A Homemaker’s Diary

It has been many weeks (or was it months?) since the last bedroom mosquito attack..isk! Tonight I took the chance to sweep the floor while Hubby took care of the Son and somehow many mosquitoes came inside the room..isk isk! Benci! I shouldn’t have let the door left ajar while sweeping the floor.

As I am writing this entry, I can feel the bite on my hands and feet..Hopefully Son is not been bitten by any otherwise I have to go on mission menyapu Mozzie BUDS on the bite mark. He has a very sensitive skin that will leave scar and mark if not being taken care of carefully.

Well, I just can’t stand the mosquito anymore..will have to go and wash my hands and put some bam gamat on the bintat2 nyamuk..Happy Friday people!

In a bathroom, a tube of toothpaste lies open on the floor. Its top has rolled goodness knows where. A toothbrush with some paste on it lies unused on the rim of the sink. Someone must have been disturbed who was about to brush their teeth. That person is in the next room. She’s a woman, a mother with her baby. What is she doing? Well, how you answer depends on you yourself and what you see when you look at her.

Putting two and two together, you may seen an unfortunate woman with a very demanding baby who couldn’t even wait two minutes while his mother brushed her teeth but cried and cried until she had to go and pick him up. You may offer to hold the baby, but the baby is so unreasonable that he clings to his mother and won’t trust you or anyone else. You may ask yourself why babies were ever invented. This probably isn’t you. You will have your own unique way of seeing. I’m going to end this book by telling you what I see.

I see a totally exhausted-looking mother, pale with dark shadows under her eyes, who miraculously has the energy to sing and rock her baby in a way that he is starting to recognize. I see him relax, and his tense body seems to melt into her arms. He isn’t crying now. His whole being is attentive to the music and wonderful rhythm of the mother who is comforting him so well. It takes a long time until he finally reaches sleep. When he does, the entire room seems at peace. Something momentous seems to have changed. It has been a journey, a transition from distress into harmony. The mother looks up with a warm smile. The miracle was hers, but perhaps you and I helped her by being there and seeing what she did as “something”.

Taken from What Mother Do Especially When It Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen

I’ve been trying to upload these 2 pictures of the bilik pengantin but up till this moment when I am typing this entry, I only managed to upload only one picture..damn the Maxis Broadband connection at home..isk! Can’t wait to get Streamyx (hopefully in another 1-2 weeks..huhu!)

Eventhough the wedding theme is red and black, SIL and Niece #1 decided to use the white cadar pengantin that Niece #1 bought for her wedding in 2008. Only the curtain is in black and red design. I think if the whole room is decorated in merah hitam theme, it will be gloomy (ada unsur Gothic or Old Hollywood just like in this wedding blog I found earlier)

I found the red and black bed runner which is actually a table runner at the bazaar at The Curve. The black rectangle plate was bought at The Curve as well since they have sale for Christmas. The rose petals we bought in IKEA, together with the 3 red candles. It was not much but overall it complemented the whole theme..(with limited budget what do you expect, kan?)

Not sure whether the pengantin baru did remove the artificial rose petals on their wedding night or not..haha!

Thank God! The wedding went well despite a few glitches here and there..biasa la kan..macam2 orang macam2 la kerenahnya..nevertheless what we planned we carried out smoothly. We left SIL’s house around 7pm because The Son could no longer stay happy..tak dapat la tgk pengantin open their presents..pity him for having to wake up early on that Sunday morning, berpanas, tak selesa and all that during the whole wedding day..but he didn’t even cry, mengamuk or whatnot, Alhamdulillah.

That night both of us pengsan awal..hehe..and today my thighs are so sore with all the heavy lifting, walking up and down the stairs, I even accompanied the bride berarak while holding my son. Tell you what, if you have one clingy son and you really take care of him on your own, definitely tak payah pegi gym to work out..haha!

Well, I will share more pictures of the wedding later. Now, I need to catch up on my sleep while The Son is enjoying his. Happy Tuesday, people!

It’s amazing how sometimes our body and mind work..like today when I woke up at 9 a.m (blame the Sukaneka committee..isk!) when I slept last nite at 5 a.m. Niece #2 is getting married tomorrow, so I have been telling our son that he has to practise sleep early and wake up early so that we won’t miss the akad nikah ceremony at 10 am. And I think it’s not his brain that digests the advice, it’s mine..keh keh!

So here I am since 10, can’t fall back to sleep and trying to do something to pass the time..isk! I want to do laundry but Hubby is still asleep (the sound of the washer machine and dryer will wake him up..unless we are using washer and dryer LG yg konon2 very quiet tu..hahaha!)

I feel like spending some creative time in the craft room, preparing stuffs for next weekend class but I feel reluctant knowing that I have to rush to and fro from the craft room back to bedroom (Son seems to have this internal sensor that cries out whenever Mama is not in 10m proximity..aiyak!)

I don’t feel like reading either, because my eyes hurt from the lack of sleep. Maybe I should just go back to sleep..after all it’s still like 2-3 hours before everyone’s wake up time..gonna catch up with some rest before another busy day today..tata! Have a good weekend, everyone!