Going For His Dreams

Dear Bloggy ,

Soon there will only be 3 of us in this house . Only daughter , hubby and me .

Second son will be leaving home . To further his studies . Detaching himself slowly from me . A slight twinge of pain in my heart , Bloggy . But I have to let him go ., go for his dreams , make it big and make an impact in whatever he is doing .

A mother's wish is he will be successful in whatever he undertakes , never QUIT , strive and work hard . You just got to survive to live well later on . There is only so much parents can do for their children  . Education was and is our priority . 

Don't forget ALLAH SWT my son .....seek ALLAH SWT always . 

My hugs and kisses to you always , my son .

Warmest love ,

Dancy.

Here And There....

Dear Bloggy , I was in Miri last week . Home sweet home ..enjoying the company of love ones . felt good to be able to do so . Returned home yesterday ...the flight to Penang was delayed by about an hour . And we were sitting in the plane waiting patiently for take off . Reached home at about 1.30pm. The house was MESSY.......!and my plants were dying . Now I am at Pantai Hospital . Waiting for my daughter . She have this ganglion thing that needs to be removed . Luckily its on her left wrist . Its gonna slow down her sewing activities no doubt . Whatever I hope all goes well for her . Insyaallah ..... Will update you aain , Bloggy .

Again....?

Dear Bloggy ,

Yesterday I dropped by at that Handicraft Shop again . Purchased a pink color felt . Hubby saw it and commented ...Again ? Yep I said ...since I'm in the mood to sew .

Yeah .....I did it again . Made another 4 hearts ornaments . Took me the whole day . Of course there is the constant break ...of going to the kitchen , of washing dishes , of folding clothes then I continued with my project again . Cute ain't it ?

So now I am occupied in making the felt ornaments . I have to finish off the materials that I had bought . There are so many images that I downloaded so am sure I will not run out of ideas .

So gotta stop now .

Bye .

Dancy.

April 2012

Hello Bloggy ,

April ? U got to be kidding . 

I have not gotten any further in making and getting my house  into  shape . Make it neat and beautiful and a place I am proud of . WHat a shame ...indeed .

In another 4 months we Muslims would be ushering the month of Ramadhan . A time for us to fast for a month . Insyaallah my family will be off to Miri to celebrate the HAri Raya Aidil Fitri with family members . Nothing beats home . In the mean time the need to make some new baju kurungs ...

Will continue again Bloggy ....

Regards 

Dancy

Me and Miss LOL ...

Dear Bloggy ,

Well that's the project that I was talking about . Looks kind of cute to me ..

So here it is ...attached to my bag . The whole thing is so ME .

Am feeling so inspired . Will do more .

Till then Bloggy .

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Dancy

Feeling Better...

Dear Bloggy ,

Alhamdullillah ...am feeling better for the past 2 weeks. That feeling of being tired and drained of energy is hopefully not to be experienced anymore  . Oh ya ,  the phlegm is still there ...though not so bad as before . The need to be careful and choosy where fruits are concerned . What a shame ....fresh tropical fruits are good and delicious .

So what's next ?

Yesterday I bought some felt and a few other stuff to start off a new hobby. Daughter Yasmin has been making little key chains out of felt . She sold some of the things  she made . I know I could do the same thing too . So when she suggested she would like to get some stuff at this Handicraft shop ....I decided to follow suit . Before I know it I was buying  whatever that caught my fancy . In all I spent about RM80 . Yeah , I better make full use of those materials .

Once home I started to choose and make a template . The cat template looked kinda cute . Preparing and cutting and sewing and by today's afternoon I completed a piece.

No image of that little felt key chain taken yet. A labour of love and hard work ..straining my eyes. Somehow it didn't turn out to look like a cat ...more of an Owl. The big eyes looked scary ...said my daughter and she was sure it will not be a hit among her friends .

Its alright ...at least I completed a piece ...a couple of embroidery stitches used in this project ...trying to make it as neat as possible . Well , its hanging near the zip on the bag I am currently using. The whole thing...the bag and that pretty little thing is so .....Me.

A pat on the back for me , Bloggy for a job well done .

Now I gotta move on and make my house as cosy and neat as it used to . Bye....

