Grandmothering...not so easy lor

Okay E don't panic....just a little episode on Sunday with my neighbor's kids. Liam and Jade followed me to church on Sunday...and came along for the farewell "tim sum" lunch we had for one of the students who was going home to Indonesia. Trust me, if I hadn't had all the help from the rest of the students in my church....I would have collapsed and died on the spot.....and these are good kids! Liam couldn't stop eating and Jade refused to eat (reminded me of D and E when they were young....you decide who's the eater and non-eater....although now they both look equally "well fed" hee hee) Then there were multiple trips to the loo, playing under the table, and running in the streets......Thankfully, God made it impossible for people my age to have any more kids. We only get to be grandmothers, yipee.......So D and E if you want me to look after your kids or dogs or whatever, please don't wait until I am too old to run after them or throw sticks for them to catch. This same advice also goes out to the two who call me "mak ee", especially the younger of the two.

Jade eating the only "crispy" tim sum dish

Very happy eating practically everything that was served!

God created roses and dinosaurs....

Check out these beautiful blooms from my garden! It may be winter in Australia but God decided to give me a boost as I was preparing for my talk on "Walking with the Dinosaurs"!!! The same God who created the dinosaurs made these beautiful roses. Why do people doubt God's Word on creation and believe instead on the theory of evolution?Dinosaurs did not walk the earth millions and millions and millions of years ago...they walked with man.....




The Bible speaks clearly of God being the creator of every living creature, and trust me, dinosaurs fall under the "living" category. For more information you can either go to http://www.drdino.com/ or hear me share on this topic tomorrow at the Breakfast Club. Otherwise you can pick up the Bible and argue with the Almighty!

I am so NOT over gossips!

Yeah, yeah, yeah don't give me that look......Before you lot get worked up over how a "wannabe preacher" can talk about enjoying gossip, let me get this straight. I am talking about the Hollywood gossip. Since I started my craze on making jewelry, I haven't had time to read the juicy stuff. And I didn't realize how much I missed the gossip until I sat down for breakfast this morning with "OK" and caught up with who's who, doing what where and with whom! This is not something I can explain. But for as long as I can remember, a lot of my money has been spent on these "trashy" magazines...appropriately referred to as such by my better half (or my "not so better half" depending on how you view his "macho misai"). I don't envy them, I don't wanna be like them, I don't see any good in their lifestyles, I don't want my kids to behave like them, I don't understand the things they do and yet I read about it and at times relish in what I read.....what's wrong with me??? Sob, sob

Just some of the stuff I read!!!

My new hobby...what fun!!!

I spent the whole week-end on my new hobby....making jewelries. Right now my butt is hurting and my eyes are sore.....sitting in one position for hours is definitely not advisable. Still when one is making Christmas presents for friends and relatives, suffer one must!!!! This time I am splurging on the beads....ordering Austrian crystals to make my "pieces". Thankfully I have someone who is kind enough to teach me....so who knows what I can create. At this moment I am happy to take orders!

Earth to Lyn....earth to Lyn.... Praise the Lord!!!

Hellooooo...wanna know why I am so happy??? Go on make a guess....YESSSSSS you got it! My unofficial results are back and I passed. To my husband who thinks that I am "kiasu" (and will therefore score), my daughter who believes that I should do well (since its only the bible mum), and to my son who probably didn't even realize that I sat for three papers, I have to admit that I scored not one, not two but no distinctions whatsoever! hee hee hee. Still let's keep our fingers crossed until the official results are out. One can never be too certain.

Vanity thy name is Woman

Spent half an hour putting on my face this morning before consoling myself that it ain't all that bad....The emu oil and moisturiser helps, so if you are looking for something cheap, it comes highly recommended. So what is it about women and wanting to look good? How come men can strut around in their briefs, show off their big bellies and still believe they are irresistable to us whilst we spend half our lives feeing insecure about the size of our boobies, butt, tummy, arms and every other body part known only to women. Why do we diet, jog for hours, suffer the agony of sitting in a sauna, be subjected to chemical peels and then spend countless hours in front of the mirror looking at our flaws!!!

My idea of the "perfect" woman....what's yours?????

Try cooking for one and see....

Why am I so so so lazyyyy....for the fourth day in a row I am eating a chicken and vegetable pie. The thought of having to cook just horrifies me so here I go again with my chicken and vege pie. Well what the heck.....check out what I just ate for lunch. You are all probably wondering how I can suffer such food....would you believe that I am working up towards a mission trip???? yeah right. Hopefully I will serve myself a better dinner tonight instead of some leftovers. But it is really difficult to cook for just one person....anyone who has tried will understand exactly how it feels. I walk into the kitchen, peek into the fridge, realize that the meats are frozen, look at the clock, hear tummy rumbling, upset that I spent too much time playing free cell, catch sight of the pies and immediately I go into auto pilot and follow the same routine I had for the last four days.....pop the pie into the microwave and voila.....lunch is served! Its kinda like "Groundhogs Day" come to think of it. Maybe I could work up some energy tomorrow......and surprise myself.

Why do I even bother.....

Promised my daughter Erin after the holidays that I would start exercising to get rid of those extra "more to love" flesh that came out of nowhere. Truthfully, it's got nothing to do with the food and wine that I consumed during the week we spent at the Napean Country Club. Maybe its something to do my metabolism or the cold weather that managed somehow to shrink even my baggiest clothes. So with great determination to show everyone that a woman over fifty can still look "good" I confidently announced that the kilos are on their way out. I even managed to get Erin and her fiance Edwin to download "exercise" music into my phone so that I could go for a walk every morning. Gee.... what great enthusiam.....even I was impressed! I was so confident that I would be able to get myself out of bed. What a joke! First day home it rained, second day it rained, third day it didn't rain but I told Erin it rained anyway......It's been one week since I came home and you guessed it.....

Who says I'm mental eh????

Spoke to myself for the fourth time today. It's interesting really, I started this morning with, "oh isn't this a wonderful day? and just before I started this blog I asked myself "so shall I go ahead and set up a blog for myself????" Don't ask me why, but I guess the reason could be that I live all by myself and it sort of removes the "quietness" of the house.....Okay, okay I know it sounds a bit "mental" and I have been warned by my daughter that this is not at all healthy. But come on, ask yourself this, haven't you spoken to yourself before? Maybe you don't speak it out loud but you still think up conversations in your own minds right? So what's the difference between thinking about it or thinking it out loud? You may not want to admit it but I can bet my bottom dollar (at this stage my bank account is real LOWWWWW which is why I am willing to bet although I am not usually a betting mum) that when you are angry with a husband or boyfriend and you haven't yet confronted him.....you work yourself up into a frenzy with words that take place in your mind!!!! Come on....mental.....far from it. Take it from me....NORMAL that's what I am.