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A year without shopping! Can you?

Posted 14th August 2009 by Lakshmi, tagged shopping

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I was amused to read this article in the latest issue of Good housekeeping. This is about a family who decided to not buy anything but perishables for one whole year. I was quite impressed by how they followed through their decision. I am not a shopaholic, but occasionally give a

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First days of school

Posted 30th July 2009 by Lakshmi, tagged kindergarten, changes, first week

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Finally the most awaited week has come.  S started Kindergarten two days back. Irrespective of all our doubts and anxieties, she has had a great time in her first half day and first full day. Here are the changes in our lives just in the first two days.

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Do we seek problems to fix?

Posted 23rd July 2009 by Lakshmi, tagged problem, fix

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Today I am worried about my 20 month old A’s eating problem in daycare. It has been three days since she has not touched her lunch in daycare.  The teacher relays this to me when I pick her up in the evenings. After waiting for two days, yesterday I sent lunch from home to try, still the…

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Our daughter has a new friend

Posted 23rd July 2009 by Lakshmi, tagged friend

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I believe in miracles and one such thing happened in last couple of weeks. As some emails were circulating among parents of S's new Kindergarten class, I was delighted to see signature of one parent. It listed an address that is in the same street as ours! I cannot explain how delighted and anxious…

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Getting jittery as my child starts Kindergarten

Posted 16th July 2009 by Lakshmi, tagged change, school

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Today was our older daughter’s Kindergarten registration. I picked her up from daycare closer to noon and went to the school. While driving to school, she happily tells me that her dad has asked to take a picture with the class teacher as he was not able to go with us today.  As…

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