I declare this year a no shopping year for me :-(

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Yes, can you believe it? But really.....I have food, water, love and health. And a roof over my head. I already have more clothes than I could ever wear and shoes and handbags. What else do I need? In fact, I wish I.......click to learn what next.

Let the Daddies do the babysitting!

Posted on January 19, 2008January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

One weekend not too long ago, I was shit busy rushing out some work for a wedding publication, so what did I do? Asked my friend to cook us lunch (and she cooked a mean crab curry - YUM!!!), and got the daddies.......click to learn what next.

Do you have a toolbox?

Posted on January 19, 2008January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

We have a back area that belongs to the Hubs - ALL his tools are kept there and Tee is forbidden from stepping into that space. These are his toolboxes where he keeps them organised - black for shoe polish tools and miscellanous.......click to learn what next.

Mamapumpkin Data

Posted on January 19, 2008January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Haha, I stole this tag from Pek Imm because I needed a quick filler post *smile* 1. What’s your BIGGEST sin? Collecting blubber. 2. When’s your PROUDEST moment? Conning the Hubs to marry me. Muahaha!! 3. What’s your GREATEST fear? That I.......click to learn what next.

Monkeying around at Marco Polo Restaurant

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

This is Tee with her favourite uncle of all time and my beloved younger brother who's inherited the sweetest heart ever from my Mother. If ever you want a brilliant husband, he's the man! Tee loves her uncle SO MUCH because not only.......click to learn what next.

So mad with the Hubs this morning!

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  The weekends are supposed to be my off day but unless I go out and get the all clear from Tee, we all know that it REALLY isn't a REAL off day, don't we? Because Mommy does everything better. So the toddler.......click to learn what next.

Book Review – Just One More Day by Susan Lewis

Posted on January 19, 2008January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  The ony reason I attempted to read this book (lent to me by my dearest Italian friend in London whom I dearly miss) was because my Mom has cancer and this book was about a little 7 year old girl who loses.......click to learn what next.

To renovate, buy a car or go to the USA….??

Posted on January 19, 2008April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

OK. I need your advice here. It'll be nice, of course to do all three but that would be over indulgent. We need more space. We can't afford the house we want right now so an interim measure would be to build in.......click to learn what next.

Mamapumpkin aching…..

Posted on January 17, 2008January 17, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  I've been super busy still. Juggling Tee and my own work deadlines, housework, cooking and laundry.....it really is no picnic. I visited a newborn baby today and felt real clucky after. Tomorrow I am having guests. Saturday, my cousin arrives for a whole.......click to learn what next.

Invitation by NASA

Posted on January 16, 2008April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

It's official. A few weeks ago, the Hubs got an invitation by NASA of the US of A to witness the next rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With front row seats!!! Now for those of you who know the.......click to learn what next.

Which religion has a drunk God?

Posted on January 16, 2008January 16, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Definitely Christianity - Catholicism, to be exact. After school today, I entertained Tee full-time. I didn't turn the computer on once. I didn't turn the TV on either. No book, no phone. She had my undivided attention. After lunch, we painted. Then.......click to learn what next.

Just before bathtime today…..

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  "Mommy?" "Hmmm?" "Girls should have willies." Mommy froze. Mind went blank. "Why?" "I don't know. They just should!" "Okay." Mommy continues running bath. "The willy is like the stem and the pat-pat is like the leaf." Mommy took a minute to digest.......click to learn what next.

Improving yourself with a new skill

Posted on January 14, 2008January 14, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Us mothers who don't work like normal people do sometimes allow insecurities to creep into our souls. It is so normal and so understandable because how smart can you really feel when all you had for conversation over the last three years was Dora the.......click to learn what next.

Sending Tee to Chinese school…..

Posted on January 14, 2008January 14, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Tee will be four years old this year. *faint* How time flies. We have started thinking about schools because depending on our decision on where to send her, we may need to get her registered for pre-school in order to secure a.......click to learn what next.

Buying furniture online

Posted on January 13, 2008January 13, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Nowadays, it is so much easier to get things online. When we were in Chiangmai, we wanted to purchase a lovely teak wood table but we had to organise shipping and so many details that we decided not to get it in the.......click to learn what next.