“Greer TaiTai(太太)”

My working and parenting lives collide with each other and sometimes sparkle.

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When inspirations come to a busy life, they remind me to slow down and enjoy the process.

Make Playroom Even More Playful
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Make Playroom Even More Playful

Post Christmas, I moved the string-lit polaroid pictures from staircase wall to the playroom. Realized the tape is difficult to hold a string of pictures and I used the tiny command decorating clips to perform the perfect job!

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The Best Time Alone
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The Best Time Alone

This is the mid-day view I enjoy very much when I take a quick shower after workout in the gym. Yes I prefer to quickly come home to relax since we are only three minute drive distance from there. And Yes I need the clock to remind me not to miss next meeting time or any other arrangement for the kids.

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Photoshop Skills
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Photoshop Skills

About two months ago, I started to ditch Google One photo edit function ($1.99/m plus 100 GB storage) and VivaVideo ($4.99/m) and transitioned to Adobe LightRoom app ($49.99/y). Especially the “Mask” feature pops out colors and contrast of interest without exposing too much light or losing details.

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Backyard Tiki Vibes
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Backyard Tiki Vibes

Our kids love our neighbors next door so they like to call out to him whenever seeing him grilling or mowing the lawns. We could basically see several houses’ backwards down the fences because our two-story house has higher foundation.

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Backyard Night View
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Backyard Night View

Every night before bed, I like to walk out to enjoy a few minutes of natural air and temperature. Tonight the sky just drew my eyes. The full moon in the picture got a corona shinning perfectly among clouds without shades. I think that's Jupiter simmering in the dark away from moon's glory.

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Second Birthday (Real) Cake in 2022
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Second Birthday (Real) Cake in 2022

Hmmmm….so delicious! No kidding! It doesn't look very trashy but you get my point. I also recycled the leaves from previous dinosaur cake for this time haha why not! Funny thing is kids just love those crunchy “trash” and like to add some to their sliced cake.

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Zongzi Festival
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Zongzi Festival

Aka Dragon Boat Festival. I made an easy and healthy version of zongzi (rice dumplings) for celebration.

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Polaroid Picture
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Polaroid Picture

Not the first time but definitely the recent one since few years back. Attracted by grainy and saturated colors from Polaroid pictures so I started using Polaroid cameras since year 2009 with various type of Polaroid films. It's an effort bringing extra carry-on when traveling but the results always surprise me and encourage me again next time!

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Fiddle-Leaf Fig Tree
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Fiddle-Leaf Fig Tree

Recently we decided to add the third fiddle-leaf fig tree. It’s a good deal from HEB and very suitable for an office corner. My husband calls this one “Harry” and the shorter one below “Marv” (from movie “Home Along”)

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Diamond Fence Trellis
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Diamond Fence Trellis

Our project for the new house since 2021 March after Texas rare freeze. Star jasmine had been slowly climbing along the wires from six bases but seemed hibernating through this winter until now.

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Building Blocks
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Building Blocks

My five year olds is allowed to opt for naps or not. So today he asked me to build blocks with him. He started with our house stairs and we gradually formed our house Floorplan. 

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My Logo Story
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My Logo Story

I was guided by an online course to create my own logo for my blog and I think this logo is very associated to what my blog wants to convey…

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Sketch & Paint
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Sketch & Paint

My son’s birthday painting kit - He asked me to draw a dinosaur of his choice (back of the paper in the picture). I couldn’t stop and finished the water color painting. Last time I had a paint brush in my hand was more than ten years ago.

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Birthday Cake
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Birthday Cake

This is the actual birthday cake look following the cake design post. Really not a bad idea to make one of your own from your imagination and creativity.

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