Beauty of Urli

My Granny

My Granny is a very strong women and a hard worker. She was such an amazing person who was so active... no no hyper active till her death. She cooked her food, washed clothes what not... She did everything my her own till the end. She passed away at the age of  80 years due to Kidney failure.

Miss you so much Gran... Love you ever....

Gulmohar Love

HI and Hello...

Gulmohar is one of my favourite tree that blooms in summer with dark red flowers...

I am happy and lucky to have tree in my office campus and very much to see this summer blooms. it always brings back the nostalgic moments of my childhood.

Birthday of the Dolly

Helooo Everyone....

Here I am Celebrating another brithday party of Haarika with so much joy. This time we are another different cake, i mean it is a rainbow cake for the darling doll. 

Barbie Doll for the Baby Doll

Barbie doll cake for the lovely baby doll on her Birthday.

Clothes folding in seconds

Gudiya rani bring the clothes from the terrace ma. She refused to do the work as she had severe legs due to March practising so she asked her brother to do instead. He too refused  and the quarrell begin between them.

Somehow i had convinced them and  requested the little boy to bring down the clothes as the sun is setting down and we should not let the clothes till dusk. so he brought the clothes. then i asked him to fold the clothes watching tv. i also added that i will hot samosas while he folds the clothes. he agreed saying that not to give any samosa as she didn't do any work.

In my childhood, i used to help my mom with all this house while my brother used to play outside with friends either Goli(marbles) or top. By the time it is a routine work in our childhood. early morning starts with cooking of breakfast, then washing clothes and drying them. cleaning the vessels and again cooking for lunch. Preparation of lunch is not an easy task those days. Masalas and chutneys has to ground by hand using the old aged stones.

Now due to development in technology, Mixer Grinder, juicer, blender, Wet grinder, Washing machine has been came into use to ease the work of the women toiling themselves in kitchen. Technology has changed the grinding and washing machines but the task remained same for women. when comes to household chores, everyone thinks it’s a women’s task???? I don't know who nurtured this strategy.

women are equally working like men and lending their hand to support financially. so Men should also so-operate women and help her at home. to bring this change, we have to start teaching our little ones since from their childhood.

So my lovely chellakutty is readily available at all times to me. Clothes folding is not an easy task when comes to fold the seven yards saree of mom & Granny, the lengthy dhothi of Grandpa and the heavy big blankets and bed covers. Other than these clothes folding is ok ok task. Generally I love to fold small clothes in my childhood to help my mom.

Now the little boy is doing the same along with his sister. He brings all the sun dried clothes from the terrace as I or my mom can't climb the stairs of two floors. He simply run through the stairs and picks all the clothes sometimes along with the clips that we kept on the clothes from flying away. So here is video of cloth folding of my little darling.

Now he had learnt to fold the clothes as well along with other household chores. He will always be there to lend hand to me. When I reach the home by cab he immediately runs to the door and helps me to climb down the cab to the wheelchair.

He is such a sweetheart. Here is the short video of my darling folding clothes in seconds.

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My Birthday Celebrations

Birthday cakes that are bought by brother on my Birthdays... a simple way of expressing love with sweet surprise

Amma....the name of Love...

Amma...the name of love... I love my amma so much.... Today is Mothers Day and iam posting the Beautiful Photos of Amma...

Just a two weeks before Amma got mild Stroke and hospitalised. I was panicked and kept mumbling praying and wiping off the tears. Everyone tried to consoled me but in vain. I am very much attached to amma then my siblings. I love her so much.

Luckily God had heard my prayers and gave my mamma  back safely to me. still she is under medication and feeling kinda weak. I am very super happy as she is with me and want to be with me forever....

So Amma, wish you happy Mothers Day Amma.... Long Live Amma with same smile forever....

Popsicle Mania

Summer is here and so the summer vacations... Thinking of some creative stuff to keep your kids busy.... Just two things is enough to get really crafty...

