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Weekly Wrap Up | 7/20/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ I’m in Las Vegas right now and will be home tomorrow!

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

  • Metal Slinger by. Rachel Schneider
  • The Night Prince by. Lauren Palphreyman
  • Direbound by. Savle Sorensen
  • Once a Villain by. Vanessa Len

Currently Reading:

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Lady Gaga – Mayhem Ball Tour in Las Vegas

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

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Weekly Wrap Up | 7/13/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ Hubby and I are going to Las Vegas on this weekend, to catch Lady Gaga on Saturday. I think this is the first time we are leaving the kids behind together (usually one of us stays back or the kids come with us). So yes, I’m a little anxious over that and probably won’t stop worrying until I make it back home lol. But I’m excited to go to a concert – last concerts I went to in Hawaii was Backstreet Boys (they were amazing) and New Kids on the Block (and TLC was the opener!). Lady Gaga is on my concert bucket list. Beyonce is too and I had tickets but it’s for the following week and I told myself it was crazy to flight out 2 weekends for concerts. 😅 I regret I sold the tickets sigh…BUT that means I’m definitely going to her next concert for Act III – hoping it’s in 2027 so I can start saving NOW.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal

Once a Villain by. Vanessa Len

The Night Prince by. Laura Palphreyman

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • K-pop Demon Hunters – Soundtrack – music is sooooo good!
  • We Were Liars (Amazon Prime) – finally finished it and I was like OH YEAH that was the twist!! The twist is good but man was it a sad/dark show.
  • The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) – still going since I only get an episode a week.
  • Kesha (new album) – so good!

Why does this song make me think of all the red-flag MMC’s we all fall for in the books! LOL…

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Weekly Wrap Up | 7/6/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ I’m in my Labubu buying stage. I didn’t really want one but I wanted to get one for my daughter, since I didn’t know what else to buy her in South Korea as a souvenir. But I was out of luck when I went to Pop Mart there and then we tried looking at Pop Mart vending machines there and at Haneda airport and no luck. So when I came home, I felt like these bubus were haunting me because I couldn’t find one (and no I did not want to pay $75 for one – I wanted it retail price!) I was like, I’ll buy one on the Pop Mart app and went on tiktok to learn all the tricks of Labubu hunting 😅. The app was tedious and hard. It took me awhile to score one. But I scored them easier on the tiktok live US shop – it’s actually so much easier to buy it there. Anyway…my daughter has like 4 Labubus with more coming – Big Into Energy ones. 😂

She has Sisi, Ququ, Coca Cola, and Hehe. Her Coca Cola Labubu couldn’t put the red shirt on so my daughter gave it to Ququ and put a triangle on the shirt and I was like “press play?”. She said no, it’s YOUTUBE! 😅. Anyway, my best friend thinks they look scary and demonic (but her niece is obsessed so she’s buying an unopened one from me for her). I think they are cute! They remind me of Where the Wild Things Are – a book I loved reading to my son when he was young (apparently it scared him and he didn’t tell me until he was older 🫠).

+ My hubby and I have a trip to Las Vegas in 2 weeks! We’re going to see Lady Gaga in concert. I’m trying to figure out what things we can do in Vegas besides EAT and gamble? Any ideas? Last time I went with my friend was for a concert and again all we did was eat and gamble 😬. We aren’t really down for the nightlife – we are so boring, we sleep early at our age! One good thing is the hotels are so huge you have to walk a lot anyway so that’s good with all the eating.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

Game On by. Ki Stephens

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal

A Theory for Dreaming by. Ava Reid

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • K-pop Demon Hunters (Netflix) – watched this 2 more times! I love the music.
  • We Were Liars (Amazon Prime) – kind of slow moving, but I’m still watching
  • The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) – still going since I only get an episode a week

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Weekly Wrap Up | 6/29/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+. Went to lunch with the whole family to celebrate my nephew turning 20!

+ Started to do some back to school shopping for my kids since they go back in August – summer is going by so fast for them.

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • K-pop Demon Hunters (Netflix) – why was the ending tragic?! Ugh. Loved the music!
  • We Were Liars (Amazon Prime) – trying to see if I remember anything of the story, since I have an arc of the sequel to read this year.
  • The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) – of course they only show one episode a week when I’m so used to binging shows. But I do love that I have something to look forward to and I enjoy this show!

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

My May monthly reading wrap up video which is SUPER late I know. There was just too much happening in May and June to put together a video, but I did it before June came to an end. 😅

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Weekly Wrap Up | 6/22/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ This week went by kind of fast as I took the time to recover from my trip. Plus there are two kids to kind of entertain so we’ve been going out to the mall, hitting some arcades, and my daughter has all these art projects she wants to do so we’ve been working on that. My son is I think FINALLY kicking the remnants of the cold or virus he caught at the end of May. I’m bummed that he’s been congested for almost a whole month! He only has 7 more weeks of summer vacation left. It’s kind of crazy to think summer vacation is so short now.

+ I definitely miss being on vacation and having buffet breakfasts all week! 😅 Back to cooking for the family.

