A Homemaker’s Diary

I am currently finishing up the red bunga telur stokin gantung for the last client for this year, about 35 more to go from the total of 50. It seems that I only have enough materials to make for 30 for the red silver theme so the other 20 I use materials in cream gold red theme. Luckily the client is not too fussy as she understands my situation. After all it’s not easy to get custom made bunga telur these days especially when it’s the wedding season.

So once I’m done with that task, I can relax all I want until the day the baby pops out..heh! I plan to read the What To Expect The First Year book and Harry Potter’s final book. I know I can always finish up the Harry Potter’s book in 1-2 days so that’s why I’m saving it for the best. From what I’ve read based on other readers’ reviews, the ending is a happy one so hopefully I won’t regret putting it off for so long since I bought it. It’s a sad thing for a reader to know that there is no more new installment for a long saga but then again that’s what life is all about (at least in a fiction world..huhu)

Oh, we managed to go to the Curve on Saturday as per plan and took the baby cot home. We even had a great time eating in Marche. It’s good to hang out with SIL and her husband (well, they are as old as a parents should be anyway, so they can be considered as substitute in that sense except that the generation gap is not too wide..) Hopefully we’ll be able to have this kind of makan-makan outing more often.

I need to get to sleep now as I need to wake up a bit early to wait for Poslaju tomorrow. I bought 3 new easy-to-wear tudung in case I will need them during confinement and in the hospital. Who will have time to iron tudung bawal to wear during such hectic time, right?

A few days ago when I called SIL, I told her if it’s possible the ask her husband to go with Hubby to the Curve this weekend to take the baby cot since they have Naza Ria. She was definitely OK with it, in fact she told me that if Hubby wants to drive the car, he can come to the house and take it anytime since BIL is not using (he was in Kemaman for work for the past 2 days). But since Hubby is not comfortable driving the big Naza Ria so I told her that we will confirm the plan by Saturday morning. After all we know that Hubby’s BIL is a morning person and we don’t want to interrupt his afternoon rest.

At 11:20pm tonight, SIL sms that they are coming after Zohor tomorrow, knowing that we are not the morning people..hehe! Since SIL will be home alone anyway, (her children are not home tomorrow – one is working on Saturday and the other one is back to campus) so she feels like going with Hubby and his BIL to the Curve. After all she has never been to the Curve. Last time I only brought her to IKEA. Actually, I don’t feel like going out tomorrow but since SIL is going, I might as well go.

It’s not really me for not wanting to go out but then in my current condition, I just feel like one big whale stranded on the beach, not wanting to move too far. Luckily I have bought all that we need for the baby otherwise Hubby has to do all the shopping on his own. Oh, I still need the baby bedding..huhu..anyone knows any Aussino branch in KL/Selangor with stock for the bedding, do tell me!

Have you ever noticed that sometimes when you have everything well planned, it somehow does not work the way you want it to be..huhu..well, call it the law of attraction or what but honestly in my life, I hardly try to attract the negative vibes but somehow it got way beyond the expectation.

Since I have no power to fight the fate of nature, I just give in and try to change it to the better. The food by MangkukTingkat.com was sent late today (for both lunch and dinner) and even then the taste was like yikes…why can’t people cook nicely these days..why can’t they taste the food that they cook before they pack it for sale, at least to check whether it has the taste that it should be despite the cheap ingredients used to save the overall cost.

Luckily I cooked nasi lemak with sambal sotong kering for dinner tonight. Hubby is working late again since there’s a meeting with US and Prague team at 10pm so I rather he has something decent to eat afterwards. Of course I too want to have something nice to eat as well since I am not a big eater for lunch. Even the baby inside is not happy with the food I bought..huhu..nak jugak suruh mak dia masak boyot2 ni pon…heh!

After cooking the dinner, I showered and got ready for the 9pm show on Astro and yet it turned out instead of In Plain Sight, Star World decided to replay Reaper..laa..apa ni..not sure whether they will have The Unit at 11pm. Checked the Astroview guide and confirmed no changes there. Benci la..if there is any other choice than Astro for cable TV, I will for sure sign up for that.

Now should I watch DVD instead? Maybe I will just spend some times on the Net, googling whatever that comes to mind..

We managed to go to Damansara Cineleisure to watch Bond yesterday, courtesy of Hubby’s company. Funny translation of James Bond – Quantum of Solace (Bond 22- Ketenangan Dalam Kesengsaraan) Does quantum really means kesengsaraan? huhu..never heard that when I studied Quantum of Physics..keh keh..nevertheless OK la Bond this time..what do you expect, right!

After that we walked to Ikano with the main intention to buy baby bedding set at Aussino. In case they have stock and better choices there, but alas, not even one set is available. They do have discount for Kids and Bath Fair but that’s not what we need at the moment. Thought of buying cot and mattress in IKEA but since I was like snail walking in agony, plus we parked the car in the Curve so it will be a hassle to bring all the stuffs to the car, we walked back to the Curve (after dinner at Kluang Station) and checked out few baby stuff stores there.

In the end, we bought the package from The First Few Years, around RM800 for the 3-in-1 convertible cot and fibre mattress, and free fitted sheet for the mattress. I like their designer bumper cot and bedding set but too expensive, almost the same price as the cot itself. We brought home the fibre mattress and the fitted sheet and Hubby has to go (alone) again this weekend to take the cot as our car is too small to accommodate all. They do have delivery service for the charge of RM50 but I rather we take it on our own. Malas nak tunggu org deliver ni, mcm tunggu buah tak gugur je, bila kurun nak sampai barangnya..huhu!

Hopefully Aussino Alamanda will call me soon to inform the availability of the baby cot set. I would like to settle everything within this month so that if I were to deliver early, Hubby won’t have to rush everywhere to handle all the necessary matters.

I hate it when I’m in pain and yet I am not sure what to do to remedy the situation. I think I have these combination of Symphysis Pubic Dysfunction and Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP). (Read them up if you are interested in details)

This paragraph from the website best describes what it feels like to have the pain:

The pain is usually made worse by lying on your back, turning over in bed, walking and standing from a sitting position. It is often worse at night and the degree of night pain you may experience will probably be related to how active you are during the day. Separating your legs, especially when sitting in a slumped position or lying down can be painful.

It is an agony when I have to move from one position to another especially on bed, to wake to pee, or get up from bed in the afternoon. Even walking from one distance to another is like total disaster with me have to jalan like siput to endure the pain. It’s really a pain in the ass, I tell you, and not only on the ass as it spreads around the groin area, hips, pelvis. I hope it will be over soon..huhu..I’m counting the days and weeks to go!