Being Thankful

Hey There,

How is everybody doing? Hope everybody is having a nice, chilled out (literally and figuratively) weekend.I sure am!
After a long long time, I am enjoying a day where I have decided to put my type A, chaotic personality to the side and just trying to go with the flow.No items on the agenda, no items to cross off my never ending list, no guilt, no pressure.

On another front, this is Thanksgiving season in some parts of the world.Though we don't celebrate it here, I quite like the essence of the festival and so for once, instead of whining, I am going to put down my sometimes sillly and sometimes profound thoughts on things I am thankful for.So here it goes in random order :

'I' is for Indian Bride

I was just browsing through Etsy to look for some interesting artwork for my home and stumbled upon this

Watercolour fashion illustration :Indian wedding1 via

Isn't it gorgeous.I love it.Go check out this shop.There are some wonderful watercolours in there.I want them all.:-)

This post is for Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday.Yes, I took a shortcut and did not write anything, but I am sure she will be forgiving and gentle with me.:-)




Cheers
Sumi

Advice From A Cartoon Princess I would never pass on to my daughter

Delightful Recipes

I stumbled upon a wonderful blog written by Nate and Salli.They had this interesting idea of creating a recipe book with fun illustrations, which then translated into a blog.I don't know about you, but I have never seen such a cute way of presenting recipes and they have tons of them, recipes I mean.I am not a fan of cooking, but looking at the blog makes me want to try some things,so if you enjoy cooking, I am sure you will love their blog

I have taken the liberty to show one such illustration from their blog.Hope they don't mind.

Image credit :http://www.theydrawandcook.com

So fun!Go check them out here.I am sure you won't be disappointed.

Cheers
Sumi

H for Happiness

Lately I have been feeling a bit jaded and uninterested in everything.I can't for the life of me figure out why I am not happier than what I am right now.I have everything going for me, a lovely husband, great friends, financial independence, a job I like on most days, my parents, my mental faculties all intact (touchwood) , then what is it that is making me question whether I am happy or not!.

This led me to thinking whether we can actively and conscioulsy make ourselves happy.I am still trying to figure out that one.The start to this is to find out what does make me happy and that is something that I need to sit and ponder about.I hope I make some headway and start appreciating my life more.

What do you do to feel happier?What are the road blocks to your happiness?Are you thankful for whatever life has offered you, yet still mildly discontented?Is thankfulness for life's gifts, the same as happiness?

I would love to hear from whoever reads this and get some perspective.

Pensive
Sumi

I am participating in Jenny Matlock's Alphabet thursday.The letter this time is H and H for happiness is my entry.

Worth reading

Read a beautiful post about kindness.Go read it  here.It's moving and lovely.

Diwali

Hey there,

I know I am a bit late for this, but Happy Diwali folks.How did it go? Being slightly under the weather, I didn't do much this time, but I am still pretty proud of myself, since I did some decorating, crafting AND cooking.Also, probably for the first time we did the puja properly.So what, if everything was taken from the internet.Yes,I printed out the whole puja procedure and the aarti and stuff from the net since husband and I pretty much suck at following rituals.My mom found it really funny, but I am sure Lakshmi ji will forgive us and accept our incompetence.:-)

Anyhow,here's my diwali in pics.

Cheers

Sumi