A Homemaker’s Diary

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Cleaning house and rearing children are, in fact, two very distinct tasks. Parents who stay home with an active alert child may find themselves so consumed with parenting that they have little time for homemaking.

The active alert child is, by definition, busy. Just picking up after his clutter all day can be both discouraging and depressing. Some days, simply making a meal – to say nothing of dusting, doing laundry, running errands, and doing yard work – is a major accomplishment for the active alert child’s parent.

After 3 years being at home raising my son on daily basis, I told my husband that I wanted to attend this Networking Tea Talk. I got the info from a moms group I joined in FB.

The guest speaker is Ms Zaliza Alias, the founder of Genius Aulad. I was interested to know how she started the business and how she handled her family since the very beginning of her venture.

I learned a great deal from meeting her in person. She is such a friendly and humble person. It is also amazing to know that her two eldest daughters are now being home schooled. I will need to find more info about homeschooling as it has been in my mind to homeschool my son if he’s not OK with formal education in normal school.

Oh, I also met Hubby’s old schoolmate and found out that she has been reading my blog..isk isk..she said she Google about mom who works from home and found my blog. This is the second time someone told me in person that they have been reading my blog and find it interesting to read what are the challenges of working at home while raising a child.

When it was my turn to introduce my business and show to them the sample of my craft work, most of the participants asked whether I conduct class for children. Well, I’ve been getting that question since last year I think.

Personally I am terrified of the idea of teaching young minds other than my own son. What if I crush their spirit, dampen their interest in craft if I say something related to their work..I think after 6 years of conducting craft class for adults, I get the idea of how to handle adult students, but young children..that’s a different realm.

Perhaps I should look for a quick course on teaching children from any of the nearest early childhood learning centers. They must know much more than I do, right? Till then I don’t think I am confident to open class for children.

So, how’s your weekend? Have you done anything beneficial for your social and business/career growth lately? Feel free to share.

I am very busy lately..actually this is kind of last minute venture. Since I have actively joined the Malaysian Rose Society group in FB, I get to know many wonderful rose gardeners. They will be launching the Malaysian Rose Lovers Society (MRLS) during Hari Belia in Putrajaya on Saturday 26th May 2012.

The president kak Raf asked whether anyone want to be a volunteer to do folk art or decoupage demonstration during the event. It starts on Wednesday 23rd May 2012.

I decided to be a volunteer and chose my slot on Sunday, 27th May 2012, 3-4pm.

So if anyone will be in the area of Putrajaya, please come along. Our MRLS booth will be in front of Ministry of Finance building.

Oh, I will also open the slot for an express decoupage class. Limited to 10 people. The fee will be RM20, all the materials for the session will be provided and you can bring home the completed work.

This is a good chance for you to try your hand in decoupage. My usual fee for private decoupage lesson is RM60.

2 friends ordered these hair clips since last year..huhu! I know it took me ages to find the matching yarn, crochet the flower and the butterfly, then find the matching embroidery floss to sew the flower on the felt and then later sew the felt into hair clips shape.

I decided to give each of them a complimentary fabric lollipop hairclip based on the color of their Hari Raya attire this year.

As my son grows up, I face another set of challenge in doing my craft work. Every time I sit down and work on my creations, he will insist to help along..huhu! When I’m sewing, the thing I am so scared he will grab is the thread sniper. Even the normal scissors is not as dangerous as the sharp sniper.

I am so happy that I finally managed to complete the orders. I think I will have to wait another few months to take new order for hair clips like these unless I’m willing to stay up to sew after he falls asleep. Well, what do you know..the challenge of being a crafter and work at home mom..haha!

Tomorrow will be 1st May. Happy Labor Day to all those working. I have some plan till noon for tomorrow but after that I am not sure whether I will have the energy to spend on gardening.

I would love to repaint the front gate in white and rearrange all the roses in pots. The nursery nearby does have pedestal for plants. It will be great for my small rose garden to have the pots arranged in high and low position. I could check on the leaves more easily and make sure every time I spray them with fertilizer or organic insecticide/pesticide, each leaf will get their share.

The rose above is known as Jingga Irisa. I think it belongs in the hybrid tea rose family as the flower blooms on single basis on each stem.