Hi All, not in the mood for pleasantries today. I just happened to check on single friends and 'married couples with no kids' friends and they seem to be globetrotting. And..I am not. Three kids below 4 years on a plane , long distance ..hmm I think not. The last time i took the kids on a domestic flight, we had everyone waiting for us to evacuate first on arrival. Air pressure changes were just not for my darlings. It's gonna take us a lil more than a stronger will to plan our next holiday to a far off exotic location with the kids in tow. Anyway, more on that later. But for now let me round up my dream destinations:
1) Greece tops my list for its ethereal landscape and blue waters.
2) Venezuela - Beach bum that's me.
3) Singapore - Kids will surely enjoy this one.
4) Bangkok - for it Nightlife and yes to shop till i drop. (Oh yes i want to see the anatomy defying stunts ofcourse!)
5) Coorg in India - where the twins were made..
More from me later.
Cheers and yes Dream on.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Notes to Self.
Notes to myself:
1) Plan for an exciting summer. Hubby's going to be home! Woweeee!
2) Crunch the abs more than twice a week and not only when the personal trainer shows no mercy with the work outs.
3) Increase the ab crunche count from 50 to 100! Yeah, i can do 50 effortlessly..wonder why it doesn't show as much:-(
4) Paranoid mum should breathe easy at meal times. Thank heavens my kids are not obese! ( Paranoid mum wants to make the kids chubby but maybe its not such a good idea)
5) Pen thoughts more regularly, you owe it to the new baby - the Blog!
Before i go. A friend told me he is on a ROTATION DIET. It seems everytime you turn around you eat!
That's it for now.Will catch up sooner.Cheers!
1) Plan for an exciting summer. Hubby's going to be home! Woweeee!
2) Crunch the abs more than twice a week and not only when the personal trainer shows no mercy with the work outs.
3) Increase the ab crunche count from 50 to 100! Yeah, i can do 50 effortlessly..wonder why it doesn't show as much:-(
4) Paranoid mum should breathe easy at meal times. Thank heavens my kids are not obese! ( Paranoid mum wants to make the kids chubby but maybe its not such a good idea)
5) Pen thoughts more regularly, you owe it to the new baby - the Blog!
Before i go. A friend told me he is on a ROTATION DIET. It seems everytime you turn around you eat!
That's it for now.Will catch up sooner.Cheers!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Foot in the Mouth moment!
So done with what my GF’s karmic role in the universe is to do..and that is shopping, we moved on, to what is my favourite thing to do and that was to catch up on some more chitty chatty stuff while enjoying some delicious soup and chicken entrées. That’s all we could pack in anyway.
While at the restaurant my GF happened to see an old school teacher. I was as always enthusiastically waiting to greet her. My GF warned me about her certain 'Umway' connections but that didn't stop me, thinking, that at dinner she wouldn't be thinking of ‘netting’ people. So while my GF did the scoot and waited outside the restaurant, I went and said my hello and introduced myself, of course she remembered me, most teachers did and for good reasons, things I am proud of, mostly! She then asked me my marital status, haltingly asked me if I have a kid..i told her make that three..and after the disbelief (quite flattering) she asked me my number and invited herself home and that too for the very next day! And then it hit me in the face. I still live in the 80’s where love, loyalty, friendships even acquaintances were given their due. Here, in a world of churning the moolah, I was bleating like a goat waiting to be made ‘halal’ as my teacher not for the love of my kids (she said she wanted to see them and would come home the next day!) was out to get me on the ‘networking’/'multilevel marketting' bandwagon. My GF tells me later she has a chronic 'Umway' problem. It's just that forceful,strong,am gonna hound you marketting tactics that gets to me. Of course now, I am churning up excuses to avoid any further confrontation and I regretted getting myself into that avoidable FOOT in the Mouth moment!
Note to self: Avoid the call, no matter how rude it sounds. It’s better than lying through my teeth. What say teacher?
