Sorry BLOG, I've been occupied.....

I can't even remember my last post, that I had to go 'view blog' to see......

Last week on Monday....Kyra came back from school and developed high fever of 39.2C in the afternoon, checked her innermouth and found several ulcers.....SIGH...HFMD again it was....but because it was already 4pm, we only brought her to her Paed that evening.....was given antiviral and paracetamol...but strangely her fever did not come down through out the nite....

She woke up looking fine...still....then at 3pm, she started trembling and her body was burning hot and her temperature hit 40.0C, I quickly called her daddy to come back so we could send her to KPJ (a private hospital 5 minutes away).....Once at the in-house Paed's clinic, Dr S asked: "Is she covered by medical insurance?" :O

Apparently, in such a situation, when paracetamol or antiviral are not working for the child, she/he will be administered IMMUNOGLOBULIN intravenously, asap to prevent the high fever from going any higher. The reason why Dr S asked about insurance is coz ONE tiny 50ml bottle of that 'magic potion' (I called it) costs RM820 (approx USD250++) and Kyra's estimated to need 4-5 bottles :O Yeah, you do the maths, alright....

The first nite, Maia refused to go back home with daddy.....she wanted me to go home with her as well... :P....but thankfully, a few close family members were there to distract her and got her into the car ....the car to go home! LOL! Poor babe...I miss her loads......

So to cut a long story short, Kyra was hospitalized for 3 days and 2 nites.....I 'checked into the same hotel' as well....coz strangely, she wanted me to stay with her (overnite) instead of the daddy :P It was truly a packed week for us...especially me.....I've got house chores piling up at home....laundry's a few meters high......(ok, exaggerating a bit)....orders for POLKADOT + CUPCAKE items are delayed...... :( and worse of all.....I was truly very exhausted.....

The days in the past week after Kyra was discharged....I felt OUT OF PLACE.....I could not get back into sewing totally.....the house was a TRUE MESS....no kidding.....at the same time, I felt so overwhelmed by all that chaos.......I wished I could close my eyes and SKIP THAT ENTIRE WEEK, forget it ever happened, just like that......yeah, I bet you had that kind of emotion too, don't you? Honestly, that was my first after so long....to wanna SKIP AN ENTIRE WEEK! lol! Guess I was just tired to the extremities!!!

It took me quite a few days to morph into myself....the self who loves to sew and bake and everything else......thus, this blankie was the first item I made after the longggggg hiatus...
A peachy pink blankie of cupcakes......green tea buttercream with chocolate chips, fresh cream frosted cupcake with cookies and cream.....and choc ganache cupcake with strawberry shards....

Hehehe....what to do...I needed something cheery to brighten things up.....

Oh! A new member in my bed!!! :O

Last weekend, I added a long bolster to my bed....after contemplating for so long.....haha...yeah, I realized after having two pregnancies, I needed SUPPORT on one side when I sleep, be it the hubby or the bolster....so I decided I got to have BOTH! In case one drops off the bed at night... :O :D

So, without a matching bolster case to match...I decided to take things into my own hands....and using a plain dark chocolate cotton....and some un-pricey satin ribbons (in 3 tonal shades), I made THIS bolster case to match my beddings and room......it is super simple to make and I personally think it looks cute......(okay, by now, most of you would have realized these shades of olives N browns are my faves)......
The 'white' butt of the bolster is poking out slightly..have not the time to rectify it...nevermind.....I've slept with my bolster.........I wonder when I'll find time to do that little un-crucial step......hehe...

Saying NO and do the RIGHT thing, or?

Don't you hate saying NO to a nice friend? Yeah...it's not the easiest thing to do...but when saying NO in that particular case is CRUCIAL, you'd hope that the turned-down friend would understand your situation and be fine about it......ahh well....hopefully that friend will truly understand that I cannot say YES even if I wanna.....coz if I did, there will be another side of people who might be cross at me...so yeah, heck! it's a difficult thing.....and I hate the fact that it's still bugging me even after 3 days!!! blerhhhh......

SAHM to WAHM

Yesterday, while updating my FB Polkadot + Cupcake page, I realized I have put my status as SAHM (stay-at-home-mum).....but I don't stay at home goyang kaki lehh......in fact, almost every minute at home is work work work....be it for Polkadot + Cupcake, or The Polkadot Cupcake, or for my very own Polkadot babe and her cheche Cupcake! LOL! So, I finally changed my utterly unsuitable status of SAHM to WAHM....ie. Work-at-home-mum! :D Much much more suited to me, I personally think....LOL!

Ah well....my babes are big girls now.....big as in 2.75 years old and 4.5 years old respectively... :P It's time for me to start something for myself finally......while taking care of them at the same time of course......

Yesterday afternoon, principal's hubby who is also their kindie's "CEO", called coz we're supposed to work on the kindie's blog (yes, supposedly I am to manage and write their blog), then he asked about my label.....not knowing I oredi 'launched' it in FB.....so he asked if I wanted to promote my label during their year end concert (which is not at year end totally...it's on 30th October!).....and I told him, many thanks, it's a lovely idea, brilliant in fact, but how can I single handedly come out with a range of items to be showcased? I told him my sewing and designing time is only in the morning when the babes are in kindie.....then he said: "Put them in full day classes then?"

Nah nah nah.....I would not, and could not bear knowing the fact I am 18 feet away from their school not having them around the entire day...it's just not me.....so, yeah that's it...for now.....I am still very much a full time mum, who works from home..... W.A.H.M it is! :)

MY C.B white dress 'wannabe'!

Okay, Z and I do movie nites (@home of course) often....thanks to downloaded HD movies LOL!)....so, last friday evening, he was nice enough to surprise me with SEX AND THE CITY 2, the movie lah....not the other nouns in the title itself..... :P

Almost at the very beginning, you'll surely notice SJP aka C.B (Carrie Bradshaw) in this plain but sooooo gorgeous jersey white dress with V-neckline.....and I was hooked on it....wishing I own one....one in this WHITE....and err...a few others in navy blue maybe.....and prints!!!??!!!

And, fyi, weekendsssss ago......i mentioned i wanna get down to cutting and sewing a navy blue fabric i got for myself....but it never happened......swarmed with thingssss and more thingsssss......but on saturday nite, I got a bit insomniac and thus.....started cutting at midnite...finished this 'C.B white-dress-wannabe' at 2+am! LOL!


errr...hmmm.....the lace was not supposed to be there.....but due to unforeseen 'reasons', i ter-cut the skirt tooooo short.....and thus....... hehe.....

(No, the belt was not DIY-ed, I couldn't find my handmade obi belt so it'll have to make do for now!)

Shall upload a pix of me in it....when I could have someone to photograph me later k... hehe...
How do you like it? Like it, dislike it,.....well, I love it! It's also super comfy........