Happy Doodles by Kiddo

Posted by Lui on May 2, 2012 in Just Doodles, Just Thinking, Mommy Thoughts | 0 comments

It’s been awhile since I have last posted my kiddo’s doodles here. Mainly because lately she has been preoccupied with writing short stories and she also just doodles on the PC using my bamboo graphic tablet. And she keeps her drawings private Lol. It’s password protected.

A few days ago though, she asked me to buy her a couple of unlined notebooks and I did. At least that’s better than her asking for powerstop brake pad kit, which I won’t know what she’ll need for. It was an easy guess that she wanted to write and draw.

And I was right. I didn’t have to wait long till she presented me with these:

Lately she has been doodling a lot about happiness, love, cute characters, kittens, frogs, beetles. She’s amazingly fond of animals. And while most kids would go first to Cartoon Network when watching TV, she goes first to Animal Planet. And perhaps that is where she gets inspired to draw cute animals.

I’m encouraging her to express herself but I’m trying to be careful too coz I don’t to put any pressure on her. Lest it take out the joy of drawing out of her.

Adorable Woods The Bear

Posted by Lui on Apr 25, 2012 in Cool, Cute & Odd, Mom's Finds for Kids | 0 comments

One on my kiddo’s shopping list.

Woods the Bear

I’m just putting her on a ‘plushie diet’ coz we don’t have a room for her stuff anymore and the way it gathers dust just drives me nuts. But she and her dad just can’t get enough of buying plushies. Everytime he goes on a trip, he usually has a couple of these softies for the kiddo.

I do appreciate that its a bit hard to resist these cuties. Sigh. Perhaps I’ll ok this one. It’s just too adorable!

Is This for Real?

Posted by Lui on Apr 25, 2012 in Health, Diet & Fitness, Mommy Thoughts | 0 comments

I stopped seriously dieting. I wasn’t getting the results I wanted (weight loss) from dieting. Perhaps because I have always been eating healthy anyway and what I really needed more was to get out of the chair and exercise. Eating healthy and well is never an issue with me, since our family eats healthy. It’s a way of life for us, we eat a lot of veggies, fish, seldom meat and if its meat, its usually very lean meat. We usually stay on a very Cambodian/Chinese cooking/diet, which is really very healthy, very minimal oil and more on vegetables and protein from fish.

I’m also not a huge fan of chips and I rarely eat chocolates. I’ve been known to buy a big pack of chips and I can consume 1 pack  for weeks, since I’m quite content to eat a few pieces. If I eat too many of it, I tend to feel nauseous with too much salt.

So I deduced that my problem is really being sedentary. I have the feeling that I know this (subconsciously) but I was just refusing to acknowledge it. Lol. I really have some serious escapist tendencies. Unless I decide otherwise, its like banging your head on motorcycle windshields in trying to convince myself that I have to get up and exercise.

It’s been a few months and I’ve started doing low impact walking exercises. And what do you know, I was starting to get some toning. Nothing drastic about weight loss, just a few kgs here and there but I liked the toning I saw and I had more energy, not too lethargic.

After awhile though it seemed like I reached a certain weight loss plateau and a few weeks already, I can’t seem to shed off a few more kgs. Which was really disheartening. But instead of dwelling on it, I just decided to get more busy and do more things requiring me to move about.

It also helped that I’m now going to school every morning and this added activity kept me more busy. And after two weeks of not weighing myself and with no strict diet and just low impact exercise, I was so stumped to see that I lost about 5 kgs. So weird. But I must confess to being amazed!

I must be doing something right this past two weeks, I just don’t know what. I should figure it out soon and do more of it and see the results. Hubby suggest perhaps its because of the daily walks, and added light weight exercises. But I not sure. Whatever it is, I hope it continues. And I am seriously hoping I won’t gain it back. LOL!

Image: Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

A Little Extra

Posted by Lui on Apr 25, 2012 in Just Thinking, Stuff for Mom | 0 comments

I’m so tired. But elated. Why? I managed to finish organizing my files. And I even managed to reformat my daughter’s PC, partitioned it into two drives and installed Windows and will be installing Ubuntu on the other drive. She’ll be using Windows as its more comfortable for her and really, nothing comes close to PC games, whatever others might say hahaha. But I’ll be using the Ubuntu myself, just to get the feel of Linux.

Anyway, I’m just glad I was able to do this despite my really busy schedule these days. I’m running myself ragged. Sigh. But I just had to do the organizing thing because I’m a bit OC when it comes to finding things specially on my computer. Whenever I keep working and downloading stuff, I end up with so much files everywhere that I can hardly find things till I just reach a point where I delete everything coz I can’t figure it out anyway.

I also managed to surf shop for blackberry playbook accessories for my brother since I want him off my hair. He’s been bugging me for accessories for his latest plaything. He’s turning out to be a real geek like moi. Hahaha.

And now that I have everything in place I just thought of something: I want an extra hard drive. At least 1 TB to keep all my graphic design files and stock photos. I also take lots and lots of amateurish photos so I need lots of ‘space.’ I am also obsessive about backing up my files as well as my on server website files.

So I surf shopped and added these to my wishlist. Any of this would do. Paging hubby!!! Will you buy this for me? I ran out of moolah already. Lol. This would make a nice ‘pasalubong’ gift when he comes back from another trip next week…hmm..

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB USB - ultra portable. And has that stylish elegant finish. It doesn’t hurt that it has some cool specs that I want too.

Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB – (Metallic Red) – the red convinced me. But this one’s really nice.

Bottled Garden Stakes

Posted by Lui on Apr 18, 2012 in Cool, Cute & Odd, Mom's Home Finds | 0 comments

Here’s a pretty lovely decor idea for your garden or your patio. Hmm, it can even be great indoors.

You can either buy this from Anthropologie or start your own little DIY project. This is the Bottled Garden Stakes retailing at $68.  I think its a fab idea, and very versatile.  Can be a neat and unique alternative to the usual tall planter.

Cute Shoes for Girls on Sale at Totsy

Posted by Lui on Apr 17, 2012 in Mom's Finds for Kids, Perfect for Gifts | 0 comments

I love TOTSY.com. One of the best places for brand name goodies for kids, moms and home at a super discounted price. Sign up for free now.

Was hanging out there again when I saw this on sale: Marie 54 Sandals, its usual price is about $32.99 and now its  on a super discount at only $17. Available in assorted colors and sizes for girls to teens.

It sure looks comfy and stylish. Grab one now. This sale is time constrained and usually last for just a day.