Jonah, my oldest son January 30, 2005

I was reviewing pics that my husband took of our boys (almost every week)…and I am just realized how Jonah has grown up….

Oh my God…he is a boy now…and soon will be a young man….and a man…and…bhawawawah….he will have his own life…

I am so grateful to have boys like Jonah and River…….

And Jonah certainly has grown up from his baby phase….

Trapped January 30, 2005

I am so siiiccccccccccckkkkkkkk of being at home for too long. Snow make me don’t want to go anywhere…. I just don’t like it.

Everyday with the boys sometimes feels hard….. no socialization at all, excepet from the calls and chats and e-mails…sigghhhh

I hope the winter will be over soon….get my car back and go around places with my boys again….

Don’t mean to complain…..

My activites at home with the children….

Jonah with his toys

Anne and River

Get us out of here….

Picture from our house to the side neighbor (just to show you how big the snow is)

Friends January 30, 2005

Just chatting and replying some e-mails to my friends in Indonesia. I am so grateful that I am able to keep in touch with them…so precious.

I have so many friends…. they are so nice and I loveee them…. mostly I still keep in touch with friends from Junior High (thanks to Friendster), high school, church friends (mostly by phone), daily friends in Bogor, friends in Phoenix and Dayton, OH, and my office friends (by mailing list) and oh also…my wonderful ex-bosses…heehhehhe

Thank you God for bringing me good people like my friends….. thank you..they always make my day…

To you all my friends that I miss….. you are in my heart…..

Some pics of my friends…

Suzie and Richard, our good friends in Indonesia

Close college friends (French dept. UI)

Friends from work

Friends from Phoenix, AZ

Jonah playmates in Phoenix….and his momma playmates too hehhehe

Friends from Dayton, OH

Birthday Party in Lansing January 30, 2005

Yesterday, Saturday 15, 2005 we went to Lansing for my friend’s son’s birthday. We were worried that we wouldn’t make it due to the cold weather and a chance of snow fall. But that day, it was sunny (although so cold)….

So, we went there…… It took us about 50 minutes to go there…. and we arrived there safely and sound (thank God).

The Party was so nice….lots of children and friends…. we met new friends from Lansing…either IAmerican, Egyptian, African American and of course, Indonesian. We ate and chat and had fun.

We stayed there for three hours and on the way home we stopped by Oriental Store to stock up our Indonesian supply…hehhehehe..

It was nice…..and thank you for Bintang and Bugi…it was a great party guys…good work.

Tax Report Again January 30, 2005

It is time to prepare the tax report again…. Thanks to the turbotax software I have been able to help Sam preparing the tax….and so far so good. I love doing that stuff…..

It is just a waste to pay people to do such thing for us when we can do it ourselves.

The good thing is we have surprise money….hehehhehehhehe sweetttttthhhhhh….

To do the tax….I have to be isolated…so that I chose the guest bedroom for doing that. Nobody’s allowed to come to that room…..hehehehhe

Well, it’s only take two days if all information needed is available….and bing….ready for this year.

Who said women are neater?? :-) January 30, 2005

Everyday, this is what I do….browsing internet, working on some stuff, making website, writing my journal, chatting, listening to the music, taking care of bils, making calls, etc….just like other housewives do…… I am glad that we have two office stations so that my things don’t mess up with my husband’s.

I do a lot of things on the computer…and I can’t imagine how is it without computer and internet.

I am a bit (not) organised….. paper all over the places….. at least on my office station here…. Sam’s is more organised…. he wants his table clean and have more space…

Want to look the differences???? hehehhehe

My corner….

Sam’s corner….

My fave song January 30, 2005

Just want to share my fave song this month…..hmmm..

Nothing on but the radio by Gary Allan

I looovveeeee this song….

Thank you January 30, 2005

This posting is to express my thanks to you all my friends who sent e-mails, called, comments, wrote the chat box for saying their sympathy and best wishes that I was saved in the accident, Friday the 7th, January 2005. Thank you all…. I am so touched by your sincere attention.

