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Last day of school 2020
The last day of school usually makes me a bit misty eyed every year! It makes me happy to see all the cheerful faces so proud of their achievements, talking animatedly to their friends, making plans for play dates, saying goodbye to teachers. The school campus feels so lively as it does on the first…
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Shelter in Place – Week 2
This is the second week of us being at home. Here is California, we have the shelter in place orders. We can only go out for groceries and emergencies. Week 1 was generally okay. Schools are closed and we are working from home. I always work from home, so that’s not new to me, but…
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2019 Recap
As we come to the end of a decade, there are so many things I want to reflect on. I started my blog 10 years ago. The main reason for starting this blog was to capture the everyday moments which I might miss otherwise. I think it is safe to say that I did miss…
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Diwali Message
On Diwali this year, I got a lot of wishes as usual. One wish stood out in particular. It was from a neighbor whose son is the same age as Sarath. She wrote “Happy Diwali!! Thank you for being a great friend and part of my support system as I try it balance my family…
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Summer Camp
Sarath went to a week long summer camp with the boy scouts last week. This was the first time he was away from home for that long. I think I was more nervous than him which was probably expected. It is always harder on the parents than the kids. They are out there having fun.…
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Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe has been on our list of places to visit for a long time. in July this year, we finally managed to visit the place. We decided to go during the July 4th weekend. We weren’t able to finalize our plans until the last minute. The weekend before the 4th, we booked the hotel…
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Artwork with reusable utensils
Sanjay had to make a project using reusable utensils for his sharing at school. This was his creation.
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My new space!!
This is my umpteenth attempt to revive my blog. I had so many plans of moving to a self hosted site. I bought the domain and have had it ready for a while. I finally made the switch now. Life has become really busy after moving to CA. Not sure what the difference is. I…
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Memorial Day Weekend 2018
It has been a while since we had taken a break to go any place since we moved to California. So, this memorial day weekend, we decided to take the 3 days completely off and go to Lake Shasta. We had been planning a trip to this place for a long time even when we…
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Proud of Myself
As everybody knows, mid term elections this year are very important. I am not an ardent follower of politics, but I do have my opinions and I follow the news carefully. After all what happens today affects not just me or my family now, but it will affect my kids in the future as well.…