A Homemaker’s Diary

It’s such a boring day today, though the ambience around and my feeling today is much better compared to the past few days. Must be the upside down of the hormone cycle I had lately. On the family matter, I have decided not to let anyone inclusive MIL to come during confinement since I already hired a confinement lady to help for 14 days. It is costly but I prefer it that way. I don’t have to put up with all the menjaga hati nonsense, trying to please any old folks etc..plus if everything goes well, I should be up and running after the first 2 weeks. So since I can manage it on my own, why should I need other people breathing down my neck. I am not sure how they will take it, but I just don’t care..huh!

On personal matter, today my lunch and dinner arrived on time and I think the food taste good with the menu of kari daging with rebung, kerabu kacang botor for lunch and nasi goreng kampung, telur mata with sup sayur campur for dinner. Must be a good day for the cook as well since everything taste just right. You see with home meal cooking, mood is a very important factor to ensure the tastiness of the food.

Oh, I bought a few fiction books from MPH online today since those online purchase entitles me for 30-20% discount. I put Hubby’s office address as the shipping address since I am not very fond of waiting for postal service these days. At least at Hubby’s office there will always be someone at the front office accepting the delivery..heh! The delivery date is 27th Nov which is about a week from today. Hopefully those books will arrive safely as this is the first time I try to buy books online from MPH. Oh, they accept Maybank2u for payment mode. Another good reason to spend the money in the account..haha!

As per routine, I love doing laundry on Monday night, while watching the not so favorite sitcoms..actually Hubby is the one who love sitcom series on Monday, I just sit on the sofa babbling my head away disrupting his attention to the silly plots..haha! So since I have to do something to distract my mind from My Wife and Kids overacting and stupid jokes, I tend to do my laundry which usually lasts after Reaper. Once a while I’ll bring the washed piles of clothes upstairs and hang them.

On another note, my lunch and dinner for Monday came promptly so I was a happy person filling up my tummy. Hubby bought tapau food from the nearby restaurant after his game of badminton. The company paid for weekly usage of the badminton court at Cyberjaya Community Club so they, the bunch of health concerned guys in the office decide to make full use of it. Before they used to jog or cycle but since it has been raining almost daily, they opt for some indoor sports activities. Thus my reason to do the laundry on Monday, so that I can quickly wash Hubby’s sports attire, eeiii busuk la if I were to simpan lama-lama in the laundry basket..hehe!

Today is quite hot outside so I decided to bring out all my kaftans to air dry in the sun. It’s been a while since I air dry anything outside because some stupid stray cats decided to poop on my lawn..benci la taik kucing ni..very tempted to pick up those poop with cangkul and throw in the drain, but Hubby said I shouldn’t..taik kucing kan ada kuman not good for pregnant women..plus since it has been raining daily those taik kucing take ages to dry out. Even today can still smell it, just hope not any of the kaftan will fall on the grass ditiup angin..huhu!

Oh my lunch today arrives around 1pm while Hubby is getting ready to go to the bank. My share however came without rice, what the h**l, took me another 50 minutes to cook rice. Nevertheless at least I have something to eat since we are almost out of everything in the fridge to eat. Will have to get groceries on Wednesday.

I am currently finishing up the red bunga telur stokin gantung for the last client for this year, about 35 more to go from the total of 50. It seems that I only have enough materials to make for 30 for the red silver theme so the other 20 I use materials in cream gold red theme. Luckily the client is not too fussy as she understands my situation. After all it’s not easy to get custom made bunga telur these days especially when it’s the wedding season.

So once I’m done with that task, I can relax all I want until the day the baby pops out..heh! I plan to read the What To Expect The First Year book and Harry Potter’s final book. I know I can always finish up the Harry Potter’s book in 1-2 days so that’s why I’m saving it for the best. From what I’ve read based on other readers’ reviews, the ending is a happy one so hopefully I won’t regret putting it off for so long since I bought it. It’s a sad thing for a reader to know that there is no more new installment for a long saga but then again that’s what life is all about (at least in a fiction world..huhu)

Oh, we managed to go to the Curve on Saturday as per plan and took the baby cot home. We even had a great time eating in Marche. It’s good to hang out with SIL and her husband (well, they are as old as a parents should be anyway, so they can be considered as substitute in that sense except that the generation gap is not too wide..) Hopefully we’ll be able to have this kind of makan-makan outing more often.

I need to get to sleep now as I need to wake up a bit early to wait for Poslaju tomorrow. I bought 3 new easy-to-wear tudung in case I will need them during confinement and in the hospital. Who will have time to iron tudung bawal to wear during such hectic time, right?

A few days ago when I called SIL, I told her if it’s possible the ask her husband to go with Hubby to the Curve this weekend to take the baby cot since they have Naza Ria. She was definitely OK with it, in fact she told me that if Hubby wants to drive the car, he can come to the house and take it anytime since BIL is not using (he was in Kemaman for work for the past 2 days). But since Hubby is not comfortable driving the big Naza Ria so I told her that we will confirm the plan by Saturday morning. After all we know that Hubby’s BIL is a morning person and we don’t want to interrupt his afternoon rest.

At 11:20pm tonight, SIL sms that they are coming after Zohor tomorrow, knowing that we are not the morning people..hehe! Since SIL will be home alone anyway, (her children are not home tomorrow - one is working on Saturday and the other one is back to campus) so she feels like going with Hubby and his BIL to the Curve. After all she has never been to the Curve. Last time I only brought her to IKEA. Actually, I don’t feel like going out tomorrow but since SIL is going, I might as well go.

It’s not really me for not wanting to go out but then in my current condition, I just feel like one big whale stranded on the beach, not wanting to move too far. Luckily I have bought all that we need for the baby otherwise Hubby has to do all the shopping on his own. Oh, I still need the baby bedding..huhu..anyone knows any Aussino branch in KL/Selangor with stock for the bedding, do tell me!

Have you ever noticed that sometimes when you have everything well planned, it somehow does not work the way you want it to be..huhu..well, call it the law of attraction or what but honestly in my life, I hardly try to attract the negative vibes but somehow it got way beyond the expectation.

Since I have no power to fight the fate of nature, I just give in and try to change it to the better. The food by MangkukTingkat.com was sent late today (for both lunch and dinner) and even then the taste was like yikes…why can’t people cook nicely these days..why can’t they taste the food that they cook before they pack it for sale, at least to check whether it has the taste that it should be despite the cheap ingredients used to save the overall cost.

Luckily I cooked nasi lemak with sambal sotong kering for dinner tonight. Hubby is working late again since there’s a meeting with US and Prague team at 10pm so I rather he has something decent to eat afterwards. Of course I too want to have something nice to eat as well since I am not a big eater for lunch. Even the baby inside is not happy with the food I bought..huhu..nak jugak suruh mak dia masak boyot2 ni pon…heh!

After cooking the dinner, I showered and got ready for the 9pm show on Astro and yet it turned out instead of In Plain Sight, Star World decided to replay Reaper..laa..apa ni..not sure whether they will have The Unit at 11pm. Checked the Astroview guide and confirmed no changes there. Benci la..if there is any other choice than Astro for cable TV, I will for sure sign up for that.

Now should I watch DVD instead? Maybe I will just spend some times on the Net, googling whatever that comes to mind..