15 Marbles

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  • Weekend Lunch/Brunch

    WOW!I did it again..let this blog sit unattended..for so long.I try,I really try to keep up..I take pictures after cooking every interesting dish-old/new.I plan about writing stuff here.. but these days time is like sand..it just slips through my fingers..and I don’t even know when.
    I hope you all have been well and I hope at least some of you are still reading:)
    Over the last few months(read when I was pregnant and after little A was born!),weekend Brunch is just something we grab outside..Mc.Donalds,Nandos or some Indian restaurant…and that’s about it.And by evening,we are all hungry,tired and not satisfied..And tonight as I was cooking dinner,I was reminiscing the weekends of my childhood.
    Isn’t it funny how most of our childhood memories have something related to food associated with them? I guess,its because our moms put in a a lot of effort in making sure there was fresh food on the table,for every single meal.Also,restaurants were few and far and eating-out was a rare treat.Seriously,our generation eats out so much,there is nothing exciting about it.
    So, not to digress, the weekend Lunch menu while I was growing up was-
    either a wholesome full-bodied chicken curry with rice and fresh rotis,a nice salad on the side.
    OR
    Chole(Chickpea curry) or Rajma(Kidney Beans curry) with Rice,fresh rotis and yogurt and salad
    OR
    Chinese style chicken chili and fried rice
    OR
    Fish Fry with Daal-rice
    OR
    Any non-veg curry with rice and roti.

    And I really want to bring back real food to the table. Most nights I cook dinner that lasts us for next days lunch too..But,I want the weekend menu to be something different,quick and fresh..And I am looking for ideas.Would you please be kind enough to leave me a note and tell me what your weekend meals are like?

  • 5

    That’s my new favorite number:) Do you know why? Well,lemme show you:
    Babushka’s Shrug

    Babushka’s Canvas shoes

    My Canvas shoes

    These cute tees for Babushka(pic courtesy-google images)

    All the things in the pictures costed me $5 each. Not only this,I found cute everyday Rompers for Babychino,for $5 each.
    This post may also be titled- Why I love driving 🙂 Now,I can go to the stores at leisure(read-when Babushka is at Kinder),browse peacefully(read-when SD is not breathing down my neck,asking me to hurry up and stick to the LIST)..well,I love these little bargains:) Don’t you?

  • I’ve been tagged :)

    WHAT WAS YOUR:

    1. Last beverage : A home-made Mocha

    2. Last phone call : Husband

    3. Last text message : One of my mum-friends from Aadya’s Kinder

    4.Last song : Chammak Challo

    5. Last time you cried : an hour back,while watching a movie

    HAVE YOU EVER:

    6. Dated someone twice : yes and married him too!

    7. Been cheated on : NO

    8. Kissed someone & regretted it : nah-uh!

    9. Lost someone special : My mom

    10. Been depressed : oh,yes!

    11. Been drunk and threw up : LOL! No didn’t throw up..just got a little happy:)

    LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:

    12.Red,Blue,Purple

    SINCE LAST YEAR (2010), HAVE YOU:

    15. Made a new friend : yes:)

    16. Fallen out of love : Nope..still going strong..hate him at times,but still madly in love!

    17. Laughed until you cried : Don’t remember when

    18. Met someone who changed you : Yes-gave birth to her!

    19. Found out who your true friends were : Absolutely!

    20. Found out someone was talking about you : No

    21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend’s list : Yes,sure!

    GENERAL:

    22. How many people on your FB friends list do you know in real life: umm quite a few 🙂

    24. Do you have any pets: not here:) He’s at my dad’s 🙂

    25. Do you want to change your name : No never

    26. What did you do for your last birthday : spent the day with a girlfriend,first time in last 9 years:) All these years,I always spent the day with Sanj!

    27. What time did you wake up today: 4:00 am,then 6 am ,then 8 am..and finally at 9:15am!

    28. What were you doing at midnight last night : surfing the net

    29. Whats something you can’t wait for: to start earning

    30. Last time you saw your mother: A couple days back,in my dreams:) If only dreams could be real.

    31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: My mom would still be alive and spoiling my husband and babies rotten..I would be calling her up,every day,for random nonsensical chats.

    32. What are you listening to right now: Panchatantra,that Aadi is watching!

    33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom? nope!But I did know someone called Jerry!

