煮好吃的大滷麵給我們吃，好可惜沒能跟你學到做法，這下子再也吃不到這些味道了。

在前金的阿嬤家，有很多的回憶。每個週末大家都會回去一起吃飯，現在想起來這個規定真是苦了我們的父母，但是如果沒有這樣，我和堂兄弟姊妹感情也不會這麼好，這都是每個週末玩在一起的結果。我們在那裡玩了無數的跳格子，橡皮繩，撲克牌，大富翁，捉迷藏等，不勝枚舉，這些美好的回憶我永遠都不會忘記。

謝謝你帶給我們的一切，很抱歉不能親自回去參加你人生的最後的一個派對，不過我正在想辦法參與你的告別式，敬請期待，希望你一路好走。

孫女薇淳

俐雅愛吃鬆餅

2011-01-29T15:07:00.006-07:00

俐雅很愛吃鬆餅，每次煮給她吃都可以吃四分之一個，今天正好拍到她吃到HIGH的表情，與大家分享一下。

俐雅長大了！

2011-01-29T14:55:00.004-07:00

我的女兒真的是長大了耶！最近她會自己做好多事情，包括蓋房子，打掃廚房，自己看書，還會划酒拳，口說無憑，還是看影片吧（其實是懶得打字），哈哈。

下雪天溜狗

2011-01-05T15:29:00.003-07:00

前幾天這裡下大雪，想說要帶俐雅出去體驗一下雪，所以到附近的公園走走，她穿著雪靴走的可開心了，還堅持要牽狗咧

俐雅愛跳舞和畫畫

2010-12-31T15:41:00.003-07:00

俐雅真的很愛跳舞，每次一聽到音樂屁股就搖了起來，以下是她在夏威夷的一些精彩片段，請慢慢觀賞。

除了愛跳舞，她也愛畫畫，完全是走氣質路線的，和我都不一樣。這畫板是她的耶誕禮物，是爺爺奶奶送的，今天去幫她買了水彩，她開心的不得了，完全是小畫家的模樣，有夠可愛（自己說會不會太臭屁)。

外公外婆送的腳踏車也超受她的喜愛，每天都要吵著要出去踏踏，改天再拍影片。

懶惰加上忙 - 先po一些有的沒的

2010-12-31T14:14:00.013-07:00

好久沒有寫文章了，因為有一點懶惰，加上最近真的很忙，要當媽媽要當老闆還要做家事兼買菜煮飯，哪有時間寫文章，真希望一天有四十八小時。

感恩節去夏威夷玩了一趟，果然和傳說一樣漂亮，照片等有空在po上來分享。

俐雅最近長大不少，兩個禮拜前她的嬰兒床正式退休，因為她會自己爬出來，有一天晚上睡覺時她突然跑到我的床邊，害我嚇了一跳，所以現在是把她的床墊放在地上讓她睡覺。有一天帶她去公園玩，她一個人坐在毛毛蟲遊樂器上，突然對我家的狗發號指令：

Yaya (她都這樣叫yama), sit (坐下的意思)!
Yiro (發音不太標準), sit!
Mommy, sit!

差點沒被她笑死。現在也會自己從公園走回家而不坐手推車，還要牽狗，意見有夠多的。

這個耶誕節俐雅第一次看到耶誕老公公，果然不出我所料，嚇得哭出來！照片與大家分享一下。

拿著外婆送的小雨傘

冬天標準裝扮

豬華阿姨說時下少女都流行穿雪靴，我們當然也要流行一下

老爸老媽，這才像我做的麵包，夏威夷做的不知為何，難吃死了，看來你們要到丹佛才可以吃到正品，哇哈哈

我做的牛角麵包

Curry lamb with naan

2010-12-16T13:57:00.008-07:00

It has been cold in Denver. When it's cold, it is hot pot time! We usually get the leg of lamb from Costco to have lamb hot pot. Lamb has a distinct flavor. Some people love it. Some people hate it. I am very surprised to learn that Leah (my two-year-old who hates everything I cook) is a big fan of lamb. That's my girl! Anyway, we are off the topic now. Back to lamb. After lamb hot pot, I still had a lot of lamb left. I starred at my fridge and pantry for a while and came up with this dish. This was the first time I made this dish and they turned out delicious! I hope you will enjoy it too.

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Total: 30 minutes

Serve 4

Ingredients

1 lb lamb, cut into big pieces
1 green bell pepper, cut into stripes
1 tomato, chopped
1/4 cup yogurt
1 tbs chinese BBQ sauce
1 tbs sesame oil
1 tbs olive oil
1 tbs + 1/4 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp turmeric

1. Preheat oven to 385 degree
2. Prepare the marinate sauce by mixing together chinese BBQ sauce, sesame oil, olive oil, 1 tbs curry powder, and turmeric.
3. Marinate lamb for 10 minutes
4. While the lamb is marinating, chop the tomato and green bell pepper
5. Mix yogurt with 1/4 tsp curry powder
6. Put lamb and green bell pepper in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Turn once after the first 10 minutes.
7. Serve with naan and yogurt sauce

模特兒

2010-10-06T13:36:00.001-06:00

俐雅超級愛我的高跟鞋，每天都在練習走台步，實在很好笑！

食譜 - 日式咖哩

2010-09-13T22:01:00.006-06:00

這篇是特地po給企鵝看的，以下是日式咖哩的做法，大人小孩都愛，值得試試。自從上次把老媽的悶燒鍋扛來美國後，愛不釋手，已經用來煮各種不同的食物，煮咖哩尤其好用咧，不用每十分鐘就去攪一次，省時又省瓦斯！

材料：
大雞腿肉三隻，切成一口大小（去皮去骨最好，比較不油，沒骨頭小寶寶吃比較安全，雞胸肉也可，但是會比較乾）
洋蔥一個，小的就兩個，切丁
胡蘿蔔兩個，切丁
馬鈴薯五個，切丁
日式咖哩塊四塊 (或五塊，六塊，看個人口味)
蘋果一個，切丁（泥更好，不過我都很懶，切丁即可）

做法：
鍋裡放點油，熱鍋完加入雞腿肉，炒至半熟後起鍋
加入洋蔥，炒到軟，約五分鐘
加入胡蘿蔔，馬鈴薯，雞腿肉，蘋果，加水把料淹過即可，用中小火加蓋煮30~40 分鐘，每十分鐘攪拌一次，省得黏鍋
加入咖哩塊，轉小火（小小的滾就好），煮個20分鐘，每十分鐘攪拌一次，省得黏鍋
將將～～完成！淋在白飯上，Bon appetit!

悶燒鍋做法：
悶燒內鍋裡放點油，熱鍋完加入雞腿肉，炒至半熟後起鍋
放入洋蔥，炒到軟，約五分鐘
加入胡蘿蔔，馬鈴薯，雞腿肉，蘋果，加水把料淹過即可，蓋上蓋子大火滾10分鐘
加入咖哩塊，放進悶燒鍋悶個四小時
將將～～完成！淋在白飯上，Bon appetit!

後記：
1. 咖哩放隔夜會更好吃，所以我常常煮一大鍋吃好幾天，今天就煮了一鍋，嘿嘿
2. 要是喜歡濃稠的咖哩又不想要等到隔夜，快起鍋時加入一點黑巧克力或一點點咖啡粉是祕方

好了，記得煮給熊寶貝吃。

09/09/2010 at 12:30 PM MDT

2010-09-09T12:47:00.005-06:00

值得紀念的一刻

9月9號西元2010年，12:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time

我的寶貝誕生了

www.dealsmeetrecipes.com

買下了網址，沒人可以跟我搶

敬請期待，家人朋友適用版很快就會開張

We are about to save consumers a lot of money on groceries and save them a lot of time on meal planning. Hopefully it will make me a lot of money too! Mua haha.

Deals Meet Recipes. GO!

The road to entrepreneurship starts now...

歷史性的一刻

2010-08-31T15:19:00.002-06:00

今天俐雅起床後，照例在她的床上滾來滾去直到我梳洗完畢，去到她的房間之後，她馬上從床上爬起來，兩手舉高高要我抱抱，抱起來之後，她突然猛拍她的屁股。

媽媽說：是不是要換布布？

俐雅說：好，還點頭如搗蒜。

從俐雅兩個月大時，每次要換尿布我就會打打我的屁股，希望她有一天會跟我說要換尿布，經過一年又四個月的教學，我的女兒居然會跟我說要換布布了～真是值得紀念的歷史性的一刻！看來可以開始做如廁訓練了，耶！

謀殺案與甜甜圈

2010-08-22T21:23:00.013-06:00

ㄟ...有一點奇怪的標題，其實這是我們這個週末的活動啦！

星期六是我們兩個月一次的鄰居聚會，這一次輪到 Lynne 主辦，她想說來一點不一樣的，所以玩起 Murder Mystery. 我們每個人都得扮演一個角色，出席的每個人都是謀殺案的嫌疑犯。故事情節就是有一個酒莊的主人五年前被謀殺了，但是案子不了了之，五年後，一次地震讓大家發現屍體就一直藏在酒莊地下室，於是我們一群嫌疑犯就開始猜測誰是兇手。我扮演的是另一個酒莊的老闆娘，也就是競爭對手啦，所以我有動機，Eric 辦演的是酒莊主人的德國供應商，George 是替酒莊主人工作的義大利老頭子，Mary 則是電影明星，在主人被謀殺後的隔天變便草草離去，後來成名，Tom 是酒莊繼承人，Margaret 是酒莊主人的前未婚妻，Lynne則是專寫謀殺案的小說家。除了Lynne之外，每個人都有動機也都是嫌疑犯，到了 Lynne 家之後每個人都有一個劇本，我們就一邊吃晚餐，一邊照著劇本玩遊戲，真的是很有趣的經驗，大家都還盛裝打扮，照片給大家瞧瞧。

我和俐雅，母女頭上都插朵紅花

George

Eric

Mary

最後只有我猜中兇手，哇哈哈 CSI 看太多。

接下來解說甜甜圈.....