May God bless you all

Story of my Nissan Pathfinder January 30, 2005

Days after the accident have been so slow…. My car is still in the garage for repairement…maybe if the insurance company think it is not worth for repairing it, they will total my car, and we have to buy another car to replace it. Siggghhh…another car hunting waiting…..

But I hope the damage will be worth repairing… I like my Nissan Pathfinder…it is a nice SUV even it is not a 4 wheel drive. The car has been with us since we bought it new in 2001. Sam got an accident too in it…. it was back when we were still engaged, Phoenix. April 2001.

One morning he called me in the office (I was in Indonesia) and said that he got an accident. He was near the intersection close to the house. He stopped at the red light and the big truck behind him full of big metal pipes hit his car and almost all the pipes came down and went inside Sam’s car from the back window.

He was terrified and shocked…. the back seats and front passenger seat were broken (imagine when there were me or other person riding with him….should get killed I think).

Some pictures of the Pathfinder after accident April 2001

The damage after the accident last Friday was more than the above and not drivable…gossshhh..

Well…. we are still waiting for the result….. so, wish us luck…whatever it will be….

What a night…. January 30, 2005

Friday, January 7th, was a scary one for me. As usual, twice a week I do a grocery shopping at night (I wait until my boys sleep at 7:00 pm), have my dinner and then go out. Last night I was so lazy to go out…. Sam told me that some roads are slippery and that the snow in our driveway was so high….but we didn’t have any milk and almost out of bread (I didn’t feel good for a couple of days that was why I hesitated to go out).

But anyway, I went out last night…sure enough, the snow in our driveway was talll and I had a hard time getting out my car from the garage (also because Sam’s car was parked outside making me have to do some trick to get my car out). With some effort I managed to get my car out from the garage and off the driveway….it was slippery and the back wheel were spinning a lot. But I see that the road was clear and not too slippery…. a good thing.

Then I drove to the Meijer (grocery store) and what I like to go out at night is that there is not much traffic at that time (I went out about 9:15 pm).

I arrived in Meijer, did the shopping and 1,5 hours later went back to the car with the cart full of supplies.

I started the engine and driving…. I pulled out nicely from the parking lot…and when I came to the the Meijer driveway I felt that the road was a bit slippery…. I tried to stabilize my car and turned right…but sure enough when I was on the main street the road was slippery…. my car was skidding….slidding….and I tried to steer and keep it on my lane… then because it skid too much my car went to the other lane and yes, other car bumped my car from the back. And it pushed my car out of the road, hit the fence and electricity pole and went to the wood a bit and stopped because it hit a big tree there… the wire from the electricity pole was dangling over my car and made the ‘buzz’ noise. I was scared but grateful that I was ok…. I opened the door and climbed up to the street and people kept yelling and warned me to get away from the car quickly because of the electriciy wire still dangling over me. WOW……..

People came to me and make sure I was ok…. I didn’t turn off the engine either because I was panic. Then somebody there called the police and there were 4 police cars, one fire truck and many people around me….. I called my husband and he told me what to do and to talk to the police. I was so freezing and shocked…but somehow I could manage to remain calm and easy. After questions and arranging things, the police offered me to sit in their car….. well, at least I could feel the police’s passenger car (believe me, not a comfortable size of the room there). My husband couldn’t pick me up right away because he has to arrange people to come to our house and stay with the boys.

Then, the towing car came and towed my car…… wow,…..the bumper was damaged badly, the front wheel was bended and the side door was in a poor shape.

The towing people was very friendly and kind and offered me to sit inside his truck which was very warm and comfortable compare to the outside…..

I called my husband and he said his friend would come and watch the children as our babysitter wasn’t in town. Gosshhhh….

And 20 minutes later Sam came… I was so happy to see him….. He took over everything and then drove me home……

He felt sorry for the accident and glad that I was ok……

What a night……..

It is so good to be home….with my loving husband and wonderful boys…. Thank you God…thank you….