kitchen cabinet part 6

friday is the final part of the KC installation i.e. the kitchen doors (together with the shoe rack). have to take leave. original installation date is saturday but had to vacate it since need to go down to kl on saturday. hope to drop by at ikea to grab some things

big eyes' future undertakings

the other day big eyes asked me to advice her on her future occupation. told her to do what she likes best. she said she likes teaching but she wants to be rich. uh uh that means she thinks that teaching is not a lucrative job. i probed her further why she thinks so. her short answer, "i know-lah!".

hmmm.. how to help her. jokingly i told her that she can still do what she likes (i.e. teaching) and be rich at the same time. How, she retorted. Just marry a rich man. "Wow, amma, that's a GOOD IDEA! You are right!" she said snapping her fingers.

oh dear! where is this going to lead .............

bringing up kids

nowadays its not that easy to juggle with kids, career and home. wonder how many working mother can actually keep up with everything and still have time for other social activities. my only wish for this year is to be able to maintain all without much hiccups. the things i really would like to have:-

1. take care of kids' health and well being

2. guide them in their education and other activities

3. house keeping

4. retain and maintain my sanity while doing all the 3 above

hopefully it's not wishful thinking only

kitchen cabinet part 5

last saturday kc contractor came over and fixed the kitchen cabinets (of course without the doors). was able to breath a little. their work was good, neat and tidy. they also helped to fix some of my accessories (no extra charge of course). my ariston oven and fotile hood and hob are also fixed.

they came in at about 10.15 am and left around 5.00 pm. they even swept the dust off the floor.

next day woke up early had breakfast in solidarity, bought some back for home and started arranging around 10.00 am - managed to put back all the things in by about 5.00 pm. TG swept and mopped the ground floor again. it's still not in order but better than earlier.

neway, the kc contractor will come back either this or next saturday to install the cabinet doors and varnish the whole thing. the kitchen suddenly looks so tall & huge coz the cabinets are right up to the top with the top most part a fake wall.

what's behind my blog name

TG asked why aarthi yesterday - and i just realised that he never knew how aarthi is associated with me. well, nothing dramatic about how i got that name. during my school days, my group of frens used to call each other by the combination of our father's initial and our own. mine was RT. so that's how 'aarthi' was born. it was just one of those silly funny things we do. even remember those secret language codes that me and my cousins used to talk to each other lest the elders find out what we're all up to, he he those were the fun fun days

kitchen cabinet part 4

early march : started to source for kitchen cabinet quotes
end march : more or less confirmed the kc contractor
13 april 2009 : quote finalised by kc contractor for kitchen cabinet, study table cum book rack& shoe rack at the porch
27 april 2009 : paid deposit
29 may 2009 : installed the study table (delayed by 2 weeks from the promised 11-15 may week)
13 june 2009 : installation of the kitchen cabinet body (no doors yet) (tentatively)
27 june 2009 : installation of the doors (tentatively)

and this timeline is with me doing the designing and highlighting things to the kc contractor.

oh, and don't forget that i was the one who sourced for the door handles, bought them and arranged for the drilling of hood ducting hole.

so the kitchen saga still continues for another round...............

the kutties are back!

TG decided yesterday that he will personally pick up the kids from amma's place instead of meeting appa halfway the journey. he asked what they want to do first once reach the house and gave them both 3 choices : to see doduku, to see the new porch or to see me. apparently they chose me over the other 2 choices. hmmm.. went softy inside.

so they dropped by at the office just now and i went out for a quick look - syama just couldn't help but touch my cheeks - this gesture spoke more than a thousand words. what wonderful loving kids and family i have. may god bless them always.......ohm