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The Fussy Eater

By now – you all know that I have a very fussy eater on hand. Unfortunately, for us – the school do not seems to understand how fussy our lil’ brat is – therefore, we try to order lunches for chloe from school – when we see something that she might eat. And if she doesn’t – we hope the teacher will see it and understand why we have to make a trip to school everyday to bring her food.

So this week, they had ham and pancakes but Chloe only ate like half a pancake for lunch – that’s not good at all but at least she was honest about it and told us the truth about how much she ate. Anyhow, PB was joking that no more lunches from school – that way he doesn’t have to give up his Padron for the brat’s lunch. But seriously, I’m not gonna fret about it – i used to – but for now – i’m just gonna count my blessings and be glad she is eating fruits – tofu, noodles and rice.

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School Rules

Chloe came home from school today and apologized for not drinking her apple juice but she also mentioned that she did finish her water though. So i asked her – how come she didn’t drink her apple juice during lunch – in which she replied that her teacher asked her to choose between the water bottle or the juice bottle. I tell yer – this school certainly makes me wonder what is going on – if this nonsense carries on – i would be needing a hair loss cure. Why? because i cannot understand why my daughter cannot bring the apple juice and water into her cafeteria..?? Anyhow, i’m keeping my cool and wait to see what happens within the next few days – in the meantime, I told Chloe that i can put her juice box into her lunch bag – but she said she didn’t wanna upset her teacher *slap forehead*. So you tell me lah.. how come the teacher can upset my daughter .. and my daughter is still so thoughtful and don’t wanna upset the teacher? where got meaning right? “steam rising from my head”

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Neighbors

Many of you would know by now that I have a famous neighbor – yes that one. You would think that after pulling a stunt they did like 4.5 yrs ago, they wouldn’t want to have anything to do with us eh. But nope – every time we turn around and when we least suspect – they would smile or say hi to us. I don’t know what they are thinking but if I were to go attack my neighbors because of a picture i had put up on the internet with no intent of evilness nor malice – which could be quickly resolved with a “I’m not comfy – please can you take my kid’s picture down?” but nope – they told me they could sue me for $40K and that they were pissed with me was not called for. With neighbors like that who needs more acne products right?

My other neighbors are great and share the same dislike about a lot of things about this chicken shit neighbor. They let their dog poop in our lawn without cleaning after the dog – they let their cat do the same thing. On top of it – they worked late at night and go on their four wheelers at midnite. You tell me crazy or not ? He mows his lawn at 9pm during the summer and every other day or at least a couple of times a week – come on – how much grass can your lawn have in a few days right? And to do it at 9pm? Your kid no need to sleep – mine does! So what makes them think they can turn around and be nice to us – is not comprehensible. Stay away from us and don’t even acknowledge us pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee…!! crazy ppl we can do without – thank you very much ! we have no time for you and yours!

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Kid’s Allowance

So I’ve been wondering of late, should we give Chloe an allowance to help her understand the value of money just like we women need our women vitamins, it will come sooner or later. But at what age is the right age? as of today, Chloe had never asked for an allowance, neither had she talked about money too – nor begged for anything to be bought for her when we are out shopping. We definitely lucked in on that – that’s for sure.

She has a pretty good head on the shoulder too, because just last week when she lost her tooth and got a $5 from the tooth fairy, she only spent half of it – and put the other half into her piggy bank for her college fund. Yes, she said that herself – muahahahah!! We rarely spend a lot of money in front of Chloe nor do we make known to her that we can afford a lot of luxuries – maybe that’s the reason why she never asked for a lot. She seems like a pretty self – contented girl. So yes, which comes back to my question, since she never asked for an allowance – do i start her on it – just because we wanna teach her the value of money and give her a headstart?

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Small Town

So we had quite a week here, which actually started in December, where our ferry link from USA – Maine to our town was canceled abruptly. Yesterday, even after a rally in the city with representatives from all over Nova Scotia to plead with the Premier and other officers in charge came to a dead end. The Premier office wouldn’t budged. We are not directly affected but the nonsense that came with this ferry thing and the letter by our own town councilor trying to kiss butts with the Premier sure sent me fuming. What good is a town councilor when he goes and do his own thing to try and be part of the “old boys”? It really made me sick to my stomach – I know politics is dirty – but even for such a small town and someone whom I had elected..?? time to get some moving quotes I said to the spouse because what hope is there – no airlines, no ferries – what next? they gonna dig out the highway?

