My boy turns 2

Today marks my little boy's 2nd birthday. I am more excited about his birthday than he is. We've been telling him the simple plans we have for his birthday and we're looking forward to celebrating his special day.

When I look back at all the glorious 2 years that have gone pass, I can't help but feel that time has so quickly passes us all by. We've been such proud parents all the way through and I've enjoyed every bit of motherhood.

At this juncture I'm always being asked when the second will come along. It's inevitable, isn't it? But since we also would like to have a companion for our now 2-year old, I guess we don't mind being asked. I guess it's just a matter of time.

If you ask me if I'm afraid to start all over, I would have to admit that I'm not fearless. I suppose that's normal too. It's every woman's nightmare to think of the morning sickness during pregnancy, the labour pain, the confinement period, sleepless nights due to night feeds and losing the post-pregnancy weight (hopefully not with the use of diet pills), the finances to support the family not to mention the well-being of the children.

It's overwhelming, needless to say. But for all the double or triple joy we get in return with each new addition in the family, I suppose it'll all be worth while.

Anyway, it's time for bed now. We're all looking forward to celebrating the day filled with love.

Not a good time to be buying cars

Was talking to a friend just yesterday and he mentioned to me that some of his siblings are planning car purchases and the ones they are getting are continental cars which mean expensive maintainance. He was a bit surprised at their decision to buy brand new cars since their current cars are working just fine.

I kinda agree with him. Right now all I can think of is to pay off my car and be liability-free for as long as I can. It may be an old car but it certainly isn't an old junk and it still ferries me very well.

But I suppose different people have different priorities so we can't fault anyone for wanting a new car for a change. I know some who are planning to sell off their vehicles too. Someone want to sell off his sell motorhome because it is expensive to maintain and he finds that his family doesn't use it as often anymore due to less travel plans. Makes perfect sense to me to get rid of such a vehicle!

What about you? Staying put with what you have, selling or buying?

H1N1 fears

The fear of H1N1 has just gotten very real for me. Someone in the office building is confirmed to be a victim and is currently in the hospital. We don't even know who he or she is, and don't know the condition he/she is in too.

Since we found out that there's been a positive case, a few of us are tempted to just take some time off work to be safe. It's too bad that we don't have any work from home policy where we can just lug home the laptop. So we've no choice but to go to the office everyday and subject ourselves to the risk of H1N1.

I don't like the company for not doing more to elp us be safe!

Losing weight

I've been pigging out quite a bit, snacking every now and then and not really caring that I might put on some love handles. I thought I would surely put on a little even if not a lot, at the rate I've been snacking and sometimes even having late and heavy dinners. But funnily enough, I find that I'm actually losing weight!

Some of my clothes are feeling a little loose on me and I even need a belt for several of my belts! I suppose lots of mothers would like to be losing weight naturally like this while keeping up with all those meals and snacks. So I should be counting my blessings, huh? At least I don't need to spend on buying some best diet pills in an attempt to love the post pregnancy weight :)