A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I’ve played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
Happy Birthday to my Daughter
31 Jan 2012 2 Comments
in Personal Tags: daughter, happy birthday, wishes
I just can’t believe my baby is already 1. It’s just feels like yesterday when I got admitted in the hospital. The year just flew by and there she is walking already 
. I remembered all her FIRST’s, her first smile. her first turning over, her first sitting and all her firsts. It made me smile . Now she is so stubborn that she shakes her head for NO 
and let me tell you she has lots of NO’s . She is certainly going to be a charmer. I am blessed with a wonderful baby and family. What more can I ask?
I am looking forward to the future and see how she turns out. Happy Birthday Naai Kutti.
Busy Vacation
25 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Personal Tags: busy, Personal, vacation
I have been so busy during the past 2 weeks that I haven’t read lot of books and am busy with travelling most of the time. I did meet a friend of mine while visiting Hyderabad but most of the days was spent looking after Baby A since hubby was working there. Then we left Hyderabad to Budduwada which is about 4 hrs drive and I began to see how tough it will since she was in the car seat most of the time. She was unhappy about travelling in the car seat and we had a tough time looking after her.
We stayed there for about 4 days and had some good food . Then we left to Thirupathi which is about 9 hrs drive 
which doesn’t includes the break we took. By the time we reached there we were all tired and it felt like a jet lag 
. I hated the travel but we absolutely have to visit the temple so that we can do the mottai (mundan) for Baby A. We reached the room in Thirupathi about 10.30 pm and we had to get up about 5.30 am so that we can do her mottai. I didn’t go since i wanted to get ready before they come back. Apparently she didn’t cry at all.
Then we had to stand in the queue for 2 hrs which is apparently not bad and then we had to visit all the surrounding temples and I was cranky enough to snap at everyone. The road from Thirupathi to Chennai was so bad that half way through I have back aches . By the time we reached home it was 9.30 pm and all I wanted to do was have a shower and sleep. The next 3 days was busy with relatives visiting the baby.
On January 23rd, we celebrated Baby A’s star b’day traditionally and it is called Ayushomam where you do yaga for the long life of the baby. It was done in a grand manner. She had the cutest pattu pavadai in blue and green. We also pierced her ears and she looks so cute in mottai and the ear-ring. Two of my friends came for the function and most of them didn’t attend. I guess since it was on monday, they had work.
The past 2 days have been a little bit relaxed one and I am getting tired just from the heat since all I want to do is sleep . We still have to get some stuffs for our trip back. On the personal care side, my facial skin looks better here in Chennai where as my feet is a mess. Its dry and rough. I need a pedicure soon . I am hoping that I will have time to post in the blog. I don’t know what I will blog about but I guess I will find some thing .
P.S. I am getting fat just by eating 3 proper meals and some snack in-between .
Greetings from half way around the world
11 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Personal Tags: car seat, cut it out, ethihad, hyderabad, travel
So you all know about my vacation, I just wanted to tell you all about my experience while travelling with a baby and also to rant about the travelling as well . Did I already mention the 27 hrs travel? . We woke up by 6.30 am on Thursday and I just couldn’t go back to sleep, I guess I was excited about the trip. So got ready by 8.30 am and I started feeling guilty about leaving our kitties . It happens all the time when I leave them.
So our taxi dropped us off in the airport and hubby thought we were going by Continental airlines. So we carried 4 suitcase, 2 hand luggage, 1 backpack, 1 diaper bag and of course my handbag to the counter and the person there told us to go to Delta airlines. We then again carried all those to Delta airlines and what do you know? the ticket says American Airlines seriously, can you not look at the ticket before going to the counter. And it was on the other end of the airport and I was frustrated by the time we reached there.
At least the security check wasn’t bad, I was so worried about Baby A in the airplane. I went around the shops in the airport while hubby was having his back massage in the airport. I found the Body shop where they were having massive sale. Of course, 2 of my favorite products was on sale and I had to get it . Our flight was about 4 hrs to Chicago and it was actually not bad. Baby A was playing most of the time and she slept for an hour or so. When we reached there, we had to go to another terminal to catch our flight Etihad to Abu Dhabi.
I have to say I was surprised that they didn’t have priority to people with children or older people. We had to all go by the seat number . Once we were in the seat, it was not so bad. Did I mention that Baby A had her own seat and that is one of the best decision ever :yay: . We got a car seat for her seat and she slept in it most of the time. I was surprised to see a plug-in every seat for charging and we checked in all our chargers .
Do I have any negative comments about the airlines? of course I do. They didn’t have enough air hostess . By the time the food came through to our seat, it took them 30 min and I was so damn hungry that I was ready to just go there and grab our food. And the food was ok. By the time, we landed in Abu Dhabi and reached our gate, we were so tired since we both couldn’t sleep in the flight. I do like the airport, its clean. They didn’t understand that we could keep our car seat in the flight seat. Seriously, we just came from Chicago in your flight and we have a sticker in there which says its airline safe .
