The Secret life of a Slummy Mummy

Product Description
For Lucy Sweeney, motherhood isn't all astanga yoga and Cath Kidston prints. It has been years since the dirty washing pile was less than a metre high, months since Lucy remembered to have sex with her husband, and a week since she last did the school run wearing pyjamas.
When Husband on a Short Fuse is no contest for the distractions of Sexy Domesticated Dad; Yummy Mummy No 1 has more cash flow than parenting advice; and Alpha Mum is putting a slur on your questionable domestic habits, it's hard to remember exactly why anyone would give up a career and their sanity for three raucous sons and less than blissful domesticity.
Lucy is living in a state of permanent emergency and the white lies to cover up the trail of chaos and illicit desire are about to be exposed ...
An irresistible first novel about the dilemmas of motherhood and modern marriage for those who never discovered their domestic goddess within.

Hubby brought home this book for me from London. We had an interesting disagreement about fictions books. Apparently he's not into them. According to him it's not a very smart investment buying books which you buy for the fun of reading a story. He believes there should be a worthwhile lesson which can only come from motivational and self-help books. Heheh.. I couldn't agree more. But hey! I need a cheap getaway. And books are the best!!! So after a very short arguement, he let it go. And came back with this book. Who says happy couples never argue. It's just a matter of how you wisely handle the disagreement. Hah!

p/s: I did learn something from this book though. Never ever ever share your fantasy with friends... HAHAHAHAH!!!!

Walk-in closet

Thank you for the prayers... Hani and Imran has gotten better. I am now dealing with heavy cough. Phlegm problems. The massage idea sounds so good but it's not easy with Hani clinging to me 24/7. She's still having trouble to cling to Hubby. Can't blame her though, she rarely sees Hubby. I do feel sorry for Hubby too. It's not the best option to leave your family. But we do what we have to do to get by. Right?
Hubby has finally booked for a walk-in closet for our room. I have always dreamed of having a walk-in closet. Especially watching Oprah's. Yeah I know... a housewife can still dream... huhuhu... Next Monday the measure-man going to come to get the exact measurement and within 14 days days... I getting a fully functional closet!!! No more hanging clothes on the door knobs!!! Yeah baby!!!
Thanks to Hubby's excellent handy work, our closet wall is silverish-gray colored (I'll check the exact color code later. I think it's called Pebblestone). We both wanted kinda a dark colored but not too dark. I'll try to upload the completed work once it's done. As of now, most of our clothes are still in boxes. We have been doing laundry 3 times a week. Used to be twice a week. With each loads can come up to 15 kg a pile. Hahaha! Can you imagine how hard our washing machine works?

Uneventful week.

When Hubby was still in London, he asked me to make plans for a family vacation. Unfortunately, due to unavoidable reasons... the plans went up in smoke. Haha...
Hubby's jet lag took him about 2 days to recuperate. Then followed by Imran having running nose and Hani with high fever again. Then, it was my turn to get really sick with fever and cold. Dang! I'm still not feeling quite well today. Though Hani's fever has gone down and she got back her usual temper. Imran still got his cold.
Does anyone knows how to get rid of backache. I've been having this ache especially around my waist. It's kinda like the ache when you're pregnant. No, I'm not preggy!

Hubby's back!!!!

Heheh.. seems like a repeated title... but who cares!!!!
Huhuhuhuuh!!!!!

Almost home....

I'm getting ready to go KLIA to pick up Hubby!!!
He's almost home!!!! Hopefully there's no delay...

Finally....

SN has made up her mind and gave me her resignation notice. Hahaha... She'll be working until the end of this month. So there! Now I have to find another worker to replace her.
Any takers??

We'll just wait and see Sweetheart...

Hubby's planning something. Something that would have a huge impact on our life. I wonder if I can help him make the right one without hurting his feeling. It's a matter of whether it's the right thing to do or not when we have sacrificed a lot.

Whatever you decide sweetheart, I'm here to support you. No matter what.

See you in 2 days!!!

God.. you have no idea how much I've missed you.

You need to grow up sister!

