March 3, 2011

Ultimate wants this Spring

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I was pondering about which prompt to write upon this year. In the end I decided on writing on the 10 things I would like this spring.

In no particular order.

1. Fresh Flowers

Flowers always brighten up my day. It was great receiving roses for valentines . I love smelling the aroma of fresh flowers in the house. It is really uplifting. I guess flowers will be making their presence in our house more often

2. New Clothes
I really could do with a wardrobe overhaul. Many of the pieces I have are dated and I’m getting tired of wearing the same nursing tops. Why can’t they have more trendy wear or other breastfeeding friendly clothes. Going shopping with my girlfriends would certainly help me pick up more suitable clothes which would not make me look frumpy and more shape fitting for my body.

3. A Holiday

I would like to take a few days off and relax at a spa resort sans kids. It would be great to finally have more time to myself and a good massage. However I’m not too hopeful that we will be able to leave the baby behind and she is super sticky.

4.Japanese Food

I recently purchased several Japanese cookbooks. I intend to spend the time learning how to make the various dishes which the kids enjoy eating. It would certainly help to reduce the amount of money we spend eating out each week at various Japanese restaurants.

5. A slimer figure

I’m working my way back into shape after baby #3. Hopefully by June I the scales would show much prettier numbers and I will be able to fit into dresses I wore for our 10th Wedding Anniversary.

6. Well behaved kids

I know that this is a long shot. Just getting them to stay seated in one place is hard enough. It would be great that for once we can all sit down and finish dinner at the dining table without having me to chase after any of the kids.

7.New CDs

The CDs in the car haven’t been updated in years. It’s high time that I purchase a few new K-Pop CDs to swap out the old CDs from our 10 disc player.

8. More Moola

It would be great if I could grab a few more writing gigs or other stuff which I can do while taking care of the kids 24/7. That would give me more validation for splurging on the various pastas and fancy food items I pick up from the supermarket. I’m so loving trying out new recipes and some of the ingredients don’t really come cheap.

9. A nap
Getting sufficient sleep is almost impossible with this girl who wakes up to be nursed every 2 hrs. I’m really pining for the day where she can sleep for at least 4 hrs straight. I really need the 6-8hrs uninterrupted sleep to fully recharge.

10. More Interaction

I would like to spend more time to build on the existing relationships I have with family and friends. To strengthen our bonds and to create more memories that we would cherish.

This post was inspired by Mama Kat’s weekly almost world famous Writer’s Workshop.

It’s also my entry for Alpha-Thursday ( The letter U)

Reading on World Read Aloud Day 9th March

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Reading is always something which I emphasize on with my kids. I feel that is important to instill the love for reading from when they are infant.

All of us start off with listening to our parents or teachers reading to us. We get a vague understanding how words are formed and used in various languages.

Literacy is of the utmost importance in our modern world. One needs to be literate to be able to keep up with the constant changes in society and to have the ability to constantly upgrade our skills and knowledge.

It is no longer sufficient to just have a Degree or Master to survive in the corporate world. Professional qualification have to be constantly upgraded and we need to be on top of the latest developments in our chosen fields.

World Read Aloud Day is an international event that encourages everyone worldwide to celebrate the power of words and stories by participate in a global movement to advocate for every child’s right to literacy, safe education, and access to books and technology.

Litworld is documenting various attempts to read aloud by people across nations. They are hosting at 24-hour Read Aloud at Time Square in USA. Pop over to their site to find out how they are bringing literacy to the underprivileged and how you can get involved in the global literacy movement.

If you are not able to be physically present to read aloud to your kids there are some websites online which have audio books which your child can read along to.

There is a selection of 126 short stories with audio which your child can listen to while reading the story.

I’ll be doing my part that day by making special effort to read aloud to the kids before their bedtime on the 9th of March.