Golden Kiwis

My mom bought this one time years ago just because of "hey we've never tried this before" and at the time they were sold with these spoon/knifes to each them with. We have a few of them, have yet to see them again since we got them. You can do the same thing as it with just a knife and a spoon, i just get to use a fun version.

You can eat them however you want to, cut them up, add them to things, or whatever it is you'd use a golden kiwi for(or possibly in place of normal kiwi, but flavor is a little different). I just want to show the only way i'll eat a golden kiwi.

Start by cutting off just one end.

You can scoot out what you can from the part you cut off if you want, but the opening needs to be large enough for the spoon. Thinking about it, you could probably just cut it in half and just each both halves too.

Stick the spoon in....

Scoop....And Enjoy :)

Here's mine being empty.

Now for those of you who have never ate, or possible never heard of golden kiwis, you might be wondering about the taste. Had to eat another one just before writing this to get a fresh taste of it to be able to write about it. Ate it the same way as above, but this time i used one of my daughter's little spoons...should of used my spook/knife lol.

Alright, for the taste, I'd say it's got a sweeter taste. I can't exactly compare the taste to a normal kiwi because it's been a long time since i had one. The texture is a little softer though, you can't do this eating method with a normal kiwi, i tried before, it was hard. I do have a habit of hardly chewing kiwi's when i eat them because their seeds burn if you bite them, so because of that, not sure if i've bitten a golden kiwi's seeds to see if they also burn.

I do find that these are pretty good for when you want a small fruit snack but still want to feel like you are eating something by using utensils.

Trip to Klamath Falls Oregon 8/16-8/19

The trip to Klamath wasn't for the best reasons. A cousin of mine died and we were heading down there to go to the memorial service for him. I'm not amazing close to my extended family, but i wanted to go to show my support and to get out of the house for a weekend. I think it's about a 5 hour drive or something from my town, I live up north from there. My mom, daughter, and i are the ones that went.

One of the pit stops we made to go to the bathroom and stretch our legs was at a waterfall, Salt Creek Falls. We walked over to actually go look at it so that i could go take some pictures of it. Here's a few pictures from the falls.

 Me and my daughter

I took a few pictures in the after this stop, here's those.

Took this just from the car while driving(my mom was driving)

She kept trying to hide from the camera but managed to get this one.

I was honestly surprised how well that my daughter did on the trip. She hardly got fussy, got in and out of the car very well at our rest stops. She even used the potty at the gas station lol.

First thing we did once we got into town was to check into the hotel. Was a little jealous of my dad's hotel at the time because he went to Spokane Washington the same weekend and got upgraded to a suite. Our room worked for us, but my mom doesn't like being on the second floor and my daughter tends to run/stomp.

Though we weren't staying for very long, my daughter put her shoes away after we got there.

She likes to just climb right into bed when in hotels. Which i find adorable as i have a picture i took of her all tucked into a hotel bed in her first hotel stay.

I didn't really take any pictures of my family when we went to visit them that night, it was starting to get dark and i don't like getting attacked by bugs, so me and my daughter only stayed a short bit before my mom drove us to the hotel and then went back herself. I spent a good bit in the hotel compared to visiting family. Gets a little hard to try and talk to them when you basically get left out and/or don't want to deal with people drinking.

So anyways, went back to the hotel and being like a lot of people(or i'd assume a lot of people...maybe really just a small amount of people lol) i took the chance to get some selfies lol. I didn't like most of the ones i got, but got some decent ones. One of the pictures was just before the memorial service.

Daughter playing with the mirror, you can see her Seatpet on the side.

This is me wearing my reading glasses. I hardly wear them.

Me and my daughter in the car before the service.

We got to the service basically right before it started. Didn't really get to talk to anyone before hand, we pretty much just stood off to the side of everything. That was partly from having my daughter there, just to keep her from disturbing anyone while there. It was a rather large turn out, which wasn't too surprising as my cousin was in the military. The service did seem a little shorter than i thought it would be. Hardly any one went up to say anything about him. It was still a nice service.

My daughter got to run around for a little bit before we left. Though before we left, i took a few photos that i was able to get at the service.

My cousin's mom (left) and his sisters(right)

There was a get together after the service that we almost went to, but after my cousin's death, there's been so much family drama that we just didn't want to put ourselves in it. So instead we went to try and watch Planes....that didn't work out so well as my daughter only lasted about half an hour before getting bored. But at least we tried, expensive trying, but oh well lol.

My mom went over to see the family that night, i decided to just stay at the hotel. Which from the sounds of it, was a better idea because of drama that was going on. Then i guess my mom left at a good time because then even more drama happened.

We didn't exactly have plans for the sunday while there, so we ended up deciding to drive over to Crater Lake. I guess last time i was there i was just a kid, i don't even remember going....though like most of our family trips, i was old enough to enjoy, but too young to remember the stuff now, such as trip to disneyland, or the grand canyon. I remember bits but not enough. So well, we went. My mom thought about it to let me try and get some pictures taken since i enjoy photography. Now my daughter is defiantly too young to remember the trip when she's older, but i'll just take her again in the future. I think i'll just end this post with my pictures i took while at Crater Lake(not all the pictures, but some of the good ones/has a story). We drove around the whole 33 miles around the lake.