I have one very young worker.. and one early 20's worker... the very young worker is a school drop-out, Z. The other one, SN, SPM holder. Not so impressive result anyways. Both doesn't want to continue academic session. Hehehe..

Now, These few days I have been listening ti Z complaining about SN. Not that I don't want to help. It's just she knows very well how unprofessional and irrational SN can be when in one of her mood swing. Unfortunately her mood swing does not mean she's experiencing PMS. It can be a lot of reason for her be in her bad mood. For goodness sake she can't seem to control her emotional stability. It affects everyone including the customers.

I have got suggestion from almost everyone that has faced with SN mood swing. One common suggestion, find someone more reliable to replace her. Hah! Easier said than done. I can let her go, but to get replacement? Not so easy when I would prefer to have locals than foreign workers. I know working at a laundry shop is not exactly glamorous. But hey! Someone's gotta do it. Hehe...

I have been kinda ignoring the fact that my workers are having communication problems. Reason being it's not exactly work related problems. If you have problems at home or anywhere that does not have any relation to work. Leave it at home! Then again if you do want someone to talk to, I'm here. But just as dB has been rambling about her so-called-friend, SN is one of those who does not take advice and critisim positively. She only wants sympathy and people feeling sorry for and want people to kinda solve her problem. Not give her advice of what to do.

I have been avoiding her these past few days. I'm pretty sure she's going to quit. When is up to her discretion. She's a good person. A good worker too. But she needs to grow up. Soon!!!

p/s: SN is one of those naive girl came from a small untainted town. If she starts to work in KL where the social life is waaaay different than home. I'll bet she's going to get a major culture shock!. Wonder how her sister going to handle her then.

Lumpy's Lullaby

Twinkle Twinkle Little Lump
Go to sleep don't be a grump
Sleeping is what night time's for
Rest your trunk try not to snore
Twinkle Twinkle Little Lump
Go to sleep don't be a grump

I like this version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Especially when Lumpy's singing with his cute accent.

10 months old Hani

These few days Imran has been asking for cakes. So yesterday I went to La Boheme in Jusco to get him a slice of cake. Unfortunately he saw the whole cake and asked for that instead. Lucky me there's a mini size version. So bought that and planned to go to Nenek's place for a little birthday celebration. Imran's 34 months. No one was at home, we made a detour to the shop. We had the birthday song with my staffs.

And today's Hani turns 10. Haha.. What a gap. Friends has been making jokes that I should plan for my third to be born on 18th of August. Even suggested the year 2009. Sorry guys, doctor's advice, I have to wait at least 2 years to be ready for another pregnancy. As for another August birthday, I'll just let fate deal with that one. Huhuhuhuu....

Hani has been quite a traveller nowadays. She's still afraid to stand without aid. But she is turning into quite a chatterbox. IF she wants to... kinda like Imran. Though Imran kinda mixture of baby talks. And she loves water. If I left the bathroom door ajar for a few minutes and of course leaving Hani unattended, she'll be in there patting on the water on the floor. Resulting with another shower and a new set of clothes.

Suspended User

Hahaha.. as the title stated.. I have been suspended from friendster. Guess all those spam mails were right al along. Nevermind....

Today.. oh wait.. yesterday actually. Imran, Hani and I went for a walk to the park. I went for a walk, Imran riding his bike and Hani in her (used to be Imran's) buggy. At last I managed to accomplish my long awaited plan. To get Imran to ride his bike from home to the park and back to home. I was afraid he's going to be too tired since he did not take any day nap. Boy was I wrong. Hehehehe.. He enjoyed it!!! He even gets to go on the slides. We went out quite late in the evening, around 6.40 pm. And managed to get home before Maghrib. No, it's not that far my home to the Butterfly Park. I have to consider the distance for a toddler and a baby. Not for my distance to exercise. And no, I did not feel any muscle pain because it was not a grueling walk at all. It's just an evening stroll with my angels...

How I wish Hubby's here to enjoy this. 5 days to go!!!! Yeah!!!!

I am so sorry!!!

