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how was your weekend?

we had a lovely one. R and i brought jigglyboo to the park on saturday morning; although we were running late, it turned out well. R and i, along with a good friend of ours, A, have this park-hopping thingy going on. so any available weekend, we try to explore a new park with jigglyboo. so far, we've been to a couple of parks in putrajaya and this time, we went to the one in TTDI. as usual, i feed jigglyboo before the walk so she doesn't get cranky and of course as soon as we hit the walking trail, she falls asleep. haha. oh well, i would too, if i had someone pushing me in a stroller.

jigglyboo has been swimming once, and she loved it, so i think we'll try it again this coming weekend. it's kinda funny cos some people warned us that once the baby came, we wouldn't be able to get out of the house much. honestly, i think it's more to the contrary. we go out as much as we used to; we just do different things. we want jigglyboo to get as much fresh air as she can, so we try to set up walks in the parks and those kind of things. we can't go climbing with our other friends cos the place isn't exactly baby-friendly. we still go out for family dinners and stuff. sure, we need more time to get ready and sometimes a detour to the baby changing room (or even a nappy change in the car!) is inevitable but i'm happy to report we manage okay.

anyway, after the park excursion, we dropped by one of the meat shops and bought some lamb because i had one of my best friends coming over later to hang out and i wanted to try out a lamb recipe for her and R. the thing is, i never cook lamb cos i don't eat it. but i found a jamie oliver recipe recently that seemed fairly simple and my loved ones like lamb, so why not, right? also happy to report that the lamb along with the mashed potatoes turned out well. so happy! also made some lemon grilled chicken for myself and a serving of green beans to share (wholegrain mustard, lemon juice and olive oil make for a yummy dressing!).

my girl friend, K, brought along some appetizers, these crab rangoons, made up of crabsticks and cream cheese and wrapped up in wantan skin then deep-fried. sounds so weird but actually so yummy!

had over another good friend of ours, B, to join us for dinner. so all in all, it was a saturday well spent.

jigglyboo, R and i all slept in sunday morning so it was almost noon by the time i made some french toast and caramelized bananas for our brunch. then i finally got working on doing my tax e-filing. i just realised i had a spike in income last year and the office didn't do enough deductions, so i owe quite a bit to the IRB now. we even dropped by an IRB office (otw to rohe's football game) to make sure some of my details were correct - so i could proceed with the payment. this is my first time paying a significant amount of tax and boy, does it hurt, haha. but then again, my mom is right, i should be thankful for making the money that i make and the whole point of paying tax is my way of giving back. fine, fine.

lots of things to settle end of this month/early next month. let's hope everything goes smoothly.