Secret Santa

It all started last week with a radio program. They had a piece on secret Santa. It was quite surprising to know that.... A good amount of people despised this idea. Buying gifts for people you do not know. And more importantly, ending up absolutely useless gifts because your secret Santa did not know what you are.

I had to smile at this. Basically, I was happy to know that I am was not the only one to dislike this game. Every holiday season, I have to rack my brains over the secret Santa they play at Kiddo's school. I personally do not like the idea of doing stuffs for the sake of doing it. And Secret Santa ends up being just that!!!

But then, this week.... Things took a complete U turn. Couple of my friends were playing this game in their various circles. And... Well their excitement levels... The amount of effort they have taken to find the appropriate gift... The surprise element... The happiness quotient that went into this picture... Well... That was simply amazing to watch....

Happy Holidays to Everyone
.... Mmmmmmuah!

PS.
If any one is planning to send me a secret gift... Please make sure its an house elf who can take care off all the boring stuffs at home with 0 input from me O:-)
Oh! Wait! That elf is called husband!
Erase! Erase!
There is no need of any secret gifts... I will pass this one for the peace I now have.
Phew!

Picture Courtesy : bourkegroup.com.au

Change in Worth

She1 {irritated at the herculean task}: He is not worth it!
She2 {equally irritated}: Exactly what I thought!

And the Shes go back to their life.

As an observer what interested me was.... The He had been a strong support to either of them during their worst. Even today, if there is a genuine need... I am sure he would still be there for them.

Okay...  Okay... I will leave some room for the obvious :-P

Chances as high that he would still be there for them.....

Yet... Today... When they speak of those light-hearted interactions... Neither wants to do it with Him. What changed?

Actually... More than the logical reasoning behind these whats & whys... When I look at it... It is interesting to see the varied parameters & their new forms. And to add to it... They are still changing... Lets see how they change further...

Errr... But... Soooo not worth the time... Even for a social scientist!!! :-D

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The Script

Me : Buy me a drink!
He {sounding all clever & pleased}: Lime juice ok?
Me {smug & impatient} : Yeah! Just mix it with white rum or vodka
He {could feel his irritating mile long all the way here} : This conversation reminded me of a scene from Karthik calling Karthik
Me {with growing impatience} : Haven't watched the movie... So cannot relate

And he shares this link...

And I walk away with my free drink for sticking to the script without even knowing the script!! Not to mention the theartics!

Thank you MM!!! For that final nudge.... Mmmmuah!!

Mister!! Thanks for actually sponsoring this wonderful evening I had with myself!! I love youuuuuuuu :-* :-* :-* :-* 

They really know how to surprise us

The last weekend, a friend & I had put up a sale (eatables) at another friend's apartment. We were initially thinking of leaving the kids at home. But as the day neared, I was dreading the fact that I will not have Kiddo to support me. When she is there... I know she... Just completes that picture. I decided to take her with me. My friend still was unsure about bringing hers.

On the sale day, when my friend's younger child saw Kiddo all dressed up... Well... You very well know what the next scene would have been! She dresses up in record breaking time & joins us :-)

After reaching the venue, I give the kids a brief intro on how to keep an itemized sales record. Their only task... Keep track of the number of items sold. They did goof up initially... But since we had a slow start, I had enough time to correct it. But..... 

After the initial slow period... The rush just kicked in. We had a live counter too. As we got busy with the live counter... The kids just took charge! Cooking at the venue was taking a good amount of time & with multiple orders, we were getting busy... And yes... We were panicking as well... At least I was... & internally O:-) Moral of the story we were getting busy backstage. 

That was when these two 9yr olds took charge. They were all over the place. 

Taking orders

Serving the clients 

Updating the menu list as & when the items were completely sold out

Collecting money

Paying the balance (I strongly believe the adult customers helped the kids with this... And I am sure we did end up with some financial loss because of their calculations... Yea... Check their math scores in class!!) 

To the extend that they got frustrated with our pace & started making lemonades all by themselves & serving it!! 

There were instances where we had to check with the kids for the exact rate of the dishes... Why??? Of course we forgot in the "excitement"!! :-P 

And all throughout the evening I was completely awed! The kids were simply amazing.... The only instructions they were give was... Make a record of sales... But they figured out we were in need of extra set of hand & just stepped up. They were simply amazing.... Doing this event was an amazing experience for me. Watching the kids handle the rush was just... Amazing.... Not just as a parent... They did great that evening... And we had an amazing time watching these kids. 

:-) 

PS. 

I had an amazing time. For those who do not know me... Please don't waste our time by bringing in the financial aspects. Kids had a great time... We had a great time. Lets just leave it at it. 

The picture says it all....... :-)

Colors??

Some one shared this in our WhatsApp groups - The colors for Dussera!

What struck me was... This color scheme too starts with Red...

Red!

The color of the Root chakra... The muladhara... The foundation......... 

Disconnected Conversations

He : Your heart beats fiercely. Mine just ticks.
She : I have not gifts to offer such a wonder.
If you are hungry, I'll feed you.
If I am mad, you will tell me.
He : You are not mad.
She : You don't know all of me yet.
                                                                     From the movie - A Little Chaos

:-)