Sarika | Plants, Balcony Gardening & Simple Living

One of those morning rush hours…done with morning cooking ..cleaning…tiffin packing and there gets up “Little one”…. all other things take a back seat priority is brushing…(Never thought teeth brushing can get this rhythamic)…ok musical session is done too! Next is finishing cup of milk…oks..am all set for it but today doesn’t seem to be one of the lucky days when within 5 minutes milk is vanished. Ok…he wants oeoooooo…..(All experienced mothers do I need to tell you what oeoo is J ) Oeeoooo…oeoooo No bacchu..first you finish your milk and then I will give you Oeeooo… Oeeoooo…oeoooo Ok..half mug then oeeooo pakka. Oeeoooo…oeoooo Mamma is very angry now… she will not offer you milk now…..ever ever ever… Oeeoooo…oeoooo Oeeooo 10 minutes are already gone….. (Probably it’s time to get it to microwave for another 10 sec of heating(You have to be really precise here…9 seconds and milk is not good enough to drink and 11 seconds is too hot to take even...

हत्ती गेला आणि शेपूट राहिल'  is the saying in marathi which means majority of the work is done and only small part is pending.This perfectly suits my current situation 5 months of vacation is over and just few more days to go.Still remember myself 5 months back anxious to get into this new role of full time mother home maker and here i am post 5 months again anxious to step into coorporate world. Change is something we all resist so thrue it is! When I had disclosed this vacation plan with my collegues there was a mix bag of reactions.one actually called me Brave to take this decision,one was putting himself in my shoe and worring how he would servive if there is no salary for few months:)it would have been fun to be on paid vacation for 6 months:) though few were happy that i had taken right decision to spend time with kid at his growing age.some sincere advice that do come back after whatever timeframe you decide as its very tempting to permanently get int...

I ts been more than 4 month since I have taken break from proffessional life and time which I have spent in kitchen in these 4 months must be more than total time spent in kitchen in last 35 years.In age of nuclear familities I am fortunate enough to stay in along with my in laws and I have sweet mother in law who being working mother in her time understands challenges of busy proffessional life and helps me in every possible way in household stuff.We have maid to make roti so just need to take care of veggies,salads ,pack our tiffins and am sorted out.Special dishes on weekends like pavbhaji idali sambar vada sambar sandwitch are fun to make but cooking morning.. evening.. breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner oooff tiring .. Once when i was discussing this with a friend of mine who started cooking in very young age not as a choice but sort of compulsion. She said look dont look at cooking as some mundane activity it actually stimulates 5 senses.Consiously try to figure i...

Arrival of aryan opened door to entire new world for us.world of fun excitement learning and surprises. Attending kids birthday parties definately tops fun part of it.When aryan was probably 5 months old that time he recieved his first invitation for birthday party and well it was on good printed paper with baloons and cartoons all over it and offcourse his name written on it and dress code...i was clearly stumped looking at that card.usually kids tag along with their mothers but this time i was the one who was tagging him as he had invitation.party songs playing in full volume and kids trying to compete that with thier voices party place was great chaos.baloons and colorful ribbins hanging from all possible angles, soft toys lying on floor it was perfect birthday party scene.birthday boy was celebrating his 5th birthday and all his friends in age range of 5 months to 5 years accomponied by their mothers there was hardly any place to move but same place was big enough for kids to pl...

Well...how many times we say this...to “others” to “Self”. I would say yes at least I say this a lot often. But I have promised myself that I will think twice before I say this here onwards.. Some days bay “XYZ” asked “Hey what’s this no nail polish today?”And before I could reply there was a bouncer “Now don’t say you don’t find time”. Probably I was in much receptive mode that day so I just remained silent and didn’t argue how my toddler keeps me busy entire day and even though I am at home 24*7 I DON’T find time. Even though i didn’t reply in my mind answer was ready “I don’t have ... (We really don’t have to think for such answers) But this triggered thought process down there. Do I really don’t have time to paint my nails which hardly takes 10 minutes for something as simple as putting nail paint which I enjoy so much. Does my bacchu really keep me that busy or am I using poor fellow just as an excuse and I know no one will dare to question such kind of excuse. No...