Missus Bounty Basket

How I wish to stay more in bed these days! Under the comfort of my duvet and read while waiting for tea to cool.But youngest daughter is an early riser and wants her milk. Wants to play and crawl everywhere. Leaving this adventurous soul on her own is out of question coz she finds it amusing to climb up! Anyway, with all the things I should finish here in the house, I am thankful to wake up and start early...

I 'm 40 . How should one feel about it?  I am actually staring at my cake right at this moment and feeling ???? Just recently, I was dreading the day coz when I was 20 I thought that 40 was really old. So here I am now--40 years old.  Feeling nostalgic and at the same time still excited of what the future holds.My future!! I've got so many projects, plans and goals. All I have to do is start to make things happen. But the last 3 years has been a wonderful year for me. I,first, married a Swiss guy. Then, two girls followed suit. I'm still at home looking after them and though it takes a lot of patience to raise a family the best part is hearing them say Nanay. This life at 40 is just getting better!! I haven't done any good post lately and was really avoiding to look at this blog. I' m still thankful that there are few visitors but I guess my goal to have it monitized won't materialize unless I do something drastic and put my heart into this.

I didn't realize that it has been a month since my last entry here. Life has been so different since the summer vacation. The routine in a way has changed  but there is always this thought of accomplishing more...of not having time...of not using my time well. Anyway,  we were in Sahune for a week, then came back home then to Lyon. Yeah, we're exploring France ;-) The girls are growing up so fast. I only hope that I can still keep up with their demands. I wasn't in my element for the past two weeks now and was a bit stress. So what's new? I hope I can visit my fave blogs coz I think I am losing readers. Hmmm....

I don't want to complain about how terribly hot it is (oops, I guess, I just did!) because I have waited so long for this. Now I can truly say that it's summer. Anyway, school vacation for my husband started this week and today was the very first time for me and the girls to go to Piscine de Marignac near our home. Hubby grew up in the area so he was happy to show us around. Karen truly enjoyed her day. She was intrigued by the tube slide but preferred to play on the snail.Yes, she has a thing about snails, seeing them quite often the past few weeks. We had a hard time convincing her that it was time go,but she eventually gave in, of course with a promise that we are going back to the pool tomorrow!!:-)

When I look at them I could not imagine  my life any other way. I have waited a long time to be who I am now and still there are times when I ask if this isn't a dream. A long time ago my brother joked that he would raffle me off. I was the eldest and everyone was eager for me to get married and have kids, esp. my dear loving parents. They had me before both of them turned 20 and were really scared that I would be left behind and be taken care of by my nephews and nieces. I was also scared. Honestly. My dream of becoming a mother before 35 seemed to be fading away. What's wrong with me? Why? When? and How? So many questions...and I thought I would die single and heartbroken. Fast forward...and here I am now with two beautiful girls and my one-heck of a husband.;-)  I sometimes have to stop and look around. Just to remind myself that I am now living my dream. Granted that it's a challenging role but I don't think I would choose another kind of life.

I rarely get sick but when that happens, boy, oh! boy--I would promise to eat more veggies and drink lots of water. Beside being a mom of two girls, I can't afford to get sick.But as luck would have it--I wasn't well for two days. Staying in bed made me so emotional and longed for hot chicken soup, Skyflakes and Royal Tru Orange. I don't know about you but when we were young,my siblings and I would get the privilege of having "the snack" not the banana cue but Skyflakes and Royal Tru-Orange, that's right! During our younger years those snacks were special because we were not allowed to drink softdrinks nor given money that easily to buy something. Of course, I couldn't able to finish the bottle nor enjoy it but having that softdrink when I was sick reminded me that an extra special attention was given. It was really a wonderful feeling. I can't remember drinking lots of Royal Tru Orange but I guess what I have remembered most was my parents' lovi...