I cried reading this article Words of Wisdom from a Single Mom. Brilliant words and advice ( Read more... )

Next time someone says, "Come work part time!" run the other way! Unless of course, you are open to working more hours. And then you will scramble to find a babysitter (or some form of childcare which you will hope will be safe for your child and give 30-40% of your paycheck to, not counting the contribution to Uncle Sam) and then you will flip and ( Read more... )

I don't know if I ever noted this down. Several months ago, our neighbor down the corridor had knocked on our door. He is a very friendly neighbour and had shared with us his story of visiting India (a Church missionary tour) and was looking forward to going back again ( Read more... )

I am sure D is one day going to look at us feeling betrayed about what a pajama party is all about! She will likely to be the first one at the party to fall off to sleep! As now that's our bedtime routine!! It's been almost 2 weeks now and so think I can announce it on the internet. ah humbug...if it helps someone else, that's a good enough ( Read more... )

D waits for her turn!! She even gives the person in front space to move about. At the park if she happens to get too close to the person in front and sees they are trying to get on the slide, or the tunnel, she will say in Telugu, "Girl's turn. in the way, D move aside." It's wonderful! She picked it up so easily. The only problem is with kids who ( Read more... )

Gone are the days of reading. When I actually look at it, there's time to read. So many around me are reading such interesting books/topics. My list of to-read is only growing. When the time to read does show up, my mind is numb and I just want to vegetate. D barely lets me read the paper until she finds herself in my lap, flipping newspaper pages ( Read more... )

Hubby has taken D to her first swim class...well, a splashing-about-water class! I hope it goes well. She ate well today but has not napped at all! She left reluctantly seeing I was not coming along. ugggh... and am so nervous. I don't know why. I think it's excitement really. I should be using this time to do some housework but I am all worked up ( Read more... )

D has finally overcome her over-cautiousness and has begun climbing chairs. Our dining table can no longer be used to keep stuff that we don't want her to touch. She has also now mastered climbing up the swiveling computer chair to get to the keyboard and hence I no longer can be by the PC mac when she is around. Does the novelty of this fade away ( Read more... )

It's world cup season... not football/soccer but cricket! I have been following Cricket world cup in a completely novel way: following friends' facebook updates!! And then I followed the last match live on the internet - India vs. Pakistan game. I really would have liked to have watched the India-Australia match. I always liked the two playing.  I  ( Read more... )

December 25 - Photo - a present to yourself

Sift through all the photos of you from the past year. Choose one that best captures you; either who you are, or who you strive to be. Find the shot of you that is worth a thousand words. Share the image, who shot it, where, and what it best reveals about you.


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