Theme Day- Glass

Today is the first day of March and the theme is "Glass". I took this photo of our fish tank looking through the glass.




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Camera Critters - Merlin Chewing on Wood

Since tomorrow is theme day for our photo-a-day blog, I'm posting Camera Critters today.

This photo is of Merlin (See horse on previous post). For some reason he loves to chew on the wood.

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One Sure Way

…to ruin a breezy sun-kissed spring morning is to open the local section of your morning paper, and come upon a report about a man who killed his two daughters, hacked their bodies into small pieces, and went on to stew them. This is when suspicious neighbours set the police on him, thus preventing him from proceeding with what I assume was his dinner.
Sheeesh! I can’t believe I pay to read this stuff!

On a happier note, after spending the first half of my birthday in a nervous fever, I finally got my result (ICSI final), and boy did I kick SOME BUTT!!! At last I am a Company Secretary.
Such glad tidings, however, have completely miffed my boss, the Monster, who seems to have been waiting to gloat at my failure, and to affirm his conviction that of course girls have less brains than his pet dog. Having been robbed of this opportunity, he wears a face as black and as sour as jamun, and tells anyone who would listen- “The exams were really much tougher in my time, only the very best got through. These days anybody can make it through CS. Anybody.”
Yeah, well, you can’t have everything…

Hello all I had a great day. I got to do some scrap shopping!! YEAH! I got some paper and a kit and some stickers and some alpha chipboard and some glitter. I had so much fun. I had the girls with me all day. We met gil for lunch and that was really nice. We are doing good. Gil and eli just left a few minutes ago and we had a little time to talk a bit. I also got a chance to do a little scrapping. The only thing missing for me is a scrap room but since I don't get to do it all the time I am ok with just moving my stuff to the living room when I do want to do a page. Gil wants to make me something and who knows maybe at some point we will be able to do something about it. The girls miss him so much I don't think it will be too much longer before he will be home for good. I have to work tomorrow and I am a little excited because I want to find out if I have an interview next week with Linda for the Nurse Family Partnership position. I really want that new position and I am excited about all the posibilities with that position. Well hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Here are my latest layouts. One is of myself it didnt turn out the way I thought I had planned on putting more about myself and then when I was done I thought hey that is me it may not say all about me but there is always time for another layout :0 I did a layout of alyssa and she is always making this funny face I just happened to capture it that day--good for my layout. I also did a layout of gaby because she is always and I mean always taking pictures of herself--she is beautiful and I love to see her face. I also did one of Marina and I love to do layouts of her because she is so photogenic and pretty. Anyway take care will be back soon.

Sky Watch Friday - Horses

Not much happening with the sky. It was really cold. This is Spot and Merlin my sister's horses.

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ABC Wed. - "F" = Flowers and Front Porch

Today is ABC Wed. and It's the letter "F" for flowers and front porch. I really like this. Normally I would think pink isn't a great color for a porch but they have this one done really cute. I would think that they are fake flowers since it's been really cold here this winter.

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Well it is another night here at home with my girls. Gil and eli just left we had a wonderful dinner together. Ralph is at school and Josh went to clean his apartment. Josh is going to go home this weekend now that his show is over and his mom will be going back to Korea on friday. It will be quiet without him here--well not really quiet but a little quieter than normal. I know I am going to miss him being here. I am going to try to do a layout or two in a bit when alyssa falls asleep. Poor baby she has not been feeling well. She has a double ear infection and a cough that won't go away. I have tried about 5 different cough medicines and nothing NOTHING is working. Tonight I am going to try some benadryl to see if the post nasal drip stops and she has a chance to sleep or I should say I get a chance to sleep. For the last two nights it has been crazy I have slept maybe an hour or two for the past two nights. I went to scrap heaven and I really liked it. I like it alot more than scrapbook 911. Scrap heaven has alot more choices. I bought this really pretty paper (hhmmm can't remember right now the name) anyway I am going to use it to do a layout of myself. I had been wanting to do a layout of myself but was a little scared I am not the most photogenic and I often don't like the pictures of myself, but I thought you know what I have this pretty paper and I really think it would go good with this one particular picture of myself so guess what I am gonna just do it!!! Yeah. Well gotta go the girls are demanding my attention--as usual :) Hope everyone has a blessed week. Peace out.

