Nostalgic or Bliss!!

Today I'm nostalgic about so many things... so many people... so many incidents... Not sure whether these sleepless nights are taking a toll on me.. But I just miss those wonderful days when Sel and I used to go out (YAYYYY!!) without any plans... No diaper bags.. no searching for restrooms with changing stations.. no pulling over.. We have gone out for long drives on weekends just because we felt like going out.. NO STRINGS ATTACHED!!..Days when I used to go to gym rain or shine or snow... days when Sel and I used to meet in a food court in a mall (close to our house and Sel's office) to have our homemade food.. hours and hours of cooking to try out a new recipe... minutes of talking over the phone to pull my friends legs .. days when we used to hold hands and walk to a grocery store just to drink a coffee.. I miss those days when I go out for window shopping and buy loads of stuff and then return a few just because Sel didnt feel that those items were necessary!! .. Those harsh winter evenings when Sel and I walk out for dinner to some nice place and have a dessert loaded with 4 or 5 digits calories.. 

But now, while planning to go out is one big activity, preparing to go out is the next huge activity.. Don't get me wrong here.. I'm not saying that I'm not enjoying these fine moments with our new bundle of joy.. But it's just that I miss those moments.. or should I say that I'm cherishing those moments now...

It's true that our life has taken a different course.. where we have to act more maturely and be more cautious.. play a role of detective in finding out what is that that is bothering our munchkin...Believe me when I say I need more sleep, I mean it.. But, it is, indeed, a wonderful feeling to see an infant who thinks you are special.. who talks to you with all the 'aahhhss' and 'ooooss' when he doesnt have a clue about what we talk *or does he!!!*.. who calms down when you hold him... who laughs at you when he sees you.. *Bless*

Simply put, Motherhood is a bliss.. It really doesn't matter whether I walk like a zombie due to inadequate sleep or whether my day time job is more tiring than it used to be.. IT JUST DOESN"T MATTER... I love my munchkin with all my heart...

I'm sure that I don't miss my old life as much as I enjoy my new avatar.. *vague smile and dozing off due to lack of sleep*....

It's really the wonderful time of the year!!

Hellloooo... Ok.. Let's not focus on the fact that I wasn't on the blogging world for quite some (OKKKK... a longgg) time.. :)

Things have been crazily busy for us.. From Halloween to Diwali to Thanksgiving to Christmas.. Not that we arranged party of any sort.. It's just that the time flies during the second half of the year with long weekends, planning resolutions for the next year, feeling guilty about not doing few things over the past 11 months etc., Anyways, this year Sel and I decided to buy a christmas tree for our own sweet home.. We thought it will be fun to be a part of this nation's most celebrated festival.. It really is fun to do something new..

With well lit lights all around our place, I really feel happy..  We really love our tree.. Vow!!!

It took us sometime to find and arrange the tree with all the ornaments, ribbons, snowflakey stuff and the Tree Top.. Thanks to Sel's creativity.. It turned out to be an amazing piece of art.. What say!!

I took off from work yesterday just to use one of my vacation days.. Things were pretty depressing for me at work (as in troubleshooting equipments), but I'm sure it'll be better.. Soon.. Pretty soon.. Hopefully soon.. !! *fingers crossed*

When I went out in the evening, the weather was, disgustingly, cold.. Windy & cold - I call them "Evil twins"!

And today, is another day-off for me.. SEL!! Do you really have to go to work today!! We didn't see anyone on the road in the morning!! Just wreaths, lights, closed doors!!! 5 more hours to go for the wonderful evening of the year..

Now, I am all set for Christmas.. Gifts have already gone under the tree.. :)

Merry Christmas to you and to your family!! *singing jingle bells song*

Half-time vacation report.

Our vacation is almost over!!! Oh.. yeah, Sel and I took off this entire week becoz of his overflowing vacation days and I had few personal days which had to be used before end of this year. So, we decided to take off this week without any plans.. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?? Sel and I decided to take off few days without any plan for outing or any activities.. *smiles*


But yet, YET, we had a bunch of activities to be taken care of.. Simple things like cleaning the house, setting up our wonderful photo wall, paintings arrangement, drive down to a nearby famous university, visit few malls just for window shopping, gear up with ideas for my Halloween day costume (YES.. Mars, Kris and I are gonna be Turtles from TMNT.. Can't wait for my first Halloween day celeb *grins*).. 


We are also planning on going for apple and pumpkin picking sometime during this week.. We also did some unintended shopping like PS3 move for Sel..  Till now, he seems to enjoy it.. Let's wait for a week to get the pros and cons from him.. SO, I'm gonna stick myself to computer for the next few days till he gets over his feelings for his new found lovely!!! (He wants me to play but it's just that I'm not yet READY for the new gadget!! *sighs*)


However, NOT doing any major thing for a whole week is a BLISS, I say.. Just imagine this - You get up in the morning without any plans, then decide on your activities as day goes by... hmmm... Sounds exciting, isn't it (but I'm sure it will start to get boring if we continue to do it and so is our vacation just for a week)... 


So, here we are enjoying our vacation.. 
Now you just have to wait for 2 more days for your regular weekend, so don't sigh... 


See ya later... 

To my wonderful dad...

Happy Birthday, Dad..

I can't thank you enough for all that you have done to me..

I am not old enough to bless you, but I am smart enough to request the big God to grant everything you ever wanted and to bless you with wonderful, fun-filled years to boss around.. ^giggles^

I love you so much dad.. Wishing you a very happy, wonderful, healthy, get-what-you-want-kinda birthday... 

Going green.. Yes, we're..

Going green doesn't mean I'm gonna be like Shrek from now, you silly!!! I meant I am going to take necessary steps to reduce the environment pollution caused by me.. I know.. We were surprised to learn the amount of pollution caused just by our decisions to choose.. Decisions that looked just like another simple choice but it had atleast a tiny bit of impact on the environment pollution). 

Sel and I have decided to change few things in our daily routine.. Lemme share our thoughts about 'going green' now:

• We have decided to take our own metal cutlery instead of using plastic cutlery!!
• No more plastic cups for coffee or water.. We have our own ceramic coffee mug at office and a water bottle to get sufficient amount of water.
• No more plastic bags from grocery stores.. YES, we bought our own reusable bag for groceries shopping.
• We try to avoid using our car to go to all nearby places.
• We do not print anything unless it is REALLY need.. Even then it has always been double-sided printing..
• We never let water run when not in use (especially while brushing!!)
• We use cold water for laundry (yes, that's an energy saver)
• We changed most of our electric products to energy-efficient products

Now, we are still planning to make few more changes and our thought-process is working continuously to find different ways to save this wonderful environment.. *pats on shoulder*

I don't know whether we'll benefit from all these changes, but I am very positively sure that our grandkids will.. What say?.. :)