Guess what ? π Happy 5th Birthday N π. I know what you are thinking! “A birthday post again? Haven’t we gone through two “birthday” posts already now? ” I get it , I get it! It does seem like all I am doing is talking about birthdays and I am, because It’s raining milestones birthdays in our house this yearπ. Here I’ll make a promise, there is something that I have been working on and off for 2 months…
Bonjour, Good morning. How are you guys doing? It’s almost spring here, flowers have started to bloom, shades of pink,yellow and whites are slowly making an appearance, you can hear bird songs as early as 5 am and wait for it, the sun is now setting at 6pm π!! I almost didn’t write this post and then I came back to finish what I had started a week ago.In this space I share personal stories and happenings of my day…
Hello there! Missed me? Well I missed you guys. I have been working on a post for few weeks now and by looks of it, it’s going to take me a couple more weeks before I am ready to publish it. So , I figured until then we can talk about Valentine’s day. Our Valentine’s Day How was your Valentine’s day this year? Did something romantic – candle light dinner or just carried on with your day as usual? It…
Good evening. Can I ask you a question today ? When was the last time you wrote a letter ? Pause. Take a moment. Ready with your answer ? Are you smiling ? Did it bring back some fond memories? Hold on to that memory for bit. Enjoy this moment for a bit. Whatβs the hurry ? π I have enjoyed writing letters for as I long as I can remember. Reading a letter always brings back fond memories of…
Yes, this school year I volunteered to be the room parent for N’s class. No , not self volunteered rather the role fell into my laps and just couldn’t say no. I have only been volunteering for class/school specific activities, up until now. However, this year I moved on from following the instructions to giving out the instructions to a room full of parents (Parents can be a scary lot I tell youπ). A Room Parentβs primary duties are to…
π HAPPY NEW YEAR π Bonjour! Hope you are having a sparkling start to the year! Two years on and the virus doesn’t seem to be going anywhere , Vaccination and Masks are here to stay. I hope you are being smart, being compassionate and keeping safe. Here is my first post of 2022 recounting our last vacation of 2021. After a lovely road trip and back to back parties all in one week, we spent the 1st day of…
Hello there ! How are you planning to spend your last day of 2021? Party your way into 2022 or stay in pajamas and catch up on your favorite movie? For a change we are going to spend it partying with friends this year π. We are back from our 3 nights trip from Seaside, Oregon. Our Airbnb host tells us that before this it had only snowed in twice in this quaint little beach town. Well looks like we…
Merry Christmas ,do you celebrate Christmas? Well we drove down in snow and rain from cold Seattle to cold Seaside town in Oregon , our home for next three days. The girls are watching Jumanji for the first time while Ginger is cozying up next to S‘s feet as he prepares our dinner as I put finishing touches to this post from Crab Pot -our beach cottage. Just one week left to new year, are you excited for 2022? Wouldn’t…
Can you believe it’s December already? It’s going to be a La NiΓ±a winter this year for us, 2 years in a row, a brutal winter is coming! And as I am writing this I am reminded of the epic dialogue from Game Of Thrones “Winter is coming” π Brrr… What have you been watching this December? I am currently loving Scenes from a marriage on HBO max and if you haven’t guessed I am also watching the GOT reruns!…
π» I witch you a Happy Halloween π» Here it is -the second part to the three part series of our Halloween experiences in States.I kept my promise! In other news, currently I am watching Fleabag on Amazon Prime, yes I caught on to it rather late. Wouldn’t it be rather lovely to have that no filter attitude just once in a while and say what you gotta say? Ooh so tempting. Anyhow coming back to the topic, 2016-2018 was…
π» BOO π» With Diwali and Halloween over and Christmas at least a month away I am free to write. As much as I want to keep my posts up to date, I have been lagging behind since summer. Anyhow I am back with first of the three posts on our Halloween experiences. A photolog chronicling our 5 years of celebrating Halloween, more photos less words. I have split it into 3 parts, this first one is all about how…
If you landed here first, then you may want to catch up on Part 1! So continuing from where we left, here is how I got convinced β¦ So What happened? Now all was going well until V came home one day and told us about Edu! Edu is Vβs classmate’s Labradoodle pup who came to school all of last year and of course V saw him everyday and heard stories about him everyday. Yes that is how the Universe…
Yes I am finally coming to the father’s day celebration, I am almost close to the finish line, one more post and I will be finally done with summer π¬ Do you remember the Father’s Day Blooper? Yes, the same one where we, oh well fine, I goofed up big time! So, finally on the June 20th 2021, international Father’s day, we…… wait for it , did nothing ! Or that’s how the day started. The girls weren’t wee bit…
Bear with me, I still haven’t caught up with all the pending posts from this summer. I am almost there, a few more and then I will be done with summer and start with all things fall hopefully!π€ͺ Coming back to this post, this year on 4th of July weekend, we went to the Thunderbird show held at Gig Harbor to watch some of the US military and historic planes take over the clear blue summer skies. I was excited…
Remember how we left a night earlier than planned from our camping trip at Deception State Park? We left early from camping because the next day morning we were on our way to Eugene, a city in Oregon. Our destination-Crater Lake National Park, the only national park in all of Oregon! Interesting Fact: That weekend of June that we choose to visit the Crater National park turned out to one of be the hottest days in the recent history of…