Picture Day @ Rancho Santa Fe Elementary

Today is a good day for my girl! It is picture day at her elementary school. This must be the picture that is required for the year book in which we ordered one too. This will be a good memory for her to remember by. Must keep this! I wished I could have kept mine but lost it.

Funny Recycle Definition

The recycling here are funny. They recycle things like bottles and plastic but they define plastics as only plastic bottles like those that holds the fresh milk. However, they don't accept plastic bags for recycle. Lucky some of the places in the supermarket accepts them like Walmart & Albertson. Thus, I have to bring them over to be recycled.

Close Shave!

Was driving to pick up my son from tuition and this jerk driver honk me but I pretend I never hear it then WHAM .. I heard a sound and thought that he bump into the backside of my car. I park aside and came down and have a look and it doesn't seem to have a dent so I let it go. So close and phew nothing went wrong.

Review: A Complaint Free World - Will Bowen

A Complaint Free World - Will Bowen
The author is funny. He made this book an interesting to continue reading instead of being dry with information. Some of what was written in this book made me laugh. What hit me most was the story he shared about this sign he sees that says "Horn if you are Happy". He was courageous to go find out if anyone knows anything about this sign. He later found out that the sign was made by an old man for his wife who was suffering from critical illness. These horn sounds actually made his wife happy counting them each time a car horn outside their house. The horns have extended the expiry of her critical illness coz she learns that there are many people out there that are happy and why should let this critical illness get to her. It was a touching story that has got to me.

Out of 5 I give it a rating of 3. The reason being, an interesting fact that how many of us keeps complaining about things around us causing our own stress. How we can actually let minor things go and make life better for us. For health sake!

Volunteer at son's school

Usually I am enthusiastic about volunteering at schools coz I know the kind of activities the school have and what they have to offer to my child. However, this Montessori school have killed the enthusiasm and I don't feel like even doing the volunteer anymore nor going to the meetings. It is like waste time.

The last one I went, I left coz they didn't finish the discussion and it started to bore me coz I not many turn up too. I thought they already had in mind what's coming and ready to assign the task out but no. They are gathering troops. Sigh ... I don't really want to crack my head over this. You need help, let me know when you decide what to do.

Police in Neighborhood

2-3 weeks ago, I came back and there park a police car opposite my neighbor's house. I started to get worried coz I am not sure what happen. When you see police in the neighborhood, it can't be a good thing. We thought this was a safe place but somehow things like this happen. I went into the house coz my girl was with me then. I peep through the window and later saw another police car was there and a police woman was checking the woman who was being handcuffed.

Last week, my husband pointed out to me there is a police tape at that same house. It is funny but we always see people going in and out of the house like everything is normal. Ai yah.. as long they don't disturb us better don't bother much and just be watchful in this neighborhood.

Our house is next to the main road. It is not the noise of the cars that bother us most but the sirens of police car or was it the ambulance that bugs us. Everyday sure got siren sound pass by our house. It creeps me and my son out coz does that mean a lot of accident or has it a lot of crime here?

Patch of cloth

I have accumulated many patch cloth to make a patch blanket. This started when my girl was still very young like 2 years old; that is if I am not wrong. This project have been pending on and off. Only when I gone jobless then I got time to catch a bit. Now accumulated a lot. Today, I start to piece them up altogether and it suddenly brings back memmories. Why? They were pieces of cloth of sewed something with. Some are clothes I used to wear, some are baby cot mattress cover and etc. I suddenly feel so happy doing this.

I have also started to knit. My girl says first time ever see mommy knitting and wanted to learn. However, I can't teach her yet coz she still have tons of school work to catch up to. She took the camera and took a video of me knitting. In that video, she say " I want to be like mommy". This makes me very happy. Even tough I nag and nag at her all the time, she can still find it in her heart to say this. Hehhhee

Goodwill on Sale 50%

We hit Goodwill today and noticed tons of people there. Why? 50% off ! Everybody hitting the whole of Arizona Goodwill to find cheap things. They have books donated by other people and all kinds of things. Other people trash some other people treasure.

This have become our regular hit out over weekends. I found some expensive books at cheap price > $5.00. I also found some good stuff like a GUESS handbag at $5.00 too. Of course used one lah but still in good condition so what the hack, I took it coz it attracted me.

Incident happened 14miles away

Received this message over the phone. It was automated system informing parents of this incident that has happened to 14 miles away from where we stay elementary school. I got scared even tough it does not happen in my children school. This guy have failed in taking the child. Thank God! However, this does not mean that he will not try at other schools too. Parents are warned to watch out. I begin to worried next year my son go school how?

Moving Along

Things are moving along. I have just got two batch of my crafted stuffed toy and baby booties send to the local Arizona New borns in Need. It is cheapers I guess to send it locally then to travel to other states. I spend $1.88 for 3.80oz and $2.39 for 6.30 oz. I am very happy in doing it. Plus, my materials are not gone to waste which is most important. More craft projects coming along the way.

Heat is rising and hating the sun here. I get so tired easily coz the heat gets to me. I stay indoor most of the time. Hardly go grocery unless it is absolutely necessary or I got nothing better to do. Hhahha... Anyway, the Albertson nearby here is absolutely great. No crowds! Just hate crowds. I enjoy shopping grocery without children coz no stress.

So far, I have drived alone with Jaden to Wendy's to eat. It is 3 miles away. This is the furtherest I have gotten so far. That is great achievement for me already. Don't like to go anywhere further than that coz of crazy traffic. However, no matter how crazy the traffic here, it is none compared to those of in Singapore.

Happy? So far alright. I can't really complain about it tough. I have facebook and projects of mine going on along. People who come by talk to me, I talk to them and if they don't I try not to even let that bug to me too much coz I main reason here is not to make friends it is my time to make up to my children for lost times. However, I am human! I still trying to managed it occassionally when idiots bug me.

I am now reading the book about complains. So far found it that if the world don't complain, they can't get the discontentment out of their system and this can be very bad for health. I complain all the time. Hey ... I am woman.. I have hormones... so it is alright for me to complain.. I just want it to get it out of my system to feel so much better. Haven't quite finished the book yet. However, will say if my views differs.