Warning : heavily loaded with text and images (at the end).
First of all , I would like to extend a very big Thank You ! to all of you for posting sweet comments on my little projects :)
I know , I know , you all are busy bees :) Forget about crochet , it has become difficult to even find time for my JSOW - it is a women's club for happy activities . Just kidding ;) JSOW is my very own Just Something On Wednesday :)
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Anyways , if not crochet or cross stitch, I have something to share . But let me first share two things that made me happy.
1. Covering new school books for Anshita 's new session :)
2. My router got fixed ; my Wi-Fi is working fast now and after months , since I created my Pinterest account , I was able to open and enjoy pinning :)
I have kept Pinterest for my personal use and don't bother about statistics there . If you are interested to visit and repin anything, just click on this
link . I will in turn visit yours and repin . I don't expect you to follow me there and I may not do that either.....I just cannot manage multiple social networks :)
Hmm.....about being busy , well , all hell=work broke loose on me since March . Here are few glimpses :
- My maid left job. Although I use dishwasher and washing machine and she did had a little work only but Indian terrain requires a daily brooming/sweeping of house unless and until, it is fully air conditioned. So I am missing that extra time :(
- Anshita’s school was running half days since March and from this week her summer vacation has started; that means, I am supposed to cook fresh food in morning daily. Otherwise, both Raj and Anshita ate in their canteens and I cooked extra at night for my next day lunch. So that extra time has also gone :( Am I a bad momma for saying that?
- I am compiling and publishing a book of published articles which were written by my father as part of his hobby. They are highly literature based written in Marathi language with lot of Sanskrit terms. We have hired a publishing person who is retyping and I have to proof read them. It takes one hour for one article to check word by word with the original copy as I am not so good with the language.
- I have to be ready with my final interior design for my new flat by May...I am terribly falling behind the schedule :((
- I started writing as part of my hobby, but so far only one got published out of 5 odd articles that I had sent in last one year. I am very lazy in sending submissions. I have written a novel of 65000 words but it is just lying in some folder. Raj is very upset about my degrading reading and writing activities. If you are interested, you can read my published article in 'Child' magazine. Click here to know about the magazine and click here to read the PDF sent by the editor to me. Pls do tell me if you read it.
I was on the verge of getting my children story book published by a leading publisher when after seven months of mail exchange they said that they love to publish but they have many right now. Strangely, I did not feel bad because I am not taking writing as seriously as my needlework.
- On Sunday, I washed all the toys for Anshita including 50+ dolls and their 150+ odd dresses. I must say I have pampered her a lot as far as toys are concerned. Her favourites are dinosaurs. She wants to become a palaeontologist. Someday, I will tell about her dino books.
Well that cleaning stuff left me with lot of body pain for 2 days. And above all, Raj is having heavy workload and is sleeping by 2am daily so I cannot scream for help although I don't stop nagging either.
I can hear you say, how the hell she got time to write this big post ? :)
Wait, it is just half the post :)))
I am working on some of my WIPs and wish to share when I complete them; hopefully, at least one by Monday.
Don't worry, the remaining post will have some glittering images which will cool down your temper after reading the first half of my post ( I can see your wicked smile and the cruel scroll button which you just used to jump right here :))))) he-he-he .
These images are of handcrafted lacquer bangles which are one of the specialties of Hyderabad. There is a 400 year old bangle market in the old city here known as 'Laad bazar' which has shops lined up in a long street. Mostly they are worn for festivals and marriages especially by Indian brides. It is quite far away from my place. It has been years I visited the market. Aren't those beautiful?
Next time, I will tell you about this special museum in the city.
Sorry for the long post, but I would love to hear some words from you.
Tired of reading? I can help you write comments too …here are some of the samples which you can copy paste ;)
1. Nice post, thanks for sharing!
2. Great pictures! best wishes for your WIPs!
3. Had fun reading your post! Fully sympathise with your situation . (
I guess no one will write this)
4.What a post! Thanks for sharing (
That leaves me thinking what kind of post was it ;)
There goes one realistic one….
5. Lovely pictures! Long post….hats off to my (
reader’s) patience:)))
I hope you will not block me after this post :)
Happy blogging!
Preeti :)
