Excuses for not doing anything productive

I have never known days to fly by so fast. First there was that little toothache so i ignored it. Then the tooth decided to increase the pain and i hurried to the dentist. She very kindly informed me that i had not one but 3 bad teeth and i needed extractions and implants. So many a painkillers and antibiotics later i was finally free from the pain and the teeth. All through the past month i felt like i was living in another world where only me and my teeth exist. Thankfully i still have some time to go before i see the dentist again for implants though i am now an advertisement for 'what happens when you ignore toothache and think yourself smarter than the dentist'. I am sure she will have my case history put up as a warning for people visiting her. The kiddo initially was very sympathetic to my pain and so spared me from my task of telling her bedtime stories. As the days wore on she became quite convinced that i was putting forward the excuse of pain to avoid telling a bedtime story...which was true at certain times coz i am normally asleep before she is.

I still managed to make the Diwali a bit fun for the kid though. Now that she is 4, she will remember what we did this time. So my husband made a pretty lantern and i went traditional all the way with rangolis.

Toddler Talk

When she came home from school yesterday I asked my daughter why her lunch box was half eaten. She looked at me seriously and said " Because of you! You should know how much food a 4 year old can eat!".

Guess i need to take lessons from her now! :)

Weekend fun!

My family and me went for a drive from Pune to Varandha ghat last Saturday. It was an impromptu picnic with last minute grabs of whatever food we could pack in ten mins. The rains have made that entire road beautiful with small rivulets and waterfalls revealing themselves in every nook and corner. The kiddo loves our 'spur of the moment' picnics and enjoyed being dunked in a waterfall too. We love doing unplanned stuff and this was one trip where we couldn't decide when to stop clicking photos. 

Breakfast

One of the many questions that i face every day is what would i cook for breakfast and for tea. My lunch and dinner menus are easily based on the contents of the fridge. Sometime ago, i have started following food blogs with a passion to find 'quick and easy' recipes. No matter how i try i cannot get up early enough in the morning to make a complete breakfast meal. So quick and easy is my mantra. As a result I am a huge fan of Tarla Dalal's food site. MRs. Dalal has an awesome collection of quick and yum recipes. Also the fact that if you follow her instructions the dish is bound to turn out well, helps a lot. I tried her Amiri Khaman recipe and it turned out really well. Now i can earn brownie points from the husband and the kid - quickly and easily! :)

Resurrection

Since i began the chronicles my adventure with the needle, thread and fabric, i have seriously neglected this blog of mine. This was my first venture to voice all the thoughts that normally my husband is the only listener of.

This new year, along with adding to my other blog about quilting, i plan to record snippets of my life, thoughts and adventures in this one. Let me see how far i keep up the resolution!