Segregating the Needs from Wants

This morning, I decided to send the twins to school in their uniforms. Till now, the uniforms needed some alteration because of which the twins  were going to school in informal wear. But since the uniforms were ready, I thought it a good time for them to try it on for school. As I was [...]

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A 55-er

Trrrringggg “Hi”. “Hi”. “Your parcel arrived yesterday”. “Why didn’t you tell me then ?” “Am I not informing now”? “It’s not the same”. “Maybe to you. By the way, I’m busy”. “You don’t care anymore”. “Do you?” *Click* *Click* ………Silence……… Trrrringggg “I’m sorry”. “So am I”. A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.  [...]

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The Soup Slayer!!

And that’s how my daughter ‘attacks’ her bowl of soup. And just as you wonder about the fierceness of her expressions, she does a perfectly lady-like act of wiping her lips when she’s done – Looks like I’m not an altogether failure where public behavior of my kids are concerned *wiping sweat off my brow* . That’s one [...]

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“Why??!!”

The most dreaded phase of toddler-hood is here. I’ve been avoiding it for ages, hiding under a rock, humming to myself, pretending I never heard it, but it all comes back. Again and again and again! Ladies and gentlemen, my children have conquered the realm of  *takes a deep breath*, “WHY“!! *gulp* Yes, I’m in [...]

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Quick Update on Last Two Weekends

Hey All. Hugs to you. I’ve missed y’all like crazy and missed posting on my blog like a drug addict misses his dope. *snort* Whew! Now that I’ve got ‘high’ on seeing my own blog, let me update you on the many things that happened in the last two weekends. Since its a loooong update [...]

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Apologies

I am unintentionally unavailable these days, thanks to my exceeding the allowed net usage *groan* I’ve always managed to reign in myself at the border, but this time, I guess I lost track of all the time I was using up on the net (damn you bloggers!! You addict me and then you deny me [...]

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Excuse Me Folks…….

…………while I take some time out to de-clutter the mind. As usual, I have about 6-7 posts in half-finished status. I update each and every one of them as and when I get the time. Unfortunately, I have LOADS of work today and the multiple blog threads are cluttering my head. I guess I’m making a conscious [...]

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Update on the Bride-Hunting

Apropos to this post, I’m disheartened to say that the alliance did not work out! Apparently, the prospective groom was two years younger to the prospective bride   (Frankly speaking, the MIL and the aunt did not see this as a hindrance, but the girl’s father was adamant that he wanted someone older for his [...]

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Social Media Explained

A day after this post from Ritu, I got this image in a mail :-   —————————–   That sums it all, doesn’t it? (And also explains why I’m not that active on any of these sites )

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Jokes Of Another Era

Came across these jokes some time back. It was in the context of changing ‘joke-trends’, about how the jokes have evolved over the ages. These are the jokes from early 1900. I enjoyed them, hope you do too PS: They might not be rip-roaring funny, but they are definitely in good taste ———————————————– The father [...]

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