While at the restaurant my GF happened to see an old school teacher. I was as always enthusiastically waiting to greet her. My GF warned me about her certain 'Umway' connections but that didn't stop me, thinking, that at dinner she wouldn't be thinking of ‘netting’ people. So while my GF did the scoot and waited outside the restaurant, I went and said my hello and introduced myself, of course she remembered me, most teachers did and for good reasons, things I am proud of, mostly! She then asked me my marital status, haltingly asked me if I have a kid..i told her make that three..and after the disbelief (quite flattering) she asked me my number and invited herself home and that too for the very next day! And then it hit me in the face. I still live in the 80’s where love, loyalty, friendships even acquaintances were given their due. Here, in a world of churning the moolah, I was bleating like a goat waiting to be made ‘halal’ as my teacher not for the love of my kids (she said she wanted to see them and would come home the next day!) was out to get me on the ‘networking’/'multilevel marketting' bandwagon. My GF tells me later she has a chronic 'Umway' problem. It's just that forceful,strong,am gonna hound you marketting tactics that gets to me. Of course now, I am churning up excuses to avoid any further confrontation and I regretted getting myself into that avoidable FOOT in the Mouth moment!
Note to self: Avoid the call, no matter how rude it sounds. It’s better than lying through my teeth. What say teacher?
Mommy's day Out!
A feeling of almost attaining Nirvana was what I felt, after a long time, when I actually had a girly time out with my best buddy of almost two decades..yeah she is the only one who stuck around in spite of me being quite a prude occasionally. Well, and so did i..that’s what friends are for, right? Anyway, GF and I did the girly thing to do, we resorted to ‘retail therapy’ , tried out 10 outfits we did’nt want and bought two of them. The soul was just beginning to feel liberated. Minus the full time help, till some time ago, it was a rather TIME BOUND overwhelming feeling all along so this was a welcome break.
While at the store, we saw a really cute toddler. All those who know me, know that I can talk to a stranger like we knew each other for a long time so I got a lil goofy with the lil fellow, got chatting with his mommy and daddy and came to know that he was going to turn one the following day. Nice I said, Baby’s day out shopping for his mommy on his birthday. Seeing this lil bundle of joy, my thoughts ran to my three musketeers, I have taken them shopping with me and then only to have one or two of them with me in the dressing room naming strategic parts of my anatomy in baby lingo. I would hope no one outside would hear that and get all racy with their ideas. Gasp!
Wait a bit to know what happened next at an otherwise perfect dinner.A wrong move had me running for cover!
While at the store, we saw a really cute toddler. All those who know me, know that I can talk to a stranger like we knew each other for a long time so I got a lil goofy with the lil fellow, got chatting with his mommy and daddy and came to know that he was going to turn one the following day. Nice I said, Baby’s day out shopping for his mommy on his birthday. Seeing this lil bundle of joy, my thoughts ran to my three musketeers, I have taken them shopping with me and then only to have one or two of them with me in the dressing room naming strategic parts of my anatomy in baby lingo. I would hope no one outside would hear that and get all racy with their ideas. Gasp!
Wait a bit to know what happened next at an otherwise perfect dinner.A wrong move had me running for cover!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
My Mommy
The kids are getting very territorial and that feels good to hear as they get possessive about me. Feels good to be so much in demand, feels good to be so 'wanted', feels gr8 to be THE MOMMY they always want..i hope this lasts through their teens! hmm..hoping!
Nowadays, I have also been enjoying my son's 'fragrance' of sweet chocolate and baby powder.. it will change to CK's and Armani's once he grows up but then i doubt he will like all the mommy cuddling. Till then, i am enjoying every moment of being his NUMERO UNO WOMAN.
Babyhood, with its nappy times and colic horror stories still holds the magic of 'BEING THE WORLD TO THE LIL ONE'..so if you are waiting for the time to fly..'Its just for another two years' you hear them say..Think again, You'd want to turn back time when it really comes.
Cheers,
My Trio's Mommy!
Nowadays, I have also been enjoying my son's 'fragrance' of sweet chocolate and baby powder.. it will change to CK's and Armani's once he grows up but then i doubt he will like all the mommy cuddling. Till then, i am enjoying every moment of being his NUMERO UNO WOMAN.
