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I’m happy that we are parents who encourages our child to get as much exposure to many different things and try various hobbies. Even though both PB and I are very busy, we still try very hard to send chloe for various activities. Alternatively, chloe has her aunt to fetch her to and fro from various venues.
A healthy marriage is a happy marriage. Besides not owing anyone money and having a flourishing business, the spouse would surprise me once in a while by buying me flowers and gifts that he knows I would love to have. The spouse is a good provider, I never have to use my own money for anything, I even get a pocket money from him each month. Money for me to splurge and to buy the things I wanna buy.
Some might not think that he is very talkative or funny but to me, he can be if he wants. He is always there to help and never whine about anything even when he is ill. He does all the heavy duty stuff , like mowing the lawn and bring the laundry up and down the basement and carrying all the groceries.
We talk about everything under the sun and moon and have total trust in each other, he is very supportive in any venture or direction I want to take in raising Chloe or my online work. We don’t argue at all, if he doesn’t agree with me, he would let it go at that moment and only chat about it when I’m calm down. As for work at the store, we are totally in sync when it comes to dealing with customers. We loved our jobs and our life and every now and then, the spouse would surprise me with flowers, perfumes, handbags and eye lash luminizer, what else can a woman ask for right?
Yes ! a time for celebration ! that’s for sure. My sister from another mother bought her very first all new car! woohoo!! while others may just envy or even be jealous about her success in saving up for a down payment and getting credit, I on the other hand am exuberant for her. She is stronger than she think she is and have a better head on her shoulder than she think she has. She did it on her own! and as her sister, I am so happy and proud of her.
Of course, not everyone thinks the same way as I , because the human beings are such complicated nature. But I had told her not to worry about what others think because it’s of no consequences. People can think or say what they want but what’s most important is what makes her happy and she should be so proud of her accomplishment/s.
Many people we know from here may not be happy when another do good but I’m always happy for those who does well in life/work/friends and money. Why would I not be ? Life is so good for us, we want to see others do well too. People who are not happy when seeing other people do well are troubled people, my 85 yrs old Greek boss said to me long time ago.
Well, I can’t exactly say she is a baby anymore – afterall, she is in Grade 5 and almost 11 years old now. Yes, this year she is in Grade 5 and she is very excited about it too. Same teachers from last year, so I’m sure she will do well with the teachers. She also begin her piano classes the same week she starts school. I’m glad I’m in town the week she starts school , for next week I have to be in Seattle.
Time has flown ! and we have to say that she is growing up to be a fine young lady. She is a lil’ sassy, a lil’ bratty and a little naughty at times but hell! she is a whole lot good too. So weighing the good and the lil’ bad – I say, she is doing pretty good for a 10.5 yrs old.
The summer has gone by so fast this year, it’s crazy! and since we haven’t really done much for the kid, except for traveling for my work, thanks to Youtube for all the sponsorship, we decided that we should go to Upper Clements Park just for a day for her. Chloe was so excited that she couldn’t sleep the night before and woke us up like several times during the night.
The kids had a really good time, poor me, I had to walk up a hill, and I told PB that he and Chloe must be trying to kill me to replace me for a younger version of me … hhahahaha!!! We were there for like 5.5hrs and went to visit our cottage after that to cool off, so all in all, we spent the entire day out. The kids were exhausted and slept all nite without waking up that nite.
PS: I noticed that this year, Chloe would go on more rides than she did last year, so I’m hoping by next year, she will be more ready to do more things in Disney in Florida.
Yes, we finally bought a real piano for Chloe in Halifax because she had been taking lessons for more than a year now and attended her first recital this year before summer. And since she is so good at it, we figured we should buy her a real piano. Truthfully, I didn’t think that an acoustic piano would be so expensive, I was planning to spend like $3500 on it but an entry level acoustic cost about $6500 tax included. But it is an investment and PB didn’t bat an eyelid paying cash for it.
Of course, he too wanted something from the guitarcenter since he was buying chloe such an expensive “toy” , he feels he deserved another one in his collection too. Well, i didn’t stop him of course, after all he worked so hard for them and he is entitled to spend some money as long as we don’t use our credit card and use our line of credit. Everything has to be paid in cash and that’s how I am teaching my kid. If you cannot afford your toys, then don’t buy them.
The summer had been going so well for all of us , from store front to home front. Chloe is enjoying her summer camp and looking forward to art classes both at the Yarc and the art gallery. She has several play dates a week and is quite popular of late. And this morning, we saw Pinot and Augustine who will be performing at the Yarc. Chloe said she didn’t mind watching them at the Yarc, so we booked tickets for the show on Friday.
She continues practicing her piano and reading daily even though it is summer holidays and we shall start with some Grade 5 school work with papers that we received from a friend in Halifax. We looked forward to August because we will be traveling quite a bit for my work as well as squeezing in a short holiday with Chloe.
At the store front , we have a friend who is helping us out when we are on vacation this year and we are so happy about it. I know that PB will be able to relax because this friend is pretty smart when it comes to manning the store. Thus far, he is the only person who didn’t need a lot of training.
We are also spending our weekends at the cottage and just last week, the neighbor at the cottage stopped his truck to say how beautiful we’ve turned the cottage into. But the cottage is not even completely renovated yet, we still have work to do. Wait till he sees the inside when everything is done.
Did I also mentioned that someone from the United States wants to buy an acre of land from us at the cottage for $80K? yup ! you heard right! and right now, we are negotiating the price because the piece of land is right by the beach. So yes, simply joyous! cannot ask for more.
I’ve been doing a lot of my shopping online and a friend recommended that I cheack out musician’s friend the world’s largest online music gear company for the guitar and amp that my nephew wanted for his birthday. They do have a wide variety to choose from and most importantly, they do ship to Canada. I love that the prices are reasonable as well and we found drums, amps, guitars and music software and more stuff. It’s definitely an online playground for musicians out there. And now that I know where to buy all my music gear, I’ll be sure to share it with my friends who needs music gear for themselves or loved ones.
Yes, Vlogger Fair will be in Seattle, Washington again and this year, I’ve been invited to go to the fair by Youtube and my PR company is making arrangement for me to meet up with my advertisers and other potential marketers. I’m very excited of course and can’t wait to be in Seattle, Washington for a few days. I’m hoping that I can catch up with some friends in Seattle and for those who’ve not heard of Vlogger Fair, don’t sweat it. I didn’t know about it till my PR company from USA asked me to start vlogging for a company in USA – and a USA online magazine.
I’ve been indeed blessed with all the opportunities given to me throughout my years as a blogger and now vlogging. The food network that I worked have also been really good to me and although I may not be in Asia, I still get to travel around the West because of my work. So when customers at the store tells me that they haven’t seen me at the store for a long time, it’s probably because of my mini – work trips that had kept me busy and away.
My skin is really dry during the winter, so when I mentioned to PB that a local salon here carries it, he bought it for me after I had my facial.
The body butter is different from the ones that I’ve been using and for the price of this bottle, I’m hoping that it will help to ease up my dry and ugly looking skin.
Definitely nice to have a spouse who can afford all kinds of things for you. I may miss home and the food but it certainly balances things.