今天天氣熱的要死，早上我們便舉家去游泳，趁俐雅睡午覺的時候，我便開始來作甜甜圈。前幾天在雜誌上看到甜甜圈的食譜，一時技癢，超級想做的，所以趁俐雅睡覺時，趕快動手做。做完之後發現其實很簡單耶，果然沒什麼食譜可以難倒我天才每少女，嘿嘿，溫溫的甜甜圈吃起來超級幸福的！最豬的是 Eric，他吃了八個 =.=

下油鍋前，有點像鳳梨片

炸好的甜甜圈，只需要兩分鐘呦

ㄍㄨㄛˇ （不會寫，天阿，我的中文徹底毀了）上糖的成品

俐雅愛跳舞

2010-08-21T13:28:00.006-06:00

最近俐雅不知道是從哪裡學來的，超級愛跳舞的，每次聽到音樂就會隨歌起舞，她還超級愛轉圈圈，昨天正好在車庫錄到這一段，給大家欣賞一下，我們可是未來的搖滾巨星耶！

吽吽

2010-08-16T10:04:00.000-06:00

俐雅最近開始會學動物叫。汪汪和吽吽最會模仿。這是剛剛錄到的。

端午節 - 粽子做法

2010-06-15T21:33:00.006-06:00

今天是端午節，雖然遠在美國，但是還是得慶祝一下。其實我也搞不清楚端午節到底要慶祝啥，只知道有粽子可以吃。遠在丹佛要去哪裡找粽子吃咧？當然是自己下海做啦！

請教了媽咪之後，買好材料，便開始了我的粽子大挑戰。

材料：粽葉，長糯米，蝦米，紅蔥頭，干貝，香菇，花生，五花肉
做法：五花肉用醬油醃過夜，花生用鹽水泡過夜
把粽葉泡軟
把其餘料（米和花生除外）一起炒一炒，用醬油調味
米和花生炒一炒，用醬油調味
兩個粽葉重疊，一層米，一層料，一層米，包起來
水滾之後下粽子煮兩個半小時
吃粽子了

吃了一口自己做的粽子，真是太感動了！而且還挺不錯的耶，算是大成功!

06/02/2010

2010-06-04T21:11:00.003-06:00

06/02是個大日子，俐雅終於會走路了！我在想是不是同儕壓力，因為她是班上唯一不會走路的，沒想到去學校一天之後，隔天就會走咧，真是太神奇了。

第一天還搖搖晃晃的，今天居然會轉彎了，進度真是驚人，來看個影片吧。總覺得她走路有一種好笑的感覺，哈哈。

好幸福的小俐雅

2010-05-07T21:17:00.011-06:00

小床裡躺著一個可愛的俐雅
星期天暖和的太陽出來了，照到俐雅懶惰的屁股
俐雅從棉被裡鑽了出來，她開始出來煩媽咪
星期一，她去了圖書館的故事時間，可是還是不滿足
星期二，她去了動物園和兒童博物館，可是還是不滿足
星期三，她去了游泳池，可是還是不滿足
星期四，她去了酒吧慶祝爸爸生日還有跳舞，可是還是不滿足
星期五，她去了書店的故事時間，可是還是不滿足
星期六，她在家裡滾來滾去，用新的學步車走來走去，把 Jiro Yama 呼來喚去，把媽咪操來操去，可是還是不滿足
隔天又是星期天了，她吃了一頓豐盛的早餐，吃完之後她覺得舒服多了
現在，她不在是煩人的小俐雅了，她是一個又可愛又討人喜愛的小俐雅
她跑去她的小房子裡，把自己關在裡頭，她在裡面呆了兩分鐘，把門打開，阿，調皮的小俐雅又出現了

PS. 看過好餓的毛毛蟲的人才明白的笑話

女生就是女生

2010-04-28T21:37:00.002-06:00

俐雅從Abby那裡接收不少鞋子，前幾天我發現她居然在試穿這些鞋子，女生就是女生！

我的生日禮物

2010-03-07T20:25:00.032-07:00

上個星期五是我的生日，我親愛的老公送給我一個超讚的禮物：一套專門為我設計的大餐，一共有六道菜。聽說菜單從我生日前三個星期就開始構思，還請品酒師的同事替每一道菜配酒，真是無懈可擊的菜單。生日前兩天他就開始買菜，冰箱看起很豐盛吧，嘿嘿。有人買菜煮飯還加洗碗，我真想不到更好的生日禮物了。

菜單前菜：哇沙米生蠔湯：蘑菇濃湯主菜一：肋眼牛排主菜二：燉海鮮沙拉：凱撒沙拉甜點：巧克力鍋

前菜：這是我們兩個都愛吃的東西，配上清爽的哇沙米，是道很清爽的開胃菜。配上精選白酒，味道很棒。

湯：蘑菇湯是我最愛的湯之一，這道菜事體諒我常常出差住旅館，為了溫暖想家的我專門設計的。
牛排：我最喜歡的廚師之一 Bobby Flay的食譜。肋眼是我最喜歡的部份，油而不膩，配上酸酸甜甜紅椒，以及特製的綠醬，加上精選紅酒，說這是我吃過最好的吃的牛排一點都不為過。
燉海鮮：第一次知道這道菜是在舊金山，吃完之後我就念念不忘，一直想做這道菜，沒想到被老公搶先了。他從一早就開始做海鮮高湯，等吃完牛排之後在把海鮮放下去，煮個十分鐘，時間算的剛剛好。一入口，果然是我熟悉的味道，真是太棒了，忍不住續了一碗，配上紅酒，真是太幸福了。
沙拉：這道菜是用冰箱的剩菜做的，象徵我常常可以從冰箱的剩菜變出晚餐的特殊技能。

甜點：我最愛的巧克力和水果，配上我最愛的啤酒，劃下完美的句點。

晚餐的配酒

晚餐：從 4:30 吃到 8:30
材料費：$150價值：priceless
謝謝 Eric 精心設計的禮物，看來他五月生日我得好好傷腦筋了。

活動多多的週末

2010-01-31T21:23:00.013-07:00

最近 Colorado 還是很冷，但是每天呆在家裡也不是辦法，所以我們決定出門走走。

上個星期去了 stock show. Stock show 我也不知道怎麼翻譯，就叫西部牛仔秀好了。全美各地的牛羊每年都會到 Denver參加 stock show，就像狗比賽一樣，牛也被洗的乾乾淨淨打扮的漂漂亮亮排排站好，等著裁判來票選，長這麼大我還沒看過這麼美麗的牛，真是所謂的人要衣裝，佛要金裝。整個的高潮大概就是 Rodeo，可以看到牛仔試圖征服野馬，還有牛仔追牛，總之很新鮮。之後俐雅還去了 petting zoo，就是有很多小羊小豬的小小動物園，還在那裡看到了駱馬，真是一種長的很詭異的動物。

這個星期我們去騎腳踏車，俐雅也一起去呦，我們替她買了一個安全帽，把她放到 bike trailer ，就出發了。可以帶著俐雅一出去玩的感覺真的很棒，相信等她再大一點，我們可以一起做更多事!

Milestones

2010-01-20T22:36:00.005-07:00

小俐雅最近轉到小小班之後（本來在小小小班），做了好多有趣的事情，每天去上學都還畫畫，看她一天一天的長大，心裡真是感到高興。

12/23 - 第一次爬和自己扶桌子站起來

1/1 - 第一次自己拿奶瓶（我的高興是用言語無法形容的，終於可以自己餵自己）

1/4 - 轉班

1/5 - 第一次畫畫

1/13 - 第一次和媽咪分開（媽咪出差)

1/15 - 加入facebook (I know!)

1/17 - 第一次爬樓梯 (還在外婆面前摔下來，真是不賞臉，害我被念的要死)

附上幾張她的大作給大家瞧瞧，很有莫內的風格吧，好抽象。

Leah + 學校 = 自由

2009-12-30T12:54:00.004-07:00

今天把Leah送去學校，我跟小聰和Eric去吃早餐，然後跑去看Avatar！

小聰走了沒事做，只好跟老公去吃飯，daycare真是個好東西

9個月了

2009-12-16T13:08:00.001-07:00

Recent pictures of Leah

2009-11-02T12:47:00.005-07:00

好久沒有寫文章了因為很忙一些照片給大家觀賞這個月底回台灣就可以見到本尊囉

愛漂亮擦乳液

阿公阿嬤送的耶誕禮物

比基尼照

學校的佈告欄

與狗狗同樂

游泳課從頭哭到尾

小龍蝦

學校的萬聖節派對

看來有沒有很可口

肥滋滋的龍蝦

和Abby一起去要糖果

和媽咪合照

I challenge you 你一定不會做

2009-10-04T20:50:00.021-06:00

做蛋糕也有好幾年了，其實我沒有特別愛吃蛋糕，只是喜歡那個過程，看著蛋糕在烤箱裡漸漸長大的感覺很棒，尤其是做好之後看到成品那種成就感更是用言語無法形容。

去年聖誕節在William Sonoma看到這個熊熊的蛋糕模 (Build-a-Bear Cake Pan) 讓我非常心動，因為我從來沒有做過造型蛋糕，覺得很有趣，尤其是這個模型感覺很精美，是把兩個一半的熊組合起來變成一隻立體的熊，真的超酷。但是價錢不便宜，除了模型之外還得買熊熊的衣服，所以後來便作罷。最近工作煩悶，突然又想要開始烤蛋糕，無意間又想起了這一個蛋糕模，所以我就碎碎念說想要買來做。但是因為這是去年耶誕節的季節性商品，所以William Sonoma已經沒賣了。但是我親愛的老公居然千辛萬苦的去網路上給我找來一個（只有模，沒有衣服，衣服是我自己做的），還很貼心的到處email有這個模型的人問做法，因為他怕買來的沒有附盒子（說明書印在盒子上），總之，給他五顆星！

