Mommy Diary

Archive for August, 2008

I just came by the dentist to have my tooth pulled. Silly me, I didn’t get to use my medicard because the dentist I went to was not accredited by Medicard. I thought it doesn’t need to be pulled, so I went to that dentist because I will have to pay anyway. If I went to another dentist that was accredited I could have it pulled for free. The dentist also told me I need a root canal procedure on my front tooth because it’s already dead due to some trauma, and it doesn’t come cheap either. I hate going to the dentist but it seems we are going to see each other some time again soon.

I really like living on our own and not depending on our parents or relatives. The down side, however, is we are living quite far away from them so we don’t get to visit them that often. Within the last 3 months, my mom and my aunt both had an operation to remove a cyst from their cervix. We were only able to visit my mom once and my aunt, we didn’t even get to visit at all. Just this morning, I received a text message from my mom that my grandma is scheduled to have her own operation. She wants us to stay with my grandma for a while to take care of her. During these times, how I wish we just live near our relative’s house. If only S could find a job there, but it’s not that easy to transfer jobs.
By the way, a few hours after I got the text message, I received a call from my husband’s brother that a relative passed away and my SIL is in the hospital because of a pregnancy scare. I wonder when all the bad news will end?

Oh my, our cat is missing! My husband brought her out to the playground so she can get some sunshine but then she ran away and until now we couldn’t find her.I am really worried because that cat knows nothing about the outside world, in fact, this is only the second time she ventured out of our compound. The first time she found her way back home because she was just at the gate. Now, we thought she would be able to come back but it’s already the second day and still no sign of her. Stray cats have to rummage for food to survive, but Muning, is such a picky eater I am not sure she will survive. She only eats cat food or sometimes our leftover viand, she wouldn’t even eat rice. Adding to my concern is that it has been raining for two days now and I wonder where she takes shelter, she has been used to a comfortable life here in our apartment. My husband told me not to worry too much because cats are good survivors. Sure, there are no more cat feces to clean and no more scratches on our sofa but when I see her plate and leftover cat food I terribly miss her and worry about her. I’m still hoping she’ll be able to find her way home soon.

**Update
A few hours after I published this post, about 3am in the morning, I heard a familiar meowing sound outside. I opened the door and sure enough Muning was there. She was lost for almost two days. I was really proud of her for finding her way back home. I immediately snapped this picture of her on her bed – oh, wait, that’s my curtain! Muning!

Just as I was doing my Entrecard drops, I noticed the contest sponsored by IMblogger. What really caught my eye was aside from the $300 worth of prizes, the winners will also be given their very own domain. Not bad, right? I have just started this blog and another one, and I am thinking of getting its very own domain as early as possible instead of waiting for a couple of months and then giving me some headaches in the future, like my other blog did.
Here is the complete list of prizes:
1st prize.

125$ cash.

2 .COM/.NET/.ORG domain names of your choice.

2nd prize.

100$ cash.

2 .COM/.NET/.ORG domain names of your choice.

3rd prize.

75$ cash.

1 .COM/.NET/.ORG domain name of your choice.

There are two ways to join, the first is to subscribe to his blog via email. If you do this, you automatically get 2 points. If you blog about this contest, the better too, because you will earn 5 points, thus, you have a bigger chance of winning. If your blog is one of the high profile ones and has more than 500 subscribers then the more reasons you should join because you will get another 2 bonus points. It’s so easy to join, right? To join, just click here for the full details.

I am home alone today because my toddler went to work so I have declared this day as my much deserved rest day. Today, I am going to do what I want to do and when i want to do it. Ooops, there goes my schedule but I promise I will start it on Monday. After all, how am I going to teach Z if he’s not here? So I have been thinking about what I should do with my alone time after more than a year?
Definitely, I will watch the movies that I haven’t watched because I have to take what Z likes, in consideration. I will eat pizza the whole day. I will eat some ice cream. I will fix my blogs and complete my 300 entrecard drops, and I will do this all while lying in bed. Isn’t that a great way to spend my day off?

I am not a very organized person so I wonder how I have survived the first 25 years of my life without keeping a list of chores or a to do list. It was quite easy then because my time was just for myself. Now that I am a mother and a wife, my time is divided between my son, my husband, myself, and the house chores. My responsibilities have quadrupled but too bad, I have not changed – it is still the same old me. No to-do-list, no schedule, no organization – nothing. There are many times that I feel overwhelmed and do not know what to do. I often find myself wishing there were more than 24 hours a day. But maybe, I do not need more than 24 hours a day? After all, other people are able to juggle their job and their family just fine. I realized that it’s high time for me to keep a schedule. Times have long changed and I am not single anymore. Whether I like it or not, I have to shape up or else my family’s life will suffer in the long run. I definitely do not want my son to grow up like me. I want him to be goal-oriented and organized. So I am posting here my day-to-day schedule. They say you have to do it for 30 days for it to become a habit so I hope I can stick to it like a glue until it becomes second nature to me. Wish me luck!

5:30 Wake up

Before Z wakes up:
Load laundry
Exercise
Clean living room
Shower & Clean bathroom
Fix myself
Plan Day
Online Time
Turn on Z’s music
Prepare Breakfast (cereal or oatmeal, fruit, milk)

8:00 Wake up Z
Fix bed with Z
Breakfast
Reading time
Unload laundry

11:00 Prepare lunch

12:00 Lunch
Bath for Z
Z’s nap time

After Z wakes up from nap:
Z’s arts & crafts time
Playground
Prepare Dinner
Dinner
Z’s online time, fold laundry, other chores

Before Z goes to bed
Story time & prepare Z to sleep

10:00 – 10:30 Wake up S, dinner for S, wash dishes
Online time

Whew! After finishing it, I am definitely more overwhelmed than ever. I have been reading Flylady.net and realized it’s really ambitious of me if I think I can follow all of these at the same time. The first draft I made included a specific time for each task but I felt stressed out just by reading it so I revised it and put time stamps to guide me throughout the day. Wish me luck!

This is where I will write my thoughts, experiences, and all things I want. I hope you can come along with me in my journey through life.

Privacy Policy for www.mommydiary.net
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at kaylyyu@mommydiary.net.
At www.mommydiary.net, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by www.mommydiary.net and how it is used.
Log Files
Like many other Web sites, www.mommydiary.net makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Cookies and Web Beacons
www.mommydiary.net does not use cookies.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
.:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www.mommydiary.net.
.:: Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to www.mommydiary.net and other sites on the Internet.
.:: Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include ….
Google Adsense
Commission Junction
Clickbank
Chitika
Amazon
Kontera
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on www.mommydiary.net send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.
www.mommydiary.net has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. www.mommydiary.net’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

This policy is valid from 28 April 2010

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact sweetypaula@gmail.com.

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

This blog does contain content which might present a conflict of inte