Flower Power!
I vamped up Hubby's computer area with some flowers..
Hubby hated them.. Ha!
Showing posts with label Home Improvement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home Improvement. Show all posts
Va-kyüm klEn-ner
Ha! We finally bought the vacuum cleaner after a year moving in.. Hubby was complaning that there's too much hair on the floor, that no amount of sweeping will help... So off we went and got ourselves this:
..:::See all the hair in the plastic container on the left?:::..
No more excuse for not cleaning the house! Ha!
The 'Lalang' In My House!
Hubby's been eyeing to get rid of the Pussy Willows ever since after Chinese New Year..
Yesterday, he finally made the move after a trip to Ikea.. Hubby chose and arranged everything himself...
..:::The Lalang:::..
Of names and cookies and invites..
| J | Jolly |
| A | Arty |
| I | Influential |
| M | Misunderstood |
| E | Explosive |
Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com
Explosive sums it all.. ask hubby and he'll readily agree with all four of his hands and legs up!
We went online and decided to try pineapple rolls...guess what?!? It worked!Have been busy baking these past few days.. me and Nana first tried baking cream cheese cookies and guess what?! It failed. Then we tried almond crisp and guess what again... we failed!! We're totally blaming the stupid cookbook I bought a few years back but have never used. We went online and decided to try pineapple rolls...guess what?!? It worked! It's so totally the books fault! They look kinda nice.. we can't seems to get the size the same... well, they're not only edible.. I would say they are rather delicious actually.. Muahahaha...
Now nobody can say we didn't put the oven into good use.. lol..
Was digging something for hubby in the unpacked boxes a few days ago, and came across the invitation card we used for our ROM. It's by Hallmark and came in a pack of 6 sets. Each set consist of a outer pink velum cover, two empty cards to personalize yourself, and a ribbon.
Me and hubby are still at odds on whether to use the invites given by the restaurant for our wedding dinner or to get them printed ourselves.. We've discussed and have a few great designs in mind.. now we just need to check out the cost.. will update on the outcome...
Double Happiness..
We're doubly happy over this weekend... One was because of the arrival of our new TV. Yay! It's fitting nicely on the feature wall..
Pretty huh..
The second reason has Aaron reeling over the moon.. Our new car is due end of this week.. Yay! Our baby's a Honda Fit.. Everything's lovingly handpicked by hubby.. can't wait.. our first brand new car!
Went along with hubby for his weekly football games Sunday morning.. I retreated back into the car after half and hour.. the heat was getting to me.. lol
Lastly, a pretty picture of the "twisties" bamboo we bought in Chinatown..
Merry Christmas!!
After lots of tracing papers, cardboards, sticky glue and glitters:
Well the picture says it all... Merry Christmas everybody!!
The Tree
It's Christmas soon! Hubby promised me a christmas tree last year but we didn't get it because we didn't have a place then. So I've been bugging him since last month to get a tree for this year.
Last weekend, we made plans with Anna and Dave to head over to Geylang to the warehouse christmas tree shop to choose for our tree. We didn't made it there. I wanted to go to Daiso to buy some stuffs for my mum and dad. Mummy came over to stay a few days last month and she fell in love with Daiso. Of the 4 days she was here, we were in Daiso for 2 of them, once in Jurong and once in Plaza Sin.... more on that later..
So we headed to IMM for lunch and Daiso. While walking around, we came across this florist, Steve Florists, and they have the most beautiful christmas tree!! Hubby just couldn't tear his eyes off the trees! Now, these trees are not like the normal ones, they have longer bristles, and the end of the bristles are covered in shiny white glitters.. really reminds you of snow. And get this, the tree comes with pine cones all over it.. how cool is that. It's not the normal plastic christmas trees alright... A quick look in Giant, for the same height, a much more common looking christmas tree doesn't come much cheaper than the nice ones in Steve's. So, me and hubby decided to take the plunge! We got ourselves a six feet tall tree... a tree taller than me! Nice huh..
We spend the rest of Sunday evening decorating the tree... At the end of it, all 4 of us were sweating and covered in glitters, but delighted! Our very first 6 feet tall Christmas tree!!
Blue is our theme this year. To honor Aaron's favourite team... heh..
I was talking about Daiso earlier. I got this really great deal from the store. Ever heard of GelGems? They're this rubber-plastic decorations that you can stick on tiles, mirrors, glass and can be re-use. Check out this site http://www.gelgems.com/
Anyway, I got hold of these in Daiso, a japanese version, and stick them on our bathroom glass door.
There's a lot of blues in the house lately... heh.. Well, these gelgems are really good. Nice to look at, you can stick them anyway you want... and the best thing is, they'll never drop!! Simply great!!
