Getting up to speed...

Events I would like to make mention are -

1. Son sat for his UPSR (5-7 sept)
He was wonderful the days gearing up to the exams, studying on his own, reminding me to send him to his extra classes and also asking me to take him to the bookstore to get more revision workbooks!!!! It's like Hari ini Dalam Sejarah for me, man!

2. Son went to Kota Bahru and Kuala Terengganu with sister and niece for 3 days last week (21-23 sept)
He thoroughly enjoyed his holiday which incidentally was TAILOR-made months beforehand by his loving aunt and cousin JUST FOR HIM as a belated birthday gift!!! So, so nice of them! It seemed like he just couldn't stop smiling when he got home!

3. Church changes (bible study classes and earlier service)- 4 sept
Everyone is adjusting to these changes pretty well, i think. All in all, i think it is a good good change. The classes on parenting are speaking to me and getting me thinking about a mission statement, vision for the family.... wowee!

4. Having dinner with nephew on his lunar birthday (18 sept)
I don't think I have ever been out with my nephew (and my hubby of course!) one on one before and it was nice, pleasant, relaxing, fun. The restaurant was lovely and thank God, because of the mooncake festival, one U was not crowded that sunday evening... phew!

5. My precious little garden
I also finally got someone to help me spruce up my garden, get rid of unwanted plants and weeds, and now growing new flowering plants like Dianthus and Marigold and hopefully Morning Glory as well! Pesky insects still trying to devour my precious chilly plant though.. Arggggh!

6. My cat kena bitten on her butt
That was a terrible experience... even for me. i had not seen her in so much pain before... she has a very very high threshold for pain... Thankfully, the wound is almost completely healed and she is back to her old self again!

7. My little princess
Still thinking of whether to marry Tessa off to some jock but more and more, am thinking it isn't such a good idea. I would not know how many pups she'd have and I would definitely have to share it with the her hubby's owner... dunno anyone at this time though... perhaps if she ever met anydog suitable..... while she is still a "spring" dog, that is....

8. Maid... again!
Applied for an Indonesian maid for my mum in law. supposed to have arrived last week but still no news from the agency so.... wait wait wait... i wonder if i still remember how to "train" her... am used to living without one. after all, it has been almost 2 years already... I do however look forward to passing on the laundry esp. the ironing to her! Not one of my favourite chores to say the least!

hmmm that is all i can remember/think of insofar as updates are concerned...

Updates

I haven't blogged for so long that I don't know where to start but if I don't get started, I don't think it will get easier...

Blogging started out because I wanted to remember some thoughts and days that I have, some feelings that I felt and hoped that they might somehow be immortalised this way.

Then came the idea to blog to share with people that I care about how I felt or just to keep them up to speed on my day to day.

This could be the birth of yet another potpourri blogger... horrors of horrors!

I love you LORD....

You are my Maker
You love me with an everlasting love
I am amazed
You make me new
You lift me up when I am weary
For that, I am grateful
You are a miracle working God
Yet you pursue me
I am undone
You gave your only Son
You gave selflessly
Now, I am forgiven
Now, I call you LORD.

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

FOUND IN OLD SAINT PAUL’S CHURCH, BALTIMORE DATED 1892