One More Year! The Same Old Me!!

OMG! time sure ticks like a time bomb, ready to explode and say your time is up! It feels like i just celebrated my last birthday and next one is already here :-). I am sure turning a year older but wiser?? i am not sure! I have crossed one more year may be just may be turned a little bit wiser also. from last one to I have learnt a lot and still am learning. The only thing in life that is constant is change. So, may be i have changed for the better or may be worse?? that is for others to say....
From the last birthday to this one! I have made quite a few good friends and good meaningful relationships that are not petty and dont sore if you are not in touch for long...you have that comforting feeling that they are there in the background.
should I be happy that I have grown a year older or sad??

but whatever said & done....I am always going to be 16 in my heart!!!

Happening weekends!!

My dearest better half has been traveling quite a bit over the weekends for the last few months. We hardly get to go out anywhere. after almost 2 months of traveling over the weekends he was at home 2 weeks ago. That weekend was awesome!
Weekend 1
On Friday, I finished sometime during the afternoon (S, D & I decided we wanted to go to a movie and it was also a long time since we had all met). I sent my office boy go pick up the movie tickets from the PVR. After work, I walked to S's house & waited for her husband M & my C to come home. Then also D & her husband P came. We had got the tickets for "Extremely Loud, Incredibly close" - a Tom Hanks & Sandra Bullock's movie for the 9.45pm show. P had got his gypsy and we all went to the movie in it with the top open. Had dinner @ transit, watched the movie which both C & M did not like much. The movie got over at 12.30am & we had to have a cuppa of hot tea. So, we went searching for it from Shopper's Stop till Accenture but no luck. We finally came back to S's house around 1.15am sat in the gypsy till 2pm and then S said she will make tea for us. :-) We went in, had Tea sat till 3am in her house then came back home.
Next morning on saturday, my daughter started early morning saying she wanted to go to V's house, V is S's son. So when I called S for a plan she said she was going to her sister's place as it was her nephew's B'day. In the evening we went to their house - again had an awesome time. came back home at 12.30am ;-). On Sunday, it was J's birthday and we had to go to their house in the evening and wound up @ 10.30pm with Monday blues :-)!!!

Weekend 2
This was the last weekend! Gosh! I cant believe the next one already is around the corner ;-)
did nothing on friday - When I called M to ask if they would come to "Jodi Breakers" - he said no way!! but we can go to "John Carter" on Saturday.
So, Saturday came and it was again a packed one! Saturday morning, i had some errands to run for my mum so, was with her till evening. Then Took my daughter & went to S's house again! ;-) with D& P.It was also M's Birthday that day. Already A & Poo were there @ S's house. P had other plans so he just dropped us and went on his way. A, D & me went and bought a cake for M. We made him cut it and wished him a very Happy Birthday, fed the kids and rushed to the movie. It was nice 3D movie and we did enjoy a lot. came back to M & S's house. There was a little incident after which M was very upset :-) & angry!. P had come back by then to pick D. He made awesome tea for all of us. We again came back home @ 3am & yes with the kiddo!!!
Again, Sunday was my parents anniversary & my dad had called some of his friends for breakfast. had to get up at 6 after sleeping literally at 4am and walk to Mom's to help her in the kitchen.
Came back home at 9am and again after hubby got ready took him to mum's house for breakfast.
Then he has some errands to run and we met again at S's house. The boys & the kids had lunch at their house.Then we put the kids to sleep, left the men to watch TV and went off to Pizza & pasta Stop @ Delmia Circle( Poo, S & me). Had yummy thincrust pizza & aglio olio pepperenchino - it was yummilicious!! We made it back home only @ 10pm Phew!!!!!

Weekend Plans;-)

2 days ago hubby dearest told me he is traveling to Pune this weekend on business...I am like wow!

I have one friday evening, whole of saturday (my mom's birthday) and sunday (just to chilax)...which I hardly do these days :-) My daughter & I are going to stay at mum's place which I have hardly done in the last year and a half ;-);-)

I called 2 of my close friends. The third one is not in this country now...asked them if we could meet up Friday evening and they were like YES WE CAN!! yet to decide where we will go...for a couple of drinks, good food and the of course interesting conversation which will keep flowing and I am sure we will the ones creating a lot of ruckus ;-)

Saturday there is going to be a lot of things on my to do list, which i need to tick off one by one.

also is a dinner party with the family - minus my hubby

Sunday is a school friend's wedding - not yet decided whether I will go, need to check with R as well :-)

Women's Day!

I want to start off this post by wishing all you wonderful women - mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, a very happy Women's Day...

This post is a tribute to all the women who have touched my life in any way possible and have left their mark in my heart. From whom i have learnt a little more and evolved to being a little better at what I am & what I want to be...

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My Mother: who brought me into this huge world bearing me within her for 9 months without her I would not be what I am today...I learnt a lot of stuff from her, like how to be a mother :-). Even though I took quite a few years to understand her value in my life and that she brought me up in the best way possible. The same things I hated in her, now I love. I understand why she did the things she did to me and the same learnings make me a better human being.

My Little Sister: Who came into this world to teach me sharing & caring is the best thing. I still remember the day she was born, like yesterday :-). I was sent off to watch the movie, Shankarabharanam so i did not have to wait. I came back to the hospital and they handed me this little pink bundle to hold and i was so scared & also awed by the tiny life in my hand. from her i learnt that there was true joy in sharing. It is always good to have a sibling of the same gender with whom you can share your little secrets and go on shopping trips & to have a fight. (In a corner of my heart i wish my daughter had someone too... but then you know....)

My Three Close Friends: who have already received mentions on & off on my blogs. All three of whom I have known for over 20 years- R, N & S ;-). All of us have kind of lived in each other's pockets for so long.. I choose the exact time to call them when they are having lunch (telepathy you say...I say so too). I have been on trips with them, I have sat on the porch with them, not had a single word but come out satisfied like we have had a meaningful conversations. We have had our share of fights too when I have asked them not to breath down my neck!! (yes I have! havent I ladies??) they have been through thick & thin. We have discussed about almost all topics under the sun but we still dont have enough of each other...it will remain the same until I become one with mother earth.

Good Friends (S&D): These are friends i have made in the last 7-8 years. We meet every other weekend, most of the time with husbands on toe but sometimes on our own. we go catch a movie, go shopping or try out a new restaurant. By now, we know each other very well indeed that we kind of know whats going on in the other person's mind and we finish sentences for each other.

Important Women(R, C & M): These are women I have met during my career. They have thought me how to survive in the corporate without getting hurt or irritated. I have learnt a lot from these women - determination, strength, perseverance, patience, how to handle difficult people :-). Come whatever & what may, I have seen them keep their calm & wits about them not going to pieces. And learnt a great deal.

All of you - thanks for just being there...dont ever change come what may as you are what you are because of those qualities :-)

Happy Women's Day Ladies!!!!