Every summer it is a ritual for us to attend the community picnic. It is organized by our city in a lush green lawn overlooking a pool. Kids jump into the pool while adults hover on the lawn nibbling at corn cobs and watermelon wedges. This summer has been different. I have been walking past … Continue reading Mow the grass
Category: positivity
The Universe got back to me
Today, I got my refund from Costco. Someone from Costco read my blog and decided to take mercy on me. No. no just kidding, remember I had submitted a form online? They finally got back to me. See? if it is not a happy ending, it is not an ending. Confused? Read my blog for … Continue reading The Universe got back to me
Friday Humor – I ate salad today, you?
Hola! I have been taking life too seriously. Here is a picture I took during a visit to Boston (one of those souvenir shops where you spend a ton and don't know what to do with that stuff when you get home). Today's lunch
Beginner’s guide to dealing with FOMO
I have a 8 X 12 shed in the yard where I store my lawn mower etc. As you can tell it is not a huge space but I pretty much store everything outdoorsy there. Recent additions have been my bike, Quickerete cement, Fiskars branch trimmer and a leaf blower. The shed had become an … Continue reading Beginner’s guide to dealing with FOMO
Spinning out of control?
'God' aka 'Universe' has been the axis around which I have made my life spin. Of late, I have felt anxious, sad, angry, hopeless and a myriad of such emotions. I have been spinning like a wobbly ball with nothing to hold on to. Wobbly you wonder?- Well, I have been trying to solve all … Continue reading Spinning out of control?
The art of apology
I am very hardcore when it comes to my daily workout. I am a nice and sweet person overall, but if anyone takes me away from my routine runs/jogs/walks I can be a whole different beast. <Begin Beast Mode> Kiddo, who was supposed to jog with me today, woke up at 11 am. We went … Continue reading The art of apology
Red painted toe nails
Eons ago kiddo was learning how to swim underwater. Hubby and I would get into the 3 feet deep pool with her and he would stand at one end and me at the other. We would ask her to swim from dada to mommy. Simple enough right? Wrong. She asked me - "but mommy, how … Continue reading Red painted toe nails
Back and then forth
Hubby had the day off today and we wanted to make the most of it. We woke up, had our cuppa and were planning out the day. He suggested a hike and I came up with 3 routes we could go on. He got very excited and said "well, honey, you pick the route we … Continue reading Back and then forth
Grace
Hubby has been very busy and all working from home. He enters his cave at 8:30 am and exits at 6 pm. Today being Friday, he promised me that he would exit early and would spend time with me at 4 pm. He also mentioned that after our tete a tete he would go for … Continue reading Grace
Bees and Roses
I like to watch my roses bloom every spring. As spring rolled around this year, I was disappointed to see no roses. Well, one or two but not as many as I expected. I went closer to pluck a few. There were tons of bees on the rose plants and they kept buzzing around my … Continue reading Bees and Roses