No Pets Allowed

I thought this sign was cute. It says; "No Pets Allowed" but then they add "Except for seeing eye dogs." I think it should have read, "Seeing Eye Dogs Only." But, then what do I know? LOL.

Mellow Yellow Monday - Yellow Peep

My grandson made this for me. It's an egg that is hatching and then you can see the peep inside. They are studying how chickens hatch in school for kindergarten. He loves to create.

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Well I finally got my computers working again, that was aweful I was going thru withdrawals--still have a few problems to work on but I will get there. The kids are doing great. Josh had his show and it was awesome!!!! he did so great I am so proud of him. His mom is in town for his show and it was good to visit with her too. We have been having such a fun time and once his show was in process it just topped the time off. Gil and I are doing great we have been spending alot of time together--that makes me very happy as well as everyone else around us. We have been talking alot and thats good for our relationship. School is school I have a few assignments I need to get completed and I am going to try to finish some of those up this week--try to get a little ahead so maybe I can do a few layouts. I bought some new things at Joann Fabrics and Michaels that I haven't had a chance to use yet. I have some new pictures too of Josh and his show that I want to try to get to work on. At lease one picture--:) I have also been going thru my pictures and trying to find some that I think will be good for a layout but they are all buried right now. They are memories of when the kids were small but things that always bring a smile to face. I LOVE MY KIDS SOOOSOO MUCH! well hope everyone has a great week. Will be back soon God Bless

Thumkas at Dusk

My friend Happy has recently had a close encounter of the third kind. At a wedding, he found a eunuch being ostracized by everyone, and being the wonderful human being that he is, Appy not only stood up for the person, but also danced with him on the dance floor. I read about this in his blog, where he refers to the person not as a eunuch but as a transgender (Happy is nothing if not politically correct, although he is not as observant in regard to biological accuracy.)

Albeit on a much more mundane plane, I too had an interesting encounter on my way home from office last Saturday, when a group of four young prostitutes got on my bus. How do I know they were prostitutes? Well, for one thing, that’s exactly what they were calling each other (rand, not prostitute).For another, one of them kept grabbing & lunging at another one’s breasts, amidst raucous laughter and unrepeatable obscenities from the other two, Then there were these glittery bindi-like things they were wearing all over their faces…

In all of my two and a half decades, I’ve never really seen a prostitute up close. I had imagined them, from various literary sources, to look old and weary, half-eaten by diseases and by the wickedness of their world. But these girls were young, quite healthy, and if I ignored the horribly gaudy make-up, two of them were rather pretty. And here I was, sitting in the same bus as them. Boy was I thrilled! My age-old wish had finally come true.

Once I got used to all the noise they were making, I began to notice the reactions of all the other passengers. Two middle aged ladies sat with faces so frosty that I involuntarily drew my jacket up close. The gentlemen too kept their eyes averted, but sneaked a glance or two occasionally. A young office-going girl next to me shrank physically in her seat, trying her best not to attract their attention. The bus driver kept up a lively flirtation with them, smacking them with the back of his hand, and getting thumkas in return. The conductor, however, was not so indulgent. He kept grinding his teeth and threatening to have them thrown off the bus. The offending party, however, was not a bit intimidated. When the conductor demanded they pay their fare, they sang back at him “raat ko ghar aake kiraya le jaaiyo” (Come get your fare from us tonight)
As the bus approached my stop, I got up to go to the door. The girls, standing very near me, obviously thought I was vacating my seat for them. This brought on a volley of loud and happy approvals, “Thanku! Thanku! Thanku!!”, and one of the girls gave me a thumka on the hip, while the others blew kisses at me. I beamed back at them, but I don’t think they could tell (my face was covered and I was wearing shades).

As I walked towards the connecting bus, my head was still whirling. I had been thumka-ed and air-kissed by a bunch of sex workers. Not bad for one day!

Ps- Anik claims they were probably not prostitutes, as prostitutes rarely drew so much attention to themselves in public places. I say that’s exactly what they were, young prostitutes going out to a movie on a Saturday afternoon, showing the world a finger for what it thought of them. You decide and tell me what you think.

Camera Critters - A Horse Kiss

This is my sister and her horse Merlin. She has two horses, this one and another one named Spot who I will post another time.

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Just an FYI on my other blog here: Barb's other blog I'm doing a spring cleaning/decluttering challenge on my other blog if you want to take a look and be entered for a prize at the end.

