Insecurities

Is it just me?
or does everyone suffer this horrible emotion?

My 2 cents

To all you people... facing 2 choices in life...

regardless of what you choose today...
10 years from now...
you will wake up n wonder ...'What if...i had taken the other option'

so don't beat yourself up about life's choices.

just do it.

Ryan... One liners

Banged his head and goes...
-- Mommy I got huuurrrrrt and I am So maaaaaad!

Snuggled up in my bed...
Me: Ryan tell me a story
*silence*
Me: Ryan you need to go sleep in your bed
Ryan: How can I tell you a story, if I go to my room. DUhhhhh!

Ryan to Rave...
-- Akkkkkaaaaa... I have something very important to tell you. I am not a monster.
* Akka.... snarky look on face that says..'like i care'
Mom.... rofl *

Kolukattais

made 'em... first time in life.

so what...
if it turned out orange... coz i over dozed on the grated carrots

so what...
if it turned out a tad soggy... 'coz i steamed it a bit longer than required... 'coz ryan locked himself in the bathroom this time and i was struggling to wrench the door knob out with a screw driver

so what...
if it resembled mashed potatoes... more than kolukattais?



it was Yum-O!

lol

Vitamin D, a broken bird egg and Yelzi

from the 'Chronicles of Ryan...' comes yet another saga...

Stepped out on the 2nd floor deck... to absorb some much needed vitamin D...n to look out for Rave's bus which was uncharacteristically running late.

Ryan followed me out...
i was examining a tiny smashed egg... which musta fallen off the roof...when i hear the ominous sound of a door close...!

turned around in panic... thinking Rynu went inside n closed me out.
well... turns out... he pulled the door shut... n we both got locked out.

Oh Ryan...! why did you do that?! ...i moan in absolute despair..
Oh sorry mommy...he says ... totally blase!

An elderly n good Samaritan neighbor...who was outside....answered my yelp for help.
She made some calls... to check if anyone had a tall ladder...to help me reach a 3rd floor window that was unlatched.

She knocked on other doors and got me a little ladder instead and another good neighbor, invited us to climb over the divider wall...n hang out at her place... until hubs got home.

so some half hour later...a squealing Ryan n bare footed us... climbed clumsily over.

long story short... my neighbor of 4+ yrs, who I wave to when I see around, is Yelzi and we got to sample some authentic Turkish food while at her place :)

an ideal Saturday

come out of sleep ...slow and late.. ~ 8 am ish...n laze in bed... for 10 - 15 minutes... no rush to get outta bed n get the day started

go for a long drive... zipping at 80 mph
have a lazy lunch... on a deck overlooking waters n mountain view... lite fog n slightly nippy weather... it should be

long walk... later, listening to fave music on player
fly a kite at the beach with r & r

zumba class ... an hour of fun n sweat
soak in the hot tub with a glass of perfectly chilled ice wine

slow dinner
watch a nice hindi movie... full of naach, gaana n well dressed hero / heroine

passionate nite with the one you love
good... long.... sleep

The End!

Chau-cha..Chau-cha

That my new pet name.

Ryan woke me up at the crack of dawn...
awrite awrite! 630 am feels so for me. Ugh! never been a morning person..ever!

He puts his pudgy arms around me.. n rubs his cheek against mine and goes...

Rynu: chau-cha..chau-cha..
Me: Whatz that mean Ryna?
Rynu: Duckling... in Chinese
Me: hahahahahahahaha!
*interestingly... I used to be called ugly duckling as a kid!*

my kids speak more Chinese n Spanish than any of their parents languages!
No thanks... Dora / Ni-hao Kai Lan!

Woo-hoo! To conf. calls

Today is a dear friend's bday. Ya Apr 1st.
All through college I pulled pranks on Sumi... on her bday.
And shez such a sport... laughed at it all and enjoyed it as much as I did pulling it on her :)

Now that we are all grown up n *Ahem!* more mature... I thought I'll give her a 'pleasant' surprise.

We were a gang of 8 of us who used to hang out some.
Set up a conf. call for 12 noon ... so it will be a decent hour for all.
And 4 of us got on it to wish Sumi who lives on the West coast.
One pal dialed in from India.. the rest from various parts of the US.

My first time doing this... and i managed to get all on board without dropping anyone.
*I had done a trial run a coupla days back with another pal... to make sure I didn't goof*

We asked her to guess who the voices were and she got us ALL right!
Then we sang Happy Birthday to her.

Feel SO happy! talking as a group after some 10+ years!!!

I realized all 5 of us on that call have a lill kid whoz in the 2 - 3 yr age group.
We talked of a get together in Chicago soon...

Why do we lose touch with dear old friends?
Why do we move so far away from our core?
Why?