Dancy

Down Again

Dear Bloggy,

Am still feeling lousy , Bloggy. Dead tired at times too , that I just got to take a rest and curled myself up and let the exhaustion passed by .

Had seen the Doctors and given 4 dose of antibiotics. An overdose if I may say so and no sign of losing up . My body is one big mess of toxic chemicals. Just when is it going to be okay ?

One Doctor said I am all stressed up. Perhaps too. As I grow older , my way of handling stress is not good. At times I need help with certain chores in the house . Sure the children helped out . It was just not consistent in their helping ...the same task and always the need to remind them all the time . In the end the task fell on me . And I just swallowed it all up . Yeah...how long could this body , soul and mind take the whole load . Its breaking down , protesting all the way .

I saw another Doctor...an ENT specialist. I had a slight pain in my right ear . The Doctor said it was not so bad . I told him aout all the medications I had taken all this time .The never ending rounds of fever which comes back the moment the medication wore off....the constant phlegm which irritates my throat ....the now and then sorethroat and coughing . All those medications doesn'tseem to be doing any good .

I will continue again Bloggy....in the mean time I am going to enjoy listening to some long ago music . Stirring up memories indeed .

Bye........

Not Too Good

Dear Bloggy ,

I thought I would be feeling good today . But its not so .  So I popped in two ' demam ' pills . Been taking that for the past 3 days . Another 2 more pills left .

If I'm not okay by the end of the day , I gotta do what I gotta and that is to have my health screening done . By that I need to abstain myself from food as from  midnight tonight . A requirement for any health test . The  doctor will get a sample of my blood.  This  to be tested for a host of whatever they need to check on . Oh ya ..another important thing .....the need to  get my urine in  too .

Am feeling pretty tired now Bloggy .....I gotta rest . My body feels like an old hag now . Every joint is aching . I was thinking of writing longer . This will do for the moment .

Gotta go . See ya !!

Dancy

How I Wish For A ......

Dear Bloggy ,

If there is one wish that needs to be fulfilled, its a wish for a squeeky clean house . A house has to be clean . That's where most of us spend our time . It ought to be a place we could be proud of . Important to ensure it is looking at its best .

At present the place which I am calling home is not in a desirable state . Its just not right to treat my house this way . Just don't judge me okay just because it is in a mess.A mother's life can be tough at times. it doesn't help that I am taking it one day at a time.

Just have to change my ways ....I have to start somewhere .....throwing out the magazines and donating the books should be a good start . I will tell you how it goes bloggy .

Gotta call it a night now. Its raining and the bed is beckoning for me to rest .

Good night , Bloggy.

Another Year ...Another Chance To Do More .

Dear Bloggy ,

I think I have wished everybody a Happy New Year 2012 but not to myself .

So here's to me ...Cheers . Happy New Year 2012 . Another year ...another chance to do more .

Looking back to year 2011 I did not have a lot of goals . Its more of a  recuperating year . Get my health back ; get my hormones back on track . Reaching 50 years old  is indeed so challenging .
Trying to avoid stress , taking things slow and easy ; no pressure at all . I just did the ordinary daily stuff that needs to be done ...keeping myself occupied ...cooking and sending my children wherever they need to go .

5 years as a home mom ....I have more time with my children  though its not quality time as I hoped it to be . They are teenagers and they have a so call life of their own . On my part  I am learning too to slowly disengage myself from this motherhood heartstrings ...preparing myself mentally and emotionally .

The plus side is I am still able to communicate with my children . Its good . We talked . We argued . Tempers flared . At the end of the day we got back together again as a family . And that this is home . A nest they come home to .

Oh ya . We made a trip to Medan , Indonesia last December . A good way to wind up 2011.  Indeed a fantastic family experience . The memories stick with us far longer than anything we could give the children . This kind of family trips need to do more in the future .

What is in store for 2012 ?

There   is so much I want to learn , see and do  . I want to take better care of myself , make an effort with the way I look both physically and mentally . I would like to  improve my relationship with my God , ALLAH SWT too ..

 I need lots of Good Luck and a determination to keep making each year better than the last .

Till then Bloggy . Hugssss...

The Day

Dear Bloggy ,

Am all alone now . Daughter Yasmin is at school . Son Amir decided to follow suit . He said he has to return some textbooks that belonged to the school . Oh well let me enjoy this me time.

