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Don’t Grow Up So Fast

busymom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:17:28 +0000

My daughter is turning three in a few months’ time. It is just amazing to see her grow right before my eyes. She’s fast becoming her own person, with likes and dislikes and her own quirkiness.

Soon, she’ll be asking me to take her out for shopping, she will soon ask me about clothes, shoes, jewelry and all things girly. I hope she’d grow up to be confident though and not self-conscious. The last thing I’d want is for her to be curious about diet pills or nuphedra, for example. Sigh. Time flies so fast.

Playing Dress Up

busymom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:10:26 +0000

I like dressing up my little girl. Save for winter season when she’s usually donned in jackets and sweaters, I like dressing her up in girly-girl clothes like blouses, skirts and dresses in cute prints.

I also like it if she wears any of the trinket-like jewelry given to her by her two grandmas. She’s definitely all girl! Ha ha. When she gets a wee bit older, I would like to get her a heart pendant necklace. I love simple jewelry designs and I’m sure a heart pendant will look good on her.

Latest Wiggles Favorite

busymom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:04:56 +0000

This is my daughter’s latest favorite DVD, Wiggles Big, Big Show. It’s a live concert held in Sydney last December. It is packed with a lot of songs and of course dancing.

My daughter started memorizing the lyrics the first time she saw this DVD. It is very entertaining that I stayed on to watch the whole show with my little girl. It is highly recommended.

Play Dress-Up

busymom — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:46:52 +0000

I remember feeling so excited for my daughter when she became a flower girl for the first time. The excitement was mainly on seeing her wear a tiny and fluffy gown adorned with flowers. She looked like a princess, if I may say so.

Now that our second child is a boy, I’m equally excited and looking forward to the day that he’ll be wearing a nice tux, complete with tuxedo shirt, a tie and shiny black shoes and become a part of a wedding entourage, too. Too cute!

Modifying Wordpress Templates

busymom — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:53:27 +0000

It is a lot easier to modify Wordpress templates when it is done offline or when Wordpress is installed locally on your computer. I thought I wouldn’t need to resort to a locally installed WP but the last time I was tinkering with a theme, it took ages for the updates to load on my test site!

Installation is easy, in fact, there are tons of guidelines you can Google out there. But this is what I have used along with setting up ‘xampp’ on a Mac. Try it out!

http://www.lifespy.com/2007/how-to-install-wordpress-offline/

http://www.keitr.com/tutorials/xampp

Giddy Up

busymom — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:00:44 +0000

Too bad that we can no longer plan weekend activities like we used to. With the current back pain I’m dealing with, the husband decided that it’s best to minimize activities that entail long walks or long drives. Sob.

I wanted to bring my daughter to the zoo but we never managed to because of the errands that occupied our past weekends. She’s learning animals from books and DVDs and it would be nice if she’d see them all in person. She knows a fair bit of zoo animals and for sure she’ll squeal in delight if she sees a real life giraffe, zebra, turtle or horse (complete with horse supplies). Aah, maybe someday.

Birthdays Galore

busymom — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:49:37 +0000

This coming July and August, my mother, mother-in-law and husband will be celebrating their birthdays. Because of that, I’ve been practicing my little girl to sing the Happy Birthday song for each of them. What amuses me though is the part where she will pretend to blow candles, too. Right at the end of the song, she’ll say “Okay, blow. 1, 2, 3″. So cute!

Wordpress 2.8 Glitch

busymom — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:40:39 +0000

It’s another exciting time for Wordpress users. Release 2.8 is out and some users out there (like me) has an interesting story to share about our upgrade experience.

I have a total of six blogs. Five of them were successfully upgraded to the new version using the one-click install (or upgrade) function. But for some reason, the function didn’t work on my personal blog (yep, my main blog of all blogs). As soon as I refreshed my browser, my blog went kaput! I waited for a couple of minutes but nothing happened.

Then I tried to log in to the admin panel but even the URL doesn’t work! Caramba! After a few minutes of panic, I remember my back-ups. And thank God for them! He he. I reloaded my latest back-up and got the blog running again.

Sigh. Now I need to figure out how to upgrade it minus the glitch.

The Natural Way

busymom — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:51:37 +0000

As soon as I have recovered from my delivery, I would like to engage in an exercise regimen. I know it will be difficult to add exercise in an otherwise busy schedule, looking after a toddler and a newborn. But I know I need to keep fit in order for me to do my duties, pain free. Right now, I feel like my body will give up on me anytime. My back feels so heavy regardless if I get a good night sleep or not, although my chiropractor says it is pregnancy-related. Also, aside from keeping fit, I may also need to shed off the pregnancy poundage I am gaining right now. There is no way that I will resort to the best diet pills around. It is still exercise and a healthy diet that will do for me.

Easel-Weasel

busymom — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:27:00 +0000

I was shocked one morning to see our TV screen with swipes of crayola on it. Yes, that was our little girl’s cue for us to get her her own easel board. I’m glad that the crayola marks didn’t leave scratches and that they were easily removed with a moist cloth. If not, we will for sure regret not getting the plasma TV mount that was offered at a cheap price when we bought the TV in Singapore.