    34. What’s getting on your nerves right now: People expecting too much of a 4 yo!

    35. Most visited webpage : facebook, wordpress,gmail

    37. Nickname(s) :Trish

    38. Relationship Status : Happily married with kids

    39.Zodiac Sign : Aquarius

    40. He or She: She

    41. Elementary : St.Johns English school,Rajasthan,India

    42. High School :     Kendriya Vidyalaya-various locations,India

    43. College : RRC,Mumbai

    44. Hair color : BLACK

    45. Long or short hair : Long

    46. Height : 5’1″

    47. Do you have a crush on someone? : nope

    48. What do you like about yourself? : My friendly,no-nonsense nature..What you see is what you get-what I am inside,is what you see outside:)

    50. Tattoos : I haven’t had the guts to get one,so far

    51. Righty or lefty : Righty

    FIRSTS :

    52. First surgery : Appendectomy

    53. First piercing : Ears-those are my only piercings too

    54. First best friend : My sister!

    55. First sport you joined : Badminton

    56. First vacation : My vacation memories are made up of trips to Devlali,where my grandparents lived!

    RIGHT NOW:

    59. Eating : nothing

    60. Drinking : nothing

    61. I’m about to: make tea

    62. Listening to :Panchatantra tales

    63. Waiting for : a break,India trip,someone special’s wedding..a much-waited break for another special someone…

    YOUR FUTURE :

    64. Want kids?     Already have two beautiful babies

    65. Get Married? : ummm yes!

    66. Career? : will have one,one day!

    WHICH IS BETTER :

    67. Lips or eyes : Eyes

    68. Hugs or kisses :Definitely Hugs..

    69. Shorter or taller :Taller

    70. Older or Younger : Older

    71. Romantic or spontaneous : Depends

    72. Nice stomach or nice arms : nice arms!

    73. Sensitive or loud : sensitive

    74. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship!

    75. Funny or Shy?: funny

    HAVE YOU EVER :

    76. Kissed a stranger : nope!

    77. Drank hard liquor : yes,tried it!

    80. Broke someone’s heart : yes-not intentionally:(

    81. Had your own heart broken : yes

    82. Been arrested : no

    83. Turned someone down : yes

    84. Cried when someone died : Yes

    DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

    86. Yourself : Yes!

    87. Miracles : yes

    88. Love at first sight : no

    89. Heaven : Yes

    90. Santa Clause :     yes

    91. The tooth fairy : well why not!

    92. Angels : Yes:) I am dreamer:)

    Now i take pleasure to tag R’s Mom, Shruti and Little Fingers. Do tag three more ppl when you finish!

  • Where is the time going?

    Do you know,where is the time going?Because,really,I have no idea!!!One minute,I am moping over the weekend that got over too soon and the next thing I know,its almost time for the next weekend.
    Everyday,I think about updating the blog..Every day,I think of all the things,that I want to share with you all and every day,I promise myself,I will write after the girls are in bed..but,nope!doesn’t happen!!
    OK,first things first,Babykins needs to be rechristened:) SD wants her to be known as Babychino on the blog..Since I picked Babushka’s name,I guess,its only fair to let him pick the baby’s name.So,Babykins will hence be known as BabyChino here:)
    So much has happened since I last updated-
    We completed 3 months as a family of 4! Yes,BabyChino turned 3 months and wow!! is she the cutest 3 month old or what!!! She has found her voice and keeps trying it out,every waking minute..She loves having long conversations and to my ears,its the best music ever..:)
    We celebrated BabyChino’s first Diwali and she decided that she wasn’t really interested in a Happy Diwali afterall!!She cried and cried from 3:30pm till 6:00pm..Going off to sleep in between.She calmed down long enough for us to get dressed..and then started crying again..when it time to do the Lakshmi Puja.I wore a saree after more than a year..and in a record time of under 10 minutes!!
    Babushka had her new school orientation and today we went in for the information night! She will start Prep in February and Gosh!I can’t wrap my head around it..that my first baby will go to a BIG school everyday,wearing a uniform!!She has another transition day,next week and can’t wait for it to be next year.
    Babushka also started Kumon and after the initial excitement fizzled off,she isn’t too happy with the Maths worksheets.. but she loves English and is trying to read,looking at pictures.
    My weight-loss has stopped..I haven’t seen the scale shift in the last ten days..All the Diwali sweets and no walking,don’t seem to help either.I keep thinking,I will go for a walk,but the constant running around in the house and driving to and from the kinder/kumon/library etc,4 days a week..means a long backlog of housework,and effectively no me-time!
    I still haven’t booked the CT scan..SD fell sick last week..along with the girls..hopefully tomorrow,I will book the scan.
    Ohh.. we celebrated Halloween this year:) Babushka dressed up like a Witch Princess and BabyChino was a Turtle.Lets just say,we brought home a big haul of treats…which is a big thing,considering,Halloween isn’t big in Australia.
    I leave you with some pictures:)
    See I can Roll:)

    And this is how I wake up my big sister:)

    Happy Halloween:)

    See you soon,till then,Be good and Take care of yourself 🙂