Babyhood, with its nappy times and colic horror stories still holds the magic of 'BEING THE WORLD TO THE LIL ONE'..so if you are waiting for the time to fly..'Its just for another two years' you hear them say..Think again, You'd want to turn back time when it really comes.
Cheers,
My Trio's Mommy!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wanted: TLC
All of us need that TLC regularly. We need a compliment, a flattering one would be nice. We need a touch or a kiss, no the social Air kisses don't count. We need pampering at the spa, a quite, relaxing massage would be gr8. We need to splurge, for me its always jewellery. We need to connect, with friends who haven't called for long. We need to start giving the TLC to those we love, the first move is what all it takes!
For me i will take the road to the salon soon. And when i need my dose of Tender Loving Care , all i do is ask....
Have a gr8 weekend. Yeah! It's just around the corner.
For me i will take the road to the salon soon. And when i need my dose of Tender Loving Care , all i do is ask....
Have a gr8 weekend. Yeah! It's just around the corner.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Ms.Goody Two Shoes!
Ahoy! to all who have bumped into me here. A newbie on the blogosphere and I am already battling with my own thoughts. This kind of ,gets things into perspective. You write, you think, you get a clearer picture, you see the hole in the ozone layer. It’s introspective.
Hubby said I came across as a Ms.Goody two shoes in my last post. Sure, he’d know me better and the darker side of me. So I better not be kidding here. Today, I move from Disneyland’s Fairytales to Reality. So here I go, I hang up my Goody two shoes and tell you what its like on NOT SO GR8 day’s!
Well, that being like what it was for the last couple of days. A lil rewind to the month of October 2005 , early morning. I was in labour. While I was sweating it out and trying not to swear it out, my doc asked whether I’d like an epidural. I wanted it all Naturale so I put up a brave front and said NO and anyway in retrospect, I’d save that epidural for when the kids become teenagers.. Gosh ! Sometimes I think I’d need that like right now.
Motherhood is generally not for the fainthearted. Here for once , the men are sidelined in the strata of importance. Well, whether you like it or not, its you who is the food source. So, welcome sleepless nights ( ah you wish it was for something naughty.. its the result of that of course) Bye bye romance and say hello to craziness. The first few months of the new baby ( double it up for multiples) is an acid test of your physical endurance, emotional strength, mental balance and even your better half. You get a shocking wake up call asking you IS THIS ALL WHAT MARRIAGE AND BABIES are all about? They did not give this information even in the Small lettered Statutory warning of a Babies and Mothers manual. Anyway, I’d say the LABOUR is the easier part. Rearing a child is the toughie.
I try and tone down the travails to a friend who is mortified of it all. Maybe its also a human instinct to forget pain in its real sense. Either way, eating a quick meal to attend to crying babies, trying to lose those post partum pounds, having sleepless nights, pooped on, puked on, having bad hair days 6 days a week are some of the downsides of mommyhood. The worst being someone asking you ‘when are you due?’ and its already been 6 months since you did that!
The sleepless nights are more streamlined as the babies turn to kids but then acrobatics take a whole new meaning for a mother. A full time help is as precious as gold and as rare as the sighting of a tiger in a Mumbai zoo. Minus that, its circus time! One thing I have been told, one changes the most number of maids/house helps when one has kids. And the maids I think are a pampered lot. They don’t make them like they used to. They now come with an attitude to boot. And guess what they suddenly become the better half to the Memsaab. Or else the Madam just has to say adios to her sanity, that spells salons, shopping, spas, phone calls, lunch with friends and ohmigosh! Her Career!
My youngest is 2 years old, he just decided to have a tantrum thrown in for effect at an unearthly hour of 1 a.m. While he was screaming his lungs out, I was in tears. Should have been the other way right? And then my elder one decides to have me run round the block four times over and when I reprimand her , she comes out with this endearing ‘I LOVE YOU MAMA’ and I am thrown off guard. This one is going to keep me on my toes.
