A Homemaker’s Diary

I have a lot to catch up this November - complete bunga telur for the last client for this year, attend antenatal class, wrap up all the craft classes for this year, clean up the house, hopefully clear up the room upstairs in case anyone need to sleep in that room during my confinement..huhu..

But on the other hand, I might not be doing much cooking this November since I already paid mangkuktingkat.com for their service. I wanted to try their lunch and dinner menu and if it’s good perhaps we will continue during my confinement, easier for Hubby to eat at home while attending me and the baby..heh!

Oh, the M&S nursing bra that I bought has arrived, little that I realized that the size conversion between US, European and UK are quite different. Now the nursing bra is like 2 cup bigger..huhu..I’m thinking of buying the Goddess nursing bra and I think I can figure the correct size. Just hope it will fit nicely this time. I might need to buy bra extenders as well since most of my newly bought bras are a little too small across the back.

This weekend I have a few students coming over for bunga dip class. Will have to clear up the already messy living hall by Saturday. Hopefully next week we will be able to go out and watch Quantum of Solace.

After I came home from the open house on Monday I felt not too well. Hubby bought some food, I ate and took the fever and flu medicine from my earlier visit to the panel clinic this month. Went to sleep but woke up around 3am feeling hungry. Ate 2 pieces of toasted bread and continue sleeping.

Today I feel much better and hopefully tonight I won’t have any fever or flu. I have been browsing this website - twinsbaby.net and I think I have a few designs of baby cots that I would like to go and check. Hubby’s colleague did mention about Safe n Sound in One Utama but I think I will go and survey this shop first.

I am not sure whether to buy a baby cot with 2 or 3 adjustable base. Does it make any difference anyway? I do like this particular type of baby cot with additional small door at the bottom for storage purpose. There is another design that could be converted to playpen and toddler bed on offer at the shop. But I don’t want to keep my hope too high as it might be sold out by the time I go to the shop.

Oh, I just found out that Aussino has bedding line for babies. Will have to check the choices they have as well.

We went to see our almost completed house last week after attending a friend’s Hari Raya open house. It seems that the sliding doors are up, the gate has been painted and even the windows were installed. So the plan to move in by next year is like 90% on track. Usually for a newly developed housing area, it takes around 2 years for the house to be completed. But in our case, the developer is using the build and sell plan so it will minimize the risk of non completion and other finance related problem to the house buyers.

We went to another friend’s house yesterday, attending his first Raya open house and house warming party. We even took the house tour since he has been sharing his home improvement ideas like the plaster ceiling fixtures, the wood laminated floor and kitchen cabinet.

I am yet to see any friend’s house with extravagant bathroom lighting fixtures. I have this dream one day to have my own bathroom the same standard of one in a hotel suite, at least with a separate shower, a bath tub, a large mirror for dressing and makeup area. Thanks to vanity lighting in hotel’s bathroom, my face always look flawless and more beautiful..haha!

Do you know why? When you have lighting like sconces at the side of the bathroom mirror and a row of vanity light at the top of the mirror, it’s not only give your bathroom a coordinated look but provides even lighting for both sides of your face. So when you look at yourself, you’ll see yourself as the stars do in their dressing room.

There are many choices when it comes to contemporary, modern bathroom lighting nowadays. Searching and reading on bathroom lighting tips online certainly help to give clear ideas on what I should invest into. I hope once my house is completed I will have enough budget to make sure at least I could turn the bathroom in the master bedroom to be as close as what I dream to have. I know it will take a lot of effort but in the end I’m sure it will be worth it to turn a house into a sanctuary to call my home.

Well, I’m answering a question posted by a commenter here. How do I get money by blogging through PayPerPost?

After more than a year, I managed to get more than USD3k from PPP. Check out this screen shot.

I’m not sure for those who join PPP this year that you might be able to make as much as that, but you can always try to look out for the opps.

But of course in order to qualify for the opps, you need to get your blog qualified first. I have a long list of unsuccessful referees. The reason that their blogs are not approved could be varied but I suspect that a few basic requirements are not met, thus the non-approval. First of all your blog must be written in English, at least 20 posts in 3 months. You can’t expect to write one day and not update your blog for weeks. I know that this blog has many non English entries, but once I started to blog for money, I make sure that at least the 3 months entries were written in English.

I have a referee who blogs on free platform like blogspot, and now she’s earning enough to buy items on eBay. So when you sign up your blog to PayPerPost, make sure that you already have 20 English entries and your blog is more than 3 months old. Once your blog has been approved, do look out for the opps from time to time. Once the first opps that you write get approved and you get your pay 30 days later, I will get the referral fee. Until then, you will stay in my pending list of referees…heh!

It’s been raining daily and somehow it dampens the mood to do anything. I have been planning to update this blog for days but nothing interesting seems to emerge from my mind. We went groceries and maternity shopping during last weekend after attending all the open house invitations but unfortunately I couldn’t find the nursing bra that I need..huhu!

So in the end I decided to buy online brand Marks & Spencer from eBay. Once the first pair arrives and if it fits nicely, I will buy some more. Of course there are many more choices like Goddess, Medela, Anita and Bravado but gosh they are expensive..ranging from 20-60 dollar USD mind you…

Oh, I have another thing related to baby to buy - it’s the My Brest Friend Nursing Travel Pillow. Not sure whether it is really essential for new mom to breast feed but of course in my case I know my limitation. Having this pillow to hold my newborn baby while I’m trying to handle the breastfeeding process will surely help. Even with the postage to Malaysia, the conversion price is still cheaper. Thanks to my effort in making money online, I still have enough in my PayPal to pay all these stuffs..heh!

Oh, I bought the Bebe disposable breast pads, disposable panties and some other maternity and baby stuffs as recommended by friends. Now I just need to sort out what to pack in the bag in case anything emergency comes up..huhu!