The Races

It's that time again at Danimezza's Polly Dolly and today's theme is 

The  Races

 Hobbs Hempel Gathered Front Silk Dress, Amethyst, 14, 74 GBP

Christian Louboutin shoesYolanda - Purple, $825
Rafe New York - Zoe Flap Clutch (Purple) - Bags and Luggage, $190
MUSSERO GIOIELLI - WHITE GOLD RING, 11.250 EUR
Pink & Purple Flower Cluster Cuff Bracelet, $29
Carolee - Vintage Elegance 1655EC4606 (Amethyst/Antique Brown/Gold) -..., $95
Fiona Purple Feather Headband, $40
John Lewis Women's Metal Aviator Sunglasses, Black/Purple, 20 GBP
Forever21.com - Beauty - Nails - 1000004170, $2.80
Riedel Grape Champagne Flutes, Set of 2 | Williams-Sonoma, $49
Amazon.com: Clip-on Case for Apple iPhone 3G / iPhone 3GS, Purple..., $7.98
ace of spades, blanc de blancs, 430 GBP
Quarter Horse Toy Miniature at Animal World®

I can remember the thrill of watching the Melbourne Cup on the tv and having a go at the betting pool but I've never really been to a "live" horse race. I know it's all glam and big hats and everything but I'll would keep it to a minimum with just a feathery headband, big amethyst earrings, flower cluster cuff and of course my glam iPhone to capture the big winning moment. I love the colour purple and the beautiful shine of amethyst jewels so this would be my winner's look at the races.

What's on your fridge?

This week's theme for My Place & Yours @ Hello Owl is

What's on your fridge?

Oh my fridge could really do with a make-over and a bit of cleaning but here it is with it's many bits and pieces. Lots of school newsletters from way back, a collection of fridge magnets, drawings from the kids, calendar, and my all important kitchen timer... I would have burnt the kitchen down if it wasn't for this gadget! 

Cover Up

We just had the aircon serviced and now it's working really well, matter of fact it's FREEZING! It's so cold and I've turned the temp to 18C so it's just nice to snuggle up in bed with the covers on. 

A little cap to keep head warm. 

I'm usually soaked in the tropical humid heat of the day but at night I get that one luxury of being in the cold without the unease of heat. It's so much nicer getting a good night's sleep without tossing and turning under the swirling noise of the fan. The air is crisp, cool and dry and it for a few moments it reminds me of the what a colder season would be like. I miss the seasons, the cool autumn breeze and the winter chilly cold. The warmth of your breath in the winter and layers of clothing to keep you warm and snug.... I miss winter!

 

Despite the cooler temp Jacob loves to play instead of sleeping under the covers.

Kitchen Love

This week's theme for My Place & Yours @ Hello Owl is

Kitchen Love

I think I spend alot of time in the kitchen, cooking, baking, planning, experimenting and of course washing the dirty dishes. But even though it's alot of time in that little hotspot of the house, it's where alot of love goes into making the meals that fill the tummies of those I love the most.

My cookbook stand that I picked up for 50 cents at a school flea market. I love it and can't do without it when I'm making something special.



My growing collection of cookbooks. It's not in the kitchen due to lack of space but I wish it was.



The apple cutter that cuts and cores an apple all at the same time. I found this at Ikea and it's so handy when making apple pies or when the kids want to eat apples.

Where does your cat sleep?

Where does your cat sleep?...... 
Wendy @ Beautiful Day would like to know where does your cat, dog or furry loved one sleeps.


Sakura, our cat of the house has many little places for a quick cat nap or a deep snooze. He's really one of the family and most of the time his sleeping hours usually follow those of the kids. In bed by 9 pm with the kids and awake and ready for school when the first alarm rings. Up and ready with the kids and as soon as they leave the door, Sakura has a quick breakfast and he's back to snooze mode until they come home.

You can usually find him at the foot of the bed or getting nice and warm next to your feet.  Anywhere close to kids will suit him fine and he just wouldn't have it any other way. He's one of the kids, loves a cuddle before a sleep and lets you know when he's awake ready for a meal or time to play. 

This is where he is right now having a lie down on the desk chair.

Band-aid Magic

Last Friday was report card day for the two older ones and I brought along Jacob for the day. Thinking that he was pretty much stable on his feet at his age to walk holding my hand from the car park to the school, he had a small fall just as we were walking along the pavement. He didn't cry at first, he just bent down using his hands to dust of his knee. At that moment I didn't realise that he had accidentally grazed his left knee. I just scooped him up to have a closer look at his knees and saw a small skin graze  with a little bit of blood on his knee. Still no reaction to his knee, he just wanted to look at it and dust it off from his fall. 


