Just My Rambling

Ouch, I just stepped on a Lego piece! That hurts! Sigh, when my girl is ever going to learn to clean up her toys after playing with them. I have tried the reward system but it doesn’t seem to work. I would like to try the “throwaway” system but I can’t bring myself to throw away her toys. Maybe I can do a pretend throwaway and that means I will hide everything that does not get put away and pretend that I have thrown it away. Maybe that will help her to realize that she needs to clean up her toys or she will not have many toys left after a week.

It’s done! Finally the school auction is over. We had a great time at the school auction and raised a lot of money for the school but I was exhausted from the preparation. Somehow I got involved in the making of the centerpieces for all the tables at the auction. Since it was a carnival theme, it was right up my alley with my obsession for all things cutesy. I ended up with a popcorn box centerpiece which turned out really cute but I had to spend the entire week making chocolate balloons and chocolate party hats for 25 tables. There were many long nights spend in the kitchen. I look so tired after the whole ordeal and probably need some prototype 37c and lots of sleep to get me back into shape again. Would I do it again next year? I think I will have to think twice as hard before I say yes again.

It was DH’s birthday yesterday!! Yup, he hits the big 4-0!! I didn’t get him a gift, instead we went out to his favorite restaurant and he got to order everything that he likes. A huge meat-lover, we went to a BBQ restaurant and he ordered every kind of meat they had! That is a huge treat for him since he usually does not get to order to his heart’s content. Yikes! I am so glad that his birthday is only once a year or even the best cholesterol treatments won’t help him. He is such a carnivore!

For this past month, I have been spending a lot of time in my kitchen doing a lot of baking. After a month of staring at it, I realized that I don’t really like my kitchen backsplash. So I decided to look around for other options. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the stainless steel tiles. I didn’t know that they have so many designs available and I love some of the designs. The stainless steel look will definitely blend in with my stainless steel appliances. I think I might just gather more information about it and hopefully I will be able to change my kitchen backsplash.

As I mentioned in the previous post, it will be party galore at our house in the next 2 months. So I decided to get a head start and start cleaning up the house a little at a time. Gosh, I really do not like cleaning especially the bathrooms! I think there are too many bathrooms in this house. Speaking of bathrooms, I wish I could replace the sinks with Toto sinks. I really want pedestal sinks instead of my current sinks. Maybe that could go on my wish list. But for now, it is back to cleaning. Sigh…

Eeek.. I accidentally cracked one of my kitchen counter tile! I was trying to chop a whole chicken to little pieces with a cleaver and I guess I used too much strength. Oops! That is why I never like to buy the whole chicken but last week, it was on sale and I just could not help it. I think that is the last time I will do that. Next time I am throwing the whole chicken in to the oven for roasting. Forget about trying to be fancy! Now what am I going to do with my cracked tile?

As much as we want to sell our current house and move to another house, we know that it will be impossible due to the lousy housing market. I am sure that if we are really insistent, we will be able to sell our current house but we will not be able to get the price that we want. So I guess we are stuck in our house for a while longer. Maybe we might just do a little minor renovating instead. All we need are some safe safety products , paint, a ladder and I think we are set. I am sure that a fresh coat of paint will give the house a much-needed facelift.

Besides getting ready for the first week of school, I have also been busy rearranging the loft area of my house. I was trying to set up a study area for Lil’ C so that she will have a place to do her homework. I had to move the old tv stand and a rocking chair so that I would have room to place a study table and a bookshelf. But now it is done and Lil’ C has a permanent place to do her homework. Hopefully she won’t start cluttering the table up with her toys!

Remember my buzzing television? Well, as of today, it is still buzzing and we have not been able to fix it. It looks like we might just have to get a new one. So I have been doing some research on televisions. It has been a while since we bought our last one and I am just totally confused by the different varieties of televisions available. I am leaning towards getting a plasma television just because I love how slim and sleek they look. If I get one, I will probably have to get a plasma mount and place the television on top of the fireplace. That will definitely a space saver solution for me too.

Lately my TV has gone a little crazy. Whenever we turned it on, it emits this sharp buzzing sound. Not a fun sound when you are having a sinus infection!! Now I understand why babies cry when the airplane gets off the ground. If their ears hurt from the air pressure as much as mine did from the sound from the TV, then no one should blame them for their crying! Anyway, DH is still trying to figure out the problem. Yesterday he tightened some screws in the TV and for a few hours, the noise was gone. However our joy was short-lived when the noise came back. Sigh! It might be time for a new TV which is totally not in our budget this year. DH still has a few tricks up his sleeve and he is going to try them out this weekend. Hopefully it will be an easy fix otherwise the money that was budgeted for home theater chairs will go towards a new TV instead.