Blueberry Coffeecake NOT Pie!

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Taken on December 16, 2006

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This is a photo of a recipe for a Blueberry Coffeecake gone a bit wrong.  See, I used a pie dish instead of the correct size rectangular baking dish. 

You can  read more about it from when I originally blogged about it: http://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2006/12/blueberry-coffee-cake-not-pie-i-tell.html

Audio: Narration by ME, really just what the title says. The background music is the first few seconds of the song titled Sentimental Journey by Nellie McKay from album Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day

Graham Cracker House Contest! - Holidays 2006

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Taken on December 11-13, 2006

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This is a photo collage of the photos I took during the Graham Cracker House Contest from 2006 when I worked in Tempe, Arizona at Target Tempe.

It was an alternative to a Gingerbread House Contest. Teams were given a box of Graham Crackers, a tub of icing and colored sugar for sprinkling. Teams were allowed to add edible embellishments.

On December 15, 2006 I had blogged about it. If you want to read that to get a bit more specific info, go to: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2006/12/building-graham-cracker-house.html

Audio: Narration Intro by me with background of Jingle Bells from the YouTube audio library. Then the song titled Christmas Village by Aaron Kenny, also from the YouTube audio library, which I slowed down just a tad in order to fit the rest of the video.

My Mom During Visit! - August 2006

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Taken on August 2006

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This is a mini photo collage of a few more photos of my Mom when she and my aunt came to visit me while living in Phoenix, Arizona back in 2006.

Audio: Song titled Si Señorita by Chris Haugen from the YouTube Audio Library

Celebrating Tia Rosa Birthday! - August 2006

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Taken on August 2006

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This is a photo collage of the photos I took Celebrating Tia Rosa Birthday in 2006 during the time that she and my mother came to visit. 

Audio: Song titled Happy Birthday (at the Pub) by E's Jammy Jams from the YouTube audio library.

Day Trip to Sedona with Family! - August 2006

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Taken on August 2006

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This is a photo collage of a day trip to Sedona, Arizona, USA from August 2006. 

While living in Phoenix, Arizona my mom and aunt came to visit. During that visit we took a day trip to Sedona. These are the few photos I took that include some of the places we went, my mother, my aunt, and cousin. 

Audio: Narration intro by me and the background song is titled Vinyasa by Chris Haugen from the YouTube Audio Library.

Cinco de Mayo - Infosheet 2006

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From May 2006

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This is a Cinco de Mayo Informational from 2006 that was used to provide information about Cinco de Mayo to my co-workers at my then employer.

It was a word document that I put together with the information originally sourced from http://www.clnet.ucla.edu/cinco.html

To share it with you, I took image captures of the document and pieced it together narrated by me and with music from the YouTube studio.

Audio: Narration by me. Background music is the song titled Love in Mexico by Carmen María and Edu Espinal from the available YouTube Audio Library. I did slow down the song in order to stretch/fit it the length of the video.

Happy Halloween! - 2022

Happy Halloween! - 2022

Just a short video from Halloween 2022 wishing a Happy Halloween!

Audio: Myself saying Happy Halloween.

Asian Pork - April 2006

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Taken on April 2006

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These are photos of a soy saucy pork loin and sesame white rice made by armandzraven back in 2006. No particular recipe followed.

Yes. Before Instagram popularized taking photos of your food, I was already taking them. I take photos mostly of the first time eating and/or making a particular dish at home. Or when going out to eat at a restaurant.

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/elkirbster/

https://www.instagram.com/armandzraven/

Audio: Narration by me and in the background intro of the song titled Chasing Waves by Vista Kicks that I slowed down a bit.

Top of my Desk 2006!

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Taken on March 2006

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This is a short photo collage of the photos I took of the top of my work desk in 2006. Not something I did or do regularly but I liked looking at the mini Statue of Liberty, Bullseye (the Target Dog), shark pen, paper hat I made, and Pride Kit 2006.

How old are those monitors?! HAHA!!!

Audio: Two old audio files that I had. The first one just titled Sound1 and the second one rtsoft. If I'm not mistaken, the rtsoft is from the logo of video game developer Robinson Technologies which must have been from a game on of my old computers came with. I slowed down both files.

#Bullseye #pride #StatueOfLiberty

Cousin Jerry's Birthday 2006!

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Taken on March  2006

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This is photo collage of some of the photos celebrating my cousin Jerry's Birthday in 2006.

He doesn't often take or like taking photos, so this was a rare instance.

#birthday #cumpleaños

Audio: Part of the Happy Birthday Bossanova from the audio library for YouTube Studio.

Birthday 2006!

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Taken on March  2006

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This is photo collage of some of the photos from my 2006 Birthday!

They includes photos of the mini tres leches and red velvet cakes that I was celebrated with at home and balloons. Gifts and card from co-workers at the time. Card and gifts from armandzraven and Lisa. 

I do enjoy celebrating birthdays, just not in a splashy way. A birthday card, a cake or treat like macarons is always nice. Maybe a small dinner at  a restaurant or grilling at home.

#Birthday #Cumpleaños

Audio: Part of the Happy Birthday Jazz Waltz from the audio library for YouTube Studio.

Quién más todavía tiene éste calendario del 2002?

Quién más todavía tiene éste calendario del 2002? #MonicaNaranjo #Minage #BorisVallejo #JulieBell #Fantasy #FantasyCalendar #2002

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Halloween 2014 - Desk Decorating Contest

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Taken on October 2014

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This is photo collage of the desks decorated for the Halloween 2014 Desk Decorating Contest at work.  

Similar to the one from 2012, however this time instead of just the two teams from our work location, it included teams from across the work site locations. Additionally, this time I had no participation in the theme or creation of the one that my team created and didn't keep the information of which team won.

Audio: A sound file I found called Sounds of Halloween that I had since 2008 and was over 30 minutes of just Halloween sounds/music. I took a few snippets of it and slowed it down for this photo collage.

#Halloween #samhain

Immune Booster Beverage

This is the general Immune Booster Beverage that I have throughout the year and almost daily during autumn and winter.

 

It included #honey 🍯 #Lemon 🍋 #LemonRind and #AppleCiderVinegar. 

Variations include adding fresh ginger or ginger tea, or peppermint tea, or grapefruit rind , or orange 🍊 rind.

Audio: Natural - Meditate by Bubblegum from Instagram