Just My Rambling

As I was cleaning out my medicine cabinet, I discovered a lot of medicine especially vitamins that I had no idea they were there. I think my mom must have added them there when she came to visit the last time. There are hgh supplements, gingko and a lot of vitamins that I have never heard of. Some of them can still be consumed since they have not expired yet. I guess I should go check with my mom and shed some light on these vitamins before deciding their fate.

Just when I thought I am done with Chinese New Year baking, a friend invited me and some other friends over to her house for a baking session. Help! Someone get me some top fat burners!! I love baking but I think that my body hates me because I keep adding weight to it. I think next year I will skip all the Chinese New Year baking like last year or I could just have a stronger willpower and not eat so much!

Since I have not been sleeping well, I have been spending the time doing some spring cleaning. For the past few months, between holiday celebrations and vacations, house cleaning was the last thing on the list. So now it is time to play catch up. Sigh! It’s been 3 days and I am still cleaning up the kitchen. I guess I didn’t realize how much stuff I have been hoarding. I even found some prenatal vitamins in the medicine cabinet and the daughter is already 5! Eek! I guess that shows when the last time I checked that cabinet.

I am a little stressed right now thinking about my girl’s school. It’s only February and it seems like all the schools have February deadline for registration for September. Before I had kids, I thought it was going to be so easy. They are going to grow up, go to Kindergarten and then regular school without any problem. But now that she is at that school-going age, I realized that there are so many factors involved in making that decision. I would really hate to make a wrong decision that will affect her future! Hopefully I will get it all sorted out soon so I can have a good night sleep without sleeping aid. Maybe a talk with her current school teacher will be a big help.

My oven has been working overtime again this past week. I have been baking up a storm getting ready for Chinese New Year this weekend. My favorite bake this year is this pork jerky. I ate this when I was in Malaysia last month and was really tempted to bring some back to the States. Fortunately I came to my senses and realized that the pork jerky would have been confiscated at the customs since we are not allowed to bring meat product into the country. So I decided to make my own when I got back.

They are so good! I haven’t stop eating them since I made them. At this rate, I am going to need to get some Solo Slim or I will have to get a whole new wardrobe!

How many of you have walked into a friend’s house and noticed that their fitness equipment has become a clothes hanger? I confess that was what happened to mine. After a few months, my nice new treadmill gradually became a bag hanger. The funny thing is that I see that happening in a couple of my friends houses too! Eventually I did get rid of my treadmill and since then I keep reminding myself not to get one even though I am so tempted.

It has been 10 days since we got back from our vacation and I think we are finally settling back into our routine. Everyone seems to be over their jetlag and all the bags have been unpacked. The Christmas tree is still up but that’s a different story altogether. Now I can finally sit down and sort through a mountain pile of mail and paperwork. Hopefully I won’t find any unpaid bills at the bottom of the pile. If and when I finally get through the entire pile, I might just have time to find find term life insurance here and maybe new car insurance too.

One more week to go! I can’t believe that our vacation is almost over. 3 weeks have flown by so quickly. Too bad that a lot of time were wasted on travelling between places or we might have had more time to spend with family. But I guess we’ll take whatever we can get. We did manage to spend a little time with family and ate a lot! I have forgotten how much people eat here but no one seems to gain weight except me! I am sure that when we get back, I will have to do intensive exercise else I will be looking for the best fat burner.

For the last few days, I have been scrambling to try to finalize my upcoming travel plans. Besides that, there are so many activities going on as everyone is getting ready to wrap up the year. There are Christmas parties, Christmas concerts and musicals and year-end school parties to attend. I am so tired and I am definitely going to need something for the dark circle around my eyes. Maybe I should just declare tomorrow as a pajama day and just have a relaxing day at home.

Now that my little girl is 5, I am finally starting to get rid of her baby toys. So I have been spending some time on the local Craigslist listing the items out for sale. Since I am selling her stuff, I decided to check out some listings and see if there are any good finds. It is amazing to see the variety of things that people are selling. I even found a really cheap exam table. I wonder if I will ever have any use of it. I also found some bookshelves that I think I might just get. Lil’ C‘s has so many books that they are overflowing everywhere in the house!