Im back

We got back yesterday afternoon from Arkansas.It was a good trip.But we had to return on saturday night than on Sunday as it was planned earlier as a friend who was with us had some important work to be done on Sunday.I got to know this only after we reached there.It was okai, though i was disappointed when i hears anout it first.But we had a good time there.I will write in detail later about what happenned each day. Arkansas is a beautiful place,Very quiet and calm.We couldn't visit too many places there , but we all had a great time together.But our return journey was kind of hectic as we hadn't slept well for 2 days and we started from there by 4am on sunday morning with out sleeping.So all we did after reacing home was sleep till today morning. took many fotos... i will add more here later. You can click on the photos to view them in the original size..

The moon looked exceptionally beautiful on friday night.

A view on the way to Whitaker point.This deer was special as this was the only one with a horn in the herd...

We found these herd of deer and cattle on our way to Whitaker point.There were nearly 30-40 deers and it was fascinating to watch them grazing and moving together.The view was breath taking with lush green pasture fenced by hundreds of trees

The herd of cattle.

Leaving tonight

FInally we are going to Arkansas tonight.Sj and 3 other of his friends will drive.Its 10 hours from here and may b an hour on breaks.We weren't very sure about going yesterday since our friend's baby got sick.But she is better now.We can check in there only by 8am.So we are off from here by 11pm.We got a good deal on the accomodation.A room and kitchen cabin stay for all of us at $250.We got to buy some stuff for breakfast tomorrow before we leave.I am just hoping that i'l have fun.All of you have a great week end.

Making me want to eat some potato now...

POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!PO!!!

This is really sweet and funny.My friend's 18 months old kid says pothetho! pothetho! when she wants to see this video.

Everything happens for good!?

Do you believe in this saying "everything happens for good".I am a strong believer of the saying.Among Sj and me I can usually handle stress better than him.When something goes worng and if he is upset about it, i can always be stronger and influence him to think positive.I somehow have many reasons and experiences which made me believe this. But now a days when i feel a bit low, i question myself about this belief. I doubt if this is really true or is it just my way of coping with my blues.I am not sure.It wasn't this way till a few years back.I used to often blame god a lot if things went wrong for me.I used to cry and blame myself for many reasons and make a hell out of the situation making me all the more miserable.But then, after i started getting to believe this statement,i have reduced doing it.But i used to think why does things have to go wrong.If not for me then others.Why cant god just make everything go right.Afterall God is the supreme power, capable of everything.It might sound funny, but the other day when I watched this scene from Bruce Almighty, where God explains to Bruce about the old lady who had to lead a lonely life with lots of money who was otherwise to join her sister, I kind of felt may be its true.May be i am completely right in believing that everything happens for good. I dont know if its right or worng, but it sure makes me a lot optimistic and gives me a lot of peace and happiness in life.When ever something goes wrong, I feel may be something better is on its way...Trust me..A lot of times, it works.I know its difficult during sickness and death.But who knows, may be life is better after death than in this world.Mine or other's I am scared of death.Considering this i sometimes doubt if i should really believe in this statement.But then i think, there are a lot of things which are beyond our understanding.So all we can do is to live happily as long as we do and try to make things better for ourselves and others.And so i still believe "EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR GOOD."

next time you have something going wrong in your life, just take it this way and see...just convince yourself that it happened for good or atleast for a reason.I am sure it would help you a lot in taking things easy and finding a solution in calm and poise

Planning a trip

Its a very foggy morning here.Looks beautiful outside.I might end up going out for a few pics later sometime.Not sure.Anyway i have more laundry to do today.In the evening we are going to a friend's house.We are planning for a short 2 day road trip to some place in the coming week end.So we need to discuss it with them.Seven of us would go together.The friend's kid would be there.The sweet little girlI love her so much.We are just worried about her.We are not sure if she would be comfortable with long drives.She is just one nad a half years and needa a baby seat.But this little girl hates to be placed that way for a long time.She likes to hang around and play.She is the naughty little sweet grl....She is like our own kid to Sj and me.Hope she too would enjoy the trip as just like we all.But we all really need a change now and has to go for a trip.Since we are at such an insignificant corner of mid-west now, we dont have anything interesting near by.So plannig for Arkansas right now.Would comfirm only tonight after discussing it with all.Its still 9 hours drive from here.

Wishes

Today is my dear friend Sissy's daughter's 7th birthday......So here are my all birthday wishes to the sweet girl.....




Today is my dear friend Sissy's daughter's 7th birthday......So here are my all birthday wishes to the sweet girl.....

