A Homemaker’s Diary

With the busy schedule Hubby has this week, it would be great if I have craft class this weekend..well, at least if I am busy in the morning, I wouldn’t feel so bored in the afternoon and later will be too tired in the evening..haha! The person who contacted me earlier about decoupage class SMS me today confirming that she is able to make it to Saturday class..yeay! So that leaves Sunday class, whether the student will be able to make it.

Hubby has been working diligently since morning on the Release Prep tasks and at 6:30pm I decided that it was best that I cooked for dinner. I was not sure what to cook but the simplest would be sambal tumis udang and some kailan goreng…(lucky I cleaned the prawn and other ingredients yesterday so that cut my cooking and preparation time) I am not so much into nasi these days but still have to make sure that I have some carb intake daily. Can’t wait for the big release to be over since Hubby will be quite free to go out and dine out. Even the monthly check up which was supposed to be done today has to be postponed. I asked Hubby to take leave next Friday so that we would have easy time doing the glucose test, check up, my second tetanus shot and hopefully the hospital tour.

I am reading Coming Out today, well at least I still got half of the novel to go. Can’t seem to remember when I last pick the book…(I’ve read the first half, stop reading and did something else more important and now I found the book again among the stack of magazines and books..heh) It’s the usual Danielle Steel work of fiction. Later after I finish that, I plan to read the last book of Harry Potter.

Now, what will be in store for me tomorrow..another boring day, perhaps?…huhu!

I finally got the Dunstan DVD I bought through eBay today. It came in the mail by morning postman and Hubby put it inside together with other letters and bills, lucky because it was raining heavily in the afternoon. Otherwise all the mail will get soaked in the mailing box, oh the packaging for the Dunstan DVD did come in plastic anyway..heh!

I haven’t watch both the DVDs but I have checked the pamphlet. Maybe if tomorrow is still a boring day for me, I will spend some time learning the baby language from the DVD. The stray cat which we have been feeding was nowhere to be seen when I opened the door but once she heard that Hubby came home at the main gate around 8, she quickly came in and demanded her Friskies. I wonder what happen to her kitten though, haven’t seen the kitten for quite some time.

Hubby said every morning when he closes the gate to go to work, the stray cat will come running and start meowing for food. So today Hubby has told her to come in early for tomorrow’s morning meal..heh! I wonder why the cat doesn’t want to stay in our garden, maybe because of the raining season and most of the garden compound get wet, even the area where I put my cangkul..huhu!

This weekend I schedule craft classes since Hubby has to work both days. I got a response from a potential student today regarding bunga dip class but still not sure whether she will be able to make it, especially with many people holding open house during the weekend. Hopefully by November more people will be more free to attend the craft classes. After all this is going to be my last chance to conduct the classes before I give birth soon and be very busy with the baby..heh!

The celebration started with all the cooking (although I did not manage to snap any pictures..huhu) I totally forgot to take the Raya feast pictures and only realized that when I was cleaning up all the dishes at night.

We successfully made our first time ketupat palas this year and the feedback from those who ate them was generally good. Next year we might be doing more compared to 2 pot susu of beras pulut we made this year. SIL brought some of the ketupat home together with my rendang ayam.

Even my nasi daging got good response from my aunt who asked for the recipe. We did invite few friends over but perhaps most of them were busy with family gathering. Later in the afternoon we went to SIL house and had her usual Raya lontong.

The sad part during this Raya was I fell sick during the second day..came down with cold and fever and since the panel clinic was closed, I have to make do with Panadol for the night. We went to the clinic on the 3rd Raya and now as I am writing this entry, I’m feeling better except for the stuffy nose.

So how’s your Raya celebration this year?