Blog Posts:

I didn’t post much this week it seems!

Books I Finished

Currently Reading:

Throne of Secrets by. Kerri Maniscalco

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

You Between the Lines by. Katie Naymon – audiobook

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

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Weekly Wrap Up | 6/15/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ I had two Saturdays yesterday. I ended Saturday in Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, boarded our flight home at 9pm, Saturday. And landed in Hawaii at 9:45am, Saturday. So I was all messed up and dealing with jet-lag!

+ I was in Seoul, South Korea all week – and I LOVED it. What a fun tour group we had, a mix of retirees, families, some seniors (which was kind of hard on them with all the walking). But it was a great group!

  • Making our own Tal Masks (to ward of bad spirits/ghosts) at the Bukchon Art Center – made this one for my hubby! Then a walk through the neighborhood, it had lots of hills but loved the old traditional Korean houses.
  • DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) – we had a chance to explore, while most of the group went shopping in the area.

  • Cheonggyecheon Stream – my sister and I at this really pretty stream.
  • Gyeongbok Palace – my sister and I again at the palace. It was a warm day, glad we brought our umbrellas for shade but wow did I sweat and my feet were killing me after this long day.
  • Girls in the Hanbok dresses at the palace! They looked so pretty!
  • After the a day of going to the stream, Gyeongbok Palace, the National Folk Museum and the Blue House and walking a LOT – we were all so hot and tired BUT we still had one more thing to do. We had a cooking class with Food & Culture Korea. The woman who runs this class, Ellie is the food styler for shows like Squid Game (Season 3), Pachinko on Apple TV and other K-drama shows. She is amazing, full of energy and so much fun! We learned to cook japchae (we cooked this) and bulgogi (we watched a demo). Everything was delicious and we got a copy of the recipes and a certificate with our names written in Korean on it.
  • For one of our free days on the tour, my sister and I booked us hair appointments at Juno Hair in Myeongdong (I think she says there are 3 of them in that area alone). We had a haircut at the scalp treatment which was over a fun and relaxing experience! Judy (@juno_judyy on instagram) my stylist was the sweetest. Then we did a LOT of shopping before m sister had a facial at Muse Clinic. I sat and waited with all our shopping bags. After dropping the bags off to the hotel we ended the day with dinner at bhc Chicken to eat some fried chicken and my sister had beer.
  • Our last free day we went back to Namdaemun Market (which is across from our hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Namdaemun. We did our last minute shopping, but we also checked out the smaller palace up the street called Deoksugung. It was another day of a lot of walking but we ended the night with our last tour group farewell dinner which was a buffet.

It was such a great trip, and I definitely want to go back again to explore even more!

Blog Posts:

I didn’t post much this week it seems!

Books I Finished

A Spell to Wake the Dead by. Nicole Lesperance

Currently Reading:

A Magic Deep & Drowning by. Hester Fox

Throne of Secrets by. Kerri Maniscalco

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Movies I watched on the airplane:
    • Wicked
    • 27 Dresses
    • My Best Friend’s Wedding
    • Inception (but I fell asleep for parts of it)

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

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Weekly Wrap Up | 6/8/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ Today I fly out to South Korea with my older sister and we’ll be gone for a week. It sucks to lose time traveling, because it’s a day ahead there so even though we leave on Sunday we get there Monday night. So we’re only really there for 4 real days to explore. Then fly back on Saturday! Hopefully I’ll have some interesting things to post about South Korea next Sunday.

+ My son’s piano recital is today and I’m sad I’ll miss it. He is still getting over a cough, so I hope he does okay. I know he’ll do great.

+ Did my annual breast MRI on Wednesday and everything looks good – thank god! Being in an MRI machine is like being in a rave lol…it’s so loud and the beats are thumping. I always choose Taylor Swift for my playlist in there but this time around I could barely hear the music and at one point something was tickling my nose – grrr…and you can’t move for like 25 minutes! But I got through it…at least I don’t have to worry about it for another year.

+ My son picked up his new Nintendo Switch 2! He saved money for and he’s been having a blast playing the new Mario Kart game. And yes he has been sharing it with his sister, but she’s not as much as a gamer as he is. Her ipad is still her favorite thing to play Roblox on. Though she does have my old switch, which I actually want back because I want the Hello Kitty game! 😅

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

I didn’t post much this week it seems!

Books I Finished:

I haven’t been in the mood to read much – maybe because I had so much to do before my trip.