We stopped at the souvenir shop first and she saw a purple chocolate she just had to have lol. Just the wrapper was purple

I'm not surprised it was filled but i was surprised she still wanted it after finding out it was filled. I think it was huckleberry.

Just shoving the chocolate in

Mouth full of chocolate

She wanted to wear my glasses

My mom didn't think this was funny lol. 

My daughter drinking her milk we got her when we got lunch.

the little island is called Phantom Ship. 

Pluot and Apple Pear

Left one is the Pluot and the right is the Apple Pear.

Pluot:
Here's a link for if you want to read better about these http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-pluots.htm

My mom was getting some plums and i saw these things. The sticker said it was a Pluot, never heard of it. Thought i'd try it just to try some new things. After looking it up, i find out it's a cross between a plum and an apricot. They have a nice sweet flavor. I found them a little fun to eat because the insides were red.

Apple Pear:
Here's some more info about these http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/nutritional-properties-apple-pears-1857.html

Never tried them before so i just kind of figured they were pears that were shaped like apples, that's pretty much what they are, but just a little more than that, either way i thought they were cute. They have a nice crisp bite to them but still fibery like pears. So a crunch like an apple but still pretty textured like a pear. I'm going to be buying more of these.


If you like plums, i'd suggest trying a Pluot. If you like pears, i'd suggest at least trying the Apple Pear to see if you like it. It's really refreshing to eat.

I just want to eat mass amounts of these....I'm glad i tried them. I think i'll try seeing if i can manage to find some recipes that use either fruit in them to use them more than just eating straight.

Red Bananas

Been having a want to try things i've never had before. Some fruits still make me a bit worried to try but at some point i will try them!

This one is red bananas. I'm sure i've seen them many times, just never tried them until now. In the wanting to try new things part, a little disappointing, they taste like just bananas lol. It's not a surprise, but i was hoping for a new flavor.

Since the taste was just a banana, it made me wonder what was so different about them, aside from the color. Just did a basic google search for these and found out that they are suppose to taste pretty much just like the yellow bananas but what makes them different is that they have more vitamin C in them. They are also just alittle smaller.

I will be either just eating them normally or maybe wait until they soften alittle and make something i've made before that involves bananas. Like the banana and egg pancakes, or the banana and oats cookie things.

Here's how they look when peeled...and bitten lol.

Lightening McQueen Eyes Window Shade

My mom is a Cars fan. This is her car.

I get emails from this site http://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/ (which i want a ton of things i have seen on there lol). I mostly just ignore the emails because i don't need to look at every one of them. I decided to check out one of the emails since i hadn't for a while. I came across this post http://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/cars-lightning-mcqueen-sunshade and if you follow the link of "check it out" then it just takes you to the amazon listing for it.

As soon as i saw it i knew my mom would love it. I showed it to her and she gave a huge gasp then said we needed it. Then she gave me her credit card and had me order it for her.

This picture is from our first time putting it in. It's a tiny bit too small for the window. Either my car's window is bigger or car windows in china/japan are smaller. The package was written in japanese but was shipped from china lol. Anyways, my mom already has a window shade that fits the window just fine so she's going to find a way to be able to use that and just have the eyes inbetween that one and the window.

Old El Paso Stand 'N Stuff Soft Taco Dinner Kit

My mom wanted to make taco salads and i'm not a big taco salad fan but i love tacos. These caught my eye and decided to try it. Well i cared more about the shells but i think this was the only one i really saw for that type of shell. You can get just the shells like this though.

We used the seasoning that came in it, just seemed like other taco seasonings. I did make one that used the sauce that came with it, might not of used enough of it, but didn't really taste it on the one i used it on. They were pretty full though, here's a pic.

Note: the green onions on top and the carrots were grown from our garden.

Love the idea of the little boat style for these. Makes it easy to fill....Just a little hard to eat if you fill it too full. Could make for a good taco salad bowl for those who eat those lol. Just put some salad on the bottom, add what toppings you want and then you can still eat it with your hands instead of a fork. Hmm...that does sorta sound good, maybe i'll try it with a darker green salad mix. I really don't like iceberg lettuce.

Hubert's Lemonade Mango Lemonade

First off, i love this picture i got of it.

If something is mango flavored, i'm more liking to want to try it. Though sadly, most mango flavored things aren't that good. Now this was good for the lemonade part, not so much for the mango part. It was tart like lemonade should be without being impossible to drink from being too tart.

I don't like most lemonades you can buy from the store because they are too sweet or watery. Where's the lemon!?

One of my friends told me that she really likes this brand too for the fact that it is tart like lemonade should be. Haven't tried them yet, but but i want to try the other flavors or at least the original lemonade of this brand.

If you like tart lemonade, i'd say you should try this brand.