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| Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
Friday
The day was randomly good and bad. The refrigerator conked off the day before, all by itself. I wouldnt have minded generally, but I had the freezer stocked with BSK's milk. I had to throw away everything. DH went out to get a bag of ice to salvage some of it to last atleast one day. Turns out there was nothing really wrong with the refrigerator. One of us had inadverantly turned the cooling off. It had to be done with a weird combination of pressing two keys simultaneously for 3 seconds, I dont know how anyone could have done it inadvertantly. But it happened, and thats that.
Just when I thought things were sailing smooth with BSK, this happened. I had half a mind to stay at home so BSK can be fed. But this was the day that my calendar was full of meetings that I couldnt budge out of. Including a long due lunch meeting. DH decided to take the morning off to get the fridge fixed. He called the service line and it got fixed in a matter of seconds, just press two buttons simultaneously for more than 3 seconds. Darn! In a hurry we left to work.
Work was all messed up. Stressful morning. I had a welcome break when I met dear Daisy for lunch. She is a blogger with similar interests (read Surya) as mine. :--D I mean we live in the same place, go to work in the same place, take the same freeway for God's sake it was just a matter of time before we met. Daisy is a lovely lady and we caught up on our lives and babies as we dug into our Thai food. It really didnt feel like I was meeting her for the first time, having known her through her blog and the few mail exchanges we had for a couple of years now. Hope to see more of her and her little Aghoo. First impressions - tall and sweet lady with lovely hair and a charming smile! ;--)
More work in the afternoon later I was glad it was Friday as I drove home. DH and I decided to hit the gym. But as we headed out DH lost the enthu to workout and I had a bad headache and so we decided to have our own little date at the Starbucks opposite the gym. :--S So we had a date in our tracks and sneakers. Over coffee cake and light Mocha we talked about impending trip plans, finance, shopping, life in general, things we talk about mostly over email because we are too tired or too busy with BSK or talking about boring household stuff that needs to be taken care of when together otherwise.
End of mixed Friday.
Monday
Something totally adorable happened. I make this pbbbbttt face (where you blow air through your mouth so your lips vibrate, ok with that visual of me to tickle your sense of humour, lets continue) to BSK because it makes her giggle. I have been doing it for a few months now, during diapers changes, outfit changes, to keep her entertained so she doesnt roll over or get restless.
Last night Missy had a nap at 8PM which is unusual, so she was up past her bed time at 10:30. She was all playful, just wouldnt lie down quiet. Finally when she settled down on my shoulders she started doing pppbbt, err, trying to do it. She just ended up showing her tongue out and blowing out, spitting all over. It was sooo cute. I couldnt help but burst into laughter. Of course she in turn burst into laughter seeing me. So I made pbbbbt again and she immediately did her pbbbbt and laughed uncontrollably, and I did too. I guess this is the first time she actually imitated me. It was amazing. The little baby is learning new things everyday and its a treat to watch her. Once she learns something she does it in her sleep too which is how involved she is in her learning process I guess :--P She rolls over in her sleep, gets on her tummy without knowing and then she wakes up wondering what the hell happened LOL! So even as she was falling asleep, she kept doing pbbbbt. Oh god how can someone be so cute?
Needless to say I slept a happy lady.
End of Monday
Random musings
With my latest task of re-doing my wardrobe, my favorite time pass is reading 'fashion' blogs. This is a website recommended by good friend A. www.alreadypretty.com. Some of her body image posts are great. Recent one on flaws too. she suggests thrifting for designer stuff. I am not buying into this whole thrifting stuff, really, I cannot imagine wearing clothes used by someone else. Then I began to wonder who buys designer stuff at full price. I tried on some branded stuff and really they were not really eye catching but were uncomfortable. I am not for being a cheapo but really there is only so much you can spend to get decent quality stuff.
DH's friend's wife apparently shops like there is no tomorrow on Black Friday and as a consolation gets stuff for the friend too. And DH also knows people at work who buy hundreds of dollars worth of shirts and watches. These are consultants we are talking about and agreed they have to give importance to what they wear to make a good impression on clients. But, I mean, these are men we are talking about. Is it a way of showing one's worthiness or lets say well-off-ness? May be a decade ago I would have thought 'if it costs more, it must defintely be worth the money or it definitely makes me a better person' or something like that. Ok may be it is, but now I think, do I really have to spend so much to get this? Does having that only make me a better person?
Some research showed me that its the high income low accumulation upper middle class folks that buy such items. Just to show their wealth. But the real millionaires with the real money, who are actually high accumulation group rarely 'show' their wealth this way. They would rather invest their money in something that matures over time than spend it on something that depreciates in value. But there is also this question of just living up your life who are you saving for. Actually this is exactly the question I used to ask my Dad when he used to be very cautious about spending money. I realized later that he wouldnt blink an eye to spend money on things that really are important like education. He just doesnt like unnecessary expenditures. He doesnt like 'aadambaram'. Now I have to say I have successfully made the transition to his side. There has to be a balance. And we do have to save for a rainy day.
We watched a few mins of Fun With Dick and Jane the other day and I did get scared a bit wondering what the hell would happen if we lost our jobs. Its not just us, but there is little BSK in the picture who needs to have a happy easy childhood that she can fondly remember. Budgeting really helps here. Decide how much you can afford to spend on yourself and dont go beyond that.
End of Random Musings (for now. More on this some other time) |
posted by SK @ 6:20 PM  |
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yeayyyyyyy! I AM MENTIONED IN YOUR POST!! I feel like amitabh bacchan tweeted about me :) ( ok ok slight exaggeration)..
"tall and sweet lady with lovely hair and a charming smile"
Hehehe.. I am blushing right now :P
It was WUNNNNNNNNNNNNNERFUL meeting you.. and how come we did not talk about Surya ? ;)?
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Hi There!
I have bumped into your blog coming from one of my friends blog and ever since then I love it especially because I had baby gal too who is just 3 weeks younger to yours and many of the things you post on what you are going through or milestones are so much of what I am going through as well and I grok all your posts and visit your blog everyday to see of any new postings.
I was just shocked to see how much of milk you had to throw away tsk tsk but the fact that you said the day still was randomly good and bad was really a good attitude!!
Keep the posts coming, we love it!
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Daisy! Hahah! Iwasnt sure if I could link you, adhan panla. Was greaaaaat meeting you. Hope to catch up with you again, to just talk about surya ;--D
Anon,
Congrats on the baby! They are getting more fun now aren't they!
Reg milk, well, i am glad she has crossed the 6month mark, no point worrying no. ;--)
Let me know, we can exchange notes ;--)
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Oh....I feel terrible when I have to pour away breast milk :(
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yeayyyyyyy! I AM MENTIONED IN YOUR POST!! I feel like amitabh bacchan tweeted about me :) ( ok ok slight exaggeration)..
"tall and sweet lady with lovely hair and a charming smile"
Hehehe.. I am blushing right now :P
It was WUNNNNNNNNNNNNNERFUL meeting you.. and how come we did not talk about Surya ? ;)?