Thanksgiving

ThanksGiving Time..I started off writing about the things I am thankful for.I am thankful for a lot of things in my life- my family, my parents, Linux, my friends, health and so much more.But then I got an idea reading another blog to make a list of some of the totally frivolous, non essential things that I am nevertheless thankful for?So here goes..
I am thankful for ..
Mp3 players.They make my 2 miles on the treadmill bearable.
The wonderful experience of reading a book and be transported to this whole other world.
Whoever thought of putting series/shows on DVD..I have caught up with so many shows this way which would have been otherwise impossible.
Wii.It lets me play games like tennis without sweating.
Living in a state which is by the seashore.I love beaches.
I have a lot more to go on but then I think I will stop with these.Tell me what are those frivolous things that you are thankful for?

Nostalgia Nagging

I met one of my college friends over this weekend.A has come over to NJ officially and we planned to meet up in NY city.Its been 7 years since we completed our Masters and this is the first time we are meeting.Lots have happened over these years..not just in A’s life and mine but to all of our class mates.Almost everyone has got married, some of them have kids who are in the 1st grade. It was great reminiscing over student life..a simpler life.Down memory lane…A journey we make often.

A day with the fishes

So we went to the Aquarium in Camden, NJ.The second time this year.The first attempt was in summer.I say attempt because we never got to see anything the first time.Munchkin was very excited but it was afternoon by the time we reached and he was sleepy..so it was a whirlwind tour, literally!!This timewe had been with munchkin’s thatha(grandpa) and paati(grandma). We had a good time tho munchkin was scared to even get down from the stroller.The only time he was enthusiastic was when we were watching the hippos swim.That was an amazing sight.(An interesting thing about hippos is that they cannot swim and are not buoyant. When in deep water, they usually propel themselves by leaps, pushing off from the bottom. Their specifc gravity allows them to sink and walk or run along the bottom of a river). I loved watching the jelly fish.Somehow they were entrancing.Its hard to imagine a thing of such beauty, grace can give a deadly sting.We got to touch some baby sharks too. Now, that was an experience!

Reviving...

I was talking to S today when she said that my blogs of late have both reduced in frequency and content. I have been feeling that way too but the truth always strikes home faster and sharper when someone says it out. It got me thinking as to why I started writing in the first place.I want this blog to be a chronology of our lives.We are making memories and I want to have a journal which I can visit in the future and find happiness.Its not just a journal about munchkin , its about our lives. A place where I can share my happiness, vent out my frustrations, dream…A blog is verbalism at its best!
I am going to make an effort to blog more ..not just for the reasons above , but because I love writing.

Tot time

I am having the mother of all headaches..I guess it is the weather mixed with a bit of residual cold that I already have courtesy munchkin.We have signed up for a Mommy & Me class at our local library and it starts at 10:30 am today.I don’t want to miss it cos munchkin is pretty excited about it.He misses going to the daycare and being with friends.I had some sukku kaapi(paati’s vaidyam rules!!) and feel a little better already.I am sure I will feel a whole lot better once I go to the library.Being amidst kids is a therapy by itself.Their joy is infectious!!

Trick or Treat

If a picture speaks a thousand words here are 5000 words to describe the fun munchkin had on Halloween.We spent Halloween day in Linux’s cousin d’s home in Virginia.It was fun.We had been to the Shenandoah mountains during the day.Munchkin had been having fever on and off so he was kinda dull the whole trip.Thanks to Tylenol, he was his usual self for Halloween night.D and me took the dinosaur Trick or treating(he was dressed up as a dinosaur, a very cute one…).