Our Stuff Is Here!!!!

Our junk finally showed up! I've been busy the past week organizing everything! I LOVE IKEA! It's affordable and I don't mind to leave the stuff behind when we move back to the states! Most of our shipment consisted of toys and kitchen stuff! If I could do the packing part over, I'd have cut the kitchen supplies down by half! It's amazing how much stuff you DON'T actually need! I would have also had foods not so easily purchased over here shipped. I'm talking mac n cheese, fruit leathers, cereal bars and some mexican favorites. I MISS TRADER JOES! So do my kids. Good thing Aunt Liz will be here in a few weeks. She's bringing a huge stash of these items with her!

Today I feel kinda "blah". Josh has been working a lot getting ready for this press event on Thurs. I can't WAIT until he has some time off! I'm thinking i'm going to take the boys to Sentosa but haven't mentioned it to them yet because I may change my mind before tomorrow comes!

Birthday Weekend

We had a great weekend! Sunday we went to Underwater World on Sentosa Island. We enjoyed it. Monterey Bay Aquarium is better in our opinion. It's bigger so I was expecting more when we got to Underwater World. We let the boys play on the sand at the beach afterwards and then had dinner at this little outdoor restaurant also on the beach. One of these days I will remember the name. The food isn't that great but I like that it's right on the beach and the boys can play while we sit down and have a drink!

Monday I went shopping and bought two dresses. Much cooler wearing dresses in this weather! I also bought myself a birthday cake! It looked better than it tasted. Ma B also made me a cake all the way back in the States. It was awesome! They sang happy birthday to me and even had candles lit! The 10th anniversary of my 29th birthday! We had dinner at the Hawker stand. Shabu Shabu. Cheap and good!

Yesterday I took the boys swimming and while we were in the pool it started to downpour. The kids loved it! First time they have played in the rain while wearing their swim suits! Later we went to look at balcony furniture. Some nice stuff but EXPENSIVE! I'll continue to look at Craig's List for some used stuff.

We got confirmation today that our crap is in Singapore and will be clearing customs. It should be here Monday morning at 9:30AM. I'm ready for it! I miss my crock pot and Le Creuset!

Night Sky

I was snapping pictures from my balcony tonight. Here's a few....

Chore Day

So I'm sitting on my bed enjoying a glass of wine and looking out my bathroom window at all the ships. I see a couple container ships out there....maybe our stuff is on one of them??? I hope so!

I loaded my pink roller bag full of groceries this morning at Giant. I could barely carry the damn thing up the stairs of the overpass! I miss my Tide laundry soap. I feel like I'm cheating on Tide. I've never used anything else! I had to buy something this morning that only LOOKED like Tide. It's called Top. We'll see how it works. I mopped my floors today. White floors aren't so bad when they're stone and not tile. I can't wait for my steamer to get here. This mopping stuff sucks! It's nice and hot out so the laundry is drying nicely! Hopefully I'll get a lot done today.

Josh still isn't working as much as he did back home but he's still gone a lot. I have no clue what time he got home yesterday. The opening of the restaurant has been delayed until October. Lots of time for him to get ready but I think he's itching to get back in the groove. Right now he's working wherever they need him at the hotel. I think he's doing a few weeks at Guy Savoy, one of the other celebrity chef restaurants at the resort.

A Trip To The Beach????

We walked over to East Coast Park today and the beaches are closed! Contaminated water. Total drag AND there was trash all along the shore line! The kids still played in the sand and the weather was nice because there was a nice breeze blowing and cloud cover. I feel odd going through the underpass. Maybe because there is NO WAY I'd go into a tunnel like that alone with kids back home in LA! It's odd too how empty the place is. It's crowded on the weekends but hardly anyone is around during the week. I took the kids to McDonalds for lunch and then we headed back home and did some swimming in the pool. I met a woman that lives 3 floors below us. Her name is Sarah and she's lived here for 2 years. She's originally from Idaho (or was it Ohio?) and has a baby boy named Crew. I'm sure I'll see more of her.

Today these boys are getting on my nerves! It seems like every week I have a day where I'm just ready to go nuts! I'm missing my friends today. :(

Oh yeah....when we were walking to the beach some sort of military jet flew over us. It scared the crap out of the boys. They hit the ground with their ears covered. It was awesome! I said it looked just like Starscream from Transformers. That calmed them down a bit and Sage stopped crying!

June 1st!

We walked to the Canadian International School today. It's about a 15-20 minute trip one way. Not sure Sage will be able to do that 4 times a day. We may end up taking the bus home. The boys definitely need some hats. It was HOT!!! The school also agreed to letting us make 3 payments on the tuition between now and the start of school, which is August 23rd. Whew! That's a lot of dough to be coughing up!

Last night went well! Grant, Caroline and Dana came over for dinner. They're the folks from Vegas that moved here a few weeks before us. They live right across the way at the Cote D'Azur. The kids played quite well together. I'm glad they met someone they like! I'm also glad I met someone i like too! Dana is very nice. It's nice to know someone going through the similar experiences that I am! Oh, and she likes wine! Of course we'll get a long just FINE!