at last ..........

The time has come for us to move to our new home. Please visit us at

http://chumsyashley.info

So, do drop by. Please don't forget to link us too ;)

From Our Home To Yours

&

hApPy NeW yEaR

All The Mess

On a typical day, this is how our living room looks like.

Toys on the sofa

Toys all over the coffee table

Blocks on the floor and Play Dough at the other end

Each time I clean up or get the lil' missy to clean up, she would take other things out. We have a 1-2-3 sofa seater at home and sometimes all the 3 seats will be filled with her toys. I have been throwing some old and broken toys away but I don't know why the toy baskets are still full. I have only one kid but just look at all the mess. Irene who came on Sunday said we have so many toys in the house that I can open a nursery *chuckle* Time to do some spring cleaning again.

Our Visitors

I wrote about having some visitors to our home yesterday. Here is a photo of the cute little girl who dropped by with her parents.

Could you recognize her? She's none other than sweetie Krystal with her daddy and mommy. I finally get to meet Irene and her family. You look prettier in person, Irene ;) Well, Ashley had a great time playing with 'mei-mei' yesterday. I told her in the morning that we were expecting some visitors later in the afternoon and she kept asking me when is mei-mei coming. As soon as she saw Krystal, she was so happy.

The two girls playing together

It was nice to meet up with you, Irene. We have to get together more often. Ashley has been asking about Krystal :)

Our Tang Yuen

My mom woke up real early this morning to make the "tang yuen". She kneaded the rice flour and rolled them into small tang yuen. First she made 12 big ones to signify the 12 months in a year. Then the rest are small and medium sized ones.

The first step

Tang Yuen

Guess what this is?

Ashley wanted to help too and of course she took a pink one and started to roll it. It came out long and this is what she said, "Look, it's a snake". hahahahahahahahahaa

The colourful tang yuen cooking in the pot

My first bowl

I think I had about 3 bowls today *gasps*. This is the first time that Ashley had some too. No prize for guessing what colour she prefers :D So, did you eat any today? Btw, we have some visitors today. Want to know who dropped by? Don't forget to check back later *wink*

Uh Oh.........

Since my recent brief bout of fever, my tastebud had changed. All of a sudden, I don't like having vegetable soup with fishball/beancurd for dinner. Neither am I keen on eating my ham or egg sandwich for lunch :( So what did I do? I make myself some blanched vegetable with oyster sauce dressing. I also added some fish balls or beancurds. The ingredients are the same as the vege soup actually. As for lunch, I make tuna sandwiches sometimes.

Then today, I strayed off from my diet. I had half a bowl of tau fu fah and 1/4 of a muffin. wawawawawawawawawa. I really regret having eaten that because I know tomorrow, being Dongzhi Festival, I will be gobbling down some "tang yuen". Sigh. I better be back on track on Monday.

Dear God,

Please don't let me fall off my diet wagon.

Please help me to stay motivated.

Thank You.

Happy Winter Solstice Festival

It's "Dongzhi" or Winter Solstice Festival already this coming Monday. Many people will be preparing and making "Tang Yuan" or glutinous rice balls. Mmmm.....delicious!!! My mom will be making them as usual. I hope Ashley would like eating them. Of course, I'll get mom to make more pink colour "tang yuan" since Ashley likes everything that's Pink :D Mom's glutinous rice balls are pretty simple with no fillings and they will be in different sizes and colours. She'll cook the balls in syrup water with pandan leaves. Maybe this year, I will try to make something different ;)

I wish everyone a Happy Dongzhi. See you on Monday :)