Just My Rambling

Help!!! I can’t seem to open my food blog. I keep getting the message “Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site. Operation aborted” Anyone else getting that message? Thousand apologies if you are trying to access my food blog. I am still trying to figure out the problem. :(  Anyone have a solution?

Yesterday morning, I woke up to discover that there was no power in my house. I think this is the first power outage we’ve had since we moved in 1 1/2 years ago. It feels kinda strange having no power. Do you ever realized how crippled we are without power? No TV, no computer, no microwave, no oven, no hot water, no heater, no telephone (the cordless ones) and even my garage door doesn’t work!! I had to figure out how to open the garage door manually so that I can get my car out!! Luckily the power came back a few hours later.

For the past few days, I have been sitting in front of my laptop. Nope, not working on my blogs but I have been trying to sort out my thousands of photos!! It’s been a month since I got back from my cruise and I haven’t even gotten around to organizing those photos yet. Hopefully I will get to them soon. Anyway, I have a backache now because I have been sitting on my very uncomfortable office chair for too long. I think it will be a good idea to take a break for a couple of days before continuing my photo organizing. Maybe some new office furniture might help too!

Last night when it was time for Lil’ C to go to bed, I realized that the sky is almost dark at 9 pm already. For the past 2 months, the sky did not turn dark till 10 pm. I guess it’s a sign that summer is drawing closer to its end and fall is just around the corner. Time sure passes fast when you are having fun. This summer has been a crazy one with lots of travelling and visitors. One more month to go! We have one more trip to Oregon in late Aug and hopefully we can squeeze in another camping trip somehow. Then it will be back to school for Lil’ C and more personal time for Mommy??  

Seriously do you read the books before letting your kids read them?  When Lil’ C was reading the baby & toddler books, the books were never a problem since I had to read to her, so I know what is the content about. But now that she has started reading chapter books on her own, I am having a hard time keeping up with her. Usually I try to glance through the books before she borrows them from the library but since the books are pretty long, I don’t go through every page.  

Frankly, it didn’t really bother me too much until last month when I bought some books for her. These books are very popular in the elementary schools and is on the recommended list of reading. So I thought they should be ok but I got a little worried when I read one of the books. There were a lot of words in there that I would not want Lil’ C to learn!! The main character of the books is supposed to be a bratty little girl so there are lots of negative words coming out of her mouth. I don’t plan to shelter her from all negative words but to me, 3 1/2 is still a little young. Maybe in a few more years when she has a better understanding of what is fictional and what is reality. So in the meantime, these books have been hidden away.

For now, I guess I will read through the books first before giving them to Lil’ C.  It will take up some of my time but at least I will feel better knowing that these books are mommy-approved.

After being here for a month, my parents are leaving tomorrow. They’ll be with my sister for another week before heading home to Malaysia. I have been busy trying to sort out the hundreds of photos that we took during our cruise and local trips and printing them out for my parents. Frankly I love taking photos but sorting through them is a pain especially since it is so easy to take a few hundred photos with a DSLR. Don’t you agree?

Anyway, I have been psyching Lil’ C up for her grandparent’s departure. Hopefully she won’t cry tomorrow. It’s moments like this that I wonder why I am living so far away from home. I always feel bad for Lil’ C that she only gets to see her grandparents once in a blue moon. I have been trying to go home every year since she was born but I am not sure how long more I can sustain this trend financially!! It’s so expensive to go home every year especially with the increasing airfare every year.

After a few days of rest, I am finally feeling better. Surprisingly I managed to lose that extra weight that I gained on the cruise. Looks like I don’t have to eat those fat burners after all. I guess it is because I was not munching on junk food all the time. Instead, I just took naps & rested. A week of mom’s cooking and dad’s babysitting duties really do work wonders. How I wish my parents would stay longer so that I can get a little more rest but they will be leaving in a couple of days. Sigh..

Geeee… I sound really old!! Sorry for the lack of activity on my blogs lately. I have been having some pain in my legs that have been preventing me from sitting down in front of the computer. I am so glad my mom is here for this week to pamper me a little. At least I can just rest, mope around the house and do nothing even if it’s just for a few days. 

After a week out on high-seas, I’m back, a couple of lbs heavier! Other than that, it was a great trip. The weather was awesome and the seas were calm except for 1 night which was a little wobbly. I’m still trying to sort through a ton of photos. So stay tune. . . . . .

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s off to sea I’ll go . . . . . . .  Finally, I am off on my cruise to Alaska. I know there will be internet onboard but I think it will very expensive. So I have decided to leave my laptop and the cyberworld behind for 8 days. I have a feeling that I will try to sneak in just a little internet time while onboard. We’ll see. Just in case I don’t have access, I decided to finish up all my pending assignments. So please bear with me hor? I promise I will show lots of photos when I get back. Have a great week everyone! 

 P/S: For my fellow Photo Hunter friends, if you are looking for my entry,I didn’t manage to get it done this week. I will probably miss it next week too but I’ll be back after that. Thanks for dropping by.