This is LiN's Life

Wokay...its been reallly long since Ive updated this blog.

With numerous events that had taken placed and Ive yet to update here, I almost wanted to give up this blog totally.

However yesterday, when I incidently read back my past entries (started from me reading about my first pregnancy), it seems to be such a pity to give up this blog. Ive been blogging since Dec 2004! WOW! That is 4yrs of ranting and bitching and complaining...sooo...Ive decided to keep writing here...although the updates maybe like 4mths once!? Gulpppp!

Ok so where do I start?

My current big project: Nurul's 2nd birthday party is due in less than 2mths away and Ive been slowly planning and buying the necessary stuff. I guess I have no choice but to start all the work early coz at the stage I am in now *more of that later*, things get done at half the speed that it used to be.

Last Saturday we were at the party supply shops at Middle road. (FYI-the shops at concourse have all moved out to Middle road and some at Tekka Mall, I heard) My initial plan was to look-see the items that they have and to compare them to online shops. But we were so tempted by all the party stuff that we went abit crazy and started to fill up the shopping basket.

Usually, my hubb would be the "auditor" seiving all the stuff in the basket before proceeding to the cashier but on that day, he was the one getting out of hand! He even had a little assistant, Nurul, who was excitedly filling up the basket with plastic hand clappers and packs of blowouts! Imagine the situation I was in, my mouth was busy explaining that we dont need this or that this is cheaper online while my hand was busy taking stuff out of the shopping basket while Nurul dump more stuff in!!

Well, to cut the story short, the damage done was close to $100 and the stuff that we bought were only red table covers, red paper plates, red paper cups, red cutleries, red serviettes, some hair colors, face painting kits, a few water guns and a few bubble blowers. OMG! I have not even started buying the Mickey party wares from the online shops and decorations...shees...I would estimate that it would be another $150 at least? *Gulps*

Right now, I am trying to compare the price differences between buying Helium-filled up balloons as compared to buying uninflated ones and going somewhere to get them inflated or rent a Helium gas tank. Of course the major difference is the convenience and hassle free vs the few moolahs...that I could save, suggestions anyone?

Other than that, I am quite excited about the whole planning thing. Since we didnt have a party for Nurul's 1st birthday, I wanted to put together a slightly bigger party this time but still it will be family and close friends only. I wanted to do the party now coz I figured out I will be too busy with someone * more of that later* when she turns 3 and I wanted the party to be about her only and not that someone.

Choosing the theme was quite an easy task. Nurul is really into Mickey Mouse Clubhouse right now. Whenever the show is on the TV, she would hog on to the TV. No one is allowed to change the channels even when its on the commercials or she would kick up a big fuss. She calls Mickey Mouse "Mee-mouse" and would go "Hod-dog" whenever the mouseketool pops up. Her fascination with "Mee-mouse" does not end there though...whenever she sees her Mickey romper, she would try to put it on herself and refuses to change to her pyjamas even after her bath. In the lift, she once pointed out to a neighbour's teeshirt excitedly and said "Mee-mouse!"- which had the lady blushing red.

And since we were going to have the party in a Chalet with a swimming pool right infront, we conclusively decided on the theme: Mickey's Pool Party. Super Cheers!

So far things that Ive accomplished are:
*Book the Chalet
*Create our own Meeska Moouska Mickey invitation card
*Put together useful stuff for the kids goody bag
*Plan the layout of the decorations at the Chalet
*Plan a few simple mickey-inspired kids menu for the day

Things yet to be done are:
*Place orders for Mickey partyware
*Decide on the balloons decor
*Book a caterer - yikes! the most impt yet overlooked item on the list!
*Distribute out the invites
* there's more to pop out I guess

Oklah...better get back to more online searching on "which inflates... a bigger one... at a cheaper price"...balloons lah ok!

Ta-da!