I looked at myself in the mirror this morning . Yep ...50 years old . And I look it . Hahahahaha....I kind of like that person looking back at me .

Oh ya ...needs no reminding but still just for the records of my own timeline...I am a at home mother . 5 years of service at 68 , Bandar Laguna Merbok , Sg Petani , Kedah Darul Aman . I am not complaining or whining nor making a self pity attitude .

Just want to tell you Bloggy ...I don't want to trade in this profession for a work out there . I have things planned and hoped to accomplish this year . 

One thing I need to do right now ....is to fold yesterday's laundry . Of course the cleaning aspect comes along ...yeahhhh my house is a disaster . Its messy .

I must clean .

Bye Bloggy .

New Year 2012

Dear Bloggy ,

A new dawn ... a new day . I woke up and saw a gloomy Sunday morning ..that is 1st January 2012 for you and me . Felt like hitting the sack again but decided not to .

Had breakfast in town with hubby  . Amir and Yasmin were still sound asleep .  I need the time with hubby ...its not that often we could do that . Ya ..we shared the table but both of us were lost in our own world ...both reading the newspaper ; now and then conversing and its back to reading . I guess when you had been together for 25 years ..this song applies " you say the best , when you say nothing at all "..


Nothing  to hurry about today ...doing all tasks at a leisurely phase . Its that point in time when you are still absorbing the fact that its a New Year . Tomorrow should be the day when I am in high gear . The first task is to clean out my so called ' multi purpose room ' where all my books are kept etc etc etc . So many things to be given away and sorted out . The aim is to make that room comfortable again .

Till then Bloggy ,

Dancy

What ?

Dear Bloggy ,

Just what in the world happened ? Such a long long silence ...just what have I done with my life in 2011 ?


Good health on the rise if I must say so . Last July I went and gave a hello to Dr Kevin ...that's for my follow up after last 1st December operation . Doc said my wound is healing very beautifully  and that he is just  amazed . He said it must have the food I have been taking that kind of help in the healing process . Indeed I have been diligently taking good healthy food and am glad everything turns out fine . What more could I asked ? I praised ALLAH SWT for that .

The next task is to take up walking ...and walk and walk and walk . This to be done 3 times a week for at least 30 minutes . Hope that will help to bring my weight down to the desired  kilogram ...this weight is taking a toll on my knees and my foot . It ain't fun . I feel I am living in 65 years old body . Disgusting ain't it .

An end to year 2011 ....and I am stepping out to 2012 with a huge " Welcome " ....

Till then , bloggy .

Ramadhan 1432H / 2011

Dearest Blog ,


How time flies . A year had gone by and now we are welcoming the month of Ramadhan . Fasting time fo the Muslims in the world . Prayers to do in this holy month . I hope to redeem what I had missed last year .

Welcome Ramadhan . I look forward to fast and not feast ....lots of prayers to thank ALLAH SWT too .....

At this time last year I was in a terrible state . Problems with my period and had reflux of the oesophagus . I was practically in and out of the hospital . I could hardly have a good night sleep . My hormones was acting up ...and there was one point when I had to take a sleeping pill .

That didn't knock me out . And I had a terrible hangover the next day . Feeling dizzy . Worst I had to send my children to school . Am lucky  nothing happened to us on the way . Not an advisable thing to do . Dr kevin said something was wrong when after consuming the pill I was still not able to sleep . I stopped taking and threw the whole bunch out .

Yunno at times I was just happy and glad to be admitted  in the hospital ...there  I could sleep and rest ...I was that stressed out .

Till then bloggy ...

Hugssss

Sighhhhh....!

Dear Bloggy ,

Ages ya since we last meet up . Am here ...doing fine ...plenty to write actually .but I did not get back to u . The laziness is creeping in...oh wow .. I hate that .

My house is in a terrible state ...every nooks and corners are in an unsightly and distasteful state . Each day I get to clear a part of that junk...hoping to finish off and get back my house . Ohhh how I wish it look as neat and beautiful 2 years ago . No , did not manage to do that . Sighhhhh....

