It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!!

Finally finally....after so many years, we've finally got a Christmas tree, ornaments and lights!! Not only that, the house is decorated with Christmas-y decor and wreaths. Hubbs was so sweet today. When we got back, we were all prepared to put together the tree and decorate the house but we were pleasantly surprised that all the Christmas decor were already put up. Hubbs spent the entire day buying all the decor and setting it up.







Although Hubbs and I are not in our own house, it is still nice to live in a house where there's the buzz of Christmas. To make things even more exciting but stressful, this year we'll be hosting the Christmas meal with all the pastors and the usual suspects, which is usually held at SY's house but this year it will be at boy's and wifey's house. Hence the decor :)So Cow Cow and Esiotrot, we'll miss you for dinner but we've got Noeline this year making it a total of 13 this year. The group is growing each year :)

Hubbs is as usual doing up his candles for candlelight service. This year will be his 4th year of candle making for Christmas eve service and it will be his record number of candles. A grand total of 16. He's got 5 more to go before Christmas eve!! Aren't they lovely?



This Christmas remember to celebrate God's love for all because Christ was born so that we can be reconciled with God through Christ's death on the cross. So here's wishing everyone reading a most blessed Christmas and know that God truly loves you!!

Happy Birthday Son!

Our son turns 1 year old today. Time really flies. Hubbs and I are already thinking back to when he could lie snugly on our forearms and all he did was eat and sleep. Since the boy is already 1 today, hubbs and I are thinking that it may be the right time for the next baby. Will update on how that turns out :)

But for now, Happy Birthday Elmo. We love you most much, you big hairy mutt! Isn't he just one huge cute monster.

GPS for wife?

I've got a feeling that the advertisement above was either created by a guy or the company must be owned by one chauvanistic male. While I appreciate the need and usefulness of GPS especially when it comes to giving directions and as a tracking device for cars and maybe on certain situations even for small children.

But if you look at the smaller print in the ad they are also suggesting that the GPS tracker should be used to track your wife's whereabouts. Track the wife?!! What the?!! Why not track the husband?

While I'm no expert in marketing I would imagine the advertisement would be more effective if they appealed to the female sex advertising the device as a "GPS to track your husband's whereabouts". Afterall females are the the biggest spenders right?

Love....

Today I feel loved. But does that mean I will feel loved tommorow or does it mean I didn't feel loved yesterday? To me I know love (head knowledge) in a marriage is more than a feeling but sometimes I tend to forget what truly constitutes love, especially when I get irritated by hubbs. So to remind myself about what love is when I'm not 'feeling' it, I've decided to list it down here. This is going to be one mushy post. So readers be warned.

Love is...

1) when hubbs does the laundry daily without complaining.
2) when hubbs places money in my purse without telling me when he knows I'm broke.
3) when hubbs picks up and cleans up after Elmo.
4) when hubbs doesn't complain no matter how messy I am.
5) when hubbs always allows me to pick what and where I like to eat.
6) when hubbs lets me press his nose when he's snoring and not get angry that I've woken him up.
7) when hubbs finishes everything I cook and says its yummy no matter how horrible I know it tastes.
8) when hubbs drops everything to rush home to catch 'mickey mouse' when it freaked me out.
9) when hubbs doesn't insist I do anything I don't want to.
10) when hubbs patiently waits for me at work for hours.

And finally I know I'm loved because no matter how lousy a wife I know I am (ya ya those who know me try to stop agreeing ok? :) ) God has decided to 'torture' hubbs instead of me :)

One of those days

Today has been one of those days. A day where nothing seems really wrong but neither does it seem normal or right. Maybe the long weekend and getting back to the realities and frustration of work made it a little more 'abnormal'. Maybe for me it is like how one feels when you've been running and if you keep going at it, it would be fine, but when you stop your legs start to ache and you just can't seem to continue anymore. So, though long weekends are good it is sometimes too much of a good thing for me.

Then again maybe it has nothing to do with the long weekend but it is just one of those days when I'm feeling moody, frustrated with people and down for no reason.

But what made my day end on a higher note was the cute e-greeting card that I received from Noe today. Although it was a simple message it was encouraging to know that someone was thinking of me even though she probably had a tougher week than me. Sometimes we may feel that small gestures don't really matter. But today clearly proved that sometimes the smallest things can make a difference in how we remember and end each day.

So this serves as a reminder to me not to shy away from gestures that may seem 'frivolous' but know that whatever little smile or simple hi may just be the thing that brightens a person's day. So lying here in bed, writing this entry, with hubbs humming his night symphony next to my ear, I'm ready to sleep and face tomorrow thanks to someone, who thought of me. :)

Elmo lost his balls :(

Something really weird happened yesterday. Elmo woke up on Tuesday a perfectly intact dog, went for a short drive to the vet and came back drousy and short of two dangling members. :( Yup, yesterday Elmo got his balls chopped.It was a real tough decision for hubbs and I. We have been contemplating whether we should get him neutered or not for a while now. We initially winced at the idea, especially hubbs, being man and all, but everyone kept telling us that it was the right and responsible thing to do as dog owners. In addition, apparently studies have shown that dogs that have been neutered suffer from fewer illnesses. I guess with two less members, diseases would obviously have less places to stike. We were also told that neutered dogs were less aggressive and were less likely to roam/escape to look for a mate. Even with all these compelling reasons, we were reluctant to get him chopped. But after speaking to Elmo's breeder, his trainer and looking at the ever serene Rusty, we were finally convinced that it was the right thing to do.

Although it has been heart wrenching looking at him recover from the operation (the poor boy has not eaten for 2 days and has a cone to prevent him from licking his scars) we are consoling ourselves that it is short pain for long term gain. The good thing is that after 48 hours, Elmo is 60% back to his usual self but we feel very very guilty for removing his manhood. Hubbs asked me if we had another dog, would I agreed to neuter the dog after seeing what we put Elmo through.Honestly I don't know. So here's praying that we made the right ecision. Anyway, above are pictures of Elmo immediately after we brought him home from the clinic. Please pray that the wounds will heal quickly and that he'll be back to being naughty Elmo real soon.

Goodbye Dr Lim

I think last week I blogged about this nice uncle, Dr Lim Say Wan, who was suffering from cancer. Yesterday he was called home to the Lord. I am sure going to miss seeing him in church and having this nice man remember my name.

I attended his wake service yesterday. During the service, pastor Andrew gave a very meaningful sermon on how we finish our life. This was followed by short eulogies by Dr Lim's friends. What struck me about the entire service as well as what was said about him was that it really doesn't matter how successful you are or how rich you are or even how many friends you have. At the end of the day it is how you have touched lives and how one chooses to glorify God even through the pain and suffering.

It was shared that even during His last few days on earth, through the pain, Dr Lim, though a relatively young Christian continued to be thankful to God and chose to praise and glorify Him with whatever few words he could muster. He's was also remembered as a perfect gentleman by many and how he made the effort to remember the names of the people he meets and be genuinely concerned about them.

Though this man had a superbly illustrious career as a doctor, locally and internationally and was obviously very well to do, it was to me, the 'big' things in life that he chose to do that will continue to live on in the lives of those who have been blessed by know him.

So uncle, lucky you for getting to chill with Jesus in the big house up there but I'm certainly going to miss the warm sincere "Hi (my name). How are you?".