A Homemaker’s Diary

I love jewelry especially one that I can make for myself. I am such a fussy person so it is much easier to handcraft a bracelet according to my taste. Plus the one sold in store usually too long for my wrist size and in the end I have to ask the store owner to adjust the length.

Last year I had such a craze about Swarovski crystals that I bought quite a lot (mostly on eBay), along with all the necessary items to make my own bracelets. After making like 6 bracelets the craze went cool and now I still have some crystals leftover in my craft drawer..hehe!

But don’t worry I have new projects in mind to do with those crystals – to turn into handphone chain and bookmark decoration (once I have free time from doing my client’s order next month..huhu!) and give them away to family and friends.

I love earring too but sadly I can’t wear one. Something went wrong when I first got pierced when I was a little girl and now everytime I wear earring I have some kind of allergy reaction, be it gold or otherwise.

So there goes my chance to have all kind of dangling and fancy earring. I’m left with bracelet and necklace to embellish myself..haha!

I personally like this pink creation by Lori. She sell her handcrafted pieces at Etsy. Please have a look at her store – LoriJaclynsJewels. I resized the above picture to fit this entry but if you want to see a bigger picture at her store, take a look here – Pink Delight.

Way to go to all handcraft jewelers out there! Sometimes it’s the satisfaction on the wearer’s face that bring such a joy to those hands that made the pieces.

My sister in law gave me the bulbs of this plant many, many months ago when she came to visit us. Being a person who like to try to grow new plant, I took the bulbs with happy heart and immediately planted the bulbs in the available plastic pot.

For weeks I waited for the first tiny sign of life to came out from the soil and now after almost a year it finally bloom. I think it is called Japanese Lily – Lilium speciosum based on what I read from The Complete Guide To Houseplants book.

For me life is like planting new plant. You put all your effort in it, not knowing how the end result will be like. What you have is only hope and hard work. You nurture and care about the possibility of life inside and pray that only the best will come out. It’s the same when it comes to relationship, friendship, family and friends. You can only give the best and the best will be returned to you in time.

And when the bulb of love grow and bloom right before your eyes, you just have to admire the beauty of it, and be proud!

**This entry is made specially for the contest held by Teresa for her blog – herbrokentoy.com.

Since my involvement with PayPerPost in February, I never expect to get any referral out of the badge I put at the right side of this blog. Well, I have little hope but not much.

So when I found out that I just got my first referral commission today (just a few minutes ago), I was so thrilled.

At least there is a person who noticed about the button..haha!

Since my success in getting money through blogging, I have been trying to share the excitement of getting extra income (which in my currency would be like a triple joy because of the foreign exchange rate).

I put up pictures of the things I bought in case it would help them be inspired to write for money. But then it seems that blogging requires more than a few good lines of words and effort than most of the people I know could commit to.

To the person who refers me, thanks a lot! Your name really makes my day..haha! To the rest, if you want to be a part of blogging for money community, do feel free to click the above and below purple button. Of course you have to go through all the legit process – submit your blog, wait to be accepted, write the sponsored post, and once you get your first post payment 30 days later, I will get my commission. (Sound hard, nobody says that making money is easy, right?)..haha..

I am very happy to say that I am a proud member of PPP since Feb’07. Not only it gives me cash which I can spend on things I love (scrapbooking items, big TV, new clothing, extra cash to dine out, etc) but it also allows me to be more well-informed than before. I read more and I get more info by writing paid posts.

Thanks PPP!

I’ve been cooped up in the house for the past few days..huhu (no, I don’t have chicken pox) but I am like this when I cook at home for dinner. I hardly go outside even to water my plants. I don’t know why. Maybe I love my internal house so much that I don’t even feel the need to step out into the yard.

Oh, the rubbish. That’s Hubby’s job. I don’t go out to throw the rubbish. See, I don’t even go out to check the mailbox. (Unless I buy something online then I wait downstairs for the courier to deliver the items)

But I am happy, maybe bored looking at my PC and not updated pages of online shopping but I have friends to talk with, online and on the phone. Sometimes those friends come to visit, I cook and we have good time chatting and reminiscing old times.

Maybe that’s why Hubby pay for post paid line for my phone life, so that I can talk to my friends anytime, which is not all the time but when I remember and have the time to dial their numbers..haha! And most of the time I have money in my account that is enough to buy things I find interesting online.

We do go out on weekend to dine out, shop or just hang out, watching new movie in the cinema or a walk in the park. And when we have time, we go away for short vacation.

Some people ask whether I am lonely at home, waiting for Hubby to come home. The answer is no. I have all the time for myself to do whatever I want, being cooped up is one of them, reading books and watch movies.

I wash dishes when I feel like it, cook if the mood strikes and clean occasionally. Oh, but I do laundry every 2-3 days. I don’t like dirty clothes but I take some times to fold the clean one..haha!

I love being at home, being a homemaker with not much house chore obligation to do. Some people ask why I don’t have kid yet. I just like the time alone for myself (when I am not busy with my handcraft orders), not having to wake up very early or in the middle of the night to change diaper etc..

If you live like me, don’t you just like the way it is?

I’ve been to Mines Shopping Centre many times for the past 9 years but not once I’ve been on their boat cruise.

Maybe one of these days I must go, just to see what makes people take the boat cruise all the time, even at night to the middle of the lake.

What I dare to peek and see into that seem to be bottomless green water lake are the koi and so many big catfish. Of course when we dine at DeliFrance and get the seats near the water, I will throw some food and see how fast those fish grab it.

Not sure what Hubby would say if I tell him that I want to go on that boat ride..hehe!