….Talk is cheap….take it with a pinch of salt!
*gulp*
Not with my period.
I’m late in wishing you a very Merry Christmas!
MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS!!!
Well, was it merry???
The reason I’ve been MIA is because I couldn’t login into my own blog these past 2 weeks. I’d contacted my web host etc etc etc and to cut a long story short, it turns out Mozilla Firefox has something missing that is not allowing me to login so I’m now blogging through Internet Explorer, which I really don’t like doing.
Christmas was superb as it was the first time we spent Christmas with just our immediate family. Tee said it was the best Christmas she ever had, not because she got so many great presents but because it was spent with her family only, no outsiders. I automatically assumed that she loved Xmas this year because of her presents, but she keeps insisting that it isn’t. T2 hardly recieved any presents, 0.0001% compared to her sister!
To Santa this year, Tee wrote a letter asking for:-
1. 1 unit Nintendo DSi - black colour with in-built camera (influence from boyfriend)
2. A beautiful photo of herself and her sister (Awww….)
3. 1 unit Dell laptop (WHAT??!!!!)
4. A photo of her and her boyfriend AND her boyfriend’s brother (???)
5. A book called Blossom and Boo, a story about best friends (which incidentally costs a few hundred dollars, WTF?)
6. The sequel to Blossom and Boo, a story about bedtime (also very expensive, WTF? Were these books written in gold ink or something???)
7. More Ben 10 toys (again, influence from boy friends)
8. New paint sets, as she uses up lots of paint. She specified the exact brand of the paints (as she knows which are good and which are lousy) but I can’t for the life of me remember what they are. She’s very specific, my girl. For example, on her birthday, she requested for some markers and said they had to be CRAYOLA markers or don’t bother buying the other brand as they are lousy and a waste of money! Now what do you say to that?
9. Some boobs for her sister (So sweet…….she included her sister in her Santa list)
10. More books
What did she get? 1, 2, 4, 7, 10 and I believe items 5 and 6 are in the post from London. She keeps saying, “I must have been a really good girl, Mom! I’m going to be even a better girl next year!”
She HAS been a really good girl and she deserved it all. She has put up with 4 months of a grumpy, screaming mother who gave her no attention this year, sometimes even no food! My pregnancy was so bad that I would leave out water and cookies and left her to her own devices whilst I passed out and puked, repetitively. Then she’s had to deal with the new arrival of her sister and she’s done that with such grace of which I am so incredibly proud of her. And still, she has excelled in her school work and has turned out a nicer person, as a result of the school’s hard work. Tee has achieved a lot this year. And although it is really her Nana who became Santa this year, I for once, backed up Nana’s purchases in full approval.
This Christmas saw Tee performing a simple story telling session for the family and a Christmas dance which she choreographed so well the night before but failed to deliver the actual product on Christmas Eve due to nervousness. She told us the story of Christmas well though and I learnt that she had learnt it from school plus from reading several books around the house. And because she wanted chicken rice, Mom laboriously cooked us a splendid Hainanese Chicken Rice with the full works of the authentic chilli blend and the secret recipe of chicken! Wow! No sharing of recipe here. Even I don’t know the recipe! It is from Mom’s friend who used to do chicken rice as a business. It was GREAT. We loved it!!!
Then, on Christmas Day, of course we had the usual Devil’s Curry, Chilli Chicken, Crab Curry, Sugee Cake etc etc etc……..
I am so FULL that I’ve pooped 23 times since Christmas Eve.
Once upon a time, I designed buildings and interiors of corporate offices and on the rare occasion, homes. Now, I clean poop and am student of a patience management course. From the drawing board as a London Architect to the realities of Motherhood, I have certainly learned many lessons in humility. And then others.....
To succeed in the corporate world, first succeed with your kid as the happy boss. Seriously.
This blog is about me, Mamapumpkin. A crazy, demented Mom who cares full time, alone, without any help, for an even crazier preschooler AND a baby with a boob addiction problem. *sniff* Someone, please get me a chair.......
I write anything that comes out of my head, mostly without thinking first, which almost always gets me into trouble (according to my husband, also known as the love of my life.......on a good day).
My pet monkeys drive me towards challenge after challenge, 24/7.
Gotta love it.
Contact me : Mamapumpkin at gmail dot com
coffeesncookies (208 comments.)
December 28th, 2009 at 1:23 am
i tot you were away on holiday. missed yr blogs and craziness over the hols. Anyway, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all of you.. and yes,, champagne ‘klink’ again for the New Year countdown.. hugs…
mommy to chumsy (167 comments.)
December 28th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
ooo..welcome back. suddenly so many posts now…hehehhee. i was wondering what happened to you. glad all is well. merry christmas to you and yours
MIchelle Chow
December 29th, 2009 at 5:13 am
clever Tee. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
alternative-mom (34 comments.)
January 5th, 2010 at 8:56 am
I’m back and just read your post! You are toooo funny and I have to laugh out loud at your last sentence!
Glad your Christmas was great!
Hugs to your girls!