New thoughts

During my afternoon thought sessions i realized that i was cramming two different loves of mine....cooking and quilting in one blog and was getting more and more confused about what to concentrate on. So i have decided to move all my food related activities to this blog and keep the other only for fabric related experiments.  This, i foresee will encourage me more to cook.

P.S. I love to think i love to cook....and i only run after time saving and quick recipes :).

A prolonged summer

Clear skies, perfect sunshine....all indicators of a perfect summer. Except.....this is supposed to be monsoon already. Indian seasons are getting confused as the years go by. The rains should have officially arrived a month back however here we still are blessed with a perfect summery weather. Apart from the absence of mangoes one really wouldn't know. The downside to this perrrrrfect weather is the power cuts and the water cuts. Having to time the chores according to the whims and fancies of water and power supply is proving to be a merry dance. DH is known to find a silver lining in even the drabbest of clouds. He says it's a good opportunity for me to improve my housekeeping efficiency :).

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! 

My Lists

I love making lists. It makes me feel organized. I make lists about the daily household chores, shopping lists, grocery lists, to do lists, weekly menu, and so much more. I also make lists of the stitch alongs or quilt alongs that I wish to join. I make lists about the books I would love to read or the places that I would love to see.  My fridge magnets are used more to hold these lists than as a decoration.  Do I stick to these lists? Not often, I ‘m afraid. Whenever I check my lists I feel like doing something other than what is listed. However it doesn’t stop me from making some more lists. J

A kitchen adventure...

An overzealous housewife, a glass bowl, a scream, sounds of running feet, blood, stitches and painkillers. Oh, and by the end of this all a frustrated husband! :)


Not a plot for a new story, however 'it happened to me' last night. I was drying the crockery and a glass bowl slipped from my hand. It smashed on the kitchen platform and before going to pieces took it's revenge on me by giving me a deep cut on my wrist.

One scream and a shout later i rushed to my father in law's (a doctor) for a dressing. He took one look and rushed me to the hospital for stitches. The doctor at the hospital kept asking me if i would panic through the procedure and if i wanted my husband to hold my hand while he stitched the wound. I said no and he produced a big stapler and stapled the wound together....

Well, now here i am, on painkillers, antibiotics and with a sling in my neck to support my arm.

The brighter side -

Ira wasn't in the kitchen when this happened.
My husband was home so he could look after her while i rushed to my father in law's place.
My in laws stay next door so i always have help in case of emergencies.

Ira, though only 2 and a half understood that i had limited mobility and dressed herself for school this morning without a fuss and i am once again proud of my baby. :)

On the verge of becoming a 'stay at home mother'

This is a big transition for me as I have worked for all my life so far. There was a time when I used to dread being at home full time. There wasn’t much to do around the house as it was just the two of us – me and my husband. My work was my outlet of meeting people, making friends, exchanging ideas and keeping in touch with the ever changing world around me.


Now I find myself looking forward to becoming a full time homemaker and mother. I would get a lot more time to spend with my daughter. She is almost two and a half and is a delightful child. I would be there with her watching her grow, watching her enjoy every moment, watching her go to school…

Would I be bored? I don’t think so. I also would get much more time to read, to embroider, to cook… so many possibilities, so many options.