Have you ever thought of turning the popsicle sticks into a  home decor using your magic h(w)and ?

if not try these ones... You turn is trash into treasure by drizzling your creativity. we can make lamp shades, Pen stands, Flower vases,jewellery box and even wall clock... now lets take a glue & sticks and get crafty this summer.

Decorate your home with some creative stuff made by yourself instead of spending your hard earned money.

Turn your leisure tome into a treasure. you can do lot many things with the popsicle sticks.

Manikandan Birthday

Manikandan Birthday celebrations at office with the New CAO (Mr.Varadharajan SIr). That was the first and last birthday he celebrated in our office as he left the office.

Rakhi is ready..

Toddlers turn

Tiny little adorable feet with the Kappu...

white Hibiscus

Coastal Village Near Bay of Bengal

I went to a Coastal Village in Andhra Apadesh Near Bay of Bengal.... This is the temple in that village... very small but nice....

Saffron Milk

Fresh Fruit Cake

Again its Harshith's Birthday.... This time it is a fresh fruit cake.  The cake is neatly garnished with fresh fruits neatly chopped and arranged like a japanese fan....Two big slice of Pomegranate and a handful of grapes and row of cherries with some sweet chunks of oranges..... sliced guava and pieces of kiwis and apples around the cake with a green background.... come on Harshith... no need to dump the candles....lets dig in to the cake..... 

Candid click

Clicked this pinky flowers in my office verandah

Wedding Day Celebrations

Wedding Day Celebrations of Mahes and Devi is started with a cake cutting swarmed with the toddlers. The black forest is yummy and creamy as usual... Cherries were shared between the brothers and sisters.

Unforgettable memories of Atta

I have loads of Memories with Atta / Attai. She got married when i was doing schooling. SInce from the very beginning i got attached to Atta, as she cares for me. I visited Hyderabad with Atta and her son. There we went to Ramoji Film City. Atta was so excited and we spent the whole day happily enjoying in RFC.

Memorable Pic with Atta

She gifted me a wonderful saree which i wore for a TV show. Atta and her family is very much attached to me and my family. She cares for me and i had a immense love for her.  Atta had a special respect for mom & Dad. When we got to know that Atta got affected by cancer. Mom cried like anything. i couldnt believe it until I saw her in hospital. She was under Chemotheraphy. She turned pale and tonsured her head. my eyes welled up seeing her in such posture.I came out of the hospital room to cry my heart out as Atta's son and Daughter is there. I dont want them to see me crying. after a while i wiped off my tears and went inside the room and told her that cancer is nothing these days, so she will be fine soon. Atta Strongly believed that she will be alright. she wants to see my wedding. so i told her to get well soon to make further arrangemnts for my marriage. She was so excited about my marriage and gave me some secret tips to be have a happy married life.

She struggled with death everyday to survive from cancer. We were all praying god for her recovery. but god had other plans. So he had taken her far away from us. leaving the family in dismay.

Today i lost my Atta but not her memories.... Miss you Atta....Rest in Peace...

Sharing means Caring...

"Sharing means caring

Sunday means SONday"

Tan tana Sunday.... First Sunday of the week. No off on Saturday.so have to plan to do all possible homework today itself it will become more by next weekend. So  No....Plans of outing Today. Only Cooking, Cleaning, washing if possible sleeping....

Chellakutty my laddu boy woke early along with his grandfather. When the water started coming in Handpump. He lend a helping hand to his grandpa and started to pump the metro water. Both of them filled the barrel and got bath while the water is available. His little hands turned Pinkish as he pumped the Handpump.

After filling up the water, He woke me up handing over a cup of coffee made by his grandpa. He added "Badi.... Finish up the coffee and come lets clean the vessels and wash clothes while the water is available.

I was feeling very sleepy so after sipping the coffee i dozed off. by then my Chellakutty tiptoed in to the Kitchen and cleaned all the vessels and coffee cups and he silently came and lied next to me until i wake up.