星期五，我的熊熊終於來了，星期六一早我便去買齊原料，動手做熊。開始做之前，我先到網路上看看大家的心得，發現很多人都抱怨食譜的量太少，做出來的熊沒有頭之類的，害我有一點擔心。但是因為是第一次做，所以我決定還是照附的食譜，結果麵團的量剛剛好，不知道那些人是在抱怨啥。=.= 烤好之後，下一步就是要把熊從模型裡拿出來然後把兩半組合起來。同樣的，網路上也是有很多人抱怨熊一拿出來就斷手斷頭的慘劇，所以我也是小心翼翼，Eric 還說我看你的熊一定也是一樣下場之類的風涼話，不過以我天才美少女的技術，怎麼可能會讓這種事情發生咧，我的熊當然是很完美的從模型裡拿出來，也很順利的合體。

下一步就是要作成毛茸茸的感覺，首先要先塗一層糖霜，然後快速的把粗砂糖黏上去，這個步驟挺難的，我覺得大概是全部最難的部份，因為一失手就會變成有皮膚病的熊，還好有Eric的幫忙（他很會做模型，其實和裝飾蛋糕大同小異），我的熊看起來皮膚還不錯。

接下來，終於到最令人興奮的時候了！可以開始替熊打扮了！開始做鼻子，眼睛，嘴巴，和熊掌。做完之後真的很像一隻熊了耶。

接下來，Eric說你一定不會做眼睫毛，為了證明我的厲害，硬是給熊加了個眼睫毛，馬上變成一隻很妖媚的熊，所以我又加上了耳環。其實到這裡已經差不多完工了，Eric為了讓我徹底發揮實力，採用激將法，說你一定沒辦法做衣服和皇冠，我說我連眼睫毛都做了衣服皇冠哪難的倒我，所以...這就是最後的成品啦！我可是超級滿意的！

你問我熊的下場喔？當然是被切開吃掉啦！還挺好吃的。說真的，她被切下去的那一剎那有點心痛，畢竟那可是我花了一整天做的耶，有感情了ㄇㄟ...

感謝老公一整天在那裡說風涼話，讓我的技術更上一層，做出這麼可愛的成品，俐雅生日我一定會替她做一隻～

小明星

2009-09-30T22:05:00.003-06:00

俐雅在 East Long Circle (我家這條巷子) 號稱小明星, 鄰居還給她一個封號 The Little Princess of East Long Circle (巷子小公主), 走到哪裡都超級威風, 大家都要跟她玩. 有時候我下班之後就會帶她到鄰居家走走, 到處串門子, 好像皇上出巡一樣, 挺有趣的. 鄰居裡最愛她的就是我家對面的 Hezik. 她常常都會寫信給我誇讚俐雅超級可愛, 什麼時候可以來看她等等. 最絕的是她昨天居然帶著相機來看俐雅吃晚餐, 以下是她和她老公的對話:

Hezik: 等一下吃飽飯我要去看俐雅
Sep: 有什麼特別的事情嗎?
Hezik: 沒有, 我想去看俐雅吃飯, 順便替她照相, 因為她吃東西的影片實在是太可愛了
Sep: 你開玩笑的吧?!
Hezik: 真的啊, 我相機都準備好了
Sep: 無言...(心裡大概想說我老婆真是吃飽沒事幹...兒子最好快生個孫子來給她玩玩...)

總之, 就是這樣. 以下這張照片就是 Hezik提供的, 照的不錯吧. 突然覺得我女兒真的長大了耶, 頭上多了好幾根毛.

第一次的親密接觸

2009-09-21T21:23:00.005-06:00

終於...等到了這一天...小俐雅可以吃牛奶以外的東西了耶!! 為了這一天的到來，我早早就開始研究，看什麼可以吃，吃多少。經過市場調查，覺得市面上的嬰兒食品都太噁了,（我的原則 - 只要是我自己不吃的東西，就不餵小俐雅），所以決定自己做，嘿嘿。第一噸飯當然是稀飯囉，煮完之後放入食物處理機就大功告成啦! 她愛的很，看看影片吧。對了，忘記說，隔天的大便也很迷人- 很...香........

試看看新的攝影機

2009-09-12T05:31:00.004-06:00

小俐雅的德州大冒險

2009-09-05T06:43:00.005-06:00

趁著Eric出差不在家，我上個週末帶著俐雅去德州找之前紐約的好友Michelle. 說到俐雅坐飛機，堪稱模範寶寶，飛機上不哭不鬧，連空中小姐都稱讚她耶。飛機上還有叔叔阿姨會逗她玩，所以我也樂得輕鬆。帶小嬰兒出門真不是蓋的，拉哩拉咂帶了一堆東西，我不禁很佩服我自己可以帶這麼多東西出門。除了這些之外，再加上她的嬰兒推車跟汽車安全座椅，簡直是超人媽媽。

到了德州之後，天氣真不是蓋的，有...夠...熱...俐雅每天都穿著清涼的無袖小衣服，真是太可愛啦。德州真是地大的地方，房子動不動就是上百坪，還有游泳池，Michelle家就有一個，俐雅的游泳處女秀就這樣獻給了Michelle家的游泳池。她一點都不害怕，把她放到水裡去, 自己就打起水來了，真是太優秀了。

看一下影片吧。

小滾滾

2009-08-27T00:31:00.003-06:00

最近俐雅學會翻身之後，要替她換尿布簡直是像打仗一樣，實在是太困難了！一定要滾來滾去她才開心。一定要學會快狠準才可以跟她奮戰。

好啦，我知道我很混，最近都沒有新文章，但是單親媽媽好辛苦的。每天要工作還要照顧這小鬼真的很累，不像有人在新加坡吃喝玩樂，真是太不公平了。

A note to myself

2009-08-25T22:00:00.003-06:00

Sorry for posting in English. I am still working and the company laptop can only type English. I have some feelings that I would like to post on my blog to remind myself how I feel at this very moment...

Work. Work. Work.

I have never really liked my job. I know how to do my job and I am really good at it. Having a job is great, especially during this economy. It pays the bills. However, everyday, little by little, I feel like I am losing myself. I get paid but I feel empty inside. Life is too short to spend 8 to 10 hours on something you don't truely enjoy. It excites me to see my friend, Tony, actually quitted his job and started on building a company from strach. It's hard work, for sure. But he is persuing his dream. No more stupid time sheets. No more boring administration works. No more stress over the new features in the software. All those little things will be replaced by the excitement of building your own dream. Maybe it's always in my blood. Someday, I will build something that belongs to me. That's a promise to myself.

第一次坐嬰兒車

2009-08-04T22:32:00.003-06:00

之前俐雅坐嬰兒車都得要用汽車安全座椅，因為她的頭還搖搖晃晃的，現在她的頭已經可以轉來轉去，我想說應該可以讓她試試看，安全帶綁好之後就出發啦！俐雅很喜歡她的新車車，因為她可以看到風景，走著走著她就睡著了，而且很有安全概念，還會自己拉安全環耶 !

俐雅手舞足蹈篇

2009-07-30T23:23:00.004-06:00

最近俐雅發現她可以左右亂揮的兩根棍子是她的手之後，開始很喜歡亂揮（其實是亂打），而且打起人來有夠痛的耶，真是力氣有夠大的小女生.

天氣變冷

2009-07-29T12:01:00.000-06:00

俐雅開懷大笑篇

2009-07-21T21:59:00.004-06:00

大約兩三個星期前,俐雅開始會笑出聲音來,想要拍給大家看都拍不到,這是目前最好的成品,請慢慢觀賞.

俐雅寫真

2009-07-21T21:53:00.006-06:00

第一次喝牛奶

2009-07-21T19:49:00.007-06:00

小俐雅開始上學已經過了三個星期了, 老師說每次俐雅喝完ㄋㄟㄋㄟ都很生氣, 一付還沒吃飽的的樣子, 真是讓為娘的我相當為難. 餵母奶的的缺點就是你根本不知道寶寶吃多少, 所以要準備一罐罐母奶讓她上學時喝真的很困難. 我記得第一天每一瓶都給她 3 oz (因為我的產量就剛好這樣, 我想說我擠多少她應該就喝多少吧, 應該不至於太離譜), 結果老師說不夠, 所以從第二天起就用每瓶 4 oz. 一星期過去了, 眼見我辛辛苦苦擠了兩三個月的庫存一下子就快被用光, 真是太令人挫折了 (4-3 = 1 oz. 一天去學校喝三瓶, 所以每天都從冷凍庫拿出三條牛奶冰棒). 為了留點庫存等我出差時用, 我開始把牛奶再減為3 oz一瓶, 直到四個月檢查時再問問醫生的意見, 看需不需要添奶粉. 中間兩個星期有夠難熬的, 每天老師都一付妳這沒良心讓小孩挨餓的媽媽的樣子看著我, 家庭聯絡簿上也常常寫好像沒吃飽之類的.....泣.....

