Tag: life
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Binge watching
This month I want to try writing to prompts provided by other bloggers. I want to write everyday but I am not going to obsess about it. When I saw Fandango’s prompt for today I thought I should move on to another blogger since the prompt was prison. Early morning I had no idea about…
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Happy Halloween 🎃
I think after two year break , Halloween celebrations seems to be at an all time high. In fact my special one did a Halloween dance, went Trick or treating organized by his baseball group, had a Trunk or Treat at his program and attended a party with Halloween games. Almost a full circle of…
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The art of cooking
I never cooked before marriage. My Grandma never allowed me in the kitchen and I never bothered to learn much. All my cooking evolved by having men in my house. I learnt every day cooking by compulsion and I can say I am good at it. My special one has very good taste buds ,…
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Ganga SnAnam Aacha
For those who do not speak my language, my title today may be difficult to understand so please bear with me as I explain. When my neighbor asked me how I am going to celebrate Diwali or Deepavali, the Indian lights festival, I really did not have an answer. Nothing can duplicate the fun and…
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collywobbles
My entire life I have had collywobbles for one thing or another. If a problem gets solved, another pops. But a year back, I decided to go on a clean diet. I was completely of oil for couple of months and then I limited myself to five teaspoons a day. . Now, anything that makes…
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My next project?
So what should I do with my kid? How am I going to engage him next? This is a hard task, but let me tell you google and amazon know my difficulty. As I just searched one craft material, the apps keep throwing me links to other similar things. Some are expensive and some are…
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A Fall Day!
After two busy weeks, I went for a walk. My husband decided to walk with my son and I took my time to take stroll on the trail. The trail is a constant for my boy, so there is not much anxiety. But for me, I noticed the leaves changing color and felt the crisp…
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Hectic week
Today I was texting a friend saying that I couldn’t make it to her house this year for Navarathri. I told her we needed two weekends to finish rounding up everyone. She said, we need the entire winter to be Navaratri so that we are not depressed. I have already written a lot about rituals…
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Reverse engineering and theme
As I start sending out my invites for my Golu next week, people have started asking what is the theme for my Golu this year? My special one has worked on a lot of things this year and just like last year I wanted to incorporate in my exhibit. But this year I want to…
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Living in the present
We tend to carry a lot of baggages. Our everyday one is in itself so heavy. To be able to work on that we need to let go of some heavy ones like the past and the future. A nice illustration I saw on facebook. Weekend was great for my boy. We went to a…
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Obsessive Compulsiveness
I have started my Navarathri set up in my home. This is not easy every year since my son is obsessed with things being in the same place. He is not a neat freak. He has his own arrangement and that cannot change. Yesterday with huge effort my husband with my helped moved a table.…
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When the waves stop
I will take bath in the ocean when the waves stop. This is a common saying in my language when we do not do something or keep postponing or not attend to a current matter in hand. In our brains we are perfectionists. We need a perfect situation to execute something and that needs to…
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Oobleck
I noticed I have been writing everyday since September 1st. As I was thinking what to write, I decided I am going to skip today since my day was going to be busy. My son had his program and I had to go with him. It was sensory day at his program. One of the…
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Women’s Hostel
Yesterday I was watching an advertisement for an Indian talk show. The moderator was talking to a Mother and her daughter. The daughter who lives in a working women’s hostel (somewhere in India) was being constantly watched by her Mom. The Mother is so annoying she does not believe her daughter reached safely to her…
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Onam
The other day my Dad was talking to me how our ancestors moved from Tamil Nadu to Kerala and back to Tamil Nadu. Long time back my brother who had sent out his dna sample got the report our original ancestors moved from Africa making a long journey to South India. Anyhow myself and my…
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Slip
Ragtag Community Prompt: Slip These pictures were taken February 2011 in Boston. That was the last winter we spent in that city before moving to Pittsburgh. If you love snow you would love Boston. Nothing can beat the Nor’easters over there. Then again comes the risk of icy conditions that can make you slip and…
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Avian
I am not a big fan of immunizations, anyhow my younger one got many yesterday. The one thing he did not get was for the Avian flu! Thank God!
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Return Gift 🎁
Today I am grateful to my son’s facilitator at his program. 2019 she made some bowls with beads for my Navarathri return gift. After two year break she is up back again making return gifts with her special group. So what is she making? I don’t want to let out the secret. My 9 day…
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Safe Journey
My parents are leaving for India next Thursday. Of course, it is a very emotional time after staying with us for nearly six months. When will I be able to meet them again? As of now I do not have any plans. But if I do find a sweet spot(an appropriate time) I will definitely…
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ISP Meeting!
What is a ISP meeting? Individual Support Plan (ISP) Meeting means an annual meeting facilitated by a services coordinator and attended by an individual’s ISP team. The purpose of the ISP meeting is to determine the individual’s needs, coordinate services and training, and develop the individual’s ISP. So today was my son’s ISP meeting. He turned…
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