A Homemaker’s Diary

My decoupage student SMS me in the morning asking whether she can come over to buy the decoupage tissue for about 20 pieces. I replied that I won’t be having enough stock or choices since most of the good designs have been bought by previous students. Perhaps in August I will buy more stocks if I were to conduct any more craft classes, decoupage particularly.

Now should I conduct any more class in August or should I just relax and enjoy my long overdue holiday? After all there’s only a few more weeks free in August (excluding the week of Niece’s wedding and all the travelling) before we start fasting in September. Perhaps that few weeks would be best utilized by cleaning the rooms downstairs and upstairs.

Maybe in a few days time I will come to a decision, but the thought of doing nothing is very tempting..hehe!

Things that have been accomplished since weekend till today:

1. Went to Sepang on Saturday, bought 15kg of kerepek ubi for SIL
2. Sent the 90% completed hantaran for groom’s side to SIL’s house
3. Sunday – Bought additional items for bunga katil and the stand for bunga pahar with SIL in Balakong
4. Went to Sunway Pyramid to buy J-Co Donut
5. Found the matching floral arrangement for Niece’s kotak hantaran
6. Monday – Called HSBC requesting for new cheque book and annual fees waiver

I wrote the above lists in the evening, but once I went to the kitchen to cook dinner, I forgot all about it..heh! Anyway, I went to Jusco after dinner to buy some groceries and now I am making the list of menu to cook this week. I think I will cook nasi ayam tomorrow but for the next 2-3 days I am out of idea on what to cook..huhu!

I am still doing the hantaran for Niece and hopefully I can complete it by tonight. There’s actually not much to be done except for arranging and glueing the flowers and leaves to the top of the mengkuang box. Then once I’m done with those hantaran boxes, I will have to complete the bunga pahar.

The only motivating factor is the fact that I can watch TV and read books all day after this August event. Well, a few more weeks to go to achieve the goal of lazing around..heh!

We managed to go to J-Card Day yesterday, spend around 700 buying stuffs for baby, me and me..hehe..I love the fact that we saved a lot since most of the baby’s stuffs were on discount, some even 50% off the normal price. I bought few stuffs for myself and 2 sets of Akemi bedsheet, one for us and one for SIL. Since Jusco gave redemption vouchers, I got RM70 from the accumulated purchase.

I would love to spend more time checking out what else could be bought but Hubby must go to work in the afternoon. After that I sent the alas dulang for jahit tepi halus in Serdang and collected the pos daftar letter at Seri Kembangan post office. By 12 something Hubby sent me home and I dozed off to sleep till evening..heh!

Oh, I have to contact HSBC bank asking about my new cheque book. I hope they can courier the cheque book rather than I have to go to the branch to exchange the unused cheques. As most of us are aware of, the banking industry has implemented the new cheque clearing system known as the Cheque Truncation and Conversion System (“CTCS”) so the old cheques are no longer valid in July.

Anyway, today I called the factory which produces kerepek in Sepang and told Hubby that we have to go and buy 10kg of the kerepek ubi for SIL by tomorrow. I still can’t get the map to the area but since we have been to Sg Pelek before on the way to Bagan Lalang, we might be able to figure out the way.

Then Sunday I need to go and find another bunch of artificial flowers for niece’s bunga dulang since the blue roses which I bought last week didn’t really match her theme..huhu! SIL suggested the blue roses to be converted into bunga katil instead. Now I have to buy the floral container and some additional fillers as well for that arrangement.

Can’t wait to settle everything, it’s like 40% complete now. Still have bunga dip lily to be done and menial tasks here and there. I feel like I am the one getting married here..huhu!

For those who wonder what’s up with my previous entry, I was sad at 3 am and the song suits my mood..just the normal pregnancy mood swings..I am OK now..it’s just that being pregnant make me feel frustrated with life, like I am not sure what I want or whether what I do is being appreciated.

Anyway, a friend in Vancouver email a bunch of pictures and I particularly like this one.

I am off to bed now because I have to be up and ready for shopping spree Thursday morning..J-Card Day here I come..hehe!

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