A Homemaker’s Diary

I’ve decided to do something else apart from coloring, drawing and teaching my son how to read and count. All these while I’m the one who do the gardening around the house. Dear son occasionally help by watering the flowering plants. One day he told me that he wanted to plant daisy and sunflower. So early this year I bought sunflower seeds from tanamsendiri.com.

As I was busy with my craft work and taking care of roses, I kept on delaying the sunflower adventure. A week ago we tried planting the seeds but up till today there’s no sprout coming out from the soil. But the good thing is seeds from pumpkin which I bought from pasar malam did grow.

Next we are going to plant sawi, cili padi and tomato ceri. See whether any of the vegetables does make it through..heh!

It’s been quite some times since my last update, I know. I have been not well with pregnancy sickness since Ramadhan 2013, and Alhamdulillah I am now getting much, much better.

Many things have been put on hold since then. I was terribly sick day and night, even worse than the first pregnancy. It started with nausea, then the vomiting phase, I have no appetite to eat anything and spend most of the time sleeping.

By the time I can drag myself for the first pregnancy check up, the baby was almost 15 weeks..huhu! Even the gynae was shocked since I said we haven’t met any doctor since we realized I have missed my period in July. This week we are going for the monthly check up and hopefully we’ll be able to see the baby’s gender (baby please don’t be shy so that Mama will know whether to buy you a pink or blue romper..haha!)

Dear Son has been very cooperative since he knew how tired Mama could be. He even potty trained himself successfully to the extent of washing up after he poops. Amazing the way Allah plan as I never thought this day will come especially when I am so lethargic with the pregnancy sickness.

Now that the terrible sickness phase is over I am really looking forward to get ready to welcome our second born child. Oh, happy 5th birthday to dear Son (according to Islamic calendar). He was born on the eve of Aidil Adha. I remember hearing the takbir from the nearby mosque the morning after he was born. Thank you Son for the bittersweet 5 years, making me a mother and teach me the value of patience and unconditional love.

To the rest of the Muslim readers, Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha. May you always be blessed.

This decoupage was completed about 2 weeks ago. The customer would like the quote “baiti jannati” to be on the board. I found the quote in Arabic and suggested it to her.

The purple color theme suits her living hall sofa as she shared the picture with me. Sometimes I like to know more about the customer’s preference before I could decide on the whole design.

The decoupage motifs used for this key holder come from 2 different decoupage napkins.

We went to Subang Parade yesterday after my son’s therapy session in Sunway Medical Centre.

While letting him play at Mc Donalds, a Chinese mother asked me about my son’s spectacles. I told her he has to wear it because of his lazy eye problem.

I was surprised when she said she has the same problem too when she was a child. Now she only has one good eye to rely on, the right one is very blur even when she wears specs to improve her vision. She said it is hard for her to read. Back then, most parents were not aware about such problem. She added that it’s really good that we know about the eye problem at an early age and do something about it.

It makes me realize that with all the hardship we have to go through now, it will only pay off in 20-30 years time. In 20 years time, I hope my son will understand that we have done our best to accommodate his special condition. I pray that he will have both eyes in good sight so that he can see his children playing and read to them.

I was searching for new materials on pinterest today when I came across this.

It motivates me to start writing on the blog diligently (again!). We’ll see whether I can keep the spirit on..haha!