This apology is one week late!!!!
To dB and friends,
I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience I have caused last Sunday. I know you gals have been waiting for hours to visit my family. Unfortunately due to my ignorance and being with my parents, it slipped my mind that you gals were actually going to wait for me until late at night....
I am so very sorry!!!!!!

p/s: I'll try to make it up to you when I can. Maybe we'll have lunch together one day?

Father's Day

I kinda forgot about Father's Day. Well, my family never paid attention to all these petty celebration anyway. Hehe..

Ever since Hubby and I decided to close our laundry on Sundays, I have received request to reconsider the desicion. Some even suggested that we close on one of the weekdays instead. Guess we'll know what's on the agenda for next meeting. Heh!

I didn't do much today. Other than doing a little bit cleaning and cooking. But today I got to take Imran for a bicycle ride at the Butterfly Park. The initial plan was to walk from the house to the park. A good plan since I need the exercise. That was before Imran begged for cake. So that's my excuse. Hehe.. A drive to Tesco for a slice or maybe a mini-cake. When we arrived at the King's Bakery, all of the sudden the cake changed to 2 chocolate balls. I asked whether he still wants the cake. He said no. Well, if all of the sudden he wakes up asking for cake, I'll know who to blame for not preparing even after I have anticipate the problems. ME! Hahaha...

After the quick stop, we made it to the park. Took out his little bike from the back of Hilux (while carrying Hani.. Hah! Feeling very proud of myself.), and pass it to Imran for a ride. One not so long ride he wanted to go on the slides. There was already 2 kids playing there. A brother and a sister. Sister looked at Imran's bike parked nicely under a tree and went to touch it. Imran quickly went to her and said no.. that's Imran's bike. In his own words of course. Luckily the girl was very mature. She just smiled and started back to the slides. When she saw that Imran also wanted to get on the slides, she went to him and garb his hand. I was surprise. I watched her grab Imran's hand and was making sure he does not fall climbing the steps. And Imran just let her hold his hands. She guides Imran through the maze, make sure he went down the slides safely and doing everything a big sister would do to make her little brother was safe. Now there's one teeny kinda a what makes it funny. She may be a little bit older then Imran, but Imran was the bigger size. Imran is considered small for his age, but he was definitely taller and bigger than this cute little girl. To my surprise, Imran just let the girl hold his hands and followed her down the slides and through the maze. I wish I have camera. That's right, in this digital and hi-tech world, somehow I do not own a camera. I do have camera equipped phone, but too slow to take photos.

Oh yes, the girl kept calling for Imran in Tamil which I'm assuming means come. I need to get a video cam too....

6 days and counting....

as what the title stated...
Hubby's coming home..........

Friday the 13th

Arrggghhh.... this pain is killing me. It has been a couple days since my dear 'friend' came to visit. She's still here and definitely making quite a point of I should go for a pap smear once she left. Great. Another very uncomfortable visit to the gynae. I don't hate it.. I just.. despise it. Hehe... I really have to make sure my fibroids are still under control. I can't go for another operation just yet.

On top of that, my wisdom tooth is trying very to come out. Yep, you read right. I'm still waiting for all frou of them to come out. Tension is definitely in the air. Since the last visit to the dentist was not exactly comforting. Apparently wisdom teeth can take quite some time to come out. He has seen a 50-year-old man complaining of pain because his wisdom tooth was peeking out of his gum. Oh God! Please.. please.. come out now teeth. I do not want to silly pain like these when I'm forty or older. I won't complain anymore.. I promise. People did say when you get older, It'll just get worse.

Now what else can go wrong. Oh yeah.. my nose is running all over the place, my kids are making such a havoc in my house. They have thrown their toys all over the place. I have no energy and mood to cook. Not forgeting the house chores. I have completely ignored the fact that I need to send for my laundry to be cleaned today. I'll just let my brother do that tomorrow. He needs freash, clean clothes anyway. Hehehe...

I got my road tax today, but in no mood to go out.

I ran out of salt... guess we'll just have instant mac and cheese today...

Okay, time to put my children through rough labour!!! Clean-up time!!!!!

.....

I miss Hubby....