Last, I was looking for my epidural. Damn! Will keep it for another day. As I said Motherhood is not for the fainthearted. Mothers are strong! Motherhood is the best DURABILITY TEST one can have. You survive this! You survive all!Note: Barring these few side effects, motherhood is doing great for me. I’m loving every moment of it minus the ones stated above! This is as true as it can get. Till the next time, Keep the faith!
Hubby said I came across as a Ms.Goody two shoes in my last post. Sure, he’d know me better and the darker side of me. So I better not be kidding here. Today, I move from Disneyland’s Fairytales to Reality. So here I go, I hang up my Goody two shoes and tell you what its like on NOT SO GR8 day’s!
Well, that being like what it was for the last couple of days. A lil rewind to the month of October 2005 , early morning. I was in labour. While I was sweating it out and trying not to swear it out, my doc asked whether I’d like an epidural. I wanted it all Naturale so I put up a brave front and said NO and anyway in retrospect, I’d save that epidural for when the kids become teenagers.. Gosh ! Sometimes I think I’d need that like right now.
Motherhood is generally not for the fainthearted. Here for once , the men are sidelined in the strata of importance. Well, whether you like it or not, its you who is the food source. So, welcome sleepless nights ( ah you wish it was for something naughty.. its the result of that of course) Bye bye romance and say hello to craziness. The first few months of the new baby ( double it up for multiples) is an acid test of your physical endurance, emotional strength, mental balance and even your better half. You get a shocking wake up call asking you IS THIS ALL WHAT MARRIAGE AND BABIES are all about? They did not give this information even in the Small lettered Statutory warning of a Babies and Mothers manual. Anyway, I’d say the LABOUR is the easier part. Rearing a child is the toughie.
I try and tone down the travails to a friend who is mortified of it all. Maybe its also a human instinct to forget pain in its real sense. Either way, eating a quick meal to attend to crying babies, trying to lose those post partum pounds, having sleepless nights, pooped on, puked on, having bad hair days 6 days a week are some of the downsides of mommyhood. The worst being someone asking you ‘when are you due?’ and its already been 6 months since you did that!
The sleepless nights are more streamlined as the babies turn to kids but then acrobatics take a whole new meaning for a mother. A full time help is as precious as gold and as rare as the sighting of a tiger in a Mumbai zoo. Minus that, its circus time! One thing I have been told, one changes the most number of maids/house helps when one has kids. And the maids I think are a pampered lot. They don’t make them like they used to. They now come with an attitude to boot. And guess what they suddenly become the better half to the Memsaab. Or else the Madam just has to say adios to her sanity, that spells salons, shopping, spas, phone calls, lunch with friends and ohmigosh! Her Career!
My youngest is 2 years old, he just decided to have a tantrum thrown in for effect at an unearthly hour of 1 a.m. While he was screaming his lungs out, I was in tears. Should have been the other way right? And then my elder one decides to have me run round the block four times over and when I reprimand her , she comes out with this endearing ‘I LOVE YOU MAMA’ and I am thrown off guard. This one is going to keep me on my toes.
Last, I was looking for my epidural. Damn! Will keep it for another day. As I said Motherhood is not for the fainthearted. Mothers are strong! Motherhood is the best DURABILITY TEST one can have. You survive this! You survive all!Note: Barring these few side effects, motherhood is doing great for me. I’m loving every moment of it minus the ones stated above! This is as true as it can get. Till the next time, Keep the faith!
Monday, March 9, 2009
The grass is greener..
I hear this everytime, Marriage changes a lot of things. Those in it , want out and those who are out sometimes don’t want to take the plunge. Is it a new phenomenon? I dunno coz I grew up thinking everybody would get married except for the celibates and the religious. I guess not many are the former and definitely not many are lining up for the latter. So what is it? Was I disillusioned or have things really changed?
I married the boy I fell head over heels in love with, in my good ‘not so old’ days at Xavier’s. Noel and I have had to work hard at it. Standing the test of time, an even a long distance a relationship, there were times when the road seemed like it had a sign, STEEP SLOPE up ahead..I know we don’t see a sign like that here in Mumbai though we would need one and many more. It’s very much like that in any relationship. Caution is the word! Treat any relationship with care.
