Anti Sour Grapes

 I knew I was putting on weight but just ignore the issue by not checking my weight. After much discussion with myself I checked my weight last week in one of the locker rooms at the gym. I was 10 lbs more that what I was before. It kinda shocked me and made me swear off all the good things I usually love to eat. I promised myself I will strictly follow a diet .For the past 3 days I have been eating good and working out, not eating any carbs at all. Today I just took some lentils to work for lunch. I was feeling so much self pity while I was heating the food thinking it's just lentils which are tasteless,un-appetizing and all.Since I packed the food in an air tight container the lid got stuck after heating. I could not open the box even after trying for almost 30 mins.Then the real trouble started. The very same un-appetizing, tasteless letils looks very tasty and I actually broke open the lid and ate my lunch. My version of sour grapes story gone anti...

Introducing my daughter ...Vedha

Vedha is 5 1/2 years old and started Kindergarden this year. She is kind of a shy kid and doesn't talk a lot outside the house which worries me a lot.She is very talkative and active at home though. But what I realised in the last 2 weeks was that she talks when she really wants to. For a fund-raiser at school she had to go around selling stuff. Initially I thought she would chicken out but she was very willing to do it. She was well prepared as to what she wanted to say to people and fine tuned all her marketing strategies. I was really proud of her.Last Friday we had a meeting with her kindergarten teacher . He was really impressed with her academic skills and proposed we upgrade her to first Grade. After a series of serious discussions me and my husband agreed upon moving her to first grade. A very proud moment for a parent.