The B'day!

This story is a true account of one of the most memorable Birthdays my sister ever celebrated (Its a part of the family folk lore today).....

She was the newest gal in grade three. But with her incessant chatter she made friends in no time - her best friends n she could be seen sitting cooped at the back of the class talking nineteen to a dozen in Hindi much to her teachers annoyance.

Few weeks into the new academic year, it was her birthday and amid much fan fare she came in dressed in a smart green skirt n a bag filled with goodies. Her classmates eyes gleaned with the prospect of goodies awaiting them. Post class assembly in morning, the entire class sang the birthday song for her and then awaited for the customary goodies to be distributed. But the teacher did not see the 'goodie bag' accompanying her - so assuming the gal hadn't bought along any , sent her back to her desk even as she shooed the protesting class into silence.

What transpired was - the B'day gal n her friends were smart cookies - they had decided to divide the 60 odd chocolates in the bag among themselves! A few minutes into the class, they could be seen munching on these silently! But the cat was belled soon - when a classmate who wasn't given a share of the chocolates couldn't digest this injustice and started wailing out.....

The teacher had to come into the scene and soon the entire story emerged. The B'day gal and her two friends were made to open up their bags n the chocolates were confiscated! After a stern talk-down the B'day gal scowled n distributed the chocs among her preening classmates ;)

Nee its not her B'day today - this is rather the response to the prompt "Birthday" posted as a part of The Writer's Post Thursday Blog Hop.

Here is wishing my little imp of a sweetheart all the best as she is on verge to start a new chapter in her life!

Dussera - The destroyer of evils!

There has been this certain thing that I have been waiting n waiting for few weeks now. The last couple of days have been spent fretting(n in shedding tears) over its non-appearance and it definitely topped my list of prayers this navaratri season:-/

 

So imagine my pleasure, when today as soon as I sit down after the morning arthi, am greeted by its sudden "appearance" :-). It definitely makes me say "Thank U ma" ... No betta day to destroy the evils of my life rt. Here is hoping that this dussera season is the herald of all happiness and good luck for all of us.

Good News syndrome!

So as I said in previous post, we celebrated 5 years of our marriage recently(Aug 31). "Learning Together" is the best that describes these 5 years for us - starting from being clueless(Ho who am I kidding - I think we still are!) to being wee-bit-less-clueless(:-D). Donno abt hubbs(I think he is slowly grudgingly getting there :-D) but its definitely true of yours truly(:-P). U C now growing old, Bank balance(or rather lack of it), health-n-lifestyle are all giving me palpitations - truly sign of growing up na :-D

The v obvious q tht we are asked as soon as we mention 5 years of marriage is but of course the much dreaded "So how many children" - n ho this can come from your relatives to next-door-aunty to the lady at beauty parlor (baaa!). As long as its at this non-intrusive level, I laugh it off ~~ but ho! if u try nget too intrusive abt it  - with no qualms whatsoever are u placed in the "ignore" list (n ho me good at it!). Giving somebody a dose of "ignore maadi" gives me a definite high - so beware! While I would love to throw some attitude around n say tht we will hv a baby when we want one - this subject is a sensitive one for the simple reason tht the missing child is not cause of lack of trying :-/

On this note, lemme tell u tht I hv a laprascopy scheduled for tomo ... sob sob sob!

PS: I think its only fair tht I thank my stars that not a single person(not even hubbs 85 year old grandmom) even whimpered of a child(or make it lack of it) when they wished us on anniv!

Weight(y) issues!

Well what do I say?? If u even know me minuscusely, u know I n Food go hand-in-hand! 'Foodie' is a title tht I look up with reverence......

So dieting n weight were issues tht I wasnt hugely worried about... Also as ma frnd says my height ensures tht all the extra weight spreads equally across the full 5'6 inches of me n so it aint  a eye-sore! Bottomline ~~ I jus couldnt be bothered more ~~ Life is all abt good food n happy times dearies !!  But but all good things gota come to an end one fine day don they!.....

On one of the (Now) routine visits to the Mr.No-Nonsense-doc he decided tht am 10 kg overweight n gives me an ultimatum tht I gota lose 2 kgs overnight... One month is overnight na??? Else u said?? Ha letta not go there......  So imagine ma life now..... No yum-yum food, no chocs, no sweets.. sob sob sob!!!!!  What fun is left in life I say!!!! N ho not to be missed was the Boy-Am-I-Pleased snicker on ma hubs face....... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

But jus to compensate the lack of these happy notes ~~ A dear frnd decided to gift me ma b'day gift in advance(A good 1.5 months b4... LOL!).... Isnt tht sweeeeeeeeeeet :-D Thnx Sweets :)

Pic Courtesy - Google

N I hv to tell u this..... Why do u think she picked this one? For one she knew tht am hooked onto these mushy-mushy M&B Kinds(Afterall she lends me thm every other week)..... But na thts not it! It seems the cover page  for some reason reminded her abt me... Now now thts a compliment aint it :-D

Linking this up to Color Deckors weekend wrapup.......

Jan 31 2011.....

Promises to be a bigggg day :( Sigh!!!!  Well I jus hope that by end of day I have a curve in my mouth that sets everything straight !! :-)

Yo yo ofcourse u r supposed to send me best wishes n prayers!

Thank You....

Thank you for not bringing up the dreaded topic even once during the four days......

But well its 'No-Words' that hurts more than words...Hurts you especially more when u realize that this is the bigggest desire of their leaves but are still leaving it to our choice leaving me with a guilt- ridden conscience! Ha!

Thank You!!