Monday’s here again and there’s loads to share from the past week and weekend. As usual, the fasts continue, no major volcanic eruptions yet (between me and the BF. Between MIL and GMIL. Between BIL and FIL. Between Lui and Shobs. Between me and the Nanny. Between…. oh forget it! Lets just say there’s peace all around π )
Last week I was caught up with work and didn’t do any real posts. Sure, the Leh series were put up, but mostly because I wanted to preserve Bro’s wonderful adventure more than he did π . Anyhow, now that the series is over and there is surely no way out from work, I really must put in more effort (and some time) towards keeping up this blog.Β There are so many thoughts running in my head, if I don’t put them down now, surely I’ll explode π !
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Had the Twin’s official Parent-Teachers meeting on Friday. Awful timing, I say. Since the school gets over at 12:30, the meet was scheduled between 12 to 1 , so that parents could take their children home after the meet. Since the BF was in another part of the city (around 30 KM from the school) he couldn’t make it. That left me to make the necessary trip from home -to office – to school-to-home-to office. Yeah! Peachy, right?!
Anyhow, fighting the heat and dust, I reached the school on time. Met the teachers who, once again, reminded me how different my kids were at home and school. Lui received a little flak (disinterested, does not listen in one go, impulsive, etc π¦ ) and Shobs was heaped with praises (obedient, sociable, skilled π― )
When I narrated the same to the BF later, he reminded me that the same adjectives apply to the twins at home, but simply swapped! Shobs is the lazy, disinterested types and Lui is the one who is friendly and has good motor skills (the teacher asked me to teach Lui to pick pulses from a bowl to improve her motor skills. That evening, I found Lui skillfully plucking the pomegranate seeds from its peel. Her speed was to be seen to be believed. She is now the official pomegranate picker π . I seriously wished the teacher was around to see it for herself!!)
We got the kid’s workbooks and art-books to have a better idea of what all they have learned in the last 2 months. Their progress is impressive π (even if I say so myself).Β I don’t teach the kids poems and stuff at home. I teach them generic stuff. I let them know what a vacuum cleaner does or how to put the lids on lunch boxes. The MIL taught them how to fold clothes, but then, one fine day, Shobs discovered that pulling out folded clothes and tossing them in the air gave him more pleasure. Lui loyally assists her brother in this clothes-carnage. We’ve been hiding the clothes from them since then π
Anyhow, the crux of the matter is that I know my kids are doing well….one at school and one at home. So I’m not worried π Things are going well. The teacher once again appreciated the lunch-boxes I send for the twins and I’m now even more inspired than before to make lunch times as exciting as ever πΒ . Suggestions for the same are obviously, most welcome π
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Since we are a working family, weekends are the only time we get for Ramadan cleaning. Needless to say, this last weekend was awfully hectic , what with pulling down all the stuff from over-head lofts, cleaning, washing, drying, repacking and then re-stuffing back to their location! And here I was, thinking that I’m the world’s worst hoarder! Appears that my in-laws are miles ahead of me π !! So we have utensils dated early 1930’s-40’s, belonging to the GMIL. They are copper and brass vessels, unused, patina-ed and smelly. But we pull them down, scrub them to shiny perfection (thanks Pitambari) and then stuff them back where they came from. The GMIL refuses to part with them( of course) and we have no idea how to use them . Our kitchen is already overloaded with utensils and stuff!! As I counted yesterday, we have 2 non-stick tawas, 2 iron tawas, 2 aluminium ones, 3 non-stick pans , 2 iron kadhai, 2 aluminium kadhai, 1 non-stick kadhai, 3 cookers (5 ltr to 1 ltr ), 8 steel vessels in varying sizes, around 20 aluminium vessels , ranging from ones in which you can make 10 Kg pulav to one in which you can boil an egg, around 20 stainless steel containers, innumerable pearl-pet jars (varying sizes), two-sets of dinner plates, 2 sets of quarter plates, two sets of stainless steel glasses and innumerable katoris. And I’m just listing the stuff we use on a regular basis. I’m not getting into the glassware and melamine section now. Not even the utensils I got from mom as a part of my wedding collection!!
What!? we are a Big family, remember?!
Anyhow, point is that a whole lot of time was spent in washing, cleaning, mopping,sorting, sweeping, collecting, dumping, sighing, running, cooking and finally, collapsing π
BTW, I made killer sabudana khichdi and Dhoklas for Iftaar (since there is no one else who will sing me praises, I’m compelled to do the needful myselfΒ *humble-mumble* ). The twins crashed at 12:30 last night. I got up at 3:30 for Saheri. Still alive and kicking! I tell you people, keep fasts. OR have children. (The adventurous or the unlucky ones might opt for both π ). There is no other kick-shot method to test your endurance and stamina π
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Remember this post??
Okay, so the same girl ran away from home and married an office colleague π
Needless to say, the last few days at work have been interesting. VERY interesting. Good friend SK from work was a major factor in convincing the girl to take the step and must say, the effort from all sides was worth it π
Okay, since all the story above makes no sense, I’ll start from the beginning.
