Balance

How can you ensure that everyone in the family is eating a balanced diet? I’m not so overly concern about it actually. My only gauge is if we don’t get sick.

I’m not so strict when it comes to sweets. We have ice cream, lollies and sweet biscuits at home. The rule is, eat your veggies and you will get treats. That’s not as hard for my little boy as he loves sweets. He always looks forward to munching time.

I bought apples last year that I don’t like. Sour. I gave some to the possums last week and planned to throw the other two last night but Jens said he wants some apple so I ended up giving only one to the possums. And Jens munched on it until before bed time. Everyone was amazed at how good he is at eating the whole fruit.

Another fruit he likes eating whole is pear. It would be really exciting if it still in a branch where he can hang on to.

Even if Jens loves his ice cream and lollies I don’t worry about obesity or engaging a mesothelioma lawyer in the future as he balanced is intakes of nasty radicals with anti-oxidants. He’s already half won the battle, I suppose.

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Self

Less or –ish?

As I mature, I’m leaning on the first.

I’m the first person to say that I am selfish and the next is my husband. I’m not proud of it but I am not ashamed of it either. I just thought, with what I’ve been through and what I’ve done (no, I haven’t invented anything), I deserve a bit of luxury (such as a vacation in places like Outer Banks vacation rentals - lols).

But that gradually changed. Now that I am married and have a child, I feel complete and contented that I don’t want anything more than what I have now. I’m happy.

I was and a bit am selfish but not in a greedy way. It’s hard to explain but I wasn’t a villain when I was selfish. But I’m happy that I have realised these things while I still have more time to change and rectify the damage (not that I am aware of) I have caused.

You Are 35% Selfish

In general, you are a very giving person who treats others very well. But at times, you insist on getting your way - when it matters most to you.

How Selfish Are You?

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Weekend Get Together

Mcj’s Aunt and Cousins from America are in town and the family is getting together this weekend. We are tasked to bring in finger foods for entree if you may call it that.

I’m not good at cooking or food preparation so we’ve decided to just buy them all. I’m thinking some corn chips, rice crackers, potato chips and dips. I have a couple of tomato dips at home so maybe I’ll just get some more dips from the fridge section at the shops.

And of course, however simple the task is for somebody who hasn’t organised a single party in her life, it’s a challenge. Thankfully, the internet is helpful as always.

It’s been raining today. Hopefully the weather tomorrow will be with us or we will all be cramped inside the house and garage floor if it rains.

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Christmas Dessert

I have lived in Australia long enough to like pudding and tea but I don't. I'm not a pudding person much more putting custard on my pudding. But since our customer gave us some, we did have it on our Christmas Dinner Dessert.


This one is really not moist so we had ice cream with it as we can't get custard from the convenience store. But if you want to make a great one (for a meticulous person who might be suited for jobs in south jersey), this recipe sounds good.

Method

Begin the day before you want to steam the pudding. Take your largest, roomiest mixing bowl and start by putting in the suet, sifted flour and breadcrumbs, spices and sugar. Mix these ingredients very thoroughly together, then gradually mix in all the dried fruit, mixed peel and nuts followed by the apple and the grated orange and lemon zests. Don't forget to tick everything off so as not to leave anything out.

Now in a smaller basin measure out the rum, barley wine and stout, then add the eggs and beat these thoroughly together. Next pour this over all the other ingredients, and begin to mix very thoroughly. It's now traditional to gather all the family round, especially the children, and invite everyone to have a really good stir and make a wish! The mixture should have a fairly sloppy consistency – that is, it should fall instantly from the spoon when this is tapped on the side of the bowl. If you think it needs a bit more liquid add a spot more stout. Cover the bowl and leave overnight.
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Dino Age

I'm not sceptical about scientist telling us that they found fossils of this and that which exist a million years ago. I mean, how can they be certain? Anyway, I'm just the typical I-dont-really-care gal. I treat it like politics.

But when I saw some fossils and bones and remnants, I can't stop to be amazed - really. They're ginormous. No - they're bigger than that. One needs more than life insurance quote just to be in the same 50 mile radius as them.

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Stamina

I know that sweets fuelled the energy of the kids and even the adults yet they are low GI so you get the boost only for a few minutes then tantrum came as the preservatives are triggering some stimulants in the youngs brain.

My Big Guy is very active with or without sweets but I really noticed that he's extra vicious when after eating something really nasty.

But I also notice his stamina. He doesn't get tired as long as there's something interesting to do or watch. He climbed all the way to the top with little help from us as you can never be too careful with him (he's just like some loose diamonds, too precious to us).

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Year End R & R

A decade had passed so quickly, I can barely remember what happened to me in the span of 10 years.

Got engaged, got married, left work in the Philippines, swallowed a stork and nine months later got a beautiful boy and work again - this time in the land down under.

We ended the decade by going on a family trip - our second since The Tatapilla was born. It was a much anticipated trip and although, I expected it to be exhausting, it turned out to be half of it. We had a great time. The weather didn't cooperate with us but we had a ball at museums and staying at the hotel watching documentaries and The Wiggles (and a little retail therapy where they use barcode scanners).

The Little Boy was just so grown-up that whinging was kept to a minimum. I know that he might not remember anything that we did after a couple of weeks or even now but I took heaps of photos to remind him and this is one of them.

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1st Weekend of 2010

Got back from New South Wales Holiday. Tired but happy and rejuvenated.

Unpacked but didn’t finish. Washed but didn’t dry. It rained on Sunday.

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Runs in the Family

You Are Destined to Be Thin

Even if you aren't thin right now, you have great habits that will ensure you're thin for most of your life. You have a great relationship with food and eating. Don't change a thing.

Are You Destined To Be Overweight?

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Off Theme

When I was a stay at home wifey and Mummy, I make my time online worthwhile. Apart from blogging, I registered in a plethora of online surveys. Of course, not each one of them was really worthwhile. Little did I know that in doing so, my email inbox will be flooded with junk mails imaginable in the online world – including LCD TV
offers and all.

At first, those mails seem to be enjoyable. Later especially now that I am a working, they irk me to some extent. For sometime, I just let them sit on my inbox and when I find the time, I delete them by page. These days, I marked them as Spam so I won’t receive them ever. Thanks to that tool.

Now, you would ask if I did ever found something worth my time in those surveys. Yes, I have. There’s one that pays me $5 every month for the survey that I took and if I send a docket, they will pay me $3 for it. I don’t send dockets though as they are our records for our bookkeeping.

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