I have been having backaches for more than a month. With a backache, I still can walk around but not do any vigorous work or carry heavy stuff. Yesterday, my backache has been replaced by tummy cramp (lower abdomen cramp). I can hardly walk, stand, bend or carry my 1yo baby for long. No pain when I am seated down.
For a SAHM without any helper this is not a good condition. I have to stand by a chair beside me when I cook. I walk like someone who has just gone for a tummy operation/given birth.
My 1yo is napping right now. I am supposed to continue wiping the window panes but I need my tummy rest, so that’s why I am here for a while. I will try to attempt wiping the windows and walls after these.
I pray everything will be well come this Monday. I want to celebrate CNY without any pain on my body.
Two weeks have passed and there is no sign of any weight or size reduction on my hubby. I think dieting won’t work for him because he has good appetite. He needs the best appetite control if he really wants to loose weight through dieting. The only time I saw him loose weight is when he was really stressed up due to studies and examination (that was when he is in the varsity) and when he does regular exercise like cycling or running. However, due to his nature of work now, he hardly has time for regular exercise that is the reason he tried dieting. Well, only 2 weeks have passed. Let’s see what happened in another 2 weeks time.
Two days ago I was completely knock-out. All I wanted to do was sleep. All I did was lying down in bed sleeping. That morning, I woke up with a funny feeling. I felt that something is going to happen to my body. I shove of the feeling because I have my daily chores to do. I sent my children to school, I wash and I cook. Once I am done with the basic chores, I vomited the fried bee hoon I ate for breakfast. After that, I felt so sleepy. Fortunately, my eldest was off from school on that day and she helped me to look after the babies while I take a quick nap. Then I drove all of them to my mom’s and I continued sleeping. I got a headache too. Hubby said that it must be food poisoning. I have no appetite to eat so I did not eat rice/noodle except 2 slices of guava and water that whole day.
The next day, I can’t even get up to send my children to school or do any house chores. Thank God that my parents live nearby. My dad fetched my children from school and they stayed with him till evening. I only have to mind my youngest with the help of MIL when she is awake and I need to sleep some more. It was like I was jabbed with a sleeping potion.
Praise God that the day after, I woke up like nothing had happened the past 2 days. I quickly do my daily chores and after I am done with them, I started to feel the left-overs from yesterday. So I rested.
Well, I guessed that is the only way my body can get some rest.
The Middle Kingdom is expanding and he could no longer let it reign. He is determine to destroy the Middle Kingdom with a new war strategy; Sun Tzu’s Art of Diet – Attack on the Middle Kingdom.
Below is the list of strategies that he is taking to attack the Middle Kingdom.
1 – Never go visit people’s FB who always talk about food.
2 – Never think of what you want to eat for the next meal.
3 – Don’t walk through Chinatown. Too much temptation there.
4 – If ever you have to eat unhealthy food, eat in moderation.
5 – Always chew slowly your food. Don’t just swallow like a pig.
6 – Always brush your teeth after meal. That way you will have a little bit extra resistance to eat more food coz your mouth is already clean.
7 – Never force yourself to abstain from what you like to eat.
8 – Always eat in moderation especially the food you like to eat.
That is my husband’s diet plan. As I can see it, he will take longer time to loose weight.
As for me, I will not waste time. I will get myself yoga blocks and go on a fruit and veggie diet. I will loose weight in no time. 
Exactly a week ago, my 7yo daughter informed me that she couldn’t find her spectacle. She told me that she left it on my car before she started playing water balloons. On that day itself, hubby and I drove the car out. None of us see any spectacle on the car’s bonnet. Eye witness also told us that there is no spectacle on our car. So, we were hoping that the spectacle will appear soon. This is not the first time she forgets where she left her specs you see.
Sunday come and go and still no sign of her specs. We decided to not wait any longer because her power is quite high so we went to make a new pair for her on Monday. Come Tuesday, she told us that she and her cousin found her old specs at a neighbour’s house. I asked as to why she did not bring it home. She said that it is too broken. I was hoping that we could still salvage it and make it as her spare specs.
Yesterday, hubby made her to go back to the neighbour’s house to find the broken specs and bring it home. She told us the truth, just take a look at her specs. It is beyond repair. 
This proved that she did place her specs on the car that we drove out that evening. Only that none of us noticed it.
This guest post from Lewis Beck.