We reached Chennai an hour late and of course our suitcases was the last one to arrive . By the time we came out of the airport, we all were so tired. Baby A was getting cranky by the time we reached home. She didn’t like the new environment and she hated sleeping in the car seat. We reached home by 7 am Saturday morning . Mom made us some idli and sambar and we had a nice breakfast.
I also decided to visit my favorite parlor called cut it out in Besant Nagar which I have already reviewed before . I have already booked with my favorite stylist. So I went there by 10.15 am and I got a hair spa treatment along with a haircut. I did want to go shorter but I had this nightmare of remembering the time I had a A-line haircut with a fizzy hair , that was plain disastrous but I did cut of about 2 inches and have lot of layers in my hair.
Then by evening we had to go to shops to buys stuffs for Baby A for her b’day and had dinner at Saravana Bhavan . By the time we came home we were so tired, the jet lag was catching up with us. We slept like anything with the baby inbetween us in the bed which was not a good idea since baby A is a roller . Yup, she rolls all over the bed thereby taking our space as well.
We then left to Hyderabad and I absolutely dreaded the flight and Baby A was screaming for the first 20 min which is so tiring for us as well. She is finding it difficult not to have anything familiar around her. She is still not used to the tiles in the floor and sharing the bed doesn’t agree with her as well. But we were getting used to it and today she got sick with flu . She has stuffy nose, runny nose and cough as well and I seriously hope that she won’t get worse.
Still tough week ahead of more travel and I am dreading it. Maybe I will blog about it next week about the rest of the travel .
Vacation time
05 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Personal Tags: india, trip, vacation
Hey Readers,
We are going on a vacation today to India for 5 weeks . I am so excited about it but its going to be a very busy first 2 weeks since we will be moving lot . I am more worried about Baby A and did I mention that the travel time from here to India is about 27 hrs ( O yeah, you read it right) . I have this feeling that Baby A is going to screaming for the most part of the travelling since she has started moving and wants to get down from her cat seat all the time . Maybe I will rant about this travel once I reach Chennai .
The next day we are travelling to Hyderabad where we will be staying for about 5 days since hubby has to work whereas me and baby will be bored to death sitting in a hotel . Lets hope that they have internet or TV or even movie channels. At least we have plans for the evenings there. So then we are going to my in-laws house for 5 days and then we are going to travel to Tirupathi from there in car which is 8 hrs drive . Seriously can you just imagine with baby A, lot of pit stops, food breaks, etc, etc. I think you can look forward to one whole rants about this whole trip . Finally from Tirupathi we are coming to Chennai and will be there for 3 weeks (Thank God) but hubby is already thinking of one small trip to B’lore to meet his friends.
Anyway, Just wanted to tell you all that I will be out and if you haven’t seen any blog post then you know the reason for it . Anyhoos, we have a pet sitter for our kitties. She comes home once a day and take care of our kitties which is handy since she also checks our mail boxes. I am not that much worried about them this time since the pet sitter is quite good.
Hopefully, I will still be able to write some blog posts but don’t know about what. Maybe I will write some reviews on the shops I went in Chennai and Hyderabad, What do you think of it? If you can recommend any shops in Hyderabad, please do since I do want to visit some shops there.
Happy New Year
01 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Personal Tags: greeting, new year, wishes
Happy New Year Readers
I can’t believe how this year has gone quickly. Maybe its because I am a mother that its moving too quickly. I can’t believe that last year this time, I was pregnant and waiting for the baby . 2011 went too fast for me . What did you do on the New Year’s Eve? Me, stayed at home with hubby and the baby .
And on the end note, I wish to quote Edgar A. Guest
Update..
30 Oct 2011 4 Comments
in Personal Tags: baby, Personal
Hello Readers,
I know that its been more than a week since I posted anything. Its mainly due to lack of time and energy. As you all know, motherhood is a full time job and I am very busy with Baby A . She has started to get clingy which is difficult.
On the other hand, I am just not inspired or even motivated to update my blog. That does not mean that I have stopped getting makeup 
but I am just wondering if anybody is still interested in my makeup/skincare reviews. I am so tired these days and with autumn here, its raining and dark most of the time which is seriously depressing . One of these days maybe I will be back to blogging full time and I am so envious of serious bloggers out there.
Our kitties are doing good and since Baby A has started crawling, they know when to move off . She has started pulling the hair of the kitties, so they don’t sit next to her at all . She is growing up so fast and only after she sleeps that I have time to pet my kitties or even relax.
But do tell me if you are interested in looking at my reviews or do you like the motherhood article the most.
Vacation Time
03 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
in Personal Tags: ireland, rambling, vacation
Hey Readers,
I am leaving on a vacation to Ireland . I am so excited to visit all my friends and visit some of my favorite places. I have been feeling so excited for the past month and I am really looking forward to this trip. This would be a first flight trip for Baby A and I really hope she fares well. I will be back in a week or so.
