What's Up ?

I can't believe it. It's almost end of November . Where have all the days gone? Swallowed up by work, cooking and cleaning and more work and cooking and cleaning.

The 1st half of the year , we were busy with the new house. Then we moved in and adapted to a totally new lifestyle. Not long after that my father-in-law and brother-in-law came to visit. We had a good time catching up on family stuff. During the visit, we realised that we spent a lot of time eating and eating. My father-in-law enjoys the food here. That's saying a lot especially for someone from Penang. Hubby always says Kuching food is no match to Penang's. Brother-in-law likes the lifestyle here. I guess it's more laid back compared to the fast pace in Penang. We took them to church and it was the first time our church friends saw the brother and all invariably commented how alike both brothers are in their looks and there were guessing who was older as they couldn't tell.. That was a bonus point for hubby coz he kept telling me that this is pure confirmation he is not aging as his brother is 3 years his junior!! Perasan !!!

All in all we had a relaxing time with them and my kids love the models given to them as gifts by their uncle and the Penang delicacies which their grandpa brought for them.

I am glad school is closed and I hope it will be a quiet time in the office ...no unexpected suddenlies that make me scream “AARGH” . “AARGH “ should be added in the Oxford dictionary as a new word coz it simply sums up how I feel when I have a bad hair day.

With the long break , I am not even sure what stuff to do with the kids apart from going to the library to stock up more reading materials. This is Heather's joy but Jordan's nightmare. Reading a book is akin to punishment for him.

Hubby already knows what he wants to do with the kids. Playing football with Jordan and taking both of them swimming. His recent addition to his “to-do” list is to learn to bake. My bro-in-law gave us a cake mixer. He lugged it all the way from Penang. Hubby is thrilled. He felt baking is something up his alley. We will see about that. All my cookbooks are ready . I just hope they won't be too many “disasters” or “ burnt offerings”. Maybe I should be more positive …. after all he does make good bread !!!!

As I glance at the calender , I feel the rest of the year is going to zoom by pretty fast. Our family will be busy with the usual Christmas dinners, Christmas shopping and church activities. On top of that we are expecting hubby's friend from Ipoh so that will keep us busy and happy. And before you know it, it's 2011 and school will be in full swing again.