Oh ya gotta  finish off my writing and sending cards to a few friends who are celebrating their 50th birthday this year . Mainly those who were my classmates in primary school . Am glad we are all still in touch . The wonderful world of modern technology...ya we kind of tracked each other down thru Facebook .

Till then Bloggy ....

Dang....

Dear Bloggy ,

Dang ...I forgot . We forgot ....me and hubby that is . Our  25th Wedding Anniversary!!

I'm not mad ...but still we could have done something to commemorate the occasion . Oh well...Happy Anniversary to me . We are still together and  happy , guess that's what matters .

Love always
Dancy

Honestly ....

Dearest Bloggy ,

Honestly I just gotta shape up in everything ....there's too much procrastination and laziness  creeping in . I hate that .

Worst am ignoring  that creative part of me .  Had not put aside some time to get down to doing my sewing ...my patch work blanket for my daughter , my cross stitch and yes my macrame seems to be on hold . BAd ........!!

On the side I have been in touch with friends : through  Facebook lately ; a quick way to say Hi and check up on them . I do get out of the house ; doing my marketing and shopping and meeting friends along the way . A smile here and there to strangers too ...not necessary that we be friends though . Just to brighten up my day and her day too . Just to cheer each other up is more like it !!

So smile coz its Thursday . Am thankful for that coz the week is almost over .!!

Cheers !!!!

Am Alright ....

Dear Bloggy ,

Can't believe I did not write anything in here . A month is a long time .

Am ok ...feeling good ...doing alright .

Yunno Bloggy , back to the days when  I was still working in this company , my whole year diary was always filled up with " what to do list for the day " . Things I need to sort out  and attend to . Some of it I need to attend personally ...and some I need to delegate to the clerk .

I need to apply that ' To do List "  too in running this household . Fill up the diary again .

Let's see ...there is my daily routine of taking a shower and dress myself up .  Then a hot cup of Milo and 2 pieces of wholemeal bread to give me the energy for the morning . Then its hopping off to send my two children to school .Then its a stop at the newspaper stand to get my early morning news . Then its off again to home ...this time driving at a leisurely pace ...observing the scenes ..and appreciating the views that nature had to offer .

Reaching home ...I switched on the laptop and catch up on my mails and read whatever my friends had posted on Facebook .

Ok ...gotta stop now Bloggy coz I am behind schedule . I have to wash the morning dishes and clean the kitchen .

Will continue again . Ta - ta for now .

My Wish....

Dear Bloggy ,

I have a terrible headache now . Somehow I was not able to sleep and rest well last night . Its terrible feeling this way ....as if your head is somewhere in the clouds and your body just floating .

There's still plenty of work to do for a homebody like  me . My kitchen is in a mess there . The floor has not been swept past 2 days . And I have newspapers that need to be thrown out . At least my laundry is daily folded  A pat on the back for me .


Talk about my own social life ...it is of non existent . The latest that I'm able to mix with other ladies was the baking class that I joined 3 days ago . It felt  good to reconnect with people who are on the same wave length and interest . I don't know them ...the little conversation we had sure gave me a good welcome break .Though a whole day there threw my daily routine of balance . And now I have to catch up with whatever that needs immediate attention .

I 'll do that after  my much needed rest .....get over this terrible feeling in my head . My wish right now is I hope to get that rest . So am going to switch off my handphone  . Just disconnect myself for a while .

Just hang on with me , Bloggy .

Dancy .

Worth The Effort

Hi Bloggy ,

Am still feeling tired . But gotta dragged myself out of bed and send the children to school today . My neighbor next door hitched a ride too as he missed his bus .

Anyway yesterday's baking class was worth going and worth the money ...despite the slight deafness in my ear . I thought I could hardly hear the chef and might not enjoy the class . Thank God he spoke in a loud and clear voice .

We had a hands on approach on how to prepare the dough ...understanding  the technique was very important . With more time and experimenting on that recipe I'm sure I could bake as good as the chef too . So far my children are loving the pieces I brought yesterday . That's a good sign .

I just slumped in front of the sofa last night with the telly on . So pretty tired and exhausted after a long day at the baking class. Not enough sleep as I had woken up earlier in the morning .

A slow day today as I have to recoup my energy . The house is in a mess .  Let it be ...Let it be.....

Till then Bloggy ...

Dancy