But then again, in an age of Fast Food and Faster cars, one seems to have lost that edge of nurturing, caring, taking time out, making adjustments, going away from a routine of sorts. And marriage is all about that. I know I haven’t got it all right. Here I may add, I am superstitious about saying anything too nice. But having three kids has changed a lot of things..priorities, sleep schedules, romance – time available for it and making the most of time, friendships, career, goals, money matters – I think i may have now become less selfish. I have become stronger. My kids have given me adulation, pure innocent love, pride in their antics, fascination at how they are and what they say. Noel and my kids have enveloped me in a world that’s made of soft feathers and candy floss, melted chocolate and crispies..Ummm!
It's not an easy road for the faint hearted but its worth every step you take . Ofcourse, that works when you find that one companion that makes the journey worth the while. So whether you are in it or out, My verdict from this side of the grass is that Marriage changes a lot of things. And I’m lovin it!
I married the boy I fell head over heels in love with, in my good ‘not so old’ days at Xavier’s. Noel and I have had to work hard at it. Standing the test of time, an even a long distance a relationship, there were times when the road seemed like it had a sign, STEEP SLOPE up ahead..I know we don’t see a sign like that here in Mumbai though we would need one and many more. It’s very much like that in any relationship. Caution is the word! Treat any relationship with care.
But then again, in an age of Fast Food and Faster cars, one seems to have lost that edge of nurturing, caring, taking time out, making adjustments, going away from a routine of sorts. And marriage is all about that. I know I haven’t got it all right. Here I may add, I am superstitious about saying anything too nice. But having three kids has changed a lot of things..priorities, sleep schedules, romance – time available for it and making the most of time, friendships, career, goals, money matters – I think i may have now become less selfish. I have become stronger. My kids have given me adulation, pure innocent love, pride in their antics, fascination at how they are and what they say. Noel and my kids have enveloped me in a world that’s made of soft feathers and candy floss, melted chocolate and crispies..Ummm!
It's not an easy road for the faint hearted but its worth every step you take . Ofcourse, that works when you find that one companion that makes the journey worth the while. So whether you are in it or out, My verdict from this side of the grass is that Marriage changes a lot of things. And I’m lovin it!
My First Time!
Welcome to the newest blog on the block! The Estrogen Unlimited.
Ultra Femme and very honest. Not an all out feminist as hey we'd like to hear from the guys too. Its my contribution to what i have learnt as a super yummy mommy of three absolute gorgeous firebrands, my twin girls and my son.
Motherhood, marriage, love , career, 'stay at home' joys and travails and more. I am not modest, i am bashful, I am so lovable and very faithful, you will love me and maybe not agree with me but all i can say is that you can trust me to take you on an emotional journey thats going to make that one difference across distances and time.
Right now all that running through my mind at this early morning hour of 2:33 am is that i want to connect, make a difference, be able to reach out and win a Booker some day! Dream the impossible dream..i did, i make them happen..every day!
So Wish me luck! This is my FIRST VERY FIRST TIME on a blog..it's already giving me an adrenaline rush!
I must admit though, like babies , this one was easier to concieve but rather difficult to deliver.
Welcome onboard!
Ultra Femme and very honest. Not an all out feminist as hey we'd like to hear from the guys too. Its my contribution to what i have learnt as a super yummy mommy of three absolute gorgeous firebrands, my twin girls and my son.
Motherhood, marriage, love , career, 'stay at home' joys and travails and more. I am not modest, i am bashful, I am so lovable and very faithful, you will love me and maybe not agree with me but all i can say is that you can trust me to take you on an emotional journey thats going to make that one difference across distances and time.
Right now all that running through my mind at this early morning hour of 2:33 am is that i want to connect, make a difference, be able to reach out and win a Booker some day! Dream the impossible dream..i did, i make them happen..every day!
So Wish me luck! This is my FIRST VERY FIRST TIME on a blog..it's already giving me an adrenaline rush!
I must admit though, like babies , this one was easier to concieve but rather difficult to deliver.
Welcome onboard!
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