its been a full house...mom, brother, SIL and niece were here for 5 days.....i didnt realise my house needed a fragile warning till i readied it for a 19 month old hyperactive child....cloaks over k's precious book collection.....breakable stuff put away (which meant most of the stuff i own) and being alert 24/7!! she of course had a ball....i think kids know exactly when they have you by the b@!!$ .....i see a glint in the eyes...the glint of success....she's adorable...and quite a handful...and i am glad i need to play doting aunt only once in a while!!
in an affirmation of my want to be more earth friendly, i have myself a new home composting apparatus....i am very excited about it....and i just hope to keep the maggots out!! it will be really bad for my marriage!!
i've also been loving and hating the rains.....it poured here for 5 days non stop....the place next to ours which was getting readied for construction, now looks like a monstrous...but very filthy swimming pool.....and much as i love the romance of the garam chai and spiced cookies on the balcony bit, i have to deal with water logged plants, damp clothes and mustiness in the house.....am not complaining.....but i hate damp clothes...i am just grateful i am not in them!!
but the biggest happening has been that i have chopped off my tresses.....it has given me much grief.....falling at such an alarming rate that i envisioned myself with a bald pate....much as i loved my long hair....the longest i have had it ever.....till my waist....i chopped it off till my shoulders....which is about 8 inches....i haven't yet gotten over the shock of seeing a different looking me when i brush my teeth in the morning......i tell myself...its hair...it will grow back....but i cant seem to not miss it!! ridiculous?? i dont know....
i am currently terrified of agreeing to do the food for a child's b'day party.....half of me wants to give it a shot...the other half wants to run and hide.... the next week will tell me whether it was worth it....as for now...there's no turning back!!
in an affirmation of my want to be more earth friendly, i have myself a new home composting apparatus....i am very excited about it....and i just hope to keep the maggots out!! it will be really bad for my marriage!!
i've also been loving and hating the rains.....it poured here for 5 days non stop....the place next to ours which was getting readied for construction, now looks like a monstrous...but very filthy swimming pool.....and much as i love the romance of the garam chai and spiced cookies on the balcony bit, i have to deal with water logged plants, damp clothes and mustiness in the house.....am not complaining.....but i hate damp clothes...i am just grateful i am not in them!!
but the biggest happening has been that i have chopped off my tresses.....it has given me much grief.....falling at such an alarming rate that i envisioned myself with a bald pate....much as i loved my long hair....the longest i have had it ever.....till my waist....i chopped it off till my shoulders....which is about 8 inches....i haven't yet gotten over the shock of seeing a different looking me when i brush my teeth in the morning......i tell myself...its hair...it will grow back....but i cant seem to not miss it!! ridiculous?? i dont know....
i am currently terrified of agreeing to do the food for a child's b'day party.....half of me wants to give it a shot...the other half wants to run and hide.... the next week will tell me whether it was worth it....as for now...there's no turning back!!