I've bought some tinsels and more decorations yesterday, will update soon.. Ciao!
P/S: Happy Thanksgiving!!
Our Home..
It's been a long time since I updated my blog. I've been busy... enjoying life.. living in our own home..
Hubby's been a bad influence, everyday you see him come home from work, have his dinner, then starts his nua-ing.. so naturally.. I'll be there nua-ing with him..
Anna's been a bad influence too.. when she's around, both of us will be glued to the tube watching Hong Kong drama serials..
Dave's been a bad influence... his laid back attitude makes you just wanna lay back and enjoy....
Therefore... boxes are still laying around the house.. stuffs and clothes still unpack even as I'm here typing...... yupz.. I'm enjoying staying in our very own home... It's been a great, the last one month.
Some updates on the house:
Recognize this? The original shoe cabinet and seatee left by the previous owner. After some cleaning up and relaminate by yours truly, and lo and behold.. it looks as good as new and totally fits in the new interior. Umbrella stand's a gift from my mum.. umbrella collections are Giordano exclusives.. collected over the years by me and Anna... there would be more if I didn't loose an umbrella everytime I bring one out...
The before photo of the shoe cabinet.
My digital piano next to the dining table.
So much for now. The rest of the places needs some cleaning up first. Will update soon.
We've some new additions to our family....
Introducing...
Hammy, Hammie and Hammi. Anna's babies. Cute.. but all they do is sleep, eat and run on the wheel.
Hammy....... (or Hammie.... or Hammi...) taking a break from his exercise.
And not forgetting:
Tanny (left) and Piggy. Hubby brings Tanny out and I'll bring Piggy. Tanny's so like Hubby.. lol..
Oh and an update on Hubby's sauerkraut. Read about it here. It's day 5 of the fermentation. It looks totally gross...
Living Amidst the Dust...
Gosh, I'm so tired. Sleeping on a 5cm thick mattress is really taking a toll on me. I'm a dead beat by 11pm every night and still felt like I've not slept when I wake up at 7am. I need a bed!!!!!
Aaron has already given up sleeping on his mattress and is now sleeping on two beanbags joined together. So now, I'm sleeping on two 5cm thick mattresses stacked together, and it's not any better. Oh well, 3 more days, just 3 more days, and the bed's arriving...
On with the updates:
The carpenters came last Thursday and Friday to fix up the the carpentries. So now, we have our feature wall, kitchen cabinet, study table, and bathroom cabinet in place.
We're happy with the result. The workmanship is actually good. And the thought that everything's gonna be over soon just feel so great!!
Thursday went rather well, the study table, wardrobe, and part of the kitchen was fix up in no time at all:
Our study table in the Mochi Room. It's now messy like nobody's business. Aaron and Dave immediately set up the desktop and the laptop as soon as the table is set up.
My wardrobe. It took some time getting over the so much white on the door. I expected less white and more dark brown. But I quite like it anyway.
The light switch on the side of the wardrobe.
On Friday, the feature wall, toilet cabinet and kitchen cabinet are completed. While fixing the feature wall, they drilled two big holes into my study!!!
The holes will be plastered up by the painters who's coming this thursday. Anna asked me how could I be so calm about it when I saw the holes. Well, I don't see the point to yell at the carpenters, things can't be helped when it has already happened. As long as they fix it up...
By the end of the day:
The feature wall in the living room.
The bathroom cabinet. Looks great huh...
And the kitchen cabinet... I simply love the colour!! Solid top's expected to be fix today.. will update on that again.
Yesterday, the carpenters came again to touch up on rest of the carpentries. Ah Teck, chief of the carpenters, were kind enough to fix up Anna's wardrobe and the mirror cabinet in bathroom:
Anna's pole system wardrobe. She initially bought a longer pole, but it couldn't fit into the wardrobe. Now she have a shorter one and more space.
Ah Teck fixed up the mirror for Anna as well. Notice the two holes on the left side of the mirror? Courtesy from Ah Teck... two more holes to be filled up.. lol.
Just realised I've yet to show the pictures of the shower screens in the bathrooms:
And also the dining lights...
We have a bad news too.. After much calculating, much to me and Aaron's dismay, we realised we couldn't afford our 42" plasma!!!! Mistake on my part. I've not anticipated all the bills that we need to clear and all the smaller stuffs to buy... yepz, we've overspent. We'll need to wait a couple of months more to buy the plasma now.. Haiz..
Aside from that, I think everything's going great.. When you think of the BIG picture.. not having the plasma... yet... is not such a big deal after all. We have a new house.. a place to call our own.. I'm counting my blessings for that...
Updates soon.. ciao..
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