Below is my entry for the ” Summer Heat ” Contest at Bloggeratti. Check out the below link and let me know what you think 🙂 Summer Nights
Author: Aditi Wardhan Singh
I'm a mom living in Virginia, enjoying chronicling my various escapes with the kids and around the kitchen. I believe being a mom involves a balance of holding on and letting go. And since being a mom is a 24/7 job, cooking though essential, needs to be as easy as can be. So peruse my blog for various experiences in parenting and experiments in cooking.
Humanity in Disasters
I always cry when watching the ” Titanic “. Always. From the scene where the musicians keep playing, to the captain holding onto the mast of the ship, to the people who try frantically to get out, the fathers letting go of their children and wives, to the guy who shoots himself out of desperation, to the One boat that…
A few words …
“A compliment is verbal sunshine” – Robert Orben Isn’t it sweet ? The look on someone’s face when you say something nice about them. It could be anything and to anyone yet without fail, it’s bring forth delight to the listener. Of course reactions may differ depending on the way the compliment is paid but it always becomes a cherished…
Excuses and Love
OK !! This is probably one of the more controversial topics I may talk about, and it May hit a few nerves so I’m taking the precaution of saying that all the below is from my experiences and all that I’ve seen and heard from people around me, people I’ve loved and cared for deeply and seen in their worst…
Some Shopping and Light Reading
Now the proud owner of my all time favorites – The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand This book really rocked my world. The concepts described by Ayn Rand, touched within me a core and instilled within me the importance of standing by what you believe in and doing the best in every job that’s handed to you. Playing the blame game…
Silent Witness
Silent Witness by Rebecca Forster Finished reading it today. It’s a story about actual cause of the death of a mentally challenged kid, who died in an amusement park. Was pretty slow in the beginning but what I enjoyed was the thought process of each person and their changing motives. What I did not like was how the story drags…
Celebrations and Temptations
– Celebrations – Gave my Hubby a surprise birthday party yesterday. He’s going to be 30 on the 3rd, so thought to make a little special !!! Yeah, I’ve been teasing about him becoming old endlessly, but only for another few days or so Can’t help myself !! All his office buddies came to grace the occasion with their families…
Night at Tobacco …
Jumping around, on top of, below, falling all over each other. Drinking so much that either you pass out and have to be carried home or you are so pumped, you have no idea what you’re doing. Grinding against each other in twos and threes. Dancing to Britney Spears music, acting too much like a pretzel, naughty girl, for a…
To Belong !
I came to the US immediately after marriage and after the first 6 months of getting to know my hubby and chatting with all my old friends and family, I started feeling the need for people whom I could talk to face to face, heart to heart or just share a joke. I’m unabashed in saying I gave my husband…
Tag By Chance
Well, yeah, it was by chance ( Hemanth – > Anwesa ) that I came across this tag. And since I just Love filling in such questionnaires, went to town on it !! If you have the patience to go through it, Kudos to you !! Might give you more of an insight into me :)) Might !!!!!! These days…