No one ever told me how expensive getting old is! First of all, all the regular doctors appointment I have to keep up with are pretty pricey, and on top of all that, the prescriptions added up even further. I recently determined that it is time to look into hearing aids since I wasn’t hearing my wife as well this website, http://hearingaids.miracle-ear.com/hearing_aid_prices.html, where to try to find a good deal. Our active adult community was pretty much bleeding me dry already in since she and I both hope to stay retired, saving money where we can is the best solution. It’s obviously really nice to have all the time in the world and to be able to go see the kids whenever we feel like it. I’m not sure they love our random unannounced visit, but that’s all part of being an adult! My doctor says I’m nearly as healthy as a horse and I’ve probably got decades left to live… Let’s hope that’s not true, because I’ll never be able to afford it!
How to de-stress the girlish way? I’m sure all of you know the answer without me needing to tell you. Yup! C.R.Y.
And I just did that yesterday. I am not ashamed to tell the www. I am no superwoman or supermom. I am just an ordinary person living life. I tried doing the breathing in and out thingy to cool down but it did not help in my situation.
Imagine having 5 children aged 8, 6.5, 5, 2 and a 5mo baby. The baby is crying for milk and sleep. The 6.5yo trying very hard to keep the 5mo baby from crying. The 8yo was too engross with her book. The 5yo accidentally spilled his Barley drink. The 2yo accidentally spilled his barley drink and the barley beans all over the floor. Next the Mommy who just came out from the bathroom saw her 2yo shaking his cloth nappy to get rid of his poo poo. The poo poo dropped on the floor on a few spots. Told him to stay put but to no avail.
Floor in a mess, toddler needs to be washed and a screaming baby needs milk. This is easy peasy when the Mommy is not sick. Unfortunately all this happened when the Mommy is still in pain due to mastitis, still feverish and having a bad backache; she can’t even bend down to lift up her 6.75kg 5mo baby.
After cleaning her toddler, instructed the 3 older kids to clean up the floor and while breastfeeding her 5mo, she breathed in and out but it did not release the stress that has built up. She cried. She felt so much better after that.
The hubby came home to a peaceful home. Today, the maid is with the Mommy almost the whole day and everything went about smoothly. Why lar trials come when she is all by myself with her 5 children?
Can anyone survive when their appendix ruptured? From what I heard from the people around me, many died hours after their appendix ruptured. One of my mom’s neighbours who was also our close relative died when her appendix ruptured during surgery. Praise God the same did not happened to my MIL.
She complained of severe pain on her abdomen early this morning and we admitted her to the hospital. After CT scan was done around 12noon, the doctor told us that her appendix has ruptured. Thank God the surgery went well and she is still alive and kicking recuperating in the ward now. Thank you to those who have prayed for her.
I was there at the hospital with my youngest baby, hubby, BIL n SIL to admit her. Cute babies always get attention from the young nurses in white nursing scrub tops. I think my baby likes the uniform that they bought from http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/. She kept smiling at them and wanted to grab their uniforms.
Before I gave birth to my 5th child, I often buy breakfast for my girls at this particular restaurant. There is an old uncle who attends me each time I buy fried kuay teow or fried beehoon for my girls. We stopped buying when I stopped sending them to school during my confinement period. Even after I started sending them to school again, my girls have changed their appetite and do not want to eat the food from the restaurant. Out of the blue, my eldest asked for fried kuay teow from that restaurant last week.
At the restaurant, I was looking around for the old uncle. He is no where in sight. The first thing that came to my mind; “Did he died recently?” Then a lady approached me to ask what I wanted. I asked her about the old uncle. I was told that he is very sick now; bedridden due to diabetes. Oh! I thought he went to Heaven already. I hope he has disability insurance to cover for the medical cost.
One of my mommy blogger friends is obsessed with body shaping. I am not so sure whether she takes any adipex to help her slim down after her 4th child but she did mention in FB that she heads the gym 4 times a week. Her tummy is so flat now and looks flawless too! She is aiming to get a body age of 10 years younger than her actual age.; she got 5 more years to go. Hmm…10 years younger. That would be at 27yo for me. My tummy wasn’t that flat when I was at 27yo. The flattest was when I was 17yo and after I got my 4th child.
Anyway, what happened to all the stretch marks??? I did get back my flat tummy after giving birth to my 4th child but the ugly stretch marks stayed. Must ask her on that. 
As for me now, I can’t be obsessed with body shaping now because I am still breastfeeding, not one but 2 babies! Both mine but not twins; tandem nursing. 
Maybe I should start doing some stretching and sit ups while waiting for the eldest to wean off my boobs.
