The holiday season has come again. That’s when after Thanksgiving, where the stores go on sale and everyone scrambling to get christmas gifts at the best prices.
Now that Christmas is about 2 weeks away, Christmas parties are everywhere. The kids have their own party and sleepovers, the parents (that’s me and the husband lah) have our own housewarming/Christmas party/parties.
Hmm, it gets pretty hard when the party for the parents are so far away (like Sacramento, 3 hrs drive each way) and we have to drop the kids to their respective parties and pick them up if they decide that they do not want to sleepover. This problem is more for my daughter, whos gfs' places are 10 minutes drive away but 50 minutes to take a bus.
And then she wanted to get gifts for her gfs. OK ibu suggested homogenic gifts for her 2 gfs, nope, she wants unique gift for each of her friend. Aiyoh, you see, my daughter nih kan, takes a long time when she does shopping. If she does shopping for herself, it can take 30 minutes just to select one pair of earrings. Imagine how long it will take to get for 2-3 friends??? Ibu slapped her forehead when Mas said that she was going to get a unique gift for each friend.
The son, he's always the 'I don’t know, I don’t care' person. No sound from him except for whinings in the morning telling paps (the husband) that his eye was twitching, that his leg hurts, that he thought he had a fever, etc etc. We received a letter from the School District last weekend, inviting us for open houses of 4 different High Schools in the area. The husband read it and said,'Nah, Mat won't go to High School till 2 years later'. Errr, hello? Mat is going to High School next fall (next September)!!! Hah…how time flies when we're having fun. The son is going to 9th grade (Secondary 3) next year and we still thought that he is not there yet. He has been getting awesome grades this year…with 3.675 GPA, so a better school will be the one for him.
As the year is drawing to an end, I feel that this year had been a trying year for us. Our family life had been 'frozen' due to the husband's injury. So we had to put our moving project on hold. Hence, the thought of having an addition to the family will be on hold too (need more space mah!).
Now that the husband is 70% recovering from his operation, has his career path all set up for him, the search for a bigger house will be on its way pretty soon…maybe sooner than we might expect. Addition? AFTER the move…which I don’t know when..so just watch out for it ok!
13 comments:
Ya lah twin, kasi chance to flaunt/enjoy the slimmer you before you decide to become mak buyung again.
Looks like things are looking brighter up there. Don't worry everything will fall into place:)
you look good lah woman..wholesome look gitu. wow.
*nefertiti*
sounds like the family is doing mighty fine! and ely, u're looking extra-extra fantastic too! here's to a great new year ahead, and a new branch to the Ely-David family tree!
twin, i am not trying hard to get preggy yet. if i did, then at least i have 23 lbs lesser to loose kan?
nour, i miss u!
nef, selau nya i dont look good ker hehehe.
ailin, dont worry, will surely post the picture of the new house.
mammal, new branch to the family tree? hehehehe pokok aper tuh?
You do?*blush, blush*:D Someday when that Bush Bugger gets impeached I'll pack my bags to Frisco in no time! Godwilling.
Hey ya..I think we are all dying to see (I'm sure, your kids, included)that Ely-David baby..y'know..as they say.. new baby comes new rizqi ;)
As for me..for the past weeks...those matchmaking issue has been actively going on around my mom's circle of friends(weird actually)...so embarrassing....*eyes roll*
ergh...see that's why I try not to come by your blog too often..I tend to disclose personal stuff here, why ah!..... sigh..:D
Ely: you look gorgeous! Like sisters je with yr daughter. Hope everything goes as planned for you and yr family. :)
Ely, true. You look gorqeous and radiant! Emmm awet muda..
May all the plan come true....
Enjoy the party too..
nour, cant u come when bush is still president? dont worry san franciscans do not like bush, he doesnt come here THAT often. so pls do come...maybe when we move to a bigger house ok! errr, i tend to have that effect on people, i am like a 'slumber party' person hehehe.but i am always here to listen u know that.
honeytar, yeah some people thought that i adopted these kids cos i look too young to be their mom. until i tell them that i had my son at 20 baru dorang percaya. ada org ingat i single mingle!
AM, tip for awet muda, happy selalu and eat healthy :). the party was GREAT! but we had to leave early cos we had to 'collect' the kids from their xmas party! kesian i!
Hi Ely! I echo the rest who said you look great :)
Now's the best time to go to the malls kan? But you don't celebrate Xmas do you? Hanukkah celebrate tak?
thanks qoth!
not the best time to the malls, parking lot busy, malls busy, etc etc. just came back fm the mall. got the kids' friends their gifts.
we kinda celebrate xmas. we go for invitations and we buy gifts for the kids. this yr i dont feel like celerating tho. terasa rindu amat kat rumah. i rasa xmas nih memang not for me, but again, i have to give and take lah org punya tradisi eh?
hannukah, we dont exactly celebrate it cos i think my husband nih dah saturated fm the jewish tradition. but he calls the parents and grannies on hannukah.
hmm maybe this yr we could eat jewish food on hannukah. good idea jugak eh!
Everything seems to be in place at your end which is really awesome!!!! Christmas is just around the corner and you're right! Party everywhere!!! Have a Good party and a Wonderful New Year to you and family!!!! :D
u too mamijarum! have a good holiday ok!
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