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Morning, I wrote a blog saying it would be a busy day with me cooking for Pongal Celebrations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pongal_(festival) But my special joined me in making all the dishes! This is the first time, I feel I am not a food photographer. Teaching my son in the kitchen is a task and the work he…
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In what ways do you communicate online? Happy Pongal to all my Tamil friends around the globe and Happy Makara Sankrati to all my other Indian friends. It is Uttarayana Punya Kaalam or the time the sun starts His upward journey! Yes, days will start becoming longer in Northern Hemisphere. It is a day of…
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Think back on your most memorable road trip. Our road trips started during the pandemic and it has become part of our lives! My boy turns 28 this August and I think at his age, learning happens not in a classroom but out in the community! I remember the HR in my son’s program talking…
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What snack would you eat right now? I was cooking all morning and didn’t even have time to think about the prompt! Then we were at the mall and I asked my husband if I can have an ice cream! Oh we are not having a heat wave, but that was one thing I wanted.…
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I usually do my yoga class in the basement. But I forgot how cold it can be without the heater. I had to do the same in my living room today and my husband and my som witnessed my poses 😊! I thought my boy would disturb me but pleasantly surprised that he did not!…
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My husband and my younger one were arguing over lunch which was unhealthy? My home cooked Ven Pongal (rice lentils and clarified butter combo) or a chipotle wrap! My son asked Chatgpt for the answer and Chatgpt gave a smart answer saying it all depends on the toppings. After a week of sickness it was…
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What is your mission? I was pretty curious what I wrote last year for the same prompt as a part of Bloganuary! I had credited my husband for fixing our bathroom hot water tap without a fuss! Of course that was one major mission accomplished! Now we have some broken chests that need to be…
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Almost all religions I know about fast one day or another. In fact I respect all who do this religious fasting. My lifestyle with my boy doesn’t allow any kind of religious fasting. Though I have done intermittent fasting and dieting, religious fasting is tough since we need to be conscious about our prayers too…
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My Easter Bunny loves to watch out my garden. It may look a bit depressing with just snow, and temperatures below 0 degree farenheit! But he has accepted the fact that this is part of our life in the North East! Life needs to go on. You plan things a bit different it is January…
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It is human to get irritated. Yes, a whole day can be irritating if things are not going according to plan. For me, I have tons of things planned for my boy for the week ahead and he can just not act on certain days. That is when my husband would say, leave him like…
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The past few days has been me getting back to my cooking routine. The travel had left my taste buds craving for உப்பு, புளி & மிளகாய் or if said in English, salt, tamarind and red chillies! The heart of South Indian cooking revolves around these spices. You can become insane if these are not in…
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I really wanted to do Bloganuary but WordPress does not have one this year. So I am returning to my regularly scheduled programming. Which means, I can blog whenever I want and whatever I want. So, how has the first few days of January been? With all the travels, last week of December, we were…
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What is the greatest gift someone could give you? This is a prompt I have done last year. But here is another take on it. The greatest gift would be not offering free advice 😀! In fact, something I should keep in my mind too. I am guilty of it too! We automatically tend to…
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Yesterday I was doing some paperwork. American way of writing the date is momth/ date/ year. But after many years, I wrote as date/month/year, the Indian way or the way I was taught as a kid. I really do not know how I made the mistake. The muscle memory is the one I was taught…
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Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? I had decided to play Bloganuary but it seems WordPress is not interested in playing the game with me. Anyhow I have decided to blog every day in January amd try to do at the same time. I have tried to create a…
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What are your biggest challenges? It’s first of January and I just see a recycled prompt which I had answeredlast year same time😃! We returned home and spent our New Year’s at baggage claim! I did not plan that on 1st January 2024. We didn’t use any kind of disability services for my boy at…
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As I wound up my trip and 2024, here are the final pictures from our last day. Happy New Year to all my readers and other bloggers out there. These are pictures taken on a 13 mile scenic drive in Red Rock Canyon. We just stepped out once to hike once due to lack of…
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The Hualapai Indians tribe owns the Grand Canyon West Rim. Unlike the other rims which are part of Grand Canyon National Park, entrance for a person to this one is expensive. There is sky walk and photography is not allowed and it does cost each person 50 dollars. Also, they charge 25 to 50 dollars…
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Today was a long day! But we checked off another National Park from our bucket list! It was another day trip and it was to Death Valley National Park. I may be sharing pictures and stories about it for the next one year😀! But for today here are the highlights! I had watched multiple YouTube…
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The past few years, I have noticed airline tickets from my city have always been cheap to Las Vegas! Me a non drinker, a non smoker and not a gambler along with an autistic son would always think what is there to do in Vegas! I have plenty to write about the sin city but…
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