Sky Watch Friday - Scenic

A scenic photo in Bellefonte.

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A Silent Explosion

This is what Didi and Soumik-da have been up to all winter. I thought I'd share the joyeous fruits of their labour with you.

Oops I forgot to post my newest layouts (ha ha ha) Here they are:

Well I finally got some new layouts done. It has been fun. I am having so much trouble with my login to scrapbook.com. I don't know what the problem is and I need to get it fixed. Anyway things are going good with me and my hubby. We are working on our marriage. Our kids are doing great. Josh is having his art show this weekend and we are all excited. It has been alot of hard work for everyone but it will all be worth it in the end. Yvonne and her fiance Rene are in town for the show and it has been good to visit with them. It is so good to be spending time with the kids--everyone is feeling blessed. Work and school are going well too--just alot of work that needs to get completed in the next couple of weeks. I know I can do it. I am freaking out about the weather I don't understand why it keeps going back and forth. Oh well God knows what he is doing. Take care everyone and have a wonderful weekend. God Bless!

A Weekend Full of Cinema

What can be more tedious than to have to come to office after a long looong holiday? The answer to that is- Having to go to gym after a long looong holiday. Anyway the l.l.h. is finally over and Anik is gone and I'm back at my desk, doing the most tedious job of all... answering 15 different variations of the question "What did you guys do?" (We joined the Ram Sene and beat up other couples, especially if they were irritatingly dressed and insisited on speaking bad 'cool' english).

Apart from that, we watched a lot of movies, some of which had been on my wishlist for a long time. The movies were (in the order we watched them in) :

1. Doshor (Rituporno Ghosh) - We couldn't figure out what the director was trying to say, what his message was, and why indeed he made the movie in the first place.The only saving grace was Ritu-di's presentation, which is soothing to the eye, and Konkona's intelligent acting. Otherwise an irritating movie.


2. Dil Kabaddi( Anil Sharma)- This movie has its moments. But the trouble is, if you try to mix a sex comedy with aantlami, the result is generally acidity. Hackneyed plot. Well-worn treatment, sad acting, low grade comedy.

3. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)- Appy told me this was one of the scariest movies he has seen( and coming from a gore connoisseur, that’s something) , AND HE IS RIGHT! All its scariness comes from the sheer evilness of the Joker. Hats off to Heath Ledger. Villainy doesn’t get better than this.

4.Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)-This is the most beautiful movie of the lot. It’s sparkling in beauty and intelligence and laughter. The story is as heartwarming as the cinematography is stunning. A very adorable movie (in Bokom’s words – nongra rokom-er bhalo- dirty good). Thank you Appy for this one.

5.There's Something About Mary-This is a funny movie, but most of the humour is of the toilet variety, loud and crass.The story too is inane. The one thing that stays with you is Cameron Diaz, very young, very fresh, very beautiful. It’s good timepass as long as you don’t try to involve your brain too much.

6.A Wednesday( Neeraj Pandey)- Another let-down. While the story is very un-hackneyed and is told in quite a wrinkle-less manner, the movie as a whole is full of tired clichés. The same honest cop brutal cop inefficient cop routine, the very unreal conversations, and the Commissioner’s conference room which seems to have been taken straight out of a Hollywood movie. As a thriller, it falls way short of brilliant. The only saving grace is Naseer’s and Kher’s acting.

I’m currently reading Maximum City – Bombay Lost and Found, by Suketu Mehta. Hope to post you on that very soon. Till then, take care.

ABC Wed. - "E" = Electricity

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Mellow Yellow Monday - Yellow Beaks

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Camera Critters- Miniature Horses

Here are couple of miniature horses grazing. I would think that these horses are called Shetland Ponies but if someone knows for sure, please let me know.

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Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day! Love is in the air. Are you doing anything special for Valentines Day?

I just have to brag a little. If you're a scrapbooker or a cardmaker, check out what my grandson(age 6) made. Click on my blog here

Sky Watch Friday - Bellefonte Lime Plant

This is the Bellefonte Lime Plant. To read more about it's history, go here:
Bellefonte Lime Plant

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The Silver Lining

Here in Jaipur, the Divine Army goons have announced their intention to force unmarried couples who are seen together on Valentine's Day to marry on the spot, then and there.