終於...到了四個月檢查的日子了! 全身脫光(連尿布也要脫)上嬰兒磅秤, 答案揭曉 - 11 lbs 4 oz, 有在長大, 真是太好了! 雖然長大的速度不快, 但是醫生說他並不擔心, 因為俐雅的身高也有在長.

身高 23吋 / 10% tile

體重 11 lbs 4 oz / 7% tile

頭圍 39.7 cm / 16% tile

% tile的意思就是跟100個同年紀的小孩比, 她比幾個小孩大的意思. 意思就是俐雅有一個大頭啦~

醫生說擠奶器再好也比不上直接哺乳, 很難擠出足夠的量, 所以可添加一點奶粉. 一般這個年紀這種體重大概一次 2.5~4 oz 差不多. 聽完之後真是鬆了一口氣, 原來我沒有太虐待俐雅. 當天晚上我們就泡了牛奶來試試看, 牛奶一進到小姐的嘴巴, 她就一付這是什麼鬼東西的臉, 根本不想甩我們, 吃到嘴巴就吐出來, 根本不想吃 (我試吃了一下, 真的很難喝). 過了幾分鐘就開始大哭特哭. 沒辦法, 只好加點母奶在牛奶裡, 看能不能矇騙她. 她居然就開始吃起來了耶, 真是個好騙的小孩, 哈哈. 這一瓶混著母奶的喝完之後, 馬上再給她一點純牛奶, 她也乖乖的喝下去, 真是一個乖小孩啊, 奶瓶也不挑, 奶粉也不挑, 一定是上輩子有燒香拜佛.

看到俐雅可以開始喝牛奶, 心中有很多感觸. 一來覺得可以餵純母奶到四個月成績不錯, 二來很懊惱沒法持續下去, 畢竟母奶才是最好的. 不過一來我也鬆了一口氣, 因為每天要擠奶餵奶哪裡都不能去的日子實在是很痛苦, 有點像在坐牢的感覺. 每天又一定要擠到一定的量給她上學用, 心理壓力真的很大. 所以從今以後, 我也可以偶爾輕鬆一下, 跟Eric說, 老娘要出門去玩了, 泡ㄋㄟㄋㄟ給俐雅喝吧, 哇哈哈....

不過我會繼續加油餵母奶到彈盡糧絕那一天的!!!

通緝犯?!

2009-07-14T21:30:00.003-06:00

今天ERIC送俐雅去上學時, 抬頭一看學校佈告欄, 覺得真是好笑, 二話不多說, 直接看照片吧

替外公外婆翻譯

通緝犯俐雅

江湖人稱貪睡鬼

罪行上課打瞌睡

懸賞金 $10,000

第一次看球賽

2009-07-09T22:39:00.002-06:00

今天Eric的公司招待員工來看球賽，還是包廂，有夠高級的。沒想到小俐雅第一次看球賽就這麼高級，應該不會被寵壞吧，哈哈。一進到包廂，我們便像鄉巴佬進城一樣，很俗的大驚小怪。包廂裡有吃的東西，到處都有電視轉撥，一走到外面就可以看到現場球賽，真的是超級酷的耶。俐雅從頭到尾都表現的很好，人見人愛的乖寶寶，不哭不鬧，給她五顆星。在包廂裡看真的很爽，很好奇公司到底花了多少錢...上網一查...............................

一個人$125美金，還算不錯，比我想像的便宜。總之今天晚上玩得超開心的，俐雅12點才睡覺，希望不要擾亂她的作息才是，不然可憐的人就是我啦！

新玩具

2009-07-05T22:26:00.005-06:00

小俐雅現在骨頭愈來愈硬朗，所以可以玩的玩具也變多了。

小小運動場，看我的頭抬的多高啊

新沙發，看媽媽給我買的沙發，超級讚的，看起電視來真是太舒服了！

肥胖的週末

2009-07-05T22:01:00.008-06:00

上週末，突然心血來潮想吃很多好吃的東西，看了一下冰箱的剩菜，決定了下列菜單:

早餐 Dutch Baby

Dutch Baby 是鬆餅的一種，不一樣的地方是它是用烤的，配料是檸檬，奶油，以及糖粉而不是糖漿。第一次吃到是在一家有名的鬆餅店 - The Original Pancake House，吃完之後驚為天人，所以變成常客。今天突然想說幹嘛不自己做，所以上網找了個食譜便開工了。做完之後只有一個感想，這...簡直是太白癡的食譜了，最難的部份大概就是預熱烤箱吧！以前還呆呆的花九塊美金去吃...真是太虧了！這食譜真的簡單又好吃，強力推薦給大家。食譜請按這裡。

午餐牛肉麵

說到這牛肉麵，這可是我親愛的姑姑教我做的ㄋㄟ，每次我做牛肉麵都會想到姑姑，姑姑的牛肉麵天下無敵，台灣的牛肉麵攤都比不上。祕訣不在此公佈，大家叫姑姑煮給你們吃就好了。我在美國找了很久才找到適合做牛肉麵的肉 - Beef Short Rib. 之前試了牛腱牛楠都不對味，我到現在還是不知道姑姑用的到底是哪一部位，下次回台灣在一起去菜市場揭曉謎底吧。這次吃牛肉麵感覺特別讚，因為有公公婆婆上次帶來給我們的榨菜，真是太棒了。

晚餐印度風味椰奶蝦加墨西哥餅

這道菜沒什麼特別的，就把家裡的東西清一清，椰奶加番茄醬(Tomato Sauce)出乎意料的好吃，大家可以試試看喔。墨西哥餅是炸冰淇淋的皮剩下做的。

甜點炸冰淇淋

這道菜是從同學的部落格學來的，簡單又好吃的一個甜點。做過兩次，結論是一定要用香草口味的冰淇淋才好吃! 草莓口為怪噁爛的。

經過了一個肥胖的週末，我和Eric的體重居然都沒有上升耶，哇哈哈，只能說我們有吃福吧。

對了，小俐雅也吃的很澎派喔！我可沒有虧待她。

第一天上班

2009-07-01T21:37:00.002-06:00

感覺很忙，有看不完的 emails。能和俐雅相處的時間真的不多，接她回家就已經六點了，她九點就得準備睡覺了。很難想像以後她七八點就得睡覺的日子，大概只能替她洗個澡吧。唉.....

Orlando Trip - Discovery Cove

2009-06-27T12:01:00.012-06:00

整個行程的的高潮就是期待已久的Discovery Cove。本來我們是打算也帶小俐雅一起去，但是爺爺奶奶說要當保姆，所以我們二話不說就很爽快的答應了（給新手父母 - 有人要替你看小孩時，千萬不要說不 :P）。主要是因為俐雅還不能擦防曬油，怕她晒傷，所以留在旅館也好。

一早起床，我們兩就興沖沖的擦好防曬油出發了。這個水上樂園每天只收一千個人，所以完全不會太擁擠，也不用排隊。門票有點貴，但是後來想一想覺得真的很值得，因為連Sea World的門票也包在內，裡面吃喝玩樂全都包，還有啤酒隨你喝到爽，停車以及置物箱也都不用錢，所以真是物超所值。裡面真的很漂亮，好像到了加勒比海的感覺。這裡最有名的是你可以與海豚游泳（還可以親海豚騎海豚），但是一個人要多一百元，我想說以後帶俐雅來再一起去。有一個池子裡都是Stingray, 你可以摸他們，感覺像果凍，很詭異的感覺。我的最愛是Coral Reef, 裡面有各式各樣的熱帶魚，跟他們一起游泳感覺很奇妙。不過最酷的應該就是跟鯊魚一起游泳了，鯊魚也在這個池子裡，雖然有一層玻璃隔著，但是你一點都感覺不到，感覺鯊魚就在你身邊，有一點害怕。我們的相機是防水的，所以在水裡照了一堆有趣的照片，不過照片實在是照不出魚的美。飄飄河也很有趣，就躺著飄阿飄，很relaxing。歡樂的時間總是過的特別快，一下子就五點了，我們便依依不捨的與Discovery Cove道別，結束了愉快的一天。

對了，忘了提，我真是一個稱職的媽媽啊，我來玩還不忘每三小時擠奶一次，對俐雅夠好啦，以後要好好孝順媽媽阿。

Discovery Cove

排隊等領ID

魟

鯊魚(夠近吧)

水底自拍

飄飄河

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Orlando Trip - Sea World

2009-06-25T07:24:00.018-06:00

很難想像三個半月的產假就快要結束了，真的是咻一下就過去了。Leah下星期一就得去上學囉。因為我們年底想帶俐雅回台灣，所以趁回去上班前安排了一個假期，看看跟寶寶一起旅行會不會很麻煩。

整理完行李，發現帶她出門真是工程浩大啊！從床到睡覺前的故事書一樣都不能少，加上嬰兒安全坐椅還有她的推車，好像在搬家一樣。不過幸好我去年常常出差，是航空公司的貴賓之一，所以寄行李不用錢。說到她的家私，要來好好推薦一下她的床跟推車。一般小嬰兒的旅行床都非常重又難組合，我們買的這一個超讚的，非常輕巧(只有十磅)又好組裝，十秒鐘就搞定了，因為床直接著地，所以沒有重量限制，可以用到三四歲都沒問題。

推車也是很好用，因為輪子大，所以推起來很輕鬆。

飛機上大小姐很配合，堪稱明星寶寶，不哭不鬧。最神奇的是飛機上的廁所裡都可以換尿布耶！我坐飛機不下上百次，從來沒有注意到，人真是很奇妙的生物，永遠只注意到跟自己有關係的事物。

到了Orlando之後，天氣跟台灣有得拼，有夠潮溼的，連小俐雅都香汗淋漓，抱起來溼答答的 =.=。

第一天去Sea World，這真是一個值得推薦的好地方。最有名的是殺人鯨，看肥嫩嫩的殺人鯨像海豚一樣跳起來真是很驚人耶。近距離看殺人鯨超酷的!

