A Mother's Monologue

Water float toys

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

All my life, I've always thought that I'd never want a pool in my own home (unless I live in a condo where I won't have to maintain the pool) because I feel that once you have a pool, really, how often would.......click to learn what next.

Dangerous KL

Posted on May 7, 2009May 7, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, we've been contemplating on whether or not to send Tee for gymnastic classes but after reading the newspapers about pregnant women getting accidentally killed by snatch thieves and what have you, we've decided against it. Because obviously, pregnant women and women with.......click to learn what next.

Name and address on rubber stamps

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

I love keeping in touch with people. Ever since I was young, letter writing was a favourite past time. It is always wonderful to send and recieve a postcard or a letter or some photographs, don't you think? Then came email.....and everything was.......click to learn what next.

Malay food addiction

Posted on May 7, 2009May 7, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

On the way to Tee's school on the road just behind her school (the main road), there is a little Malay stall which serves the yummiest Malay food that makes the baby in my tummy completely ecstatic. If I can help it, I'll.......click to learn what next.

Rainy Day Funds

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Have you got one? We can never tell what the future holds and we never know when fate will knock at our doors in a negative way so how do we protect ourselves best when and if that rainy day appears? Of course,.......click to learn what next.

Four year old rollerblading

Posted on May 7, 2009May 4, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Tee has been wanting to skate or rollerblade ever since she was three. We got her a set of blades but decided they were just too dangerous and kept it away. Just last week, she saw the rollerblading rink outside Jungle Gym at.......click to learn what next.

Sharing new blogs with readers

Posted on May 6, 2009May 4, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

It is difficult maintaining several blogs but I've got it down to a science so far (surely everything will change once the new baby arrives, haha). I can perform one post each daily for each blog, sometimes more if I'm lucky, when Tee.......click to learn what next.

The benefits of Tee reading early

Posted on May 6, 2009May 4, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Oh, how she is going to hate me one day!!! Gone are the days of me having to read to Tee whilst she takes a poop. Yay!!! Now, I can actually have up to 30 minutes of FREE TIME in TOTAL SILENCE!!!! Whenever.......click to learn what next.

Work at Home Mom

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Ever since I took on this task of earning more income from home, I haven't turned the TV on at all. Not for a whole 3 weeks. I've been working my ass off, every single free hour I have, between 6-10 hours everyday........click to learn what next.

Do you have a dressing table?

Posted on May 6, 2009May 4, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Every woman should have a dressing table. But I don't. And the only reason is because we do not have space for it. Never did. Lately, the Hubs has been getting on my nerves because he keeps nagging me to clear my study.......click to learn what next.

How we got Tee to help us clean our bedroom

Posted on May 5, 2009May 4, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Last weekend, the Hubs and I had a mission to give our bedroom a BIG spring clean. This meant hoovering the entire bedroom from ceiling to floor, to picture rails to the back of pictures, to curtain rails to fans and lights, to.......click to learn what next.

Playing RISK with a 4 year old

Posted on May 5, 2009May 4, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

After weeks of bugging us to play RISK with her, the Hubs finally relented. What does a little girl know about RISK? I used to be a RISK fanatic when I was in my teens for a good 10 years playing till the.......click to learn what next.

Heavy heart with tears in my eyes

Posted on May 5, 2009May 6, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Today, I left Tee at Art Class (2 hours whilst I blog) and walked away in tears and a really heavy heart. Why? Shouldn't I be deliriously happy that I can lavish a whole 120 minutes to myself? It is her first proper.......click to learn what next.

Pregnancy Brain Freeze

Posted on May 5, 2009May 5, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

It is no secret that when a woman is pregnant, she loses her brain cells. OK, even non-pregnant women experience that as I have discovered. On a daily basis, I drop things. If  I'm in the kitchen, I'd drop food whilst I'm cooking,.......click to learn what next.

Sheer joy

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

.......is when you wake up in the morning to a quiet home, walk into the kitchen and breakfast is already laid out for you with a hot pot of freshly brewed real coffee from freshly grounded coffee beans. Now, where else would you.......click to learn what next.