Yucky Tantrums!!!

Why do children throw fits? Do they think they'll get what they want if they do so? Hasn't experience taught them throwing fits don't get them what they want? Just the opposite! Don't they know they get punishment, or something they do not want when they throw fits? Don't they know how irritating they make their parents with their tantrums?

Anyway, my toddler has started throwing uncontrollable, prolonged fits these days! Oh! I never guessed I would be one of those parents struggling with such a problem! I thought countless time-outs had cured him of this terrible (not so terrible when he was 2 then) behavior. Little did I know it would come back to haunt me, in double the ferocity when he turned 3!!! What did we do wrong? What is wrong with him? What shall we do? Do we have to make him go see a psychiatrist? These are questions we ask ourselves everyday...

Never Too Old to Date

Rita was in her early 60s. Her husband passed away about 10 years ago. He was the love of her life. She could not bring herself to be interested in dating, after her husband's death! She felt lonely at times, but she missed her husband. She was not lonely because she was alone. She spent her time visiting her children, and grandchildren. Her children did not like her to be alone, and encouraged her to try dating. She laughed it off, and told them she was happy as she was.

Rita had a group of friends she met up to have tea regularly. Some of her friends were widowed like herself. One day, her best friend, Rose, came over to her house all excited. She told Rita her daughter had introduced her to a senior dating website, and Rose found it quite interesting. Rita could not believe her ears! She thought it was a ridiculous website. However, Rose persuaded her to take a look at it, and after browsing the website for a few minutes, both women were giggling like teenage school girls! Rose even persuaded Rita to join the senior match for free!

Rose and Rita logged on to the website regularly. They shared stories about men they were corresponding with over the website. Rose went out with a few of the men she met on the website. She had dinners with them, went to movies, and concerts - things she had not done in a while. Rita was more cautious. She liked e-mailing with the friends she made on the website. However, she thought it would take her a while to actually go out with one of them. Perhaps, she would go to a musical with one of them one day, and supper after the musical...

Play with Meeeeee!!!

I'm sure anyone with a toddler at home hears this phrase all the time, "Play with meeeeee!" I do, all the time. The more the request is granted, the more often you hear it! I know it's bad to complain. We created these tiny creatures not to entertain ourselves, it's the opposite! We created them, and now we have to entertain, teach, and discipline them!

Of course, toddlers are social beings, just like we grown-ups are! We are more mature, and capable of doing things alone at times. However, toddlers have nothing much to do except to play. It's no fun to play alone - at least not all the time! I guess that's when setting up a play date comes in handy!

Pat's On line Store

Pat recently added a conservatory to her house. She loved it! She did all her craft projects in there. With the garden view offering her inspiration, she had completed some really neat craft projects. She thought she was about ready to start a home business.

Her husband was very supportive of her new endeavor. He enjoyed the conservatory as much as Pat did. He would sit in there, read the newspapers, or a good book, and drink his coffee, enjoy the garden view, and chat with Pat as she worked on her projects. He wanted to help Pat set up her home business. He went on line and did some research on her behalf. He found a shopping cart software that would help Pat sell successfully on line! He learnt that it was easy to use - that would certainly please Pat! He was sure the ecommerce software would help Pat's business take off. Anyway, Pat could sign up for a 10-day free trial to test drive the shopping cart, and see if she liked it, or not.

Pat's husband told her the good news! Pat was delighted! She was looking forward to her business taking off!

Harry Potter Craze

I was in Singapore when the last Harry Potter book went on sale. My friend was a Harry Potter "fanatic". Well, perhaps I should say, she was a Harry Potter scholar instead, because she did do her Masters dissertation paper on Harry potter.

Anyway, my friend had already ordered the book. However, when the post-man delivered the book to her house, she was in Shanghai. In order not to lose any time, she bought another copy of the book at the airport in Shanghai, even though she already had one waiting for her at home!

She lent me one of her copies to read. I was thrilled, and spent many late nights reading about Harry Potter's struggle with the dark lord Voldermort. Every chapter was full of surprises, and excitement! After finishing the book, we had a great time discussing about the book. My friend also lent out her two copies to other friends who were waiting in line to read the book! It was fun!

