A Homemaker’s Diary

Lately I feel that I’m getting more tired than the usual. I find it hard to fall asleep at night even when I try very hard to sleep..huhu..Gone was the joy of sleeping like a log, now it’s just a must to get back the energy. I think after the August event, I really need a good rest, at home or anywhere else if time and money permits.

Maybe there’s so much in my mind, now I really go for the idea of hiring wedding planner to do all the tiny, menial tasks especially if you are one of those fussy brides..huh! Note to myself, my child’s wedding in 20 year time will be arranged by a wedding planner, I don’t think at 50 plus I will have the energy to go scout for wedding stuffs.

Oh, despite all this I hope I won’t be too tired to go for J card day at the Jusco in front of my house this Thursday. I told Hubby I want to buy baby stuffs like diapers, mitten, towel – whatever that a newborn might need. I don’t think during the third trimester I will have the energy to shop, even now I can feel the heaviness in the uterus, even though most people say they don’t notice my pregnancy.

I was blog hopping last night, in an attempt not to fall asleep, konon nak practise because I plan to see the gynae for check up early Friday morning. However after Subuh rasa mengantuk pulak. So while I was blog hopping and Googling here and there, I found a fotopages with recipe for cucur udang and kuah kacang…nak makan cucur udang mcm tu!!! huhuhu..

Told Hubby today about that, he asked nak beli kat mana, kat mana ada jual..kat tepi hi way Penang ada la..even that was like how many years ago, giler betul la..wouldn’t it be much easier kalau teringin nak mkn KFC ke, Kenny Rogers ke..anyway, I told him, NVM bila2 I will beli the senduk besar and make my own cucur udang. The kuah kacang shouldn’t be a problem because I’ve tried that during our open house 2 years ago.

If there is one thing I gain from this pregnancy, it’s the new skills masak benda2 baru, anak aku ni nak suruh mak dia jadi chef kampung kot..all the cravings are lauk pauk authentic kampung, yg susah nak jumpa kat kedai2 biasa. Those 2 big bottles of acar limau I made is still in the process of letting the rempah meresap into the fruits. And the terubuk masin I’ve fried a bit last night to eat with sambal udang.

Today my menu will be nasi goreng sempoi like SIL cook, goreng keropok keping and the leftover sambal udang. Oh, I will fry some pieces of chicken as well as additional lauk for the nasi goreng merah..heh!

It’s 2 am in the morning and after a dinner of nasi tomato and air bandung, I feel like trying to sleep. I already put the leftover food in the fridge so if I feel like it I might be having the food for tea tomorrow. Plus I might have to wake up a bit early tomorrow since the insurance and the road tax will be delivered to my home, some time in the afternoon or evening (that’s what the agent told me).

Anyway, we managed to go shopping on Sunday, although both Bunga Reben and Sayang You were closed early on Sunday, I got the satin cloth for alas dulang and SIL bought kain pasang for MIL to make into baju kurung to be worn during Niece’s wedding. Then we went to Mydin USJ and SIL got the mangkuk and pinggan she wants for additional meja makan beradap. Oh, we bought choc bars to be put in the butterfly boxes as well. Now SIL said she feels like adding another type of sweets in those boxes. At least we already have bunch of chocs. The additional sweets could be bought later..heh!

I think I better hit the pillow soon before I lose the sleepy feeling. Will write more later..oh, perhaps I will upload some of the food pictures just to share what I had these past few days..hehe!

At last after like 3 days trying to update my blog, the connection tonight seems to be much better. Now I am lost for the story I should be writing here..heh!

Anyway, tomorrow I am planning to go for artificial flowers shopping for Hubby’s niece’s hantaran (and for the groom’s as well). And if I feel like it maybe we will go to Jalan TAR to get more stuffs for the bunga telur and bunga gantung, kain satin for the alas dulang plus beads for niece’s reception and nikah attire. I’m not sure how fast I can work everything out but I hope I can give most of the ready items by middle of July so that SIL and Niece will be able to bring back the items to Dungun.

Hopefully by next, next week I would be able to get the bulk koko jelly for the guest favors. I have found info about a wholesale sweets shop online but we still need to go and find the place. I read that the shop also has lollipop..told SIL about that, and she was like very excited..biasa la ibu2 pengantin surely excited nak buat first wedding event ni kan..then somewhere in July we have to go to Bagan Lalang to buy the kerepek ubi she plans to put in packs as part of the guest favors.

Come to think of it, I hope there will be a lot of guests coming for the wedding because she plans to give out like bunga telur, cupcake, sweets for kids, kerepek ubi and whatnot, even tapau nasi kenduri and lauk pauk. But then perhaps her friends all over Dungun will come since the wedding will be held on Friday, Terengganu’s day off. Otherwise it will all be a waste, God forbid!

I should be hitting the pillow soon, otherwise I might not be able to wake up tomorrow for all the shopping..gosh, I really hate going shopping now. Feel like it’s really a chore. Motivating myself, lagi cepat settle, lagi cepat boleh relax..heh!

We had terrible stomachache on Monday..blame it on the mee kuning. I used brand Win, I think I’ve used that before and the same type of sakit perut the day after..huhu..it’s been quite a long time since my last cooking using mee kuning so I kinda forget which brand gives terrible pain.

I called SIL and she said she had the pain as well but not her husband..heh! I guess I have to make my own mee kuning after this if I were to enjoy the mee kuah or any mee type of cooking.

I seem to be getting terrible headache these days. Hubby said must be the hormone charges and all with this pregnancy. I wish I can do nothing all day but I have a lot to settle for Niece’s wedding. Perhaps after 8th August I can relax all I want..heh! Sometimes I do think that my body never really cut out for such thing like pregnancy..but then again, it’s only 5 more months to go..more or less..

I need to get back to whatever stuffs I have to get done, well at least some for today. Just see how things going on tomorrow, hopefully it’s better and less headache.