一整天玩下來，我問Eric最好玩的地方是哪裡，他的回答真的很絕，他說是企鵝館，因為有冷氣又不用走路（有自動手扶梯），聽了差一點昏倒。不過企鵝真的是很可愛啦。

回到旅館之後洗個澡真是太舒服了，連小俐雅都笑的開心的不得了。

電視兒童

2009-06-18T22:23:00.004-06:00

不知道為什麼, 俐雅很喜歡看電視. 每次把她放在沙發上, 我就可以做點家事. 今天在折衣服時轉頭一看, 差一點昏倒, 這姿勢...也太舒服了吧 @.@

俐雅特技篇

2009-06-17T13:45:00.011-06:00

先表演一下抬頭絕技（原來伏地挺身這麼簡單，為何我老爸每次都做的大粒汗小粒汗?）

坐姿還不錯吧

吃手手也是我的專長之一（是手太大還是嘴巴太小？怎麼都塞不進去？）

最後來擺個pose吧

Pizza Time!

2009-06-13T18:49:00.006-06:00

話說今天閒來無事，突然很想挑戰做Pizza。由於太懶得做皮了，所以去超市買現成的。本來以為很簡單，但是自己做過之後突然對做Pizza的人有了無限敬意。要把一坨麵團變成一大片Pizza可是要真工夫的。一號挑戰者是Eric，過了20分鐘之後，少爺耍脾氣說不玩了，麵團丟在廚房就自己去生悶氣了，真是任性的小孩。二號挑戰者就是廚房美少女（ㄟ...現在應該是美媽，哈哈）王小安。有看過把Pizza丟到半空中的絕技嗎？其實這樣做是有道理的，因為不這樣的話，麵團會一直縮，大概只能吃兩寸大的Pizza. =.= 練習了幾次之後，我也丟的有磨有樣了。

難搞的皮做好了，接下來就放sauce, 我們決定要做BBQ口味的Pizza，之後就把喜歡吃的料放上去，再加上一堆cheese就可以進烤箱囉!

成品當然要show一下啦，自己做的果然料好又實在，實在是太好吃了，不過皮不太好吃，下次自己做好了。

貪吃鬼

2009-06-09T20:16:00.005-06:00

每次吃完ㄋㄟㄋㄟ，俐雅都還會很用力的吸，完全不知道ㄋㄟㄋㄟ已經不在嘴巴裡了....挺搞笑的...

新的設計

2009-06-08T16:28:00.006-06:00

不太會用電腦的俐雅媽隨便放了一張超大的相片. 害人每次來看blog都要看她們的大頭照.

今天Leah媽把密碼交給Leah爸,他把blog的設計改了比較漂亮. 剛好在等牙醫順便用iphone打中文.

希望大家喜歡這個新的blog.

- Eric (俐雅爸)

爬山去

2009-06-08T09:56:00.008-06:00

經過兩個半月的時間，我終於開始決定運動啦。雖然體重已經恢復的差不多（還差8磅），但覺得全身肉都多起來了，體力也比較不好，所以該是開始運動的時候了。從上個星期起，每兩天做一次有氧運動，運動流汗完真是神清氣爽啊！

言歸正傳，昨天天氣不錯，我們一家人決定去爬山，我們爬得很累，小俐雅睡得很高興。第一次遠足俐雅表現還不錯，從頭睡到尾，有夠賞臉。

人家我還不能擦防曬油，所以一定要戴帽子遮陽。

全家人合照（那個黃色的頭就是俐雅）

小小貓頭鷹

2009-06-03T21:09:00.007-06:00

Leah大約一個月前開始會發出像貓頭鷹的聲音- 咕咕. 咕咕. 録了好幾次都不成功，今天終於讓我捕捉到這一刻。請掌聲歡迎 - Leah 咕咕!

小俐雅遊圖書館篇

2009-06-03T08:45:00.007-06:00

美國的所得稅貴的要死，所以我很早前就學會好好利用美國的社會資源，才不會虧本，圖書館就是其中之一。圖書館真的是一個好地方，要什麼有什麼，還可以線上預約你要的書或DVD，圖書館員會替你把你要的東西放在架上，連找的時間都省下來了。除了無限的藏書之外，還有讀書室可以借，你可以借一間房間然後在裡面開會或唸書。由於我在家工作的時間居多，有時候無聊的快要死掉想見見其他人類的話，就會轉檯到圖書館工作，不過唯一的缺點就是我常常在和客戶開會，圖書館不能講話，所以後來也就比較少去了。

上星期去圖書館借書時，發現圖書館的兒童室居然有說故事時間耶！而且還是給age 0 to 2，所以我很開心的替小俐雅報名，昨天早上兩人就高高興興地出門去聽故事去了。一到圖書館，雖然說是給0 to 2 歲，但是全部去的小朋友都至少會站了，大多數都會走，所以Leah是年紀最小的一個（是我吃飽太閒嗎？希望不會是對牛彈琴）。圖書館員帶大家一起唱兒歌，念童謠，Leah雖然不會像其他小朋友一樣唱唱跳跳，但是她很認真地坐在我的腳上，也跟著乖乖地聽，還笑的嘎嘎叫，實在是挺好笑的。看她那麼開心，下星期再去好了。

俐雅游泳篇

2009-06-01T08:48:00.005-06:00

開板第一po - 游泳健將小俐雅!

想不到我部落格的第一篇文章就這樣獻給了我的寶貝女兒，誰叫她這麼可愛，沒辦法ㄇㄟ....

打從俐雅媽聽說有swim diaper(游泳穿的尿布)存在的那一天起，就一直肖想帶小俐雅去游泳池玩水。在經過醫生的許可之後，興沖沖地去買了游泳專用尿布，沒想到居然連S都太大了(S是給16磅以上的babies穿的，Leah只有9磅)，所以只好暫且打消念頭(後來想想，大概沒有哪個小嬰兒這麼小就會游泳吧）。前幾天小俐雅洗澡時，想說先在浴缸裡練習玩玩水好啦。水放好後我就安心的去洗澡了，讓俐雅爸陪Leah玩玩水。洗到一半 Leah Daddy突然大呼小叫，Anne快來快來，you can't miss this (你不可以錯過這個）！害我趕快隨便洗洗，趕快去看熱鬧。不看還好，一看真是驕傲的不得了，Leah居然在游泳耶，真不虧是游泳健將的我的女兒阿，哇哈哈。說我臭屁？有影片為證啦。Leah Daddy只輕輕的扶著Leah的頭，她的身體自己就飄起來，然後就開始打起水來了，真是太神奇了！

PS. 1) swim diaper的發明果然是有道理的，Leah游完之後，她的普通尿布整整重了大約有三公斤，全部都吸滿了水。下次我會在她的尿布外再加上swim diaper，試試看效果如何。雙重保護，應該就不會污染游泳池了，真是有公德心的媽媽。:P

PS. 2) 台灣的外公外婆請快點去學英文好嗎？打這一篇中文花了我一個小時，手酸死了。

And the baby is going to be....

2008-11-06T12:18:00.001-07:00

a GIRL!!!!

Poll is now closed!

2008-11-06T12:16:00.002-07:00

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Result will be revealed on 11/06

2008-11-04T08:18:00.001-07:00

Ooops, I have my dates mixed up. U/S is this thursday. Results will be revealed on 11/6 after the OB visit!

Take a guess....

2008-11-02T08:59:00.001-07:00

Just trying to have some fun and see what YOU think the sex of the baby is before we have our 20 week U/S. Result will be posted/announced on 11/13.

有獎徵答！猜猜看是男是女，答案將於11/13揭曉.
獎品:科羅拉多州高級別墅渡假村兩星期住宿招待
註:機票自理

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Day 8

2008-05-23T22:00:00.000-06:00

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Miles: 95 (Not a mistake... read on)
Total Riding Time: ~2 hours
Durango -> Pagosa Springs -> Home

Today is the day. We were going to push it and see how far we could go. We've been on the road long enough and we miss the dogs. Up to this point, our neighbors were looking after them. However, they are going on vacation today and will no longer be able to take care of them. Thought of them needing to spend a night at the kennel made us sad. Hardest part should be from Durango to Walsenburg which is a one lane road. After that, it should be easier on I-25.

We woke up bright and early and were all packed and ready to go by 7 AM. Route 160 from Durango was filled with twisties but nothing aggressive. Anne looked really sharp on the bike today. She began to do body lean as she negotiated the turns.

All was great until we hit Nurtria, CO. After that town, I began to notice the change in elevation. Change in elevation means change in temperature. Low temperature and precipitation means snow.

When we got to Pagosa Springs, oncoming traffic with snow on their windows caused some concern. I finally decided to pull over shortly after Pagosa Springs next to few truck drivers when I saw them putting on chains on their tires. According to them, Wolf Creek Pass condition has deteriorated and they were required to put on chains. Still in denial, I waved down an oncoming car and asked them how it was up there. The driver told me that it was REALLY bad and that 2 motorcyclists were pulled over by the cops.

