Some time ago, I saw a gang of bikers, aged over 60 by estimation, stopping by the rest stop of the highway.  I salute these uncles. By that age, I prefer to be chauffeured around.

The boy is having his first Hip-Hop dance class after school today. I hope that he will love it. It’s not retro but at least he’s dancing!

Nevertheless, I will try to get back to our old routine by next week. It’s time for the kids to concentrate on their school work and extra activities. So, once the renovation is over, maybe we will get him a bigger keyboard or a digital piano like kawai ep3.  We haven’t decided yet and it’s a bad idea to get one now, especially with all the dust and mess after the workers left.

I just can’t wait for the reno to be over soon.

Gosh I love cable tv. it’s the only thing that got me through the madness of all this moving and unpacking – I would unpack one room at a time and then reward myself with a few hours of my favorite show. See, I inherited my aunt’s old house a few months back and though it’s wonderful and huge, it’s been a lot of work. It needed (and still needs) a lot of upgrading and there are just so many darn rooms to furnish. I’ve tried to spread out my old stuff where I can but there are still a lot of things left to buy. Anyway, it’s been fun watching House Hunters and Flipping Out and totally commiserating with all the real estate people on the shows. I totally understand now why people put off buying their first house for so long – it’s a lot of work! It’s nice to have the instant equity but at the end of the day if I hadn’t fallen into this place I would have waited.

But then again, we won’t need a lot as hubby’s family members are flying over here again this year, we are only celebrating among ourselves. Instead of going to resorts like previous years, we don’t have any plan this year. LOL! Shall we just rot at home watching TV, playing gadgets and eating junks?

I’ve done CNY shopping only for clothes but not the rest. The condo is not ready, so I’m out of storage space. I shall make good use of the red envelope coupon codes once the condo is ready, but by then, it’s already CNY!

Work wise, hubby is as busy as ever and he can’t do much ironing lately!!! I’m taking turns with him, and oh boy, why do we have so much clothes piling up still?

Anyway, CNY is just around the corner and it’s time to get all festive and ready for our guests. Yeap, we are celebrating our CNY in BKK again for the 4th time! I’m yet to get new clothes for hubby and I, and there isn’t any festive goodies in our condo yet. Kitchen not ready la, dunno where to store the food. I must use the finish line coupons and Tesco vouchers before they expired!

Business is still pretty slow after the flood as everyone is still recovering from it. It’s going to be a tough year but hopefully, the dragon year will be a good one for all of us.

Happy New Year!3

Flooring is being done these 2 days, so I haven’t checked the progress. Painting is still on hold and I haven’t see my newly reordered kitchen top yet! I do deserve a nice stay at st lucia resort after everything is over. Super stressed.

I was hoping to surprise them with a Christmas tree when they are back on Boxing Day, but it seems like we won’t be setting up the tree this year. The other half of the condo is not ready yet. I’m still waiting for my kitchen top!!! It’s been delayed for 3 months, and that area is just almost drying up now. Sien…

But I guess as long as I prepare the Christmas gifts, the kids will still be happy about Christmas. It’s easy to shop for Isabelle but it’s getting harder for Justin. I can’t find the toy he wishes to get from Santa! Maybe I shall try my luck again this weekend and see if I can find anything interesting that moves with duracell procell aa batteries?

Or maybe he’s ready for a small compact camera?

Last year our church Christmas play never really got off the ground because of a whole bunch of different things that happened that I just won’t get into. Well, this year we wanted to make sure that the Christmas play happens without a hitch. Lots of people were really sad last year when it didn’t happen, so I’m determined to deliver the best Christmas play possible.

I’ve been doing a whole lot of research online to see if I can come up with some really cool costume ideas and while I was doing that about a week or two ago, I ran across some information on Miracle Ear. After I looked through it a little bit I decided to go and get fitted with some hearing aids. My kids have been telling me that I need to get some for so long now anyway.

I found one kids Christmas skit that I think we’re going to include in the play. I love adding a little something here and there, but only if it’s going to add to the overall experience.

However, Justin lost some toys which he placed downstairs, and I can’t seem to find them anywhere. Oh boy, all those Ben 10 figurines and some add on for his omnitrix are gone! But he’s cool about it, even if he said that those were from Santa Clause.

Since MIL is going back next week, she will bring the kids back to M’sia for 2 weeks. Besides that, their school will only start in January, so they have another month of holiday! It would be great for them to spend some time back home, playing wii game with their cousins and fight with them.

That gives me 2 whole weeks of kids free days, which I’ve planned to spend the time on furnishing our condo. We must move in before Christmas!!!