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The Kid and The Man

Every mother would agree with me – that whenever they look at their kid – it is nothing short of a miracle. Till today – 6 years after giving birth to Chloe – it never fails to amaze me how God makes it possible for the woman to carry the baby for 9 months in our belly – growing from a size of a pea .. till she is ready to come out. And that may be the reason why mothers are never harsh on their kids – they can get away with just about anything.. but not the spouse.

Are you like me…?? always picking on the spouse but never the kid..?? I’m guilty .. that’s for sure – the spouse cannot raise his voice at the kid.. nor can he ignore the kid.. but it’s alright the other way round.. well not the raising the voice part.. because Chloe is taught better. But when it comes to buying things – it’s the same way.. anything for the kid.. but nothing for the man – if the kid needed a lcd monitor – zoom i would be out there getting her a new one.. if hers was broken.. but if the man’s monitor was broken, i would tell him to make do with a used one from the store.

Everything for the kid – needs to be new or fresh to eat – the spouse and myself.. we can eat leftovers .. no biggie…?? what about you ..?? are you this way..?? or is it just me..?? I know of some mothers here who would be all dressed up .. and make up .. and their kids gets their clothes from Salvation Army – a bagful for $10. But i couldn’t do that.. if anyone would to wear .. anything from Salvation Army… it will be me.. not the kid.

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Family Bonding

I never had much of a family if you didn’t know by now. My dad was never much at home – maybe once a year – not even during chinese new year – and my mom well – she was very much into the boys/brothers. So when I met PB online – he used to comfort me and said .. his parents will be my parents – that was very sweet of him eh.

Chloe is a very loving girl – in fact the older she gets – the closer she is with her grandparents – which had been my plan all along. Family bonding is very important to me for Chloe – more important than PB getting use to the project management software he just bought and playing constantly with. I have to constantly remind him and myself that Chloe isn’t gonna be this young forever because I remember how much i used to envy my neighbour’s family or my school mates ones.

If I had to drop everything to be with Chloe – I would – no doubt about it – if you don’t think it will affect them you better think about it .. because till today – i still think about how little time my parents had for me. It’s a constant regret for me.. that I never got to know my parents well enough nor give them enough hugs because they don’t practice nor encourage it. Therefore, with Chloe – she is a totally different story. What about you and your kids..?? don’t let them grow up thinking that their parents didn’t care too much about them eh.

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Learning Words

Chloe came home with a list of words she had to learn weekly – we had known about it for a few weeks now. And a look at her list – we realized that we didn’t get Week’s 1 list – and since some of Chloe’s classmates parents shop at our store – I of course, quickly called and asked them for the List 1’s words. But one of them couldn’t remember where her list was and another didn’t call back. And another one who happened to be at our store in the evening – didn’t even know that her kid had words to learn *slap forehead*. Anyhow, that evening – I lay away my auto insurance quotes and started to teach Chloe her words – 2 at a time – I figured for the weekend.. and 1 each for the weekdays.

So lets get back to these other parents – well, as you can see – how challenging it is for Chloe’s teacher with this kinda attitude *shake head*. As for us – I hope we can be diligent parents and help Chloe move ahead with every standard she is promoted to.

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School System

Chloe hasn’t gone to school for 3 days now – well the first day – was in -service (meaning – the teachers had meeting or some self help class) – then it was a snow day but the snow wasn’t so bad – but that’s alright because she was quite stuffed up in the morning she woke up. Today – same thing we woke up at 7am – and the radio announced no school again. Boy!! these ppl are real wuss – the snow wasn’t bad at all – i mean for chloe she wasn’t feeling the greatest – so we would have made her stay home – but what about those other kids – whose parents had to work..??? I tell you .. the school or the school board needs some testosterone booster – no wonder the “ang moh” kids are so lazy…!!!

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Pterodactyl

We were visiting Chloe’s grammie and grampie a few days ago – and she of course needed all the attention (whats new?) and started making noises of a crow. Of course, we all laughed at her and her grammie said – “So you are a crow now?” In which, Chloe replied indignantly, that she was a PTERODACTYL and not a CROW!

Yes.. ! you heard right a PTERODACTYL ! even I donch know what a Pterodactyl is .. hahhaha!! i know it is a kind of dinosaur .. but really a PTERODACTYL …?? i mean ask me about fat burner and I’ll tell you all about it.. but how does a 6 years old know stuff like PTERODACTYL ..?? hahhahahaha!!! Apparently, she watched Scooby Doo – and they had said a word like that on one of the episodes. .muahahhahaha!!! My oh My..!!! I tell yer.. i wasn’t this smart.. when i was her age.. hahhahaha!!