I wanted to post this on my Parenting Blog. Unfortunately, it is still out of action. I guess everyone is on holidays and there is no one to look at my submission for review and restoration.
Anyway, I just want to take this opportunity to wish readers of this blog or any of my other blogs a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2013. May you have a good year ahead of you.
I find that the best way not to get overwhelmed by housework is to break them into little tasks. For example, I can easily get overwhelmed by the number of clothes I have to wash and iron, the dishes I have to do, the mopping, the toilets to clean etc.
At ages 8 and 10, the kids still love to help around the house, so I am making full use of this helpfullness before they outgrow it and reject helping altogether. At the moment, they love it when I ask them to
My kids are going to be 9 and 11 next year. I can't believe it myself. They grow up so fast. When I first started blogging, I was still breastfeeding my firstborn and now she is a tween. I can't imagine the challenges I will have to face when I have two teens in the house in a couple of years.
However, in the meantime, I shall still enjoy my babies. They will always be my babies no matter what age. Just the other day, I was looking at some brochures of baby clothes. I have been getting so many pamphlets and leaflets from departmental stores recently in view of the holiday shopping season.
I looked at the baby clothes and felt a twinge of melancholy especially when I look at the cute baby onesies and baby sleepers. I remember laying the babies down gently on the baby sleepers, putting their tiny hands through the sleeves and buttoning them up all the way, from one leg to another. Oh how I miss that! I showed the kids the Dallas Cowboys Baby Clothes and told them about how I used to wear these cute little clothes for them. They love to hear stories like this about the time when they were babies or younger and we would all have a good laugh together travelling down memory lane.
Kids really grow up so fast. I wish that every parent will realize this and spend more time with their children when they are younger to form strong bonds with their kids. These days, so many parents are so busy trying to make more money to make a more comfortable living for their childrens' future (really nothing wrong with that) but sometimes this is done at the expense of the present moment which should be treasured.
My son's eczema is giving him problems again. He has a few spots on his legs, itchy spots that just grows and grows, the skin around those areas just keeps on getting thicker and sometimes it bleeds when he scratches too hard. The doctor said he may be allergic to dust mites and she advises us to vacuum the mattresses but how does one do that?
I couldn't bring myself to use the same vacuum I use for my floors on my bed, even though we have different nozzles for it. So, do I get another hand held vacuum to use just for the mattress? I'm at a loss on what to do. So, for the time being, I've got a dust mite spray to spray on the mattress but the doctor said that was not good enough. She said that even if the dust mite gets killed, we need to vacuum them away or they may cause problems too.
Not only that, me and my children are constantly sniffing and sneezing which could also be caused by dust mite allergies. However, now with the maid gone, I've got to deal with the rest of my housework first before I even think of getting Miele Vacuum cleaners.
I've been thinking of getting a dishwasher, dryer, deep fryer, steamer and more! I have so much to do and so little time and now there are so many devices that can help us but not enough money to get them all!
I feel disappointed and let down by my maid. We had good relations and there was no reason for her to leave so abruptly. Even, if she did not want to continue with her contract, the least she could do is to tell us about it. We would have understood, if it was something that her family wanted for example.
That is the thing about hiring maids. We form human relations with them and that is one of the reasons why I am not getting a new maid and considering getting a dishwasher instead. At least a dish washer won't let you down. If it breaks down, you just send it to the repair shop.
If you have a maid, you can read my post on my personal blog to find out What To Do When Your Maid Does Not Return From Her Holiday. It will certainly help to be prepared.
My Parenting Blog was deleted for spam and is currently under review. My blog is not spam. It is a Parenting Blog that has been online for 8 years. I wonder what triggered this, maybe my account was compromised in some way.
Before the deletion, I had problems using google on my handphone. It kept on asking me for my password but when I keyed in my password, it kept on saying it was the wrong password. So I used my desktop to enter the password and I vaguely remember, I had to request for a code to be sent to my handphone twice before I could enter my account.
After that, I found only 1 blog on my dashboard out of my 5 blogs. Yes, I have 5 but 1 of them is dormant at the moment and not made public. Anyway, I managed to quickly restore 2 more blogs. I can't remember how I did it. However, 1 more blog which was marked as deleted could not be restored. I had to fill up a form to request for it to be reviewed and restored.
After 2 days and still no news, I decided to post in Google groups to see if the process could be expedited. I really hope to get my blog back.
It is a diary of my kids activities, the crafts we did, the education issues we face and more. I always use google search to search for an event in our lives when I can't remember it and now its gone in its entirety and I can't access any of my posts. I want my posts back. They are my diary and that is what a blog is after all isn't it? A blog is an online diary. Only, the danger of an online diary compared to a pen and paper one is, the online diary can disappear overnight without warning.
I really hope to get my blog back soon. I feel so sad to see it gone.
Updated: My blog was restored after I posted in the Blogger Forum but after 6 days it was deleted again! I feel like pulling my hair out!
Since my maid left, I have been busy being a full time housewife. Now, isn't that just fun? Household chores take up a great percentage of my time. I hate doing housework. To me, they are a great waste of time, time that could be better spent with my children or on my blogs.
Anyway, here is a list of the household chores which I hate the most in the order in which they appear. What are yours?
Each year, we look forward to receiving our Corporate Christmas Gift Baskets
We haven't received any corporate Christmas Gift Baskets yet this year. I wouldn't mind receiving any of the following best corporate Christmas gift baskets below.