Anne and I discussed the situation and decided to head back to Pagosa Springs and figure out our next move. As we pulled up to the first gas station, 2 bikes followed us in. Turns out these folks were the ones pulled over by the cops. They were told that the other side of the mountain was even worse and had about 3 inches of packed snow on the ground.

Our options at this time was to 1) Wait it out and see if things get any better; 2) Head south into New Mexico and come back around; 3) Rent a truck or trailer and drive back. We were on the tail end of our trip and had enough riding. We wanted to get back home and not spend another day on the road.

After finding the local U-haul, we reserved ourselves a 14' truck and began loading up our equipment. Owner of U-haul was kind enough to help me get the bikes up into the truck! As much as Anne hated me doing track days, she was really glad that I had that experience to learn how to tie down the bikes.

We were on our way up Wolf Creek Pass after 2 hours of loading up, tying down and making sure everything was nice and tight. At first, the road was foggy, but not severe enough to justify not riding. However, road condition quickly turned south. Slush and snow was on the road (see pic). When we saw snow plows driving past, we were satisfied that we made the right decision. This was compounded by the massive number of idiots we saw who were too eager to be on vacation. Lesson learned here - try not to travel on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. People drive way too fast and become a-holes when you don't drive as fast.

Rest of the trip was quite easy in the car. We were flying home at 75 mph (speed limit), which we would not hit if we were riding - Anne's comfort level is at 65. It was nice to get out of our riding gear and wear "normal" clothes for the rest of the day. We felt weird at first to be able to communicate for the first time while in motion during this entire trip. That quickly passed as we recalled all the events that have occurred during the past few days. By 6 PM, we were home and by 7 PM, we were fully unloaded.

As much as we loved what we saw and experienced during this trip, it was just as nice to be back home. We are in love with motorcycle camping, tho. We're planning on doing another trip sometime this summer. Nothing of this magnitude, but maybe over a weekend or so. This will definitely be one experience we will never forget!

Miles Ridden: ~1630 (x2)
Gallons Consumed: 52.03
Number of Fast Food Restaurants: 0

七點鐘, 我們的屁股已經坐在摩托車上. 路上一切都很順利. 一個多小時之後, 我們已經到達Pagosa Springs (大約70 miles). 之後開始上山, 這時候我們開始發現對方來車都有積雪, 心想大事不妙. 之後發現大卡車都停在路邊上雪鏈. 還不死心, 我們攔下一輛對方來車想了解前方的路況, 司機跟我們說路況非常糟, 有三吋的積雪, 還有兩台摩托車卡在山上. 討論之後我們決定回到山下再做打算.

此時有三個選擇 (1) 等一兩個小時看情況會不會變好 (2) 騎回Durango然後從南方新墨西哥州回家 (3) 租一台卡車把摩托車運回去. 由於我們也玩夠了, 而且我們也下定決心今天一定要到家, 所以租了台14呎的卡車, 把兩台摩托車綁好之後 (花了兩個小時), 我們終於準備上路回家了! 雖然遭遇很悲慘 (租一台不原地歸還的卡車很傷荷包), 但我們還不忘記苦中作樂的拍照, 當作紀念嘛. 上路之後, 我們突然很不習慣在旅行的時候說話, 因為一路上騎摩托車溝通完全靠手勢. 不過過了一會兒我們就開始談起一路上發生的新鮮事. 開車旅行舒服多了, 我們一路開75 miles, 六點鐘就回到家了.
經過這次的經驗., 我們愛上了騎摩托車露營, 今年夏天打算會去很多兩三天的行程. 誰說度假一定要躺在沙灘上喝瑪格利特? 人生只有一回, 要多做一些大冒險.

Day 7

2008-05-22T22:00:00.000-06:00

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Miles: 264.2
Total Riding Time: ~10 hours
Green River -> Arches -> Moab -> Mesa Verde -> Durango

With the past few days of planning and not hitting the anticipated destination point, we started the day saying "where ever we end up."

It was slightly damp in the morning but NO wind! We entered Arches National Park in about an hour or so. This was my 3rd time to the park and Anne's 2nd time. We entered the park only because of the stamp (Pokemon! Gotta catch em all!). I told Anne that this park is really pretty the first time around, but when it's your third time, it's just a hole in the mountain.

Thanks to another poster's recommendation on BMW forum, we stopped by Moab Diner for brunch. If you ever visit this place, remember to get whatever you ordered "smothered".

Rest of the ride to Mesa Verde was pretty much the same. No wind, few showers, heated vest kept us nice and toasty and beautiful scenaries.

Originally, we thought the ride into Mesa Verde Visitor Center would be quick. We had been here before, so we (ok, me) were here only because we now have the passport. What we didn't remember was that from the gate to the visitor center is 15 miles. Moreover, it's 15 miles of switchbacks up the mountain. Because the road was wet, we were going very slow as we ascended the hill. A quick 30 minute loop turned out to be a 1.5 hour ordeal! When we got to the visitor center, a storm had moved in and began hailing. Hoping that the storm would move on, we waited for about 15 minutes. However, heavy fog started to set in and snow began to fall. Fearing that we would be stuck if the snow starts to pack on the road, we saddled up and began our descent. On the way down, I could not see more than 5 feet in front of me due to the fog and snow collecting on my visor. This was now the worst riding condition I have ever encountered. However, I did get my stamp!

Because I was so eager to descend the hill, I forgot to plug in my heated jacket. I kept wanting to pull over to plug it in, but the testosterone kept me from doing so. After a while, I could no longer tough it out. However, it was too late. Coldness has taken so much out of me that by the time we reached Durango, I could not concentrate anymore. We decided to stay at Motel 8 and resume riding early in the morning.

Dinner at Serious Texas BBQ was awesome. We were so hungry that we pretty much ordered one of each on their menu. Smoked pork loin and Texas taco were the best.

今天天氣一樣不好, 所以也是早早就出發. 為了收集國家公園的章, 我們再度回到Arches國家公園. 由於已經是第三次來這裡, 蓋完章我們就拍拍屁股走人. 之後到了Moab Diner, BMW的車友推薦的餐廳果然不是蓋的. 她們的Green Chili超好吃的. 吃飽喝足之後就向Mesa Verda國家公園出發. 一騎進國家公園之後才發現遊客中心居然離入口有15 miles. 既然來了只好硬著頭皮騎. 不過這個國家公園在山上, 所以山路騎起來真的很可怕 (尤其我有懼高症). 騎著騎著, 天啊, 居然下起雪來了. 這時我心裡不斷的咒罵Eric, 因為我根本不在乎收集那無聊的笨蛋章. 好不容易到了, 停好車, 這時下起冰刨………無語……..真是什麼倒楣天氣都給我碰上了.

到了遊客中心之後, 有很多騎摩車的人和我們一樣被天氣困在這裡, 等了15分鐘之後, 天氣一點都沒有變好的跡象. 和Eric討論一下, 我們決定下山. 因為要是等一下開始積雪, 我們就絕對下不了山了. 由於能見度很差, 所以我們是以龜速下山, 還好開車的人都對我們很有耐心, 只要到可以超車的地方我們就讓他們先過. 一路上有可加熱外套, 所以還不算冷. 不過雪不停的積在安全帽的面罩上, 要不時地擦, 所以我們大概每騎一分鐘就得停下來擦面罩. 本來只要30分鐘的路程, 因為天氣的關係變成1.5個小時. 不過後來總算是平安下山.

下山之後我們都很累了, 所以決定到下一個城鎮休息. 到了Durango之後, 找了個旅館準備過夜. 晚上到一家Serious Texas BBQ吃晚餐 (就在旅館對面), 經過一天的摧殘, 餓的不得了, 我們兩個人居然叫了四份主餐, 而且還全部都吃光光! 每一樣都好吃, 只有牛肉乾了點. 在走回旅館的路上, 我和Eric都覺得這次的旅行很好玩, 雖然我們每天都沒辦法到達預定的目的地, 但是這樣騎到哪裡算到哪裡的玩法, 別有一番風趣. 而且我們路上隨便找的餐廳每一家都很好吃, 算是運氣很好.

今天已經是第七天了, 我們決定明天一定要到家 (因為很想念可愛的Jiro and Yama)! 算了一下, 只要騎300多miles就可以回到Denver, 應該可行. 所以早早就上床睡覺, 打算明天一早就出發.

Day 6

2008-05-21T22:00:00.000-06:00

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Miles: 204.4
Total Riding Time: ~8 hours
Beaver -> Green River

By the time we were ready to leave, there were wind and rain. I asked a local about taking back roads, and she said our best bet is to continue on I-15 and onto I-70 since some roads are still closed. Because Anne's bike is on the light side, we packed as much as possible on her 650 to weigh her down.

Beginning of I-15 from Beaver was windy, but nothing compared to yesterday. Once we got onto I-70, we started going up in elevation. Between Cove Fort and Salina, we encountered rain, snow and more wind. Even though there's no packed snow on the ground, this was the first time I have ever ridden while snowing. Not knowing what to expect and having a novice rider with me stressed me out tremendously. Luckily, our tires held up and kept us upright.

We stopped at Mom's Cafe in Salina, Utah. When I was researching for must see/eat places for this trip, someone on the BMW forum highly recommended this place. If you ever wander into this place, definitely order their scone and top it off with honey butter. MMMMM.... honey butter. This diner had that old-town diner atmosphere with waitresses in old-school waitress uniforms. Definitely makes you feel like you were in a different decade.

We continued on I-70 and got ourselves beaten up by more wind and more rain. However, the scenary was breathtaking. The view approximately 20 miles from Green River heading east was just gorgeous. No pictures taken since I was holding onto my bike for my dear life.

