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My Journey into Bread Making
When I married my husband eleven years ago, we both knew he would be doing the cooking. If it didn’t come in a box, I was clueless. When I had the opportunity to stay home and raise my two boys,... (Continue reading)
Common House Hold Hazards you won’t find in Baby Proofing Books or Baby Books
Written on 22 Jan, 2010 at 23:36 in Good Resources, The Efficient Mom | viewed 102 times | 4 Comments
1. Toilet Lids – I never thought this could happen, but it did. One minute my son was going to the bathroom. I hear a loud slam, an even louder scream and then watch in horror as his genital area... (Continue reading)
Quick Tip for Organizing clean and dirty clothes when traveling with kids
When traveling to Disney with kids or anywhere really, take with you a foldable canvas hamper. Choose an area in the hotel room to set it up. Then teach the kids and your husband what to do with their dirty... (Continue reading)
Being Brothers
Written on 16 Jan, 2010 at 13:23 in Moms Eye View | viewed 62 times | 8 Comments
When they became brothers, my sons were brothers in name and blood. To the babe, the little baby who waved, kicked, cried, ate, slept, needed several diaper changes and a huge dose of parental offection was a new, fascinating and... (Continue reading)
Nanny Apprehensions
Written on 5 Jan, 2010 at 22:10 in Moms @ work | viewed 70 times | 3 Comments
I was at the bank today, waiting in line. The bank has a short ledge about 5 inches below the tellers table for the card swiping machine and for customers to keep their bags or papers on, or fill out... (Continue reading)
Top 10 New Year Resolutions for 2010 for Moms
Written on 4 Jan, 2010 at 10:00 in Moms Eye View | viewed 153 times | 6 Comments
Happy New Year to all our readers, writers, commenters and friends! May the year bring many joys, opportunities and happiness. Being a mom is probably the one of the most difficult, fun, rewarding, challenging, fulfilling, draining, enchanting and tiring jobs in... (Continue reading)
Simple Living, High Thinking
This holiday season I can’t help but chuckle again at a conversation a good friend of mine (let’s call her Devi) and I had earlier this year, comparing notes on our respective upbringings with specific regard to things, stuff, gifts …... (Continue reading)
Old year resolutions
Written on 20 Dec, 2009 at 15:19 in Moms Eye View | viewed 40 times | 4 Comments
2009 was not a slow year. It was not even a bad year. But somehow I am glad that its over. Maybe it was the economy. Maybe it was because I dont like the piles of disorganized stuff in my... (Continue reading)
Arjuna and the Fish Eye: the fallacy of being over-informed, hyper-busy and multi-tasking
Does any of you recall the story from the Mahabharata, about the renowned archery master Dronacharya training the Pandava brothers in the art and skill of archery? Once, when the five Pandava brothers and Karna were assembled for an archery instruction session with Guru... (Continue reading)
Tourist or Traveler?
Written on 10 Dec, 2009 at 14:03 in Moms Eye View | viewed 117 times | 3 Comments
After a significant hiatus from writing, perhaps the best excuse I can offer is that … “I was traveling.” Some literally, some metaphorically, for what is life but a journey? On that note, I have observed that most people, whether on a... (Continue reading)
Cinderella at five pm – the end of day transformation for a working mom
Long before I visited Cinderella’s castle in Disneyland at the ripe age of 26, Cinderella was my favorite fairy tale. Not because she gets the prince in the end or because of the beautifully illustrated ballgown and pumpkin carriage my... (Continue reading)
Tap. Tap. Click. Click.
Written on 7 Dec, 2009 at 0:00 in Moms Eye View | viewed 27 times | 4 Comments
It used to be that I could come to the computer and I had all these things to share. But for the last so many days I have been having a dry streak. I have nothing to say. I cant... (Continue reading)
The cost of being right
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 13:21 in Moms Eye View | viewed 67 times | 6 Comments
Nearly three years ago, when I still worked at a large global design firm, a new employee was assigned to the desk next to me in the open-office system. She was an interior designer with “several years of experience,” had come from another... (Continue reading)
Being a mother is the neccessity for Invention?
Written on 27 Sep, 2009 at 21:44 in Moms Eye View | viewed 51 times | 2 Comments
Have you ever thought how being a mom has made you a creative improviser? It certainly has made me one. Last week I had an important meeting. On the way there, I had to drop off my son at school. And... (Continue reading)
Are you pregnant?
Written on 24 Sep, 2009 at 8:41 in Just for fun, Life as a mom, Moms Eye View | viewed 49 times | 6 Comments
No, I am not writing this in sequel to ‘Think you are pregnant?’ I am talking about the questions that I am being asked by well meaning neighbours, aunties and my son’s friends’ mothers. Let me give you a back ground.... (Continue reading)
Celebrating a tumultous, enchanting year
Written on 23 Sep, 2009 at 22:02 in Life as a mom | viewed 39 times | 6 Comments
My little one is going to turn one. I sat down to write about him and his sweet little ways and me and my travels and travails, but all I want to write about is you. This last year my dad... (Continue reading)
How the mind interferes with Consciousness
In a previous post – Future becomes Past without being Present - I shared how the only way to move through a time of intense suffering had been to live two hours at a time – that is, be fully and uncompromisingly present. This eventually led to... (Continue reading)
Moms as Advocates
Written on 18 Aug, 2009 at 22:04 in Moms Eye View | viewed 31 times | 3 Comments
We often hear that moms are a childs best advocate. And strongest partner. But we forget. We doubt ourselves. Surrounded by experts (lactation consultants, pediatricians, super market checkout lady, friends, neighbors, teachers and family) I feel I may be wrong. Maybe we should... (Continue reading)
The Power of Now
Written on 28 Jul, 2009 at 20:14 in Moms Eye View | viewed 63 times | 11 Comments
Late last year, I wrote a post titled Future becomes Past without being Present. Well, I am currently reading Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now. I had already read his more advanced work A New Earth , and I’m finding that The... (Continue reading)
The Entourage
Written on 22 Jul, 2009 at 21:53 in Moms Eye View | viewed 22 times | 2 Comments
Thoroughly enjoying my stroll through our neighborhood this morning, I suddenly realized that I was not alone. This should have been obvious to me but it was a beautiful morning, the breeze was cool, the sky sky blue, and every... (Continue reading)
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