Pet Project: huey&wah @ Etsy
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Ever since we came back from Kelantan last weekend, Wah has been, well, let’s just say that his holiday wasn’t over yet and it’s like all he ever wanted to do was sleeping, eating, playing FishVille on Facebook (which according to him, was for the sake of his nieces and nephews), reading books, watching movies, and occasionally using his brain to think of our next plan.
I’m not complaining but it’s so hard to get him up to work. If you know how it feels to get an 8-year-old up to go to school after the holiday, you’ll understand how I feel. I swear if I could, I’ll do EVERYTHING myself. I mean, come on, those banners were there since three weeks ago, and they are still there! What about our targets? What about the new supplies coming in next week? Huh? Huh?
But. Someone woke up and decided that he’ll start working today. Phew.
P/S: Yes we are quite poor and sometimes we work on the floor, sitting on our beloved cutting mat. That’s why we need to get ourselves a workshop.
I’ll be leaving for Kelantan tomorrow morning. Will be there for about 2-3 days. So will most likely not be updating the blog or anything during this period of time.
As I was packing up, it somehow reminded me of the mental to-do list that I’ve had for myself for this Chinese New Year. As you might have predicted, my to-do list is NOTHING about Chinese New Year, and of course is ALL about work and work and work. Bla.
But I didn’t do most of them. I didn’t cut the banners. I didn’t sew up the mini cards that I wanted to complete so badly. I didn’t work on the prototypes that I wanted to. Oh and I didn’t even sand the hoops that I bought months back.
I was only sleeping. Teehee. For some reason I’ve been feeling extremely tired for the past few days, not to mention the severe headache that I had on the second day of Chinese New Year. So all I did was just sleeping, working on a new jigsaw puzzle that my little brother got, and Wii-fitting for a while. And of course, walking and spending more time with the dogs.
I guess all the tiredness from one whole year just decided to pour on me at this time. :)
I’m not really a big fan of this festival – nothing to do with the festival, it’s just that it’s always hot, noisy, with lots and lots of fireworks contributing to the already-polluted-and-smoky-air.
I did manage to capture some of these from my window last night. Not really clear shots as I didn’t have anything to support my shaky hands. The dogs were totally not comfortable with the noises.
P/S: This Saturday’s Green Step will be skipped, as apparently, this workaholic thought she wouldn’t rest at all. But in fact, she rested pretty well – with only a little work done in between. :)
To celebrate Chinese New Year (although I’m not really a fan of it), and to wait for the new+improved supplies that we’ve ordered while *secretly* develop new ideas, we’ll be taking a break from production from 7 Feb 2010 – 21 Feb 2010. The shop will remain open and we’ll still be able to ship all listed items and reply to messages and emails. We will, however, not be able to work on custom / wholesale orders during this period of time.
I’m also hoping to be able to rest a little, although this doesn’t sound like something that will happen on a workaholic.
Anyhow. Happy Chinese New Year to those celebrating. :)
The recipe of my parents’ famous butter cookies!
What you’ll need:
250g butter, room temparature
100g icing sugar
300g flour
Approx. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 180-200 degrees C.
2. Mix flour and baking powder in a bowl.
3. Cream butter and icing sugar with an electric mixer until white and fluffy.
4. Fold in the flour mixture
5. Make into the shape(s) you want and place on cookie sheet. Here is the part I like best. We discovered our very own tools-of-the-year – a COOKIE PRESSER! It’s so much fun to play with!
6. Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
7. Last but not least, this is the most important step. Eat as much as you like.
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