Made me think

Sj had an appointment with the dentist yesterday.He had an extra tooth coming up with deep roots which was causing him a lot of pain these days.So went to the doctor early morning 7.15[thats too early for me] yesterday...Sj had his tooth extracted and it took almost 2 hours since it was some surgical removal as it was deep rooted.So Sj took a leave yesterday and was at home.I got so busy yesterday that i even missed the thursday thirteen....Now he has to take liquid diet for a couple of days.I made soup in the morning, but it ended up being so salty that he preferred taking curd with sugar, what we call a Lassi.

When i ws waiting at the dentist's, i was flipping through the People magazine and there were these two articles which really struck me.A few days back i had made this post.This and then yesterday again this article made me ponder for sometime. The first article was about an 18 years old girl who made her boyfriend murder her whole family including mum,dad and two little brothers just because they denied of her relation with this elder guy.This kind of depressed
me deep in my heart.I really felt numb for sometime.It took me a few minutes to actually continue reading the entire article."SHE ACTUALLY GOT HER WHOLE FAMILY KILLED".God!I mean these younger brothers of hers where kids and innocent.They were shot and then slashed with knives.What is she? A Cannibal??!!...The family was actually a very loving one and the parents were supposed to be intimately close to the kids.The father of the girl after having been shot 5 times, crawled 300 feet into the neighbourhood and got help.This really makes me think the direction in which our world is leading us or we are leading our world.If we cant even love or respect our own immediate family, what would the next generation be like.Poeple are forgetting the value of love and relations.May be within a few years we will go back to the age of bows and arrows.

Now after really feeling downhearted reading this ,something that gave a pleasant feeling to my heart was reading this next article about these American parents.They have a boy who has this genetic disorder of dwarfism which makes the person have a retarded physical growth, but mentally stable.Even before the baby was born, they knew the child had this disorder and still went along with it.After the boy was born, they adopted a Korean Boy of the same age as of their son and who also suffers from the same genetic dwarfism.It was such a noble act of love.They treat both the kids with equal love and care.Both the boys are 12 years now and stand just 3 feet tall.Now both the kids have each other to share this difficult journey with.I mean how thoughtful of the parents.the parenst initially learned a bit of Korean to say "I Love You" and a few other things to their new son.

These were two extremely different articles i read yesterday which really touched my heart.If you haven't talked to your parents,brothers, sisters or any loved ones in the past few days, i just request you to call them today and let them know you love them a lot ,Because this is a weired and uncanny world,we never know what might happen tomorrow....

1. Contact may cause hazardous situations if they are from ex-boyfriends.
.2. The parties hereto do mutually agree not to drag a fight for more than an hour..[hey..its boring after that] .
3. Disney parks are for kids.
4. Week end sounds really good right about now!
5. I positively will finish a novel this weekend[ not that i have started reading one, but i want to :).
6.A phone call from family and friends always makes me smile :-)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to just being at home with Sj, tomorrow my plans include getting a few books from the library and getting some documnets sighed by the notary and Sunday, I want to watch a movies...any movie!

Learners and License

I dont have driving license....Shocked??? yeah...i really dont.Not even back in my country.It really isn't much of a necessity back in my country.More than 80% of the female population dont drive.Come on atleast 25 years back 60% of them were hardly educated,got married at 15 and all they do was to be a home maker looking after their husband and 10-14 kid...lol....Okai, now that doesn't mean we have a weak female population.Things are really changing and women exeeds men in many fields now a days.Trust me,im really proud to be from my country too.But driving is optional in my country.There are lots and lots of inexpensive public transport.But i really had plans to take a license there.But once i knew i was coming to US i decided i would get it after coming here as we drive on the left side of the road back in my country and the steeirng is on the right side of the car.So i didn't want to be confused once i come here.So i am planning to take my learners this week or by next week for sure.I am on a dependent visa and dont have a SSN like my husband and all of you.So i need to get a letter from the SSN office before i take the learners and have to give the test in another city.I was going through the rules book today.It doesn't seem to be very difficult.In case you have any tips for me regarding the preparation, i would be happy to hear them...

Tagged by nononsense girl i really enjoyed doing this.Just grab a book nearest to you.open any page randomly and write the first 5 sentences.... wow, This is fun....

The book nearest to me now is "The rain Maker" by John Grasham..... here it goes...


"How old are you"?
"You ask a lot of question,"I say with a smile.Her eyes are sparkling.
"Twenty-Five",How old are you?
She thinks about this for a second.

okai... I am tagging Sissy and anybody else who wana play.If you r playing, please leave your link in the comment here so that i can visit ur blog and read your meme.Have a great time all.....