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Should I challenge myself? Should I log about my challenge? All these thoughts went through me today as I made a walk around a trail with my young man. It was a muggy afternoon. The sun was making us sweat. We climbed up a steep hill and walked on wet grounds. As we finished the…
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Yesterday I saw that one of my tomato plant didn’t look good. I checked my app and it said, too much water and less sunlight! No brainer, we have had more cloudy and rainy days! Then all morning, my weather app kept showing me flash flood watches for our area. I felt bad about my…
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Who do you spend the most time with? I love to spend time with me and me alone. But I have special young man and my husban, both hover on me for their needs! Then there is me trying to be on the social media! Oh my God! I am spending time with Late night…
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We are spring cleaning inside and outside and yes, I was loaded with a lot of caffeine. We made coffee and tea at our home and we went out for coffee too! Yes, for a ton of work in between the rains, caffeine was our family’s strength. The best coffee we had was at Pittsburgh…
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This was a surprisingly piece of information I found out about International Donut Day! Today is International Donut Day and so many places around us have offered freebies. Yup, we will check what works for us and get a few. Dunkin’ donuts has been part of our lives for the past 25 years. We lived…
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When my younger one was in first grade I learnt Wednesday was hump day. No one likes middle of the week! He had a picture of a camel with Wednesday in the middle. His teacher was his friend Nick. So thanks Nick for teaching that vocabulary! So here are some pictures of what I did…
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Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? I am not going to talk about a book from my childhood but I got myself a self help book when my kids were little. With an autistic kid and a toddler my house was always a mess. Then I stumbled upon a website called flylady and…
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I am now back playing wordle now. Somehow I had lost interest in playing the same. When I started again, I lost two days in a rows, then missed couple of days. My winning streak is at 88 percent! Nothing more to pen down for such a beautiful beginning to the day! It is going…
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What fears have you overcome and how? I just wrote a blog about phobias. You can learn all about my fears here. Phobias Anyway the weekend I tackled one of my weaknesses. I hate putting groceries away. I love grocery shopping but putting it away is a huge task. My laziness took the better of…
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Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. It is June! The sun finally peeked out! It was a cold night and the past week our heater had to run over time. We have never done that in June. With scary thoughts I walked to our small vegetable patch. Too much…
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I just looked back what I wrote on the first of May. I had the title, Gateway to summer. Yup, I thought we were done with winter, but Mother Nature had other plans. We had a lot of rain, cloudy days more than sunny days and not so hot weather. We started our gardening and…
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Today I tried to take a picture of a bee buzzing around my Japanese Spirea flowers. It was super fast and I was having a tough time taking the picture. It is on a flower, and even if you zoom you may have a tough time catching it. A few years back, I was stung…
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Do you practice religion? Anyone who has been follymy blog knows I practice religion 😀! I think I answer it and blog it whenever I celebrate a Hindu festival. Anyhow many people consider their profession as God! செய்யும் தொழிலே தெய்வம்! In a world that runs behind money, there is no attachment nor there any commitment…
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We scratched off Mammoth Cave off our National Parks chart. Thanks to a good friend who got it for us. My younger one starred at the chart, chuckled and said good luck getting Appa (dad) to Hawaii and Alaska. Together they have 10 parks. Along with that there is one in American Samoa and one…
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What are you good at? It looks like I am good at keeping track of myself. I took a social media break and I somewhat achieved it. I did call my mom and share pictures on facebook but I was not involved much like checking my phone every two minutes . I just switched off…
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Who would you like to talk to soon? We are going to be with nature this weekend and I hope I am not going to talk to anyone! Yes, going to disconnect my internet connection and enjoy some reading and watching some shows that I have already downloaded along with some hikes. I make extensive…
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With summer approaching it is spring cleaning time! Along comes with it is the change of guard or change of clothes! The winter wear are put aside and summer clothes pulled out. But it has not been a smooth transition. We have been having rains, yes my plants love them but it is chilly one…
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Do you have any collections? From mugs to magnets and shot glasss (though we do not take a sip of alcohol 😃) I collect things during my travel. I also collect dolls for my Navaratri festival during my travels and of course there are picture collections. Yes our family picture is usually blown up and…
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What is the legacy you want to leave behind? I think I have written for this prompt already but I felt I need to write something different. I have been learning the meaning of Narayaneeyam. A wonderful composition on Lord Guruvayoorappan written by Narayana Bhattadiri. As I was listening to Daksha Prajapati story in today’s…
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How do you feel about cold weather? It has been a chilly day today. It maybe colder than normal. We had a high of 66 degrees. Life goes on as usual and this chill didn’t bother me. We went for a walk to a different park and I saw it was crowded. The park hall…
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