Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of you! I couldn't get online to post this message yesterday, so I hope you won't mind if it is a little bit late!


This is a picture of my Mother's Day breakfast that the kids made for me yesterday. They got up one hour before me and I could hear them "whispering" in the kitchen. LOL

Then they came to get me to eat. It's a smily face they said!

Hope you all enjoyed yours!!

Jyotsna





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Flabbergasted

(Update: After thinking it over, I decided not to keep his photos and name here. I was upset at first, but now I am just thinking of ways I can deal with this legally. Let me know if you have any advice. Attorney's fee's are not something I can handle. I don't have the money.

I am flabbergasted. I was searching my last name recently and this is what came up....MY EX HUSBAND as a MODEL.
Yes friends, you heard me right. He is advertising himself
as a model. He has spent $9000 last year in model training, and $350 this year in advertisements. Maybe more, but I am just flabbergasted.

Ex husband has decided not to pay my child support this month, and hmmm, wonder what he is doing with my children's support money? Do you think he is advertising himself with it? Maybe taking a class on how to walk the walk? How about walk the walk and talk the talk? He doesn't seem to be talking when I ask him why I am not getting the child support this month.

I just have to post this website, so you can see what he has done for himself. He is so selfish. $9350 for a modeling career that may not have promise, and my beautiful children may go without vitamens, summer clothing and enough food.


Thanks,
Jyotsna





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Spring Is Here....let it rain

Hi everyone,

Mother Nature is in full swing right now. Just a couple of weeks ago, we had only a few specks of green in the yard, and in the trees. Now, everything is green, and nothing is brown.

Gardening is on my mind right now, and I am thinking about two types of gardening. Even though I am getting started a little late, I think I will still start.

First, I thought I might container garden. Then I thought about how expensive it would be to buy all the pots and soil.

Then I read about lasagna gardening, where you lay a layer of newspaper down (or cardboard) and then layer over that various things; peat moss, compost, sand, grass clippings, branches, and again starting with peat moss and continueing to layer. The ground should be ready for planting in as little as two weeks. Hard to believe that laying newspaper on the ground will cause the ground below it to become soft and pliable within two weeks. But the secret is the worms. This lasagna layering is extremely hospitable for earth worms, and they break the earth and layers up into soft, crumbly dirt, which is rich and nutritious for growing vegetables and herbs.

So, I may do it if I'm not too lazy, and see what happens. Wouldn't it be exciting if I was able to provide half of my families vegetable needs via this garden this summer?

I have a big list of plants I want, but before I start listing things, let me go and lay down a layer of newspaper, and go from there.

See you in two weeks.
Jyotsna







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Snow Ice Cream...it snowed 5 inches!

What a day we had! It snowed here and wow, did it ever accumulate! We've had 5 inches, and it is still snowing, at near midnight. We haven't had snow like this in years, and then again, it usually turns to ice, as it melts then it is gone the next day. We do have ice on the streets, but the grass and cars, houses and driveways are all filled with wonderful lucious white stuff.



The kids had a great time playing outside during the earlier part of the day, before we had lot of accumulation, but their hats and gloves got really wet, so we came back in. Sadly, Ravi and Lakshmi's dad insisted on picking them up in the mess, he didn't have enough sence to keep them off the streets.

Priya and I stayed inside for the rest of the evening, and I just went outside to check the snowfall, and it is deep out there.

Earlier, I took my largest mixing bowl outside and scooped up a big bowl of snow to make snow-ice cream.

I mixed one large bowl of snow with:
two dashes of vanilla
several hard shakes of sugar
several big splashes of milk

We mixed it up and had the very best snowcream!

My best friends mother did this for us when we were kids. I lived within walking distance, and as soon as the snow would begin to fall, I would walk over the the Culley's house for some very chilly icecream, au natural.


There are lots of recipes on the internet for Snow Cream.
Find one you like, and stick with it. I also suggest that if you have any leftovers, to put it in the freezer and keep till the next day. IT FREEZES WELL! : )

Jyotsna



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King and Queen

I can't believe I am going to say this, but I believe that there may still be hope for me to find a loving and kind partner to me my king, and for me to be his queen.

I signed up on a list to see if I could find some interesting men in my partner search. I talked with one man on the phone a few days ago. He isn't for me. I think he is still dealing with his divorce issues. It takes time to get over those ties that are cut. I don't think he has given it time. He just wants to be married soon and get that part of his life back on track where it once was. Only thing, once you have divorced, life will never be the same. Having gone through a divorce 2 1/2 years ago, I can tell you while I couldn't stand to see my ex, I had not really dealt with the impact on the loss of marriage, the loss of partnership, the loss of another adult in my daily life (this was really hard).

I didn't want to see another man, and had the "I hate man" tattooed to my forehead (figuratively speaking!). Now after more than 2 years, I can finally begin to think about life after divorce, and I am ready to move forward with a relationship once I find the man who is right for me.

I tell you, my eyes were so cloudy after my divorce, I could only either see the good in a man, or the bad in a man, but I couldn't see both. There was a definate disbalance in my views.

Recently another man got in touch with me via the online thingy, and we have been emailing back and forth, and I really like his personality. If this ever becomes something, I hope that his internet persona matches his in real life personality. He's funny, intelligent and interesting. His photo is nice, but I am ready to see a very casual photo of him, to see the more relaxed side of him (not formal).

Well, I will have to update this if there is anything to update, in a few weeks. Wish me well!

Jyotsna

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Autism Video, must watch

Just watched an Autism Video on MDC, and wanted to share it with anyone who would be willing to watch. (btw, Lakshmi does not have Autism, just placed the photo there)

Jyotsna

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Hamster Habits: learn more about the amazing hamster cheeks

I watch Youtube videos with the kids frequently. Youtube is like going to school sometimes. You can literally learn so much there. Priya and I watched the trailer to Jurrasic Park today. She loves dinosaurs, and heard me talking about the Jurrasic Park movie, and about the effects like the part in the video where they were in the jeep, and the cup of water in the cup holder was moving and the water was forming rings. I showed her how you can put a cup of water on the cabinet and bang your hands on the cabinet and make it shake. I like to do movie myth busters with my kids, showing how they created the effect. Anyway, she is dying to see the whole movie now, even though I told her they drop a cow into the pit with a dinosaur and it is slaughtered immediately. So I will check it out at Blockbuster tonight, and see if it is PG. I can't see how it is, so she may not get to watch the movie for a while.

Anyway, I got way off track to tell about this video a friend emailed to me. The hamster is an average hamster, and stuffs four carrots and some bird seed into his cheeks. Then they reverse the video, and you see the hamster moving backwards and all the food coming out. I get lots of pleasure out of things like this. I know, I am strange! I laughed so hard watching the video!!

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. We ended up on a search of videos about hamsters, and even found one where a snake made friends with a hamster, instead of eating it. They actually cuddle up together.

Enjoy!
Jyotsna

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