I looked at him and asked him if it hurt and with his big round eyes he looked at me and I could see the tears well up in his eyes. I think I started the ball rolling with the word, "hurt"! He burst out into full blown tears and cried while clutching his now sore knee. I  took out a wet wipe and began cleaning up his knee and frantically began to look for a band-aid in my bottom-less handbag. Nothing. I was pretty sure I had tucked away some band-aids somewhere in the side pocket it must have been in some other bag. I remembered now that I had some stashed away in the arm rest of the car. With tears in his  eyes I handed him over to my husband and went back to the car to get the band-aids. They weren't there! So I went over to the teacher's room to ask for a band-aid from their first aid kit. Ok I was generously given 3!
I got back to hubby who was now holding a sobbing Jacob while lining up for our turn with the classroom teacher. All cleaned up and ready for the band-aid I told Jacob that it wouldn't hurt after anymore when I put on the band-aid. Unwrapping and peeling back the paper I placed the band-aid on his knee and all of a sudden the sobbing stopped. It was instant! No more crying! 


Jacob looked down at his knee and touched it. His little face and those eyes started to smile and he pointed to his knee and said "Ouch". I wiped away the tears and he looked again at that magic strip plastered on his knee. It was his first time that he really injured himself where he drew a bit of blood and where he could associate the whole falling incident with hurting himself. And so for a while he was back to his cheery self, amusing himself with his new band-aid, the one that stop the "hurt" and made the pain just go away. He was no sooner wanting to walking along the corridor while we waited for our turn with Ashley's teacher.... back to his old self!


..... Not too long after this those little curious fingers peeled away at the band-aid and he was once again crying his little heart out for mummy. Lucky I had those other spare ones! All plastered again and he was a happy little boy once again. Amazing what a bit a sticky bit of plaster can do, just like magic....


Well, over the weekend he had forgotten mostly about his knee only to have it bandaged up again after bath time and he was back to playing with his toys. I dressed him up in long pants to kind of distract him from his knee and he was fine for the remainder of the weekend up until today when his curiosity got the better of him. Somehow he had managed to climb up on the arm of the sofa and reach out to touch the lamp and got his index finger burnt on the bulb. I was in the kitchen at the time and came out when I heard him scream and his brother calling out to me. He was crying so hard this time and I quickly put his finger in a cup full of ice and cold water to help with the burn. It was a little burn but big enough for him to feel the pain from the heat of the bulb. 

And so it was magic time again.... band-aid to the rescue! After assessing the burn and numerous cups of icy cold water, I dried it up and put on a band-aid on his little finger. He stopped crying instantly and he looked again at his finger and than at me and smiled. It was all better now...um that was until he looked down at his knee and realised that he didn't have a band-aid on it. Bursts of tears and crying fits of pain started up again and I quickly stuck on a band-aid on his grazed knee. It stopped again.... now the funny thing about this is that he was all along looking at his right knee which was not grazed at all. It was actually his left knee that was the one that was injured! He had touched his right knee and pulled up his shorts up to look for the graze on his thigh and not being able to find it he let out a cry. I think he remember the knee when he hurt his finger and to him it was all painful. But isn't it amazing how a little band-aid can fix anything as long as it stays on and doesn't get peeled off.

This isn't the first time magical band-aids have worked for this family. The same thing happened when my daughter was small and at the time 3M had these fluro plastic band-aids. They sold in boxes of a 100 and thinking it would last us a while we didn't mind buying so many. Stock up on it and sure it wouldn't finish so fast. WRONG!! My daughter at age 2-3 went thru a couple of these 100 boxes in a matter of a month. Always wanting one for any little grazed, cut and mozzie bite! Okay the grazes and cuts were ok but we live a tropical country and you are bound to get a bite or two from a mozzie. So we would stick one her and then in a matter of minutes it was off again. Start over again and the whining and crying would stop. In the end we told her that we couldn't waste the band-aids anymore and she would have to go cold turkey. No more band-aids for mozzie bites! It worked it's  little magic here and there and instantly helped put the tears away but only when urgently needed. I'm afraid the band-aid era has started again with this little one and so I'm off to buy that 100 box of band-aids.....


Update!!! I bought on special for RM5.50 a box of 100 band-aids...I set for the next few months:)

Late again...

Are you always trying to catch up with yesterday and today and most certainly tomorrow? Well that's me for this week. I'm finding it hard to catch up with everything this week and my mental organiser has gone bye-bye for the week. Late for school, late for dinner and late for my blogging. Aah and now it's Friday... where did the week go?


Well, I'm hoping to catch up some reading this weekend and re-organise myself so I can tackle next week agenda. ...Lots to catch up with...