Into The World of Children Books

Reading children books can be great fun, especially with my 3-year-old. He loves to go to the library with me, and help pick out books for me to read to him. I like picking out books for him too! It's definitely more economical than buying books! My son and I also do not get bored with reading the same books all the time. There are tons and tons of books in the library. It'll take us a long time to have finish reading all the books there!

I find myself looking forward to reading a new batch of books we get from the library. This way, I'm enjoying reading the books to him, as much as he loves listening to the stories. My son loves books about trucks, trains, and cars. I try to have some about them every time we borrow books from the library. However, there are so many other books about other things too! We have fun discovering new things in the books together!

Margaret's Dream Built on Anglian Home Improvements

Margaret's children were all married, and had moved away. She was a retired school teacher. Her husband was close to retirement too, but might hang on for a few more years, just because he enjoyed what he did.

Margaret found she had a lot of time on her hands. She was a very creative elementary school teacher. She wanted to do something about her creative talent. She thought about starting a hobby, which might even turn into a small home business. She loved to sew. However, she thought none of the rooms in her house provided enough light, or inspiration for her to do much sewing. She went on line, and found this website of this renowned company, which did home improvements, from driveways, to the addition of conservatories! The website gave her a wonderful idea!

She talked to her husband, who visited the website with her. He thought it a great idea! Adding a conservatory to their house would be a project both he and Margaret would enjoy very much! A conservatory would be perfect for Margaret's sewing endeavor! There would definitely be enough light, with all the glass walls letting in natural light during the day! What was more? Margaret could look out at her garden in the backyard, and that would provide her with a lot of inspiration for her creative sewing projects! Both Margaret and her husband were eager to be involved in this home improvements project, as soon as possible! Of course, Margaret's husband was looking forward to the conservatory for another reason! He thought it would be a cozy, nice place for him to enjoy a good book, and cup of coffee, while Margaret went about her sewing projects!

Free Time?

It was strange to leave my son at the Mother's Day Out, and for the first time, walked away from the building without him. I did not leave the building at once, in case, he needed me, I thought. Of course, he was busy playing with the toys in his room, not realising I was not even there any more.

Anyway, I drove away from the building reluctantly. Went to the grocery store, and leisurely picked up a few things. Went home, took a shower, and spent some time blogging. Thought about my son a lot, and started missing him. I decided to go pick him up earlier! When I entered the room, he was lying on his mat, watching the T.V., together with his new-found friends.

Interview with Curt Finch

It is a refreshing blogging experience, to listen, instead of read. The host has a very nice, and professional radio voice. The guest, Curt Finch, on the other hand, talks fast, and comes across a little muffled sometimes. As a listener, I pay attention more when the host, Wayne speaks up, and find my attention drifting in and out, when the guest is speaking. However, the good thing is, one can listen to the whole interview all over again, if one misses some important points.

The guest, Curt Finch, really knows his stuff. In this time tracking book author interview, Curt very patiently answers questions asked by Wayne, and throws in "stories" from his business experiences, making the interview more interesting, and more personal.





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Bedtime Woes

My 3-year-old's bedtime is fast becoming a nightmare for my husband and me! He was sleeping in his own bed, in his own room, and was perfectly happy with the arrangement, till we spent our vacation in Singapore for about 3 months. He was suddenly terrified of the dark, and refused to sleep by himself. Since countless threats, and hard spankings did not do any good, we decided our son was truly afraid of the dark, and so we caved in and took turns sleeping with him in his room, naively thinking everything would revert itself to normal when we got back home after our vacation.

When we got home, the fear of the dark followed our son home. He refused to sleep in his bed, in his own room, like he used to do for almost 3 years. He would scream, and cry hysterically, when we left his room! No amount of threats or harsh spankings would "calm" him down.

We're not seeing any light at the end of the tunnel right now!

Network Problems

We're supposed to be paying for high-speed internet, but it certainly does not seem like it these days! We may be paying for it, but we're not getting it! I can get on line only when the network allows me to do so. I spend the whole day, turning on the computer to find out if I have a line, and then turning it off disappointed, only to turn on the computer another time, to be disappointed again! Sometimes, I do get on line, only to be cut off, in the midst of e-mailing, or writing a post for my blogs! Such lousy network really takes the fun out of blogging!