It has been raining for the past 3 days here. It started with high winds on Christmas night and hasn’t stopped since then. There is nothing romantic about it. I have been trapped inside for what seems like weeks with nothing much to do. It seems that I am in seattle. They say due to a dreary weather they have a high suicide rate. I can relate to that. I hear rain picking up again. My plans for grocery shopping will have to wait. I woke up to a very depressing mood and have been teary all morning....

It was in the 70’s with humidity off the charts yesterday. This morning when I opened the door to pick the newspaper up the cold freezing air caught me by surprise. The weatherman is saying it is 46 and the highest will only stay in the high 40’s for couple of days. It will jump up to mid to high 70’s in a couple of days. All this up and down in temperature can make a person go insane ! Am I to air out my winter garb or keep my summer apparel in use? I go out sweaty and come back with a runny nose....

5 years ago for Christmas I made some brittle for the kids to try, something fun, quick and homemade using almonds instead of peanuts as we aren’t big fans of peanuts. It was a hit. The next year mr. weasel wondered if I was going to make it again. From then on I just make it. Don’t even have to wait for requests. The only problem is that the project has gone from 1 batch for us to the annual Christmas gift for our neighbors, friends and their uncle too. Yesterday was the day that I did my baking...

I don’t remember if I had mentioned this tragic tale before. One of the volleyballs mom committed suicide before thanksgiving. It was unbelievable. Only 2 days before I saw her when I dropped her daughter, miss weasels class and team mate at home after their teams bonfire. Everything seemed fine and she was all smiles and giggles. She was an active member of PTA and from what we found out at the funeral very active in her church, teaching classes. All through volleyball season we participated along...

The kids were a bit too giggly yesterday on the way back from school. According to miss weasel the reason was my colorful lingo. You see I have a very bad habit, I don’t pay attention to what I am saying and how I am saying it. It is one thing to be young and then quite another for someone my age to use words as poop, poon, balella, heoo etc. you get the picture? Few months ago we needed some work done in our backyard, some draining issue and I had to explain to the contractor what mr. weasel wanted...

…My town that is :AID:. That’s right, you heard it and we are as much surprised as the rest of you. According to the weather man it has only snowed 10 times since the 1800’s here. Our coldest month is jan so this snow is a treat for us folks. I have been monitoring the conditions since 5:30 am. The parents were calling each other before the school. Kids were hoping that the school will close. Quiet a few schools are closed but not ours, its our first mid-term today. The surprising thing is that...

The neighborhood I live is the upscale neighborhood of the town. People hire others to do everything here. Like seasonal and holiday décor. When we first moved here few years ago I did the customary door arrangements myself for all seasons and elaborate arrangements for the holidays and after every season stored them in the attic to be take out next year. So every season I pull out my same’ol’ same’ol stuff and proudly display it showing off my artsy crafty side. Yesterday I found 2 flyers from...

Todays is kind of the day outside when you want to grab a nice book and some pine nuts and find a cozy corner and get lost in day dreaming. unfortunately, i dont have that luxury. too many things to catch up with and do. we had planned a nice desi dinner for mr. weasels partners at work for the holidays but his senior partner butted in by saying that ' his idea of a christmas holiday dinner is going out to a restaurant'. so he ended up inviting all of us couples out. SO RUDE. mr. weasel...

well, 2day is eid and like any other one for the past few years it is a quite one. when the kids were little we use to let them miss school and have fun. Now with boys away in college, for them finals start next week. Missy in 7th grade and cant miss school cause her midtermz start thursday. It has been like this for years. I dont mind much tho as growing up eids were a quite affair in our house too. I plan to make palloo and savayan latter.
I have been battling flu for the past week so...

I am glad there isnt any condition about a number of post before blogging like for the request of your own avatar etc. this will not be my first attempt at blogging as i have tried before. unfortunately, few even i dont remember where i had started/posted, hehe. hopefuly here i'll write regularly.