Roadtax and Insurance

Yesterday was the last date for Hilux's road tax. I'm still waiting for the new one couriered from Jengka. My father offered to help renew the road tax and insurance. Unfortunately due to the difficulty to find the office to renew the insurance, the settlement for both has been delayed. And here I am, still waiting for them. Father informed me his friend has mailed the road tax and cover notes late today, so it should be with me tomorrow morning. Hopefully I don't miss the courier tomorrow. Since my gate bell has not been installed yet. Huhuhuh!

I have done another sinful act in order to get my kids out of my way. The first one, introduced Imran to cartoon dvd's and disney channel. Now if I wanted to watch my show, I'll just switch on the computer and logged on to http://boowakwala.com/. It's an educational site for kids up to 10 years old. Imran enjoying himself with all the games and songs provided. He can coordinate his hand to control the mouse and clicked on his targets. But I'm still on control of his activity. Hehe.. There's limited time for everything.

As for Hani, she wants very much to join in her brother. Unfortunately Imran would ignore her and at some point tell her to go away. Hahaha!

9 days and counting.....

I can't wait for Hubby to return home from London. It has only been 2 months. But it feels like... hmm.. no feeling right now. Just can't wait for him to come home. Safe!

Just to share something. Can I opt to pick him at the airport with me and the kids only? Is it selfish of me to ask my MIL not to accompany me this time? I know I can drive our pick-up truck with Hani and Imran. Come on.. It's a.. what.. 40 mins drive to KLIA? I'm pretty darn sure I can handle that. Hehehe.. No really, I can. I drove to TTDI by myself. Sure I can drive to the airport. Right?

I really want it to be just me and the kids when Hubby arrives. I want to be able to show how much I miss him without having this uncomfortable feeling when parents around. Is that too much to ask? Maybe I should just sneak out and go to the airport early. Hahaha!!!

Make up your mind sista!

Tonight I got a message from my staff Z. She asked to give her a call. Immediately I thought she was having transportation problem. It happened before. But no, she wanted to pour her heart out about SN.

According to Z, SN has been acting like a very immature woman towards her job and customers. She complaints of heavy workload and difficult customers. And even blurted out about going to look for a job in KL with EPF and SOCSO. Hahaha!!! I believe every word Z has told me. Why? Because SN is a very immature person. She is completely oblivious of the working world nowadays. I have not been working for almost 3 years now, but I do know the working world out there does not comply with non-proactive people. SN wants a simple and direct job where she does not face conflicts. And working time is at her discretion. Wow! I cannot tell you how I prayed for that kind of job to come to my lap. It does exist though... If you really, really want it. Start your own business of office. You know, be your own boss. Don't hire workers. They'll give you massive headache. Oh yeah, do not meet up with cutomers to avoid facing frustrations. I know lots of people doing that from their home sweet home already. Hehehe....

Exhaustion...

I'm tired.
I'm still exhausted.
I have no idea why.

I want to rest my head.
I want to take a nap.
Or better yet,
have an undisturbed good long sleep.

But,
I can't.
I've got dishes to wash.
I have chores waiting to be done.
I have my angels to distract me from all of them.

So.. what do I do?
Lay myself beside my angels...
Watching endless show from Disney channel.
Aaahhh...
What a beautiful life this is..
Chores?
Later lorr.... Hahaha!!!!

Away from home

I'll be going back to my parents' place tomorrow. Today actually. At dawn.. Hah! If that's actually possible.

Anyway, I'll be gone for a week. Hopefully I get to spend some nights at Tekam Plantation Resort. Imran has been asking to go to swim almost everyday. It really breaks my heart.

I already asked Hubby to spend some time off when he gets back. Initial plan was to go to Melaka (supposed to go in March, but busy with moving to new home), but now I think it would be better to go to Bukit Merah. Why? Because I just saw photos of a friend's family vacation there. Thinking of going back there. We went there last year. I think I was about 6 or 7 months pregnant with Hani. Hahaha! Not exactly a vacation when your weight already reaching 80 kilos.

So, have a happy school holidays everyone!!!! See you when school's open.. Huhuhuhu