The said girl, lets call her SG(who is a Jain) , who fell in love with a colleague , lets call him SB (who is a Maratha). The minute her parents found out about the direction in which her heart beats, they whisked her away to her hometown and kept her in house-arrest. Initially, she gave the excuse of sick leave. But after some time, had to let the managers know that she was quitting. When asked why, she gave health reasons. The managers insisted that she get well soon and then join (wise decision, that. Not all managers are that considerate).
Anyhow, the guy pined for her, pestered SK for ages, asking for suggestions, help. SK did her bit and convinced SG to either take the plunge or opt out. But not to keep a guy waiting indefinitely! The girl, for once, took her own decision. So one fine day, SB took leave from work, went to SG’s hometown. The girl came out of her house on some pretext. The two eloped, went to a city nearby, got married and then returned to the guy’s family in Mumbai. SB’s family warmly accepted SG and then they all went back to SG’s parents to soothe ruffled feathers.
All in all, all’s well that ends well. Everyone’s happy (yes, including SG’s family. They were saved the humongous expenses that come with a Marwari wedding π ) . So when these two trooped into office one day and declared they were married, there were hoops of joy (from those who knew) and loud exclamations (from those who didn’t). There were also loads of broken hearts, since SG is a looker and had quite a fan following π . Frankly, we were all tickled pink π . I was nostalgic …about all the times me and the BF pondered over how our lives would turn out had our parents not agreed to our union. I’m glad my parents supported me, because I for one, could never ever leave them for the BF !! And the BF knows this π
*Sigh*
The air here is just resonating with romance….and there are quite a few guys who think its time they took the plunge too. I’m just waiting for another love story to rock our sedate work environment π
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I’ve been meaning to do a post on Hritik Roshan’s singing talents. I wrote a draft after I saw Kites…then deleted it because it didnt have much material. Then I started with one when I saw Guzarish. Scrapped that too (I’m not sure why). Then I saw ZNMD. And now, I really, really MUST do a post on him! Seriously!
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I have finally succumbed to the cold-cough virus π¦
Lui is still coughing, MIL is hacking her way through the fasts and the GMIL is still nursing a runny nose. I fought valiantly, but I guess the battle was lost last night. This morning, I woke up with a stuffy nose and a itchy throat (horrible combination). Needless to say, I’m not fasting today (woe me π¦ ) . A few cups of warm water since morning have kept the throat clear. But its my nose that’s giving me trouble. Am sneezing terribly (for the record, I don’t do dainty sneezes. Thats the BF’s department.Β I sound much more like a whale, out to get some air!) .
I’m a tad worried about the MIL though. She’s been suffering for close to 2 weeks now. She’s had loads of medication, but no reprieve π¦ . Even home remedies are not working. For the first time ever, she missed her fasts because of the cough. It is the season, I guess. Practically half the people I know are down with the cold-cough flu π¦
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Thats all for now folks. Gotta get back to home and heart(h) π
Life’s good, weather’s sunny and there’s fish to fry (no, there isn’t. But it sounded good π ). CatchΒ up with ya’ll tomorrow.
Ciao π
wow, that office story is very filmy π but then it has happy ending, so all is well π
Lui & Shobs are sweet darlings π
Thankoo thankoo (from the twins π )
Shake hands on the Open House. We need to meet sometime :-). You must have a humongous kitchen to house all those utensils. Quite an impressive collection. Congrats to SG and SB.
Waiting for your post on Hritik. How can one person have everything? What a looker he is.. and the dance and the singing. Like I said ZNMD was SUCH a treat.
Gosh!! Given the lukewarm response to ZNMD, I thought I was the only person gushing about it π
Shake hands buddy π
And yes, we MUST meet up.
Let me get through Ramadan first π
What a super duper weekend..except the last part…hope you are feeling better
Shobs and Lui doing well na…I loved your take..one is doing well at school and the other at home..so things are fine indeed
the love story..ekdum smashing! what fun na π
I swear no one in office worked that day (including the managers π )
There was a buzz in the air …of a thousand mouths whispering the story to each other . Wicked it was . really π
A Jam packed weekend… π
Please post the lunchbox menu as E is starting school in 2 weeks and I’m all out of ideas π
Will definitely post about the stuff I give now.
Would like suggestions from fellow readers about what they send too π
lol @ clothes carnage π
you must share the recipes and what you do to make the lunch times special for us newbie mothers to make notes of π
oh cold and cough? tell me about it π¦ itchy throat this side too..sob sob
Alas, no remedy for the cough yet!
Lui’s been on various types of medication for the last 3 weeks!! Yet, her cough persists. I’m wondering if she has a major lung problem now π
Will be taking her to a specialist this weekend.
About the lunch-box, will do a post soon π
oh hope nothing turns out to be that serious with Lui…do update,shall be thinking about her…
and waiting for he lunch-box post π
I’m hoping so too. Will probably do a blood test on her.
She’s coughing, plus has lost appetite (lost much weight too π¦ )