OK people, be prepared for an out and out rant today. There's a global phenomenon that men laugh and also mutter oaths about- The Woman Driver. The way this paragon of road (un)worthiness is portrayed you'd think she was a combination of a sloth or a slug who was inching forward in traffic while other... Continue Reading →
Whom To Marry: Sense Vs Sensibility
I came across an article in this morning's Times of India's Sunday section- Did Hermione choose the wrong partner? The article by itself has little to do with being in toto about Harry Potter but more about compatibility and similarities in couples or could-have, should-have, would-have been couples and the choices that they ultimately end... Continue Reading →
A Letter To My Sleeping Son
The following content has been rated GG (goody-goody and slightly gagworthy). Spoiler alert- expect mother love and nothing else. Dear Monkeyboy, Ever since I saw that little button nose in the sonogram I knew you'd be the cutest person in the whole world. And while you weren't the chubbiest kid ever born, the pearly luster... Continue Reading →
Pedicures and Percy Jackson
I've found my happy place and NO it's NOT any place that doesn't feature my kid! It's getting a pedicure in a particular salon that has vibrating chairs that massage your head and back and have rainbow lights in the swirling foot bath where you soak your WEARY treads. Why did they go the extra... Continue Reading →
Lazy Sundays…A Myth For Parents
Sunday's aren't what they used to be
Eating Your Words
Let me assure you that having to eat your own words is not a culinary experience to aspire to. Nope! Classic cases of eating one's words that I'm pretty sure quite a few adults go through- When I grow up I won't talk to my kids the way my parents talk to me- Reality? We... Continue Reading →
Red
That's how I refer to my husband in digital media- Facebook, blogs, and in my phonebook. I don't know how or why it started but it did. He's not red at all- no communist tendencies lurking here and there neither does he have one red hair. He's been a salt&pepper guy since we met nearly... Continue Reading →
In Cartoons We Trust
MLM got acquainted with the telly pretty early in life. He used to have frequent bouts of cold and cough and feeding him would be a nightmare...dragged out for hours on end with precious little going down the gullet. Also there were the days when nebulization was de rigueur. The television would captivate his attention... Continue Reading →
Happiness Factors in 2013
The biggest source of joy for both Red and I in 2013 was MLM's glee about his new school and newly discovered enthusiasm towards learning. Of course the child still has the attention span of a fly and looks at everything from the angle of fun but you're a preschooler only once; thank goodness! But there... Continue Reading →
Hello 2014!
Goodbye 2013. Hello 2014.