15 Marbles

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  • What does your Blog say about you?

    I stole picked up the tag from Mystic Margarita.
    When I saw MM’s post about Typealyzer,I knew it would be my next post.I am trying to write a post a day and my brain has died! Aadi is still sick,I don’t see any change in her,despite the antibiotics.She is very irritated and its taking every last ounce of my patience to not get mad.So,this came at a good time.
    Here’s what typealyzer,said about me:

    ESFP – The Performers
    The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells. They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan ahead – they are always in risk of exhausting themselves.

    They enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation – qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions.
    What does your say about you?Do you agree with what it says about me and about u??

    Me- I agree with most of the things-except that I do like to plan ahead but I still exhaust myself at the last minute!!LOL!

  • Couch25K


    If you have been reading blogs,you may already know about C25K plan.
    I read about C25K first on Broom’s blog and since then,it has intrigued me..but I did not think,it was for me.I had never jogged/run in my adult life.
    I have been following a diet for the last 2 months and have almost given up eating out…but the scale was stuck.My clothes are fitting better and I like to think that its the result of my efforts and not some miraculous stretching of fabric!
    So,I downloaded the podcasts and decided to start today. It was a cold and sunny morning.I donned a hat and set out.There is a park,right outside my gate.I debated whether to do the walk/jog there or go somewhere else.I didn’t want to run into one of the neighbours..Dont ask me why-Just! In the end,I decided to walk rite there..because in case,Aadi woke up and/or DH needed me.
    By now,I had warmed up and and Robert was telling me start my first jog.I started and it felt funny..then one earphone fell off..I have a problem-no earphones fit in my ears..they keep falling off..so very irritating.I put it back in my ear and immediately the next one fell off.I kept jogging..one hand on the earphone and jogging..60 seconds were up and I was walking again.
    All this while,I was thinking-If there is a programme called-funniest excercise videos,then I could participate and hope to win.If there was a video that the fitness trainers showed their clients,of “what-not-to-do-when-running”,I would be in that!
    A voice in my head said..”I am dying”..another said,”Listen if you die,like this,for the next 9 weeks,then,you will reach the fit-body heaven”..Now that was nice..hmm? I was thinking all this and more and before I knew it,Rob was telling me to walk the next 5 minutes to cool down.I was tired…and I knew,I would be tempted to go back home,immediately,so I walked off the park,onto the street in the opposite direction..that way,I knew,I would have to walk back home.
    I came home..tiredddd and happy.DH was beaming with pride,as if I had conquered the world…but all I had done was completed the first day of Week 1 of Couch to 5K!!
    Yayyy me..I have been sooooo excited all day long and been in high spirits..
    Hopefully the scale will start moving again..:)

  • The first weekend of May-happy:)

    Stealing a leaf from GM’s blog,I decided to write about our first weekend of May.
    Most of the saturday morning was spent in bickering..we have hardly spent anytime together.When DH comes home,he is still preoccupied with work and we hadn’t had a decent conversation in more than a week.It made us both antsy and we were snapping at each other.To change our moods,we decided to go out,thats when Goofy Mumma called to tell me about the free books and we changed tracks and went there.Check GM’s blog for pics.
    There were so many books..Imagine a huge dumpster,that was full of books and someone from the library,kept coming back with boxes full of books and dumping it in the dumpster.There were people standing around it and looking at the books,passing around what they picked and didnt want,everything was so nice and civilised-no pushing or shoving.I looked at some books,found some politics&history books for DH and was about to move away,when the Angel came back and dumped a heap of books in front of me..and guess what they were- Artsy-Craftsy Books!!As if they were dumped there just for me to pick up.I grabbed them,with both hands,carried as much as I could and walked away.
    This cheered me up considerably and DH was happy to see his books too.
    Oh and all over the streets were people dressed like Zombies..Their makeup was amazing..the white faces,fake blood and the works.I walked side by side a couple and they did their bit to scare me..another guy was knocking on the car windows and asking the people inside to “give me your Brains”..hehehe.
    We went shopping after that and picked up some regular school stuff for Aadi,I still cant believe I am the mom of a school-going kid-so what if its just play school?
    The rest of the evening,was happy and peacefully.
    On Sunday,we took Aadi to the doctor and it turns out that she has an ear-infection and had to be put on antibiotics.In a way its good,because she was in pain and was having trouble sleeping and swallowing.Some more shopping was done-winter essentials.
    Other than that,we watched two movies-‘HouseFull’ and ‘Jaane Kahan se Aayi hai’- Both were nice,light comedies..just right to drive the winter blues away.
    And just before bed,when I checked my email,there was a message from my cousin- She’s delivered a beautiful baby girl.The picture just made me go,Awww..Another one from our group,who is now a mom of a girl-yayy girls rule.The little Angel is a miniature of her mumma,..just perfect.Another member to the next generation of cousins.I hope this brood gets to spend some quality with each other and thinks of each other fondly,as do we.
    Hope the rest of the month is as happy as the first weekend:)
    Edited to add link.

  • What Alice Forgot-A Book Review


    [Image courtesy-Google Images]
    Woww..We are already in the fifth month of 2010..This year seems to zooming at jet speed,isn’t it? Do you sometimes remember what you were doing,a month back,or a year back or may be ten years back?Now,just think,what would you do,if you woke up one day,and found out that you have lost your memory of the last ten years of your life.That is what happenned to the heroine of the novel,”What Alice Forgot” by Liane Moriarty.
    Alice had a nasty fall at the gym and passed out.When she woke up,everyone looked different to her.But,more than anything else,she was worried about her baby.She was pregnant..But,it turns out,she wasn’t..she just had partial amnesia.She had forgotten the last ten years of her life-she had forgotten the 3 children,that she had given birth to and she had forgotten that she was separated from her husband. The old Alice,was ten years younger,expecting her first baby and madly in love with her husband,Nick.The old Alice cannot imagine what would have caused her marriage to break.
    The old Alice was shy and well loved and cannot understand,why everyone seems tensed around her..why her own sister seems edgy around her.
    She gets random memory flashes..and is trying to pick the pieces of her life..its like life has given her a second chance by taking away her memories.This memory loss gives her a chance to think about who she was,and who she seemed to have become..how some things got blown out of proportion..and how so much ugliness could have been avoided.
    Alice’s sister Elisabeth’s life is running on almost parallel lines..They are walking along side,but never meeting..until now.Elisabeth’s story is written in her own words as a journal entry and makes you want to reach out to her..She has had multiple miscarriages and her pain of infertility is very evident in her entries..When she started bleeding in her last pregnancy,I had to stop..to catch my breath.I actually said a silent prayer hoping that this time,she had the baby…
    But the most happenning part of the book is the honorary grandmother,who is all of 75 and living in a seniors home and get this -She writes a BLOG!! Yes!I thought that was really cool!
    This is a wonderful novel..the story is beautifully written,descriptions most vivid and it makes you think.
    If I were one of those acclaimed reviewers,I would have given it 4 out of 5 stars.
    I finished reading this book in the early hours of today and since then,I haven’t stopped thinking about it.More importantly I havent stopped thinking about my life and how much,I have changed as a person.

    I will write about that in a day or two..in the meantime,why don’t you try to remember what you were like 10 years back..
    more later..