So, to save an ocean of expenses, planning, harassment, anxiety and time, Anik and I have decided to walk hand in hand all over the city on that day, and if we see any ram/shiv/vishnu/ bramha sainiks, we are going to lock lips more violently than dry pigs who suddenly discover mud pies.

I was going to write about Dev D which I loved so completely, but Shubhajit has beaten me to it,and I can't say it better than he can, so please take a look at his review.

Have a safe Valentine people (remember when the only festival which was dangerous enough for people to be wished safety was Diwali?) See you on Tuesday.

hello well it has been crazy lately. There are so many things I want to do and so many pictures I would love to work on but can't seem to find the time. Not to mention my wonderful girls don't let me work. It's ok though they make my life complete. Will get back soon God Bless.

ABC Wed. - "D" = Decorations

Today is ABC Wed. and I chose "Decorations". I seen this window decorations and thought it was cute.

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How To Sleep With Someone Else's Wife And Get Away With It.

My friend Sid has an interesting pursuit these days. He is trying to lasso a married acquaintance. The lady in question is thirty, has a six year old child, and her husband lives in Belgium. She became friends with Sid through a professional contact, and gradually it became obvious that she was open to the idea of something a little more than friendship. Man, Sid thought he had really hit the jackpot, but sadly, even after months of going out for dinner and outings together, my buddy has gotten as close to his boudi’s bedroom as Jennifer Aniston has gotten to become Angelina Jolie’s best f.r.i.e.n.d.

What is he doing wrong, Sid asked me, and what can he do to get some action before she hits menopause? So here is my advice to him, and to anyone else who is secretly interested in sleeping with a married lady and not getting in trouble:-

1. Be young and have a good body.

2. Be funny and intelligent. Be good company.

3. Show her that you care for her and are interested in her for who she is, rather than the sex that she might have with you eventually.

4. On the other hand, don’t make her think you are madly in love. This will frighten her because she’ll think you might do anything, even confront her husband.

5. So if she asks “Will you forget me after my husband is back and I can’t see you anymore?” , say “ How can I ever forget you sweetheart? Life will be difficult without you, but I’ll have to go on. I’ll bear even this torture for you.”

6. Don’t boast about any achievements to anybody. I know this is tempting, but remember, your safety and hers lies in total secrecy. Moreover, she’ll trust you better if she knows you won’t tell anybody.

7. Don’t frequent her house. You don’t want the neighbors to get suspicious and talk to her family.

8. Don’t underestimate the kid. Don’t display any affections in front of her. You don’t want her to tell her Daddy over the phone “ Sid uncle kissed me today and he also kissed Mommy” or “ Sid uncle and Mommy played carrom all night and the door was closed”

9. Do NOT fall in love with her no matter what happens. If you fall in love, man you are screwed worse than a highway whore.

10. And last, be prepared for nemesis. One day, you are going to be middle aged and married and your wife is going to run off with a younger man (and maybe with all your savings too). You can’t escape your Karma dude.

Tagged for Sixth Picture from Sixth File -Elephants

Carol tagged me. Here's the rules, you simply post your sixth picture from your sixth file, then tag six others....So here's my sixth picture from my sixth file.

This was taken in 2005. I believe at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Since I posted a elephant photo, How many of you have read the book "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen? Even if you don't like the circus, this is a must read. A wonderful book of characters.

I tagged six other people...(Just click on their name to take a look.)

Lilli
Lori
Tom
Melinda
Neva
Imac

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Road Rage

This morning Soni ji gives me his phone and asks me if I can make out why it isn't working. The keypad is locked. I unlock it and give it back to him.

Soni ji swerves the auto to a dangerous standstill. " You can fix this in a minute??! And it doesn't cost money?!!!!"

It turns out that every time his keypad gets locked accidentally, Soni ji has to take it to a cellphone mechanic, who keeps it for three hours, makes a show of fiddling on his computer, and bills Soni ji for 300 bucks. Apperantly, this has happened thrice.

Soni ji, moustache quivering with rage, yells in my face, "Uss marammat wale ki to mai marammat karta hun!! Saala mujhe ch*****a banata hai! MUJHE!!"
Long gap, then "Sorry Beta, thanks"

I'm sorry too, Soni ji. It takes a lot of thugs to make up a world. Don't let it get to you.

Mellow Yellow Monday - Tumble Bus

The tumble bus is a gym on wheels. Anyone can rent out this bus for several hours and they will come and let the kids play in it.

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