My sister is Arianna’s Godmother. And honestly, I think she makes a wonderful Godma to Arianna and from what I see, I think Arianna adores her too.

Here’s a vid of Sis carrying out one of her godmotherly duties by giving Arianna a horseback ride. *lol* I think we spent more time laughing at Sis laughing than keeping an eye out to make sure Arianna didn’t fall off!!

Needless to say that Sis is an avid horseriding junkie. Anything horse related, you can bet your last cent that she’d be into it. So I don’t need to tell you that she did this willingly for Arianna. *lol* After this fun ride, she did mention that Arianna has a good balance for horseriding so who knows…perhaps we might have another potential state rep in the making eh? Yup, sis replresented the state (Johor) to some equestarian competition in KL some time ago. And if sis says that Arianna does have potential, then it won’t be long before we’ll be on the look out for riding boots for her!! And with riding boots, would come jodphurs and the helmet and Lord knows what else. And it’s not a cheap hobby at all!!

However, if Arianna does show keen interest in this field, I reckon we’d support and encourage her. After all, that’s what parents do, right?

Sis started her new job this week. And apparently she is already stressing out from all the stuff that she’s been appointed to do and this week was supposedly have been an easy week since the students have not yet started classes. Yes, she got a job as a lecturer and the 1 good thing about it is that it’s only some 15 minutes away from home…I asked her if she could tell me more good things about it, she told me to ask her the same question next week! *lol*

Poor thing has been under so much stress that her acne proned skin is suffering as well. Very soon she’ll be dragging me off with her in search of some acne treatment that will hopefully help with the breakout. Like me, she’s always had bad breakouts when under stress and like me as well, we have both found it hard to find something that suits our skin type.

Thank goodness Friday isn’t too far away (at least to me)….and the weekend will soon be here. We’ll have to go shopping on Saturday and be ready in time for a big birthday bash the same evening. Hopefully, for her sake, her breakout would have subsided by then. *keeps fingers crossed*

I’ve come to realise (just moments ago) that we desperately need to clean out the house. And this is mainly because we’ve got loads of stuff piled up everywhere including the rooms – and we only have 2! Even our garage is full of stuff not to mention that I’ve even hidden stuff in our laundry too. =.=

I reckon we seriously need to run a garage sale so that we can at least make some money out of the stuff we intend to get rid off. I’m also actually contemplating selling off some of my fabric which I’ve not used since I bought it. Crazy right? Me…selling off fabric?? *lol* But it’s true…I think it’s about time we really sat down and figure out what we really need and totally get rid of everything else. The one thing that definitely has to go would have to be Ted’s old fitness equipment. He’s had it for so long now, that I doubt he even remembers ever using it!

Come to think of it, we might keep this one for now seeing that I may require extra help in losing all this baby weight after the little one arrives. *lol* The only problem will be is trying to get Ted to set it up for me. :/ Not to mention that I have no idea how to run a garage sale!!!

This is going to be one fun day for all of us!

KR must be the happiest little girl in the whole world as she will celebrate her birthday 3 times and get 3 birthday cakes! *lol* She will also be getting just as many presents and I’m wondering how Arianna is going to take it. HHmmm….anyway, the first party was a joint birthday party with James who is the son of one of Ted’s friends. He had invited us to jon the family since the kids shared the same birthdate hence, we had the party at his place.

It was a nice party with bbq and kebbas, a small number of adults and thankfully, just a few kids as well. We brought with us the sausages, bread rolls, my lame attempt of making a salad which was suppose to be coleslaw and for the kids, I whipped up a rip-off of Nigella Lawson’s Choc Crispy Cakes. *lol* I reckon it was a pretty good effort seeing that I not only winged it, it was my first time trying it out!! *lol* I’m just glad that it was a hit with the kids although surprisingly, Arianna couldn’t even finish one!

Anyway, here are the pix I promised to share and I best get this out of the way before I forget that I have to check out some colon cleanse reviews – don’t ask why. :/

Arianna playing pass the parcel

KR’s turn at pass the parcel

KR’s birthday cake – don’t you just LOVE the candle?

Waiting to light the cake

Sparklers!!

Such a pitiful face right? Apparently *someone* else was being a busybody and wanted to blow out the candle for KR. :/

Love this shot! lol What a perfect stabbing grip she has….

The birthday girl and Mummy. [Don't mind the hair, no professional stylist could copy this style!]

Yvy’s special Choc Crispies

Arianna had some the next day and didn’t think much of it which I found surprising….

I’ll share my recipe for the Choc Crispies in my next post. TFL!!

I take public transport to work each day. And each day, I will pass by this really cute Beetle that is parked outside our unit. It’s the newest model of the Beetle and it’s bright hot pink. From memory, I think it belongs to the Breast Cancel Foudation hence, the pink color.

And everyday I am reminded of my dad’s car which he owned all his life. It’s a gorgeous white 1970-something Volkswagon.

And then recently, my sister who is the main and current driver of the car decided to give it a face lift. And if you’re reading this Sis, did you get the auto insurance done as well?

Anyhoo, while it’s great that she decided that it was time to give it a new coat of paint, I’m not too mad about the color. I’m just so used to seeing it white as I have been all the time, blue just doesn’t look right. But it’s been awhile now and I guess, I’m slowly beginning to get used to it. However, by the time I actually do get used to it, I’m sure she will paint it again! lol

It’s been on my mind for ages. For most Westerners, it is a norm to take on the husbands name after marriage but it is still a choice that ends up with the woman. Back home, it’s no problem at all coz married or not, you still keep your own family name but will be known as Mrs. So-and-So. So no need to meddle with your official documents and what nots.

It was a tug of war situation for me after I married Ted. Part of me wanted to take on his name but a bigger part found it hard to let go of my family name. I gather that he is ok if I don’t take on the family name but deep inside, I know that he would like me to. Not to mention that my MIL was rather afraid that the hospital might register Arianna with MY surname instead of theirs! *lol* And it wasn’t a surprise when they did tag her with MY surname instead of his. It was a good thing she didn’t see the tag. *lol* It would have caused a real kerfuffle!!

So after almost 2 years of thinking and deliberating, not to mention trying to decide what I’d like to change my name to since I have a middle name which I absolutely love and would like to keep. I’ve decided that I’ll sacrifice my middle name and keep both our surnames instead. That way, I still get to keep my maiden name as well as be known as one of the Petch family members.

It crossed my mind to have my FULL name and add on Ted’s but omg, it’s so long that it sounded rather ridiculous. And I do have to be reasonable and keep in mind that application forms in general were not created to fit just my name so it going to be just me KISS [keeping it short & sweet]. I will most likely be going official once my VISA comes through which is soon I hope. That way, I don’t have to worry about any mix ups which I feel tend to happen when you least expect it. And when it comes to me – aitelyou, sometimes I really have arse luck man!

I just hope that I don’t need to change my IC or passport la, then susah lor!!!!