first half time-out

Professionally, first half of 2011 has been kind to us: both husband and I got promoted. This is quite an achievement since we had our last promotion less than 2 yrs back (for him it’s even earlier! Congrats dear). We both got transferred to a new, far more challenging position than before. This means, the second half of 2011 will be tough. Some bumpy roads are expected. But as clearly understood, bigger money comes with bigger responsibility. That’s the way it goes.

Hubby has moved to the head office, like 80km less than the cikarang factory :P great thing is that we can have morning chat again in the car or in the bus on our way to the office together. Lovin it.

We’ve officially moved to our house for about 10 months now. it’s not so new anymore :p some early aging signs start to appear such as: wall cracks, discoloration of wall paint, etc. etc. we don’t see any major change for now (c’mon, it’s not even a year old), but I do have some ongoing project with amesh to decorate our foyer. We need to take care of our old stuff from previous house cause there are lots of them and no we don’t have any ‘gudang’ at home :p
Some new plants will be added to our tiny miny garden, and we probably want to have a family portrait. A natural one, taken at home with our most casual outfit. Auntie, are you in? ;)

We’ve got the chance to have a family trip to Singapore on May. It was a blast. Can’t wait for our second one on the second half of the year. Will it happen? #fingerscrossed

These last 6 months, Pilar has shown so much achievement. His vocabulary has a expanded a lot. He can speak a full sentence now, like: “kakang cuci mobilnya papa”, or “mama jalan kaki ke kantor”, or “pilar mau bobo di atas”, etc etc. he measures 1 m tall and 14 kgs. Our homework now is: potty training :)

Personally, I haven’t had much time to cook. The oven is absolutely not a virgin a anymore but it’s still under used :p we’ve done some baking, roasting, grilling sessions but not enough of em. I really really need to spend more time in it. Let’s start with lebaran cookies project. I plan to bake my own cheese, nastar, dan raisin cookies for lebaran.

I also loosen grip on my diet program :( this is sad. Last year, while still breastfeeding pilar and never go on any diet program, my weight is even lower than now. so yes, I’ve really got to be more discipline starting from now. don’t forget the target: 57 me, 75 him :D by the end of the year.
This is also valid for our exercise program. It started quite well few months ago, but then these lazy asses prefer spending more time at home, watching tv. LOL.

So yes, first half of 2011 has been, in general, kind to us. Let’s add up some spirit for the rest of the year.