Fun, Food and Frolic: Homemade Chicken Stock

Fun, Food and Frolic: Homemade Chicken Stock

Blood pressure moments

It is now 11:00 am and already I have had several blood pressure moments. My internet isn't working optimally, so there can be no browsing. How this opened is a miracle! I guess it's thanks to Google Lite.

The internet has been AWOL for the past 2 days. Today it is limping back to some semblance of normalcy. Anyway, I have been trying to call every number to ask my service provider when I can expect to get back online, but ALL and I mean ALL the numbers I have are engaged. Never have I hated the engaged tone as I much as I do at this moment. The least they could have done is to leave a recorded message so the caller hears SOMETHING, but not in this country! No! Such a courtesy would not even strike them! It's frustrating and it's rude! That's why I have elevated BP today and must go off and listen to my meditation music. Must center myself again. By all :)

Stop and smell...

For the last 3 days it has poured and poured. Rain drops as fat as over-sized beads have lashed my city. Stray dogs, cats and homeless humans have been hard hit to find a dry spot, but the rain has been a godsend for the flora . The dust of summer has been washed off and green in its true shades is all around for us to admire.

But in a busy city like Bombay does anyone have the time to stop and take it all in? I for one was a busy Metropolitan who rushed to and from and rarely stopped to smell the flowers. But as I've grown older, the fancy malls and the brightly lit shops have lost their sparkle. Instead, it's Nature that grabs my attention now. And in my observations I have identified some really wonderful trees that I had never noticed before.

I hope to learn how to upload pictures soon so that I can post some....in the meantime, it's only words....

So many Questions, too few answers

Why is it that I have to ask my sons 10 questions to get 1 answer? Is it that they think I am prying? They should know me better. I ask "Where are you going?". They reply: "To a friends' house." I ask "Which friend?" They say "In Bandra". Is that a proper reply to the question? Should I not ask? I ask:Why not? Isn't that what families do? And yet when I'm dressed up and ready to go out, I get the same questions from them! I think I'm going to try and match their answers...any one out there in the same situation?

A Rock and A Hard Place

We've often been between AR and AHP, and so have I. But I have never felt the rocks poking into me and pushing me into a place that hurts the very marrow of my bones till recently.

When you are by nature nurtring and selfless the options are hard to absorb. When you put 'Me' ahead of another the pain goes deeper and yet the other choices are not the best.

So it is with heavy heart that I accept the Rocks and the Hard Place for the first and hopefully the last time

Things I miss

I miss so many things but I gues every thing has a season and a reason....

My son's childhood
My close friendships that have seen their season
My dear dear friend Zap who I loved with every ounce of my being
My body being a cellulite-free zone
Conversations with my husband - the TV and other things have taken their place
Family that's scattered all over the globe -email and phone conversations just don't cut it!

Are we Passionate?

Over the past few years the words Training, Facilitating, Coaching and Mentoring have made themselves visible in every organization. People have jumped on the bandwagon using it as a means to make a living, earn extra money or as alternative careers.
How many of us though, are passionate about what we do? Do we deliver because we HAVE to or because we WANT to? At the end of a training do we step out with a feeling of having done something well? Or is it just another manic Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday?

I've read so many posts from trainers asking for material to be used in training. If we're really passionate about what we do, how come we ask for handouts? Why don't we develop ourselves? Why do we wait for our organizations to organize training workshops for us?

What's happened to self-help? What's happened to self-development?
Also, trainers may be 'certified' but does that make them great trainers?

I'd love to have your views...