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Microblog Mondays – Christmas time @ home

My first daughter is home for holidays and so the comments on the previous posts are not replied to. Will attend to it very soon.

Now, we are busy cooking, eating, watching movies. I saw the Heaven is for real, 100 foot journey, Kung fu Panda, Polar Express and all the runs and re-runs of all the Christmas shows on TLC and Fox life. My favs are Jamie Oliver’s Christmas at home, Nigella’s Christmas shows and of course Rachel Allan’s.  The spirit of this Christmas season is so infectious, right ??

Here’s a peek into the goodies we cooked and ate 😀

 

Of course, you can make out all of them –
-fluffy pancakes
-sub sandwich with chicken tikka and grilled cheese and mayo,
-chicken malai kabab with rotis,
-peanut masala with onions, tomatoes, chillies chat masala and lemon,
-spicy cauliflower fry and masala kuzhambu and rotis
-finally the delicious date pudding 😀
(Hope I made you all envious 😛 )

And here is our Christmas tree, which is always a joy to have at home 🙂

 

So, how was your Christmas weekend ?? 🙂

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WW on a ECR drive

Microblog Mondays – Night owl or Early bird ?

When me and my younger sister were in school, exams always happened on same days, as we were just 2 classes apart in school.  So, both of us needed to study on the same days, putting in that extra effort.  And we used to read out aloud sometimes making it difficult for the other person to study. Thankfully, our biological clocks worked differently.

While I used to stay up late in the night and study, my sister used to sleep early and get up early to study.  As I hit the bed to sleep, she’ll get up to study. ha ha…we complemented each other, then and even now 😀

And now I see my younger daughter sleeping early and getting up early to study, I just cannot but think about my sister.  My elder daughter used to stay up late to study, like me 🙂

Even now….getting up early is difficult for me…sigh !

How about you ??

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The hug to remember

When I hug you, I feel your frame against mine
When I hug you, I am more sensitive to your smell
When I hug you, those small hairs at your nape tickles me
When I hug you, I feel the weight of your arms on my back
When I hug you, I love your voice, that keeps telling “Love you Ma”
When I hug you, I feel the absolute love that encompasses me…

And I try to remember all those feelings and smell and voice.
For when you leave for college again, 
This memory is what will keep me going…

WW – Comfort Food

Roasted Pumpkin Soup + Baby Potato and Cauliflower roast + Toasted Bread = Heaven on Earth 🙂

Microblog Mondays – Salt & Pepper for me :D

Five years back I noticed a small bunch – made of 10 to 12 hairs – near my forehead on the right side, starting to grey.  It never used to show so much because of my regular use of henna conditioner for my hair.

But the work pressures are on the higher side that the application of henna has got postponed by 2 years…sigh…you read it right.

Doesn’t that leave me the option of remaining in Salt & Pepper colors on my scalp ?? 😉
White and Black are colors too, right ??

Now a days, I don’t mind it at all. But one day, in the coming years, I am going to go for a short hair-cut and make the salt and pepper look stylish too 😛

And Salt and Pepper can look sexy too, like this !! 😀

 

Do you color your hair ??

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Breaking that fear with resilience

I like to live life on a certain comfort level.  Study well, get into a good job, do the job honestly and sincerely used to be my mantra, when I was in College.  Going out of the line in a queue for life and career, was never my way.  But I excelled in whatever I did and I loved it, actually I was very satisfied with it.

Making huge amounts of money was never in my mind.  The only thing that mattered to me then was to get into Microsoft and work there.  Even though it still remains a distant dream, the distance has grown and my yearning to cross that distance has gone. No regrets.

This mantra which I held close to my heart formed due to personal experiences.  The word “Business” used to wreak havoc to my calm equilibrium of mind.  I’ve seen a family going in separate ways, because of the side-effects of one failed business.  Having seen the painful experiences during my teens made such an impact on me that I literally dreaded that word and everything associated with it.

And then I got married. Even though my husband was employed with a reputed MNC, his two elder brothers were doing their own business.  Even though it took me some time to warm up to the idea of businesses doing well, the wariness never left me.

My husband changed jobs a few times – we moved from place to place, but there was always something that he was looking for.  And when he felt that the present job will not offer him that, he started looking out for another one.  This kept on going for two decades. And still no sign of satisfaction.  There was only this tired dreary feeling that you need to do something worthwhile with this life on Earth.

That was the time he decided that he’ll be his own boss, from now on.  There’s no point in working for someone and not finding happiness.  By doing his own business, he’ll be happy from the beginning, however the results of the business turns out to be.

It was me who was in the fix.  I was scared of that word. I dreaded it.  The closet of fears kept knocking hard on me.  And I was scared to even touch the door.

But I wanted him to be happy in his career and start his own business. He said that I’ve to agree wholeheartedly to this new venture and that he cannot proceed without my consent.

I wanted to be healed big time of that tight ball of fear inside me.  I wanted him to go ahead and start the business soon. I needed all the positivity in this Earth to come to me and make me feel better.

There was this thought that if I don’t do this in my life now, then I won’t be able to do it any time. It’s now or never.  I don’t have second chances in life. This is the only life which I’ve, to live by my terms and make it a happier one.  And I am not going to allow some fears from the past to erode that happiness.

I started healing my mind from inside and many positive things started happening than I never even dreamt of !  The Universe gave me the strength to go forward and break open the closet of fears, thereby proving to myself that there’s nothing inside to be afraid of.  The affirmations and signs that I received to go forward with this new venture of ours, made me strong.  I started thinking of it as our business rather than his.

After all what great pleasure can it be for him to be his own boss…that’s a life worth living for him.  And in no way, I was going to sit there and let my fears overrule his joy and there by mine too.  I learnt to let go of many closet-fears that had stayed inside me because I allowed them all. Now, I learnt to break them all away.

I need to be happy and I want to see our business grow.  Other people’s perception of what I am is no longer important to me.

I am glad I learnt this lesson to break over my fear and life’s good now.  I am a free bird – no fears.  Let life throw me with any situation.  I am confident of enjoying the situation and growing from it.

Does the fear need to be broken only to perform great physical feats?
There are mental struggles which are mainly due to coiled up fears and that restrict a normal life from happening. Those fears also need to be broken for making a better life ! And my story is one of the latter.

This post was written for Indiblogger’s Rise above fear Campaign !

WW – Winter Comfort Food

Microblog Mondays – That mushy me

I am one silly romantic at heart.  I love watching those chick-flicks. I love those M&B kind of romantic stories. Only condition is happy ending 😀

Any movie ending, where the guy hugs the girl and kisses, is sure to bring tears to my eyes ! Yeah….I know its too much ! But the tears don’t stop coming yaar, what to do !!

Even when I watch repeat episodes of Castle, I love the way Castle and Kate look at each other or smile…it just melts me.

I am made that way – the mushy girl, deep inside. Flowers entice me, a soft touch and a warm hug are the best gifts in this Earth, according to me.

And both my girls are such a xerox copy of me in this.

Its Christmas time now….but love is in the air for me – always 😀

What about you ??

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