Toddlers sharing their belongings

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee had a friend over today but because she's a snob, for some reason, she did. not. want. to share any of her toys. That is not usually the case, but today, lightning had struck, and everything that her friend played with, she charged.......click to learn what next.

I’m gonna hunt the &#%*#$@ down!

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

The one that's making this blog slow. There are still lovely people out there who are taking the time to inform me that this blog is still a problem for them and I want to thank them whole-heartedly for that. I have no.......click to learn what next.

MIL and where to go for holiday

Posted on October 22, 2007October 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

For the past few years, my mother has been taking us on many holidays. Suddenly this year, my mother in law (MIL) has been asking us to go for holiday too with them. She has been bugging the Hubs to take leave so.......click to learn what next.

Snippets from the Lee household

Posted on October 21, 2007October 21, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee and I in bed, just about to have an afternoon nap.  "Mummy, do you remember that Aunty Lynn who gave me that pwesent?" "No? Who is Aunty Lynn? Do you mean Aunty Linda?" [I know no Aunty Lynn] "No......Aunty Lynn, remember? She.......click to learn what next.

The choice of a lifetime partner

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee thinks you can make babies through hugging in private. Then she wonders why there is no baby after she leaves you behind closed doors for twenty eight seconds. She is taught that you can only marry someone of the opposite sex outside your.......click to learn what next.

My mind is a blank

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

*blank*

Bunion operation at fifteen

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

After almost suing an orthopaedic surgeon for leaving a foreign body in my wound, I didn't in the end because he was an old friend's father. But that oversight had cost me more than ten years of pain. I had had a bunion operation on.......click to learn what next.

Toddlers and their sense of smell

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My little monkey woke up at exactly 2.03am. I was out here in the study when I heard a wail. "WAHhhhhh......I want Mummy....!!!" Bugger. Wasted a good ten minutes putting her back to sleep and she HAD to sniff my hand. Other toddlers.......click to learn what next.

My dress in October’s Tatler

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Before you get all excited, it's not one of those glamour ball gowns that you usually see in High Society magazines but a simple black boring dress that I got off the shelves in Australia. Cheap! Oh....and before I start blasphemising other people's.......click to learn what next.

Lizard post #2

Posted on October 19, 2007October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I got thirsty. The lizard is behind the fridge. I considered drinking off the tap in the guest bathroom but didn't have a glass. Who drinks water from cups? It is a pet peeve of mine. I cannot drink water off a cup.......click to learn what next.

We managed to sell our house this month

Posted on October 19, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

For those of you who know me, we've been trying to sell our old house since October last year. It's taken exactly one year to flog it off and we've had to drop the price by 100k. I'm not kidding. Since I stopped.......click to learn what next.

In the quiet with my shadow

Posted on October 19, 2007October 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Right now, I am writing from the study of my home and all I have for company is my shadow and a lurking 'cicak' (lizard) that lives behind my fridge. I usually stay within the cosy confines of my bedroom whenever I'm on the.......click to learn what next.

Skiving school again tomorrow

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

After a killer day today, I'd be ready to send Tee back to school even if she had chicken pox, but tomorrow is Friday. And Friday is the day we go to my Mother's. So things will be slightly different. There is something.......click to learn what next.

Taking patience to a whole new level

Posted on October 18, 2007October 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Today, I allowed Tee to play truant because she faked had a runny nose and a wet cough. Relaxing day for me, I fantasised, since I didn't have to fight traffic or get off my butt to do the school run. We were.......click to learn what next.

Another tag about myself – Five Things

Posted on October 18, 2007October 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Thank you to this lovely lady for thinking of me. 5 things found in my bedroom: An extra large framed jigsaw puzzle of Van Gogh's Sunflowers done by my mother 20 selected Children's books - we rotate from Tee's book shelf outside A breakfast-in-bed table.......click to learn what next.