A Homemaker’s Diary

We went for Ramadhan buffet at Sunway Resort Hotel yesterday and after the meal, decided to have a look at what Jusco Sunway have in store.

They have quite a range of Graco products- from stroller, car seat and playpen. The Mosaic stroller was on 10% discount so I was like take the Mirage + travel system or Mosaic..because of the vast price difference between the two made me have the second thought. But after looking at the comfortable cocooning seat pad that the Mosaic Travel system has, I decided to go for that instead of Mirage +

After all we might be using that stroller for the next 3 years so it’s only fair that we bought something that we won’t regret later.

So here are the pictures of the red Mosaic stroller and the infant car seat Logico S that goes together with it.

Later when the child grows bigger, we will have to change the car seat into Logico M or Logico L and save the Logico S for the coming baby brother/sister or simply sell it as second hand.

We also bought the Graco Safari playpen. Of course I would love to have a playpen with the same color like Contour Electra but since we will buy a permanent baby cot to be put upstairs, I think this playpen will do for now.

Next thing to buy, baby cot. Oh, I love shopping..hehe!

On average I buy like 3-4 magazines every month, book about 1-2 and papers (pamphlets, catalogs) that I collect throughout the years, would be enough to fire up the house..heh! Now that we are moving from the current house to our permanent residence (hopefully), I have to think on what to do with all those reading materials. And don’t mention about the craft materials I have, Hubby couldn’t even figure out how to pack all of them since everything is all mixed up – different colors, assorted items, different projects.

Since Hari Raya is coming soon, I have to do something with all the reading materials in my living hall. It seems to be everywhere, on the sofa, beside the sofa, on the coffee table(s) and it’s growing fast as I keep on buying more to fill up my leisure, no-project time. Not that I care about their constant appearance but I’m afraid if I don’t do something to keep them away, whoever coming to my house during Hari Raya won’t have place to sit.

How do people with a lot of books and magazines sort out their items and organize them properly? Even the bookshelves upstairs seem to be overloaded with my books and magazine collections. Don’t suggest to me to sell them to surat kabar lama..certain magazines like Pesona Pengantin, women magazines (Rasa, Keluarga, Mingguan Wanita, Jelita, Wanita, Women’s Weekly) with recipes are my constant references. And for craft related esp. scrapbooking, I refer to magazines like Scrapbooks ETC., Memory Makers and many more that I manage to get my hands on.

If only I have more rooms to be converted to a library cum junkyard, it will be a haven. Next time you come looking for me, if I’m missing, find me under the books and magazines..heh!

Finally when I was almost give up waiting for the courier for the mixer, it came at 4:30pm..it’s been raining all day and perhaps they have problem finding this housing area. Now with the mixer, I can make the task of baking the cheese cake for SIL easier..(no more creaming the cheese using senduk kayu)..heh!

Since I am in the mood for some baking work, after watching the series on StarWorld I did the cornflake madu. Not bad because one time of 3 baking sessions I managed to make like 70++ (not counting the testing and few more that Hubby ate while waiting for me to finish the baking session..heh) Enough to fill up the raya cookies jar I hope. I don’t think I will do any more cookies since I already ordered 4 types, plus rempeyek and few more promo packs that I want to eat before Raya.

On another note, I think starting from next week I will cook for break fast. I am sick of the food bought at Pasar Ramadhan especially the weird taste of the lauk pauk. Maybe we will just buy the food every now and then (on days that I feel really tired) and those kuih muih, but for the main dish for berbuka, I will just cook the usual dish we used to have during non fasting month. So this weekend a trip for groceries shopping will be a must..heh!

I’ve been out of ideas on words to write for this entry. Started to think before bukak puasa, went for a short nap after berbuka, and now after a quick sahur I’m trying again. It’s 1am in the morning and I have had my share of sahur – no rice for tonight though, just finish up all the kuih muih and murtabak.

We went to pasar ramadhan after the monthly (more to bi-monthly as I am so lazy to see the doc every month) check up today and it was blazing hot. Around 5pm it started to rain. Lucky we went there early or otherwise I have to brave the rain using the waterproof Timberland coat like yesterday. It’s easy to choose the kuih and lauk wearing the rain coat than to bring umbrella..heh!

The pregnancy check up went fine though we have to wait for more than one hour despite the scheduled appointment. I got my shot for tetanus..tak de la sakit but I didn’t expect to get shot today. Another shot is due in one month time, plus the glucose/diabetes test. The gynae said she saw no reason for me not being able to deliver naturally (I asked about the pelvic exam) unless the baby is not engage when the time comes.

I think I better off to bed now as it starts to rain again, and I can’t seem to open my eyes (and stretch my mind further to write more). I didn’t even watch CSI tonight as I feel really sleepy and tired after berbuka puasa…must be the waiting, the heat and then the rain..Oh BTW, the mixer from Bonuslink which I redeemed earlier will be sent tomorrow, so I have to be up early and get ready to get the courier. Boleh la buat kuih and kek raya ek..hehe!

Since it’s the long merdeka weekend, we decided to go out on Saturday instead of the Merdeka day itself, konon to avoid the traffic and mass people. But it was wrong as people started to go shopping early..despite that we managed to reach Mid Valley to check out Planète Enfants Mamours Store and Toy “R” Us.

We even went to Jusco to check out Sweet Cherry range of baby cot and stroller. I think we will buy Graco stroller and IKEA baby cot. For infant seat/car seat we still have not found the range that we like, whether to buy a separate infant seat then later buy child car seat or buy the more expensive one which is convertible.

We didn’t buy any of the baby stuff but we bought magazines and book from MPH. I found one great book for card making at discounted price. Then I bought 2 scoops of Baskin Robbins ice cream, didn’t realize that the 31% off offer was already in, no wonder the queue for the ice cream was very long. Not that I am planning to eat one whole tub of ice cream though..heh!

Sunday we didn’t go out. Spent most of the day spring cleaning. Cleared up 2 drawers to put baby clothes. I think we have enough of the newborn clothes so no need for more shopping. Ju called at night asking whether I want to eat laksa..so after dinner at Mamak we went to take the laksa from her place. Spent the whole night watching 2 movies – The Mummy and Wanted.

Around 4:30am we drove to Mc D for sahur but was told their breakfast only start at 5am…ceh..buang karan je. Came back home and made my own scrambled egg.

Monday, first day of puasa I thought of having Ramadhan buffet in Alamanda but Penang Village only start their promotion on 5th Sept. So I cooked rice and around 5:30pm went out to pasar ramadhan. Quite a lot of selection, got my tepung pelita, even cucur udang kuah kacang and lauk pauk.

Overall the long weekend went well. I have a nice, relaxing time with Hubby. The baby stuffs shopping will resume after Hari Raya. The rest of September will be spent leisurely, hopefully.