Where the Library Hides by. Isabel Ibañez (audiobook)

Currently Reading:

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox

Throne of Secrets by. Kerri Maniscalco

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Addison by. Addison Rae – I need a few more listens but I love New York and Diet Pepsi

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

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Weekly Wrap Up | 6/1/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ It is JUNE! 😳 How?….lol

+ My daughter received her academic award (so proud of her)🥰. And she had her class party and had just the most relaxing and fun last week of school. As for my son, he came home from school with a fever on Tuesday, stayed home on Wednesday and Thursday – so he missed his Lilo & Stitch movie field trip with his class (the fever was over but he was dizzy still and didn’t want to chance the school bus ride to the theater). But he did go to school on the last day of school. So what a week…

+ I’ve been packing for my S. Korea trip. My sister wants to book a scalp spa treatment that seem to be very popular there. She also wants to do some skin treatments but I’m skipping that, I’ll just do the scalp thing and I think the deal she found on klook comes with a haircut. I honestly don’t know what to do with my hair – I use box color because I still can’t handle all the white hair around my temples 😅. So my hair frustrates me and I don’t even wanna deal with it! I might get bangs. 🤷🏻‍♀️ But I don’t want to get something done in S. Korea (because it’s affordable) that’s going to be hard for me to maintain when I come back to Hawaii (because of cost – why are hair services so expensive these days?).

+ This week is going to be busy before I leave for S. Korea next week. I have a breast MRI appointment, I have to pick up my son’s Nintendo Switch 2 and then bring him to the orthodontist and buy him clothes for his piano recital that I’ll be missing. I feel a bit anxious – and have been having such weird dreams lately I think because of the anxiety. But I’m sure I’ll be fine by the time I go to the airport because by then it’s all out of my hands and my hubby has to watch the kids for a week 😅. And mind you he was gone for 2 years…and here I am worrying about him with the kids for 1 week. This is the longest he will be alone with them since I gave birth to the both of them!😂🙄. He’s lucky they are older now and mostly self-sufficient!

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

I didn’t post much this week it seems!

Books I Finished:

Mayra by. Nicky Gonzalez

Fallen Court: Filthy Rich Fae by. Geneva Lee

Arcana Academy by. Elisa Kova

Love at Full Tilt by. Jenny L. Howe

Currently Reading:

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox

Throne of Secrets by. Kerri Maniscalco

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce

Wrath of the Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • The Wild Robot is on Netflix! And I loved this movie so much last year but it made me cry a lot in the theater. Even watching it at home made me emotional – all the themes of motherhood and found family. UGH…my heart.💜 This movie will always make me cry I think.

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Weekly Wrap Up | 5/25/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ 4 days of school left! Me and the kids were feeling it last week, we just didn’t want to get out of bed lol…

+ My daughter is getting an academic award, my son got into advanced math for 7th grade (he really wanted this because he loves his math teacher) and he also got into the e-sports team for Super Smash Bros. he tried out for. There were 2 spots and a bunch of kids who tried out and he got one of the spots. SO proud of him. So so proud of my kids. 🥰

+ This week is about class parties, my son has a field trip to watch the Lilo & Stitch live action with his class, lucky him and then my hubby’s birthday is on Friday. May is always so busy.

+ I’ve been looking at weather apps for Seoul, Korea and it says it’s getting hot. Lucky thing I live somewhere hot huh? So it shouldn’t be a big deal for me. I’m getting excited! Anybody been to Seoul? Any recs? For our tour we are going to the palace, we are making tal masks, we are going to learn to make bulgogi and japchae (yummy!!!), we will visit the DDP (design plaza?) and of course all the shopping areas and markets since it is a shopping tour.

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished:

Bound in Inked Flame by. Ava Larksen

Love Unmasked by. Becky Dean

For the Record by. Emma Lord

The Jasad Crown by. Sara Hashem

Thorn Season by. Kiera Azar

Currently Reading:

Fallen Court: Filthy Rich Fae by. Geneva Lee

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox

Throne of Secrets by. Kerri Maniscalco

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

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Weekly Wrap Up | 5/18/25

Aloha friends!

Another week is over and here’s what happened:

+ We are counting down the school days. Only 9 days left for my kiddos so yes they are excited and are sleeping in later, not wanting to go to school haha. But 9 more days!

+ Didn’t do much this week but the usual. My hubby’s friend’s husband passed suddenly last week so it’s been that kinda vibes – sad, reflective – and we got not so good news about my mom’s bladder cancer. She still is stage 1 but they are worried the cancer cells are moving towards her one ureter/kidney that she has left. She’s 72 years old and it’s not news we want to hear. She’s still in the fight of it though, but aging doesn’t help, she just gets so tired of going to the doctors, and doing chemo or procedures to remove the cells.

+ I’m counting down to my South Korea trip – but I have so many things to do days before my flight that ugh…that I’m just checking things off my list on by one and trying not to stress.

I hope you all have a great week!

Blog Posts:

Books I Finished:

Maid for Each Other by. Lynn Painter

Give Me a Reason by. Jayci Lee

Well, Actually by. Mazey Eddings

Den of Liars by. Jessica S. Olson

Tenderly, I Am Devoured by. Lyndall Clipstone

Enchantra (Wicked Games, #2) by. Kaylie Smith

Currently Reading:

Bound in Inked Flame by. Ava Larksen

Smoke and Scar by. Gretchen Powell Fox

The Jasad Crown by. Sara Hashem

Love Unmasked by. Becky Dean

Throne of Secrets by. Kerri Maniscalco

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:

  • Damiano David – his new album FUNNY little FEARS – why is he so hot? Like he is the vampire of my dreams! And his voice – beautiful.

Videos I Posted to Youtube:

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