The goal for today was to hit Moab. However, condition worsened approximately 10 miles from Green River. We found out later that the winds were gusting up to 50 mph at times. I believe this was the worst wind I ever encountered on a motorcycle. Kudos to Anne for surviving this!

Our original plan was to spend a quiet evening at a nice restaurant since this was our 2nd year anniversary. We were hoping to do this in either Moab or Cortez, CO. However, after riding through that horrible stretch, Green River is just fine.

After filling up at a local gas station, the dreaded dying-engine-turning-sound was produced as Anne pressed on the ignition button. She learned the hard way that battery tends to drain when heated jacket, heated grips, and 2 PIAA lights are turned on WHILE THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNING. I was most certainly annoyed thinking that THIS would be the cause of ending our trip. Thank goodness we had phone service, because after a quick consultation with my bike shop (Beemers and More), I opened her bike up and asked someone to jump the bike. Thankfully, the bike started with just a jolt of juice.

We pulled in to Motel 6 shortly after and found ourselves a nice little restaurant along Green River. That rib-eye steak was so delicious. We took a little stroll across Green River (rain and wind died down by then) to a local trucker stop to pick up some fine beverages (MGD!). We were very thankful that we lived (literally and figuratively) to see our 2nd year of marriage come to completion.

早上一起床風很大, 又下雨, 等我們全副武裝完 (機車裝備+可加熱外套+雨衣) 已經過了一小時了. 剛開始騎車時很冷, 所以安全帽裡都起霧看不到, 後來Eric教我把安全帽留一個小縫, 之後就好多了. 不然騎起車來怪可怕的, 什麼都看不到. 騎著騎著, 居然就下起雪來. 我此時非常慶幸投資買了件可加熱外套, 這外套是利用摩托車的電, 穿起來全身熱呼呼的, 就算下雪也不怕. 可算是這趟旅行最棒的投資.

中午到達一個小鎮Solina, 在Mom’s Café吃了暖呼呼的中餐. 這家小餐廳很棒, 一切都很原始, 感覺很像回到50年代, 服務生還穿制服耶. 招牌fried scone真不是蓋的, 像炸過的甜甜圈加上蜂蜜奶油, 真是人間極品啊! 吃飽喝足再度出發, 這時候天氣愈來愈差, 之後風大到整台摩托車都快要被吹走的感覺, 你好不容易找到平衡點抵抗強風, 一台大卡車從你身旁開過就把你掃的亂七八糟. 之後查了氣象, 才知道那時的風速高達50 miles/per hour. 我只能說我們很慶幸能活著過我們的結婚二週年慶 (沒錯, 就是今天!).

到了Green River決定在此歇腳, 加完油後我的摩托車突然發不動了. 原來是電池沒電了. 悲情的Eric只好再度把我的摩托車解體, 有一台好心的車主把車的電池借給我們, 解決了我們的危機. 後來我才知道摩托車燈+加熱外套+加熱手把+PIAA大燈是很快就會把電池的電用光的, 千萬不要在車子沒發動的情況下把全部打開. 算是一個慘痛的教訓.

Day 5

2008-05-20T22:00:00.000-06:00

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Miles: 210.7
Total Riding Time: 8 hours
Bryce -> Zion -> Beaver

We woke up at 6:30 today. By the time our kickstands were up, it was 7:30. We are getting quite good at this now. Anne and I knew exactly what to do so no time was wasted. Our neighbors kept looking at us and were quite amazed at our efficiency.

Once again, we were taken back with Utah roads. UT89 to Zion was filled with twisties and beautify scenaries. Anne was riding really comfortably today. Through every turn, she was looking through the turn, leaning her body, keeping her bike up, and straightening out those lines through the turns!

At last, we reached Zion. 10 years ago, I went through the same parks and my favorite one was Zion. This time was no different. The ride through Zion was simply amazing! After going through a long tunnel, it opened up to a grand view of the canyon. This was followed by turns after turns zig-zagging down the canyon to the bottom. No pictures could justify the view of this park!

By the time we got to the Visitor Center, temperature was peaking at 110. We had enough of this hot temperature and decided to make our way back. Ride on I-15 was boring until we got to around Cedar City. By then, the wind started to pick up. Following Anne, I noticed that she was all over the place because of the wind and truckers zooming right by us, knocking us around. It became quite uncomfortable to ride so we pulled off at Beaver and called it a day. We later found out winds were around 20-30 mph.

Today was the first day since leaving where we didn't have to sleep on the ground. We took advantage of the hot tub provided at Best Western and took a ride through town. Having to pack pretty light, we were on a 2 outfit rotation. Riding through hot weather meant we smelled pretty bad. While our clothes were being washed at the local laundromat, we had a nice dinner at a local diner... something you don't see much of in big cities anymore.

Weather is not looking good for tomorrow either. Forecast calls for windy and wet day. Wet, not so bad... wind, BAD! I sure hope that we can ride tomorrow.

我們知道今天的天氣會很不好, 所以早早就起床準備出發, 七點半我們就收好帳棚坐上摩托車了. 隔壁鄰居非常訝異於我們的效率. 今天騎起車來特別順手, 畢竟已經是第五天了嘛. 總要有點進步吧. 我開始用Eric教我的技巧轉彎, 從背後看起來像是專業賽車手, 帥的很. 很快的我們就到了Zion國家公園. 今天也是熱的要死, 所以蓋完章我們就開始朝Denver的方向前進, 準備打道回府.

公路15非常無聊, 到了Cedar City之後, 風開始變的很大. 開車時都沒感覺, 但是對騎車的人來說, 風大是一件很危險的事, 風把我吹的左搖右晃, 我們決定再騎下去很不安全. 所以一到下一個可以落腳的城市 – Beaver – 就找了個旅館準備在這裡過夜. 因為時間還早, 我們找了個洗衣店把這幾天的髒衣服洗乾淨. 找了間Diner吃晚餐. 大城市去多了覺得都大同小異, 到處都是連鎖餐廳, 在這種小城市反而別有一番風味. 睡了好幾天的帳棚, 第一天睡到床, 感覺特別舒服. 旅館有SPA, 感覺很幸福.

Day 4 (REST!!!!)

2008-05-19T22:00:00.000-06:00

After deciding to rest for a day, I felt like my whole body (physically and mentally) just deflated like a balloon. 3 days of non-stop worrying of how Anne is holding up on the bike and a bad night of sleep added to the fatigue factor.

Last night was cold. I think it dropped into the 30s or 40s and my sleeping bag definitely did not hold up well with those temperatures. Meanwhile, Anne snored away in her warm (rated to 15 degrees) bag.

We rode 2-up on Anne's bike through the park to enjoy some nice views. Yes, we rode in our shorts and flip flops. After 3 days at high speeds with full gear, we felt too tired to put on our getup for a 25mph ride. It definitely felt a bit weird not having our body protected from head to toe.

Good thing about Bryce is that there's signal. We checked the weather for the next few days, and it doesn't look too good. High wind and bad storms! At around 3pm, we were itching to pack up our stuff and head back out. But we already paid for the site, and we were not going to make it to Zion in time to get our passport stamped. I swear, this passport thing is like Pokemon... gotta catch em all!

So instead, we rode to Ruby's Inn just outside of Bryce to pick up some "gourmet" canned food. Not only did we have instant noodle for the night, we had clams and corn in our soup base, topped off with a nice cold salad.

After showering later that evening (we have been pretty lucky to be able to wash up on this trip), we made our way over to Sunset Point to view the famous Bryce Canyon at sunset. By the time we got back to our campsite, Sunset Campground was filled. Enough rest. Tomorrow we ride again.

Bryce實在是太美了, 所以我們決定在這裡多留一天玩耍 (其實是我們都太累了, 但是沒人要承認自己是狗熊). 一早起來悠悠閒閒吃完早餐之後就準備出發去玩. 我們的摩托車很重又沒有倒退檔, 所以Eric叫我推車, 我左看右看覺得車燈最好施力, 用力一推, 車子沒動燈卻壞了. 想當然爾, Eric當然是先擺個死臉加上一陣怒哄, 一肚子氣的開始把我的摩托車解體. 經過45分鐘之後, 我們終於出發了. 經過好幾天的全副武裝, 今天穿短褲拖鞋騎車感覺像沒穿衣服一樣, 感覺好像一摔倒就會很慘的樣子. 所以我們時速不超過30 miles. 現在想想, 以前在台灣怎麼敢穿著短袖短褲啪啪騎, 真是危險.

下午睡了個午覺, 突然有一點後悔今天偷懶, 拿出手機查了下天氣, 過幾天天氣都不太好, 風很大, 可能會下雨. 但是我們已經付了今天營地的錢, 加上已經下午3點了, 等我們收好出發也騎不遠了, 最後決定好好享受今天的假期. 騎車到營區外補充了一些糧食, 吃了超享受的沙拉, 洗完澡, 去看這裡最有名的日落, 畫下完美的句點.

Day 3

2008-05-18T22:00:00.000-06:00

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Miles: 174.2
Total Riding Time: 6 hours
Hanksville -> Capitol Reef -> Bryce

Today did not begin on a good note. During the night, I woke up to a soaking wet sleeping bag. No, I did not wet my pants. While rolling around, I must have rolled onto the camelbak nozzle, which caused a flood on my side. After drying off and stealing a bit of Anne's sleeping bag, I went back to sleep. Shortly after waking up, I realized that my key was nowhere to be found. I went through every single bag of ours but it was not to be found. Although I packed a spare key, I was really annoyed at myself for loosing something that important. On my way to the bathroom before leaving the trailer park, I noticed my key lying right there on the road.

