And My Journey Thru' Breast Cancer
Chloe and I wanna wish everyone Gong Hei Fatt Choy ! especially all our dear friends online and offline. Thank you all for your kindness and unconditional love and all the Chinese New Year goodies you’ve sent to us and ang pows. May the year of Rabbit bring all of you good health and prosperity.
I know of someone personally with a real weight loss story which I find very inspiring. Every week, I would read her blog to see how much weight she lost – and she went from 330 Ibs to 164 Ibs within a year. Of course, she had a gastric bypass – but she also did her exercises – and walk a lot and started eating different too. It is definitely inspiring – and if she can do it – so can I – fo I’m not even her present weight at the moment – but am trying to lose some weight – so that I can have more energy and because being a diabetic – i need to keep my weight under a certain number. I wanted to share this with those who are struggling with their weight – so if my friend can do it – so can you – there is hope. I do find stories like this one – very inspiring for someone like myself – who have been trying to lose weight the safest way.
I’m not a perfect parent – in fact – far from it – but one thing I know for sure – is that teaching your kid to own up and taking responsibility for thing that he or she did – is a very important step to growing up and living an honest life. I find it so sad – when a parent starts pointing fingers at the other kid – when the kid is found stealing from our store or doing something bad. According the the parent – it’s not his kid – but the other kid he is with – and the same goes for the other kid’s parent – when I spoke with them about it. It’s easy to point fingers at the other family – the other kid – but what does it teach your kid?
Yesterday, another parent was in with her kid – wanting to rent a game – but the kid had a $30 late charge from a previous game rental. The mother said – nope she wasn’t paying for it – because it wasn’t her lates *slap forehead* – walked out – but called back and insisted that we shouldn’t have rented the game under her account but her ex-husband’s *slap forehead*. So what does it teach that kid? what would i do?
Firstly, I would pay up the amount – because it’s my kid – but I’m letting my kid go easy – that’s for sure – and I won’t be renting another game for her for a long time – till she works it off – by doing dishes or laundry or something that needs doing around the house or even the store in our case. But to argue with the store owners – to make it the store owner’s fault – now that’s the wrong way to teach your kid. Teaching responsibility should begin right now – not when your kid is 21 or 50 – it begins as soon as your kid is born. Being a responsible parent brings up responsible kids – try to remember that the next time you point fingers at other people’s kid.
Chloe received a creative set for photo frame from Jessica – from the restaurant – so the minute she had a chance to go to her grammie’s she brought it there to work with her grammie. She said she had so much fun with the clay making – she wanted more of it – to work on it with her Aunt Helena when she gets home from Toronto. I was never a creative child – I can’t even draw a dog, a cat or a fish – but Chloe – man! she can draw up a storm – and color. I think she got the creative part from my dad side of the family – my dad – can draw so well – it’s a pity – he refused to be an architect.
I’m in the middle of winter and my forehead feels funny – a bit painful but not that bad – so i touched my forehead and realized that I have bumps coming outta my head – I am having pimples!!! and also my forehead feels wrinkly! i panic and asked my spouse to look for the best forehead wrinkle cream for me and I have to stop eating chilli sauce and anything spicy – I guess my body is trying to tell me something. On the other head – I’m already 45 – so wrinkles are to be expected and I know i can’t get rid of them – but at least – I can try and lighten it. My mom used to say – one has gotta admit that one needs help – when you are this old – wise old mom.
There are just too many funny and cute stuff about Chloe – especially the things that comes out from her mouth. I wished I could record every single funny thing she said but sometimes I am either too busy or I forget. As this year i am taking time to enjoy my daughter – I am going to try and write down all the cute and funny things that she said.
Well, this was one of them. We were at her grammie’s house before Christmas and she wanted to know what i bought for her uncle richard. But her grammie said she can’t keep secret and told us a story from a long time ago – with Chloe.
Chloe had asked for more pepsi at her Grammie’s ( we don’t like her drink pop) – in which her grammie said sure – she could have some more but she can’t tell her mummy about it. In which, she told her grammie – that’s alright – I don’t want it – because i can’t keep a secret! muahahahahahahha!!!! you say too funny or not – she rather not have the pepsi – then to try and keep the secret from me. muahahahah!!! too cute my girl.
I count my blessings everyday – because with Chloe – we never have to scream, shout or warned her about nothing touching the oven, stove or anything sharp. PB’s kindle is in the bathroom all the time – and she never messes with it – nor picked it up to see what it is not because she isn’t curious – because she knows it is expensive and didn’t belong to her.
When she was a baby – she never picked up things on the floor and put them in her mouth – so we are very lucky with Chloe and whenever she is bad – I remind PB and count our blessings. She would not touch or take anything without asking for permission – because she knows it is wrong. One day she brought back Aunt Helena’s thing – and she was so ashamed of it – it was just some bits of cloth but still she knew it was wrong because she didn’t asked first. So yes! we count our blessing – what about you?
Last year I went to a different eye doctor – because my old one refused to give me a prescription for bi-focal and I was so sure I needed it because when I need to read anything – I have to remove my normal glasses. So I got my bi-focal last year – which cost me a good $500 – for a pair and what happened? I still couldn’t use my bi-focal – because it doesn’t seem to work very well for me. And how do I read now? I still need to take off my glasses! *sigh* – so after paying so much – and not being able to use it leaves me very frustrated because I could have gotten 2 pairs for the same price if not because of my bi-focal. So now i’m sticking to cheap glasses since I don’t have to have bi-focal – that’s for sure. So I’m wrong – and my old eye doctor is right.
So we started the new year – with some new furniture for our home. We finally broke down and bought chairs for our dining table – because the ones we had – were not color co-ordinated. So while eating at a local restaurant in town – we were kinda inspired – they had the kind of sturdy chairs we wanted – so after a late lunch one afternoon – we headed to get the chairs. Chairs are expensive here ! at $70 a chair! we bought 3 new ones. Then we bought a new chest of drawer for Chloe – since she is still using her old one – that is too small for her now. And next we bought a new kitchen faucet for our kitchen – and the only thing we are looking out for – when the price is right – is a front load washing machine and dryer. We needed a new kitchen faucet – because our current one was leaking and rusty looking as well. As for the washing machine and dryer – it’s because we want an energy and water saving machine – our old one works well – but it’s an top load one – and it’s time to change. I can’t wait to do other little things for our home – so that we can start having friends and family over for visits.
I haven’t watched SuperNanny for a long, long time – I used to – when Chloe was younger and it was fun watching SuperNanny again. But we all know that kids get naughty once in a while and while I want to be able to discipline my child like SuperNanny – it is definitely no easy feat. I don’t know about other moms – but we pretty much use whatever tactics we’ve learned from our parents – and use it on our kids. So for those – who don’t have kids yet – don’t say “I will never be like my mom!” because you can be so wrong – and I tell you this – because I was this way too – hahha! I bet my mom would be so tickled when she read this.
Chloe isn’t real naughty but at times – she really needs to be disciplined. Like the bad habit of asking for attention when we do have customers around and trying to bump into me – to get the attention – if i ignore her. We’ve spoken to her many times about it – but she does it all the time. But the funny thing is – she never does stuff like that – when she is outside of the store nor at home. So you tell me – what to think of it? So I’m watching supernanny again – and maybe get a tip or two from the show. Wish me luck – because she is too old for the naughty chair – hahah!