This Car Hates Me
Posted on October 17, 2013 by Ching under Life.
I drove one of our electric vehicles to Topeka the other day. When I got to about El Dorado, I got a TPS alert. The right passenger tire had low tire pressure.
I know that QT has free air so I called Brian and asked if there were any QTs between where I was and Topeka. No such luck. He did tell me that there’s free air at the Matfield Green service area, though.
I parked the car with the tire that needs air closes to the air compressor. I don’t think I did it right at first because the tire pressure actually went down instead of up. I tried again, making sure that the hose was securely fastened to the valve. It worked that time. Except, now the car wanted air in the other front tire. Yup. That’s my luck.
Although I had to wrestle with the hose to get it to reach the other side of the car, I was able to inflate the other tire without any problems. And, I got to Topeka and back home safely. However, I’ve come to the conclusion that the Chevy Volt hates me.
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Children First Fundraising Event
Posted on October 13, 2013 by Ching under Events.
Suzanne, Misty, Brian, and I had a blast at the Children First fundraising event at Loft 150 tonight. Thank you so much to Suzanne for the invitation and tickets.
Annie Up performed. I’d never seen these guys perform before. They’re actually pretty good. I may try to catch them again at one of their future gigs.
You’ll be able to catch Annie Up at the Kansas Star Casino on Thursday, October 17; Oeno on Friday, October 18; Port of Wichita on Friday, October 19; Botanica on Friday, October 25; and Boo and Brew on Saturday, October 26.
Visit the Annie Up web site for more gig info. To donate to Children First, click here or visit the Children First web site.
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Holiday Galleria 2013
Posted on October 12, 2013 by Ching under Shopping, Things to Do.
I hadn’t been to Girls’ Night Out since my first Holiday Galleria experience in 2011. We weren’t volunteers this time so I actually got to experience it for real — complete with waiting in the long line to get in and being one of the first 250 people there so that we can get goodie bags.
Brian went with me and was #13. I had to pay for an extra ticket so he could go, but that meant I got an extra goodie bag also. LOL.
The firefighters are always one of the highlights of GNO. Carly’s friend Judd wasn’t there this year. There were lots of familiar faces though — Kim, Ariana, and Todd, just to name a few.
Speaking of familiar faces, I also ran into some fellow Zumba instructors.
Regina (left), who I met in person for the first time, and Gina (right). Gina is one of the instructors who pioneered Zumba in Wichita. She was teaching Zumba well before it became available in our local gyms.
April and I had already had a few margaritas at this point.
The food (except for chips and salsa) ran out pretty early in the evening but the margaritas continued to flow freely. I probably would have stayed with the other girls but Brian was getting antsy. I will definitely go again next year but I may leave Brian at home the next time around. LOL. Until next year!
P.S. If you are interested in shopping, Holiday Galleria is a four-day shopping event that will continue through Sunday. Go check it out!
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Everyday He’s Studying
Posted on October 12, 2013 by Ching under Life.
Brian is getting his studying in whenever and wherever he can. Yup. That’s my studious hubby!
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Oh Yeah!
Posted on October 12, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Where do you take a vegetarian friend to dinner? Oh Yeah! of course. LOL.
Here’s the appetizer sampler that I always get because it has a bunch of things I like.
I think I got the Mongolian beef but honestly can’t can’t remember. Whatever it was that I had, it was good. LOL.
Brian had something like sweet and sour chicken. No surprise there.
These are Christina’s soy patties.
Cookies!
Dinner was the hand off. After dinner, Christina and I went on to the Orpheum for MOMIX: Botanica 2013 while Brian went home to wait for his friends to come over.
MOMIX: Botanica was amazing, by the way. I was in awe of the performance the entire time. The best, most creative dancing I have ever seen. I’m so glad that Christina invited me to go with her. I couldn’t believe that there were empty seats in the auditorium. Wichitans have no idea what they missed. Seriously.
Same with Oh Yeah! I think this is one of the best kept secrets of Wichita. People who have never been don’t know what they’re missing. Seriously.
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