Even though, I say Vacation, its truly not . I am meeting so many people that I only have 1 day to just relax at a friends house, rest of the days are filled with appointments for lunch, tea and dinner with friends. And also I am attending an Irish Wedding and its my second one. I am really looking forward to attend them and probably curious about the bride’s dress .
I have got my silk salwar ready and Baby A has her first Pattu Pavadai all packed up . Hopefully I can post some pics here. So take care everybody and I will be back soon .
Hello Readers
17 Aug 2011 2 Comments
in Personal Tags: break, Personal
If you are wondering what happened to me for the past month or so, then here it is. I have been very busy with Baby A since my parents have left . Since we moved houses, it has been very busy with getting the house livable and then my parents left home at the end of July. It was really tough since I was alone with Baby A and I never realized that it would be tough managing alone but it is . For the first 3 days, I felt like crying since she got very clingy as well and it was hard not to have a “ME” time. But as the week progressed, I guess I got used to it.
These days I am very busy with Baby A, so I don’t have time to sit and work my brain to write my blog . Whenever I have a free/quiet time, I usually relax, read book or browse net. I don’t want to think about anything else. And hubby was really busy with his work leaving me very busy in the evenings as well. Thank God, he is done with that now and I am sorta feeling relaxed in the evenings. I wonder if I still want to write my blog, sometimes I do but when I get a free time all I want to do is relax and not stress my brain .
Summer has been pretty good this year so we went out most of the weekend. Just last weekend, we went to Vancouver and I loved the break. Though I didn’t buy anything from there, it was a fantastic break. Hubby has been taking lot of pictures in our DSLR so that we could hang them in our home. I love how the DSLR changed our way of taking pictures. Our pictures almost look professional . Its still warm most of the afternoons and Baby A has been cranky since she gets bored if we get stuck at home. So I try to take her out at least once every 2 days.
Vancouver, BC
I don’t know if I am going to write reviews from now on but I will try my best but I am thinking of posting about food and books mostly. The books keep me sane . I will also talk about motherhood and how I am adjusting.
Thank you for your patience and Thank you for waiting during my break
Busy Month..
30 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Personal Tags: busy, Personal
Hello Readers,
I know I haven’t been posting much articles this month and I do have a reason for that . Motherhood is seriously tiring and since most of you have experienced this, I don’t have to explain . Baby A has some good days and some bad ones, so by the end of the day I am tired and all I want to do is relax. I found that writing an blog requires using your brain and by the end of the day, it just stops working .
This month has been super busy since we are moving houses. It started with looking for houses and then packing of course, which I hate since it feels like I just unpacked all of them. Thinking about it, Its just 11 months since we moved to this country . This week is packing of course since we are moving on Saturday. I seriously hope that we have boxes to fit all of our stuffs. Mid-June, my brother visited us for about 5 days so I was busy going around. Lets not forget the San Juan Island trip as well.
In between all these, we had to shop for some stuffs for the new house . I would have loved the shopping if only I didn’t feel tired . I usually enter the shop with lot of enthusiasm but within an hour, I get tired and all I want to do is lie down. Baby A is growing out of her clothes too quickly and some of the clothes are used just once. If we wash them, it shrinks and it doesn’t fit her. And we found that she has lot of summer clothes, which is not so good since we will need some thick clothes when its raining.
Moving on, we would have the internet in the new house by Saturday, Thank God. And the July 4th weekend would be our getting the house ready weekend. We have place all the stuffs in their places and hopefully they all will be arranged by the weekend. And I was also busy studying for the Driving Knowledge test this week and I passed (yayyy). It has been a tiring month and I can’t believe that my mom will be leaving in a month and I will all alone with Baby A . Hopefully I should be able to manage.
I am hoping that I will be able to post more articles in my blog next month and I also have been wanting to move my blog to a website but its getting difficult with the baby .
Thanks for reading my blog. Since you all are the reason I blog .
Busy Week..
21 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
Hello Readers,
I know that I haven’t blogged for a week and I know that many of you are wondering what happened to me. I was just busy till now . It is getting difficult with the baby since she is not sleeping during the day and she gets cranky so we had to console her all the time which is an energy drainer . I am sleep deprived since I am feeding her at 1 am and for a 10 hrs sleeper like me, 7-8 hrs is doing nothing .
Moving on, my brother visited me last week and we were so busy till today . We went to Leavenworth and Lake Chelan during the weekend and I will post the travel story soon. It was just gorgeous out there. Then we also went for a boat ride in Lake Washington and I totally loved the floating homes . And today we went out to some shops along with my parents and brother.
On Monday, I got some vaccinations done, about 4 of them . 2 of them was seriously painful and the nurse did say that I will be sore but I was ok till last night when it started to get very sore that I couldn’t move my arms up. And today morning, once I got up, I was really tired and when we were in the shops, I got so tired and I had no energy left by the time we reached home. Also I had fever and all I wanted to do was sleep but lets not forget the cranky baby and Thank god, my mom is here to look after her while I sleep . I don’t know what I am going to do after she leaves.
I am still tired and my arms still hurt. I am hoping that I will get some inspirations to blog this week.