By the time we reached Capitol Reef, we were hungry from all the morning festivities. We went into the visitor center to collect our 2nd stamp, took few pictures and went on our merry way to Torrey, where we took a nice long break. We were definitely feeling the pain and soreness now. How foolish of me to think that we could do 350-450 miles per day.

While eating a delicious Subway sandwich (yes, they are quite delicious after living on canned and instant food for few days), we observed a couple trying to figure out how to use a communication system on a motorcycle. Quite a funny sight. We felt pretty good that our left hand signaling system is $1000 cheaper.

After the break, we began riding on UT12. Similar to UT95, 12 is filled with twisties and amazing views. Since we were going through higher elevation, the temperature dropped and was a more comfortable ride than riding in 110 degree weather. Anne continued to practice on taking a straighter lines through the turns.

We reached Bryce Canyon at around 4 PM. After circling through the North Campground and finding that there's none left, we were told that the 2nd campsite might be full as well. Not giving up, we headed to the Sunset Campground to try our luck. To our surprise, this campsite was only about 10% filled. We picked the flattest campsite, unloaded, showered, cooked, and did some laundry. Fatigue has finally set in. We decided to stay another day at Bryce to rest up.

今天一早Eric發現他的機車鑰匙不見了, 心情壞的不得了, 所以我就很倒楣的被他罵著玩, 還好我們有備用鑰匙, 所以還不至於太糟. 就在要離開營地之前, 突然在地上找到了 (好家在, 不然我一整天都要活在暴風圈裡). 第一站 Capitol Reef國家公園, 蓋完章之後拍拍屁股走人. 到了Torrey休息了好久, 因為我們全部的戰鬥力都在第一天用完了. Eric吃了一整條subway三明治 (piggy piggy). 之後騎公路12, 嚇的我半條命都沒了, 因為我有懼高症, 騎山路簡直是要我的命, 有一度路兩旁就是懸崖……完全不想回想這一段可怕的記憶.

等我們到達終點站Bryce國家公園時大約四點, 營區已經完全客滿, 不禁令我懷疑為何大家都閒閒沒事. 去問了公園管理員之後發現還有第二營區, 不死心的我們就去一探究竟. 出乎意料的, 這個營區空的很, 紮營之後, 去洗個澡 (十分鐘兩塊錢美金, 我前一個人沒有洗到10分, 所以我洗免錢的, 哇哈哈), 吃個飯之後就睡大覺了.

Day 2

2008-05-17T22:00:00.001-06:00

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Miles: 209.7
Total Riding Time: 7.5 hours
Needles Outpost -> Hanksville

We woke up to a spectacular view. Instant coffee was never better. Cool morning breeze soon began to turn into scorching heat at around 7:30 AM. It took us a while to pack everything as this was our first day of re-packing. We were not ready to roll until 9:30. By the time we were on our bikes, we were burning in our suit. We stopped by Canyonlands visitor center to pick up our National Park passport and our first cancellation stamp. We also made good use of their outlet to charge up our dying camera battery.

Since we were sore from our first day, we took it slow and easy. When we got to Blanding, we knew for sure that there's no way we were ever going to reach California. I phoned my friends that we will have to wait until next time to see them.

After our lunch break, we began our ride of the day on Route 95. The view on this road was amazing! There were turns after turns with amazing backdrops. We pulled over few times because it was just too pretty to ride past it. I used this opportunity to teach Anne what I had learned on the tracks and how to make turns more enjoyable.

Looking back, the best ride of the trip was probably this road. Especially so around Glen Canyon. After countless turns through cliffs on both sides, the road opened up to a massive mountain in the back with a canyon below. Probably a scene I will not forget for a very long time. We stopped up top shortly after to see what we just rode through (see pic).

Unfortunately, this beautiful road was also filled with tar snakes. Probably insignificant to drivers, these bad boys are slippery suckers for motorcyclists. This was Anne's first encounter with these slippery road fills. As a result, the rest of the ride on 95 took us a LONG time. When we got to Hanksville, it was already 5:00 PM.

After riding for the whole day at 100+ weather, we both felt pretty nasty and decided to pull into a trailer park for the night. That shower was oh-so-refreshing. Needless to say, we had to do laundry that evening as well.

今天一早騎去Canyonland 國家公園, 買了一本國家公園護照, 蓋了一個章. 前一天Eric瘋狂亂照相, 所以相機完全沒電了. 還好在國家公園遊客中心廁所前找到一個插頭, 小充一下.

之後騎公路95到Hanksville, 路上的景色實在是沒辦法用言語形容, 一定要親自來看看才有辦法體會. 經過昨天的摧殘, 今天只騎了209.7 miles, 加上天氣又熱 , 所以決定隨便找個地方紮營. 經過一整天120F度 (50C度) 的天氣之後, 洗澡完感覺像在天堂一般.

Day 1

2008-05-16T22:00:00.000-06:00

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Miles: 469.7
Total Riding Time: 11.5 hours
Home -> Needles Outpost

After a hearty meal, we put on our riding gears and said goodbye to Jiro and Yama. Just as planned, kickstands were up at 9 am. I would have liked to leave earlier, but weather forecast showed that if we hit Vail too early, we would have encountered some snow.

Entire stretch on I-70 to Glenwood Springs was uneventful. It got pretty cold at around Vail and we were both glad that we each had a heated jacket. With heated grips and jackets on full blast, we were nice and toasty at 65 mph in 30 degree weather. Shortly after Glenwood Springs, however, we had to pull over and shed all of our heavy gear as the temperature began to reach the 90s.

We blasted through Moab at around 4 pm. This was later than I expected since we had to pull over for many breaks. We didn't hit the road to Canyonlands (UT 211) until around 5 pm. Map only showed 33 miles, but it took us a bit over an hour to complete this segment due to speed limits, road condition, and us being quite tired at this point.

The road into the outpost was soft dirt. I made a turn onto it and felt my bike wobbled as I plowed through it. As I was about to complete this soft patch of sand, I looked in my mirror and saw the headlight of Anne's bike began to slant. Next thing I knew, Anne was in the sand with her bike. After checking her and the bike (yes, in that order!) I was relieved that neither suffered any major damage. Her bike sputtered and sounded like it was not going to start, but after few cuss words and fists to the heavens, the engine finally began to turn. We later discussed what happened...she saw me wobble, and was about to slow down. But she had already hit that soft patch with too much speed and felt the bike begin to slip. She knew she was going to go down, so she jumped off the bike. Bike clipped her on the way down, but the boot saved her from any damage. Only few battle scars to the saddle bag and a lesson well learned.

By the time we hit the campsite, it was about 8:30 pm. Our site was underneath a rock wall with a view of the canyon. We still had some light left, so we quickly pitched the tent and began cooking. This evening's meal (instant noodles with green beans) was probably one of the most delicious meal we had after only having few power bars throughout the day. By the time we were finished, the night was illuminated by the moonlight. With a clear sky full of stars and a cool breeze on a warm evening, it couldn't have been any better.

As we were about to doze off, Anne made an executive decision that we were not going to ride more than 350 miles a day for the rest of the trip. I was not about to veto that decision. I shall re-plan the route tomorrow.

第一天上路就被Eric操死, 居然叫我騎了470miles. 完全不考慮我是新手 (在這次假期之前, 我一共只騎過300miles). 到了營地, 地上是很軟的紅沙, 我看Eric的機車在我前面開始搖搖晃晃時已經來不及了, 一轉眼我就發現自己摔在地上. 還好我全身都穿裝備, 所以摔倒完全沒事, 機車也好好的. 只有行李有一個小刮痕.

等我們搭好帳棚, 已經快九點了, 泡麵從來沒有這麼好吃過. 隔天早上泡咖啡時才發現水有一個很可怕的味道, 昨天晚上泡麵味道太重所以都沒感覺. 不過出門在外就隨便啦. 我們的營地就在岩石下, 景色真是美的沒話說. 經過今天之後, 我們決定不騎去加州了, 因為每天這樣實在是太累了.

Day 0

2008-05-16T04:35:00.000-06:00

So it's finally happening. Three weeks of planning and now I'm counting down by the minutes.

In just a few hours, Anne and I will begin our journey on our bikes. I am quite nervous and anxious. I've gone on long rides before, but never more than a day ride. This will be 9 full days of riding, each day between 350-450 miles. Plan is to go through Utah and see all the National Parks there, ride through Death Valley, ride up along CA-1, go to SF and Sacramento, ride along highway 50 and back to Colorado. There will be areas where there's no service for miles. Any breakdown will most likely mean the end of our trip. It will be quite challenging for myself, and will be even more so now that Anne will be riding her bike as well. Up to this point, she has logged about 300 miles or so. But after going on few practice runs, we both felt that she can do this as long as we ride within our limits.

I've gone through the routes multiple times in my head, and went over the entire gear checklist one last time. Everything has been packed and strapped down to the bikes. It's 3:30 in the morning and I cannot make myself go back to sleep.

All I can hope for now is two working machines for the entire trip.

終於等到這一天了! 最近工作繁忙, 非常期待這一次的假期. 本來我是不打算騎我的摩托車的, 因為我還算新手, Eric覺得我沒辦法在九天內完成3000 miles. 但是在出發前的一個星期, 我們一起出去騎車. 我一路上表現良好, 連高速公路都被我擺平了. 經過幾番商量, 我們決定 – 小鳥單飛的時候到啦! 就這樣, 打包完畢準備明天出發.