Here are the best 5 corporate Christmas Gift Baskets I found on Amazon. If you are looking for a Christmas gift basket for your business client and have not ordered one yet, you can consider them. These Christmas Gift Baskets also make an excellent hostess gift.
There is no such thing as a free lunch ... or is there? In fact, there is and I'm talking about free baby products. Did you know that you can get free baby stuff online? Yes, there are many companies which are giving out free baby samples such as free baby bottles, free baby diapers (and we all know how expensive diapers can be), free baby cribs and more.
How do you get hold of free baby stuff? One way is to register yourself with an online company that works with baby product sponsors so that you can be notified whenever there are free baby stuff available. Caring for babies is expensive. There are so many things a baby needs.
In fact, you should start planning and saving for baby as soon as you are pregnant. Apart from free baby products, another way to save is to accept hand me downs from friends and relatives. Never be too shy or too proud to ask for hand me downs. Babies grow really quickly and quite often most of the second hand items you receive for baby are still new and useful. These are just some of the ways to save when you start having a family of your own.
Kids have specific likes and dislikes, so when shopping for a child, it is good to stop for a moment and think about what the child likes. Does the child like animals, love music, enjoy Science? This will give you a very good idea about what to buy for the child. Here are some Christmas Gift Ideas For Kids 2012 based on what kids like whether they are gadgets, music, drawing or fashion.
These Christmas Gift Ideas For Kids 2012 are picked based on what a child likes. They will be better able to appreciate the gifts if it is something based on their hobbies and current loves and include gifts for girls who likes fashion, gifts for kids who like music, gifts for kids who like to draw etc. Just click on the link for more gift ideas in each category.
Gifts For Girls Who Like Fashion
Gifts For Kids Who Like Animals
Gifts For Kids Who Like Music
Gifts For Kids Who Like Science
Gifts For Kids Who Like To Draw
Top 10 Gadget Gifts For KidsChristmas is just around the corner. If you are looking for some Christmas gifts for mom for 2012, here are some ideas for you. These gift ideas for mom for Christmas 2012 are suitable to be given to moms from anyone. Kids can give these gifts to mothers or a husband can use these gift ideas for mothers for his wife too.
They include gifts for mothers who like to read, perfumes for mom, gifts for the mom who likes jewelry, gifts for mothers who like pink and more. This is just a small list. For a full list of gifts you can give to mothers this Christmas 2012, check out this page on Christmas Gifts For The Whole Family including mom of course. The list of gifts for mothers ideas are more extensive on that page.
Top 10 Gifts for Mothers
Cute Jewelry Organizers
Books For Mothers
Mini Perfume Gift Sets for Women
Pink Gifts for Women
Gifts For Moms With Funny Quotes For MothersLast year there was a freak storm in my housing area. Our porch lights were short circuited and we didn't have the time to fix it till now.
We called in some electricians who had to drill through our walls to do some concealed wiring. Unfortunately, they left a mess behind as most contractors often do. We had to clean up ourselves. It wasn't easy cleaning all the paint residue as well as the cement that had hardened on the floor.
We had to get some industrial type of acid to pour over the tiles. Fortunately, we have some professional grade tools to help us do the job. What a back breaking job it was to clean up the mess!
I think it is a good thing to invest in some professional grade tools. We also store some hardware equipment in the house. You never know when you might need them. One always needs to have the right tools for the right task at hand.
However, if you have young kids like we do, you should always keep these tools away from the reach of young curious hands. Keep all your hardware equipment as well as any cleaning liquids safely stored away and out of sight.
The other day I was reading about a lady with facebook addiction. According to the article, she would set her alarm clock to wake her up every 30 minutes at night so she can play facebook games. My, that is serious addiction and can affect your mental health just as much as drugs would.
Many people think that facebook addiction is not as bad as addiction to drugs or abuse of prescription drugs. However, it can be harmful to your health when it affects your sleep and waking activities. One possible sign of facebook addiction is trying to hide your facebook activities from your partner or parents.
It is not easy to be a parent these days, now not only do you have to worry about drugs which are unfortunately sometimes easily available in clubs and pubs or even prescription drugs which can be abused, you also have to worry about facebook addiction too, this seemingly harmless social media tool that has brought the world closer together.
These days, facebook addiction is treated alongside drug addictions in recovery centers like Morningside Recovery. Quite often many people who face addiction issues whether it is to drugs, prescription drugs or even to facebook may have underlying issues and centers like this may help to get to the root of the problem.
You don't have to rot when you stay at home as a stay at home mom (SAHM).
I am a SAHM and I often meet people who tell me "Oh, No, I can't stay at home 24/7 like you, I'd die of boredom!" Well, I didn't die of boredom, thank you very much. In fact, I'm thriving as I discoverd my passion in writing.
Today, I'm going to write about other SAHMs, amazing mommy bloggers and SAHMs from Malaysia who didn't die from boredom as well. In fact they are flurorishing and I don't think they have the time to feel bored. I have known some of them for a long time from our early blogging days, almost 8 years and that is a very long time indeed for the online world.
The SAHM mommy bloggers I have featured here are in random.
I haven't been blogging much lately because I have been very busy editing my Halloween pages on my Hubpages. This is the reason why I have been MIA here of late. Here are my Halloween Ideas all put together on a page for easy reference. Go here if you want to do Last Minute Halloween Craft with kids.
Originally written in 2012, this blog post has been updated to reflect the latest Halloween Ideas For 2014.
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