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Ever since I left the corporate world in search of maternal pastures, I have made many sacrifices. I have learned to skimp on shopping for clothes, bags and shoes for myself. I’ve also learned to purchase cheaper range of skin care products. From a 4-star range of skin care products, I have downgraded to a 1-star to probably no-star skin care products. Thank God my skin is still flawless and I actually find no difference using cheap skin care products with expensive ones like Neutrogena skin id, Lancome or Kose. Do you use expensive skin care products or cheap ones?

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Of late, the hubs has been having pains and aches on his body after his daily basketball session. Last week, he injured his second finger badly during a basketball match and the entire finger doubled up in size! He used to be as fit as a horse but age is definitely catching up on him. My dear hubs, he is growing old and even needs to pop the best joint supplement for his joints and bones. He may look huge but he is not as strong and fit as he used to be.

I suffered from a very bad bout of morning sickness or rather all-day sickness when I was pregnant with Alycia, my first born. I could not stand the smell of food, any type of food, not even fruits. I even felt like puking when I watched cook shows on TV. So during the first 16 weeks of my pregnancy, I had to hide in the room whenever my mil watched cook shows on TV. When I saw certain dishes that she cooked on the dining table, I had to go somewhere so that the food or smell was no where in sight or in smell! Popping my bunch of pre-natal vitamins was another torturous time every morning. I had to pop them near the bathroom, just in case I puked! If you are pregnant and want to find out more about pre-natal vitamins, you can hop over to www.prenatalvitamins.org to have some good reads.

We were planning to make a trip up north this school holidays but had to ditch our plan when Baby’s pee smelled and looked suspicious (of UTI) just a day before the trip. The girls have been disappointed that they cannot see their grandparents and spend their holidays in Ipoh. I am disappointed too that the long-awaited trip had to be called off. Oh well, there is always another time. Who knows, the hubs might even bring us all for a Branson vacation during the next school holidays!

Ever since my mum retired from her job as a teacher, she has been spending much of her time gardening. She plants vegetables, chillies, fruit trees, flowers, several types of herbs to treat various disorders, beans and much more. My dad who has just retired is now joining my mum. Whenever I go back to my parents in Ipoh, my kids and I get to savor the produce from their garden. There used to be a fertile papaya tree that bore many sweet papayas but the tree died last year. There were also 2 rambutan trees that bore tons of sweet, juicy rambutans but the trees became infertile and my parents eventually chopped the trees down. I wonder why the trees just stopped bearing fruit and eventually died.

My parents are not expert gardeners and they lack the knowledge on proper tending and caring for their plants and trees. I should get them Urban Farm Magazine or Hobby Farm Magazine so that they can get handy tips and advice on gardening to raise healthy crops. My parents’ crops are all grown organically without the use of fertilizer and chemical. If armed with the proper advice and knowledge on gardening, I am very certain my parents don’t have to buy vegetables from the market anymore. Their garden is so large that they can plant enough vegetables to feed the both of them. I am now starting to crave for my mum’s homemade fresh mushroom soup with basil leaves that she grows in her garden!

We have given up hope of ever claiming reimbursement from our insurers for Baby’s surgery bills incurred last year. We feel cheated by them. They knew Baby had kidney reflux and our application for medical insurance was still approved. Some of our friends have asked us to pursue this matter, even up to the Court. I hate going through such a hassle. Maybe we should just drop this insurer and look for free insurance quotes from other insurers.

Something is just not right. Despite getting 7-8 hours of sleep each night for the past 3 nights (interrupted sleep though), I still feel lethargic and sleepy all the time. I’m surprised this is happening because I seldom feel this way, though I only get between 5-6 hours of sleep (also interrupted) each night. This must be my hormones playing tricks on me or perhaps caused by the stiff shoulders and neck that I got 2 nights ago. All I feel like doing now is to go to slumberland right until tomorrow morning and only write about the low cost car insurance post tomorrow.

Today is the fourth day of the Chinese New Year holidays and my 2 older gals are already starting to get bored. Each time they get bored, they will start to bicker and fight with each other like cats and dogs and this will surely drive me bonkers. How I wish we were now on some Disney vacation packages and away from the sweltering weather and boredom here. I can’t wait until school reopens again which is in another 5 days. How did your Chinese New Year holidays go?

My face has always been flawless and free from zits. The only time I had acne outbreak was at the height of my PCOS disorder and during my pregnancies. I would normally use OTC anti-acne topical creams to apply on those zits and acne. However, during my pregnancies, I stayed clear from all types of anti-acne creams including proactiv solution as I was worried that these solutions will have adverse reaction on the unborn baby. Guess what I used to apply on my zits and acne when I was pregnant? Toothpaste!! I read from magazines that some ingredients in the toothpaste are good in beating those zits.