When i entered into the kitchen i was shell shocked seeing all utensils and vessels very clean. He also cleaned the Stove top also. I thought my dad has done all the work so i scolded him why is he doing this work at this age.

Then only i came to know that its my Chellakutty and  not my dad. I am so Happy and proud of my chellakuttty who shares most of load whenever possible for him.

I asked him" Do did you clean all the vessels?"

"I had seen you cleaning the utensils with Dishwash bar & liquid. so i followed the same" he replied

then I asked him"How did you clean the burnt milk pan?"

He quickly replied " I just put some salt and scrubbed the pan with scrubber. the stain vanished without a trace" then he added " have you noticed the taps?" i made it sparkle with a bit of ketchup"

i was dumbstuck listening to his demonstration of dishwashing. i wondered that How keenly this boy is watching all my activities theses days?. i felt happy thinking that what else could be the great gift other than this???? not only that boys are watching all the household chores only thing is that we are not teaching them to do the work that made them to think that it is girly work.

So now i need not worry about my son. Now son / daughter both are equal. They both are able to lend their hand for their mamma...

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Nail Art

hey girls come lets pour our creativity in nail art. Bored with the same old nail paint. Come lets put some creativity. Nail art is trending one among the fashion freeks.

Since from my Childhood i am uite crazy about having long Nails and paint them with vivid colours. In those days itself i love to decorate my nails using the double nail colours applying crosswise and sticking some thin Kundan stones to make it look more attractive.

My friends felt that i am crazy. But i kept growing my nails sometimes in oval shape and sometimes let it flat. whatever shape it is, i never forgot to apply Nail paint on it. That crazy art is now known as French Manicure nail art that everyone loves to get it done on their nails.

There are Many Designs and patters in Nail Art and Even Nail art kit and other tools are a available in Market for the art lovers.

Nail art is very easy and one can do it at home.

1. Simple Lines:  Stick Cello tape on the nail leaving the edge. then apply desired colour at the edge and wait till it dries and apply another coat then remove the tape and apply clear mail polish for fine finish.

2. Dots: Dip Bobby Pin in Nail Polish and make dotted pattern of flowers on desired base coat to get a beautiful floral art.

   

Shell Corner

Have you ever tried to turn up the coconut shell into a creative piece of Art. Here is the one that i came across in fb. what an idea na...???? Look at the cute Turtles... how cute they are... I just loved it.....

Money Envelopes

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In my Childhood my Dad gives me a plain envelop to write " Best Compliments from KK Family" to gift money to married couple or Birthday baby or for any other occasion like Puberty Function Etc

Now Time has Changed so no more boring white or brown envelopes. There are plenty of designer Envelopes are available in market according to our choice.

Modern Envelopes comes in attactive designs and patterns with Mottifs of Stones attached with glittery lace.

Flowers of different colours in different desgner are also available.

Peacock feathers and other things are to decorate the envelope to make more attarctive.

No more Messy Almirah

Tv channels are flashing news  about the weather forecast stating that cyclone is going to hit Tamilnadu. Everyone is Talking about this news. As Tamilnadu is suffering with water scarcity and  people are longing eagerly for the rains to pour in.

The Sky looked unusual masking the scorching sun with the dark clouds. Cloudy Sunday morning makes me bit lazy. so  I asked my Chellakutty to bring the clothes that i let to dry in the terrace.
He ran up the stairs and picked up the washed clothes. He returned down with all the clothes neatly folded.

I was super excited seeing his perfection. the nmy sweet darling boy has took the task of folding the clothes and arranged the messed up almirah into a neat and tidy wardrobe. 

Meanwhile i had done other work. Sundays are not just Sundays anymore with smart sons around… Now its SON Days. TIme to teach some household Chores to our Sons. Sons were now taught how to do  the house chores like we have taught to our daughters.  Ariel has brought the change in many through the wonderful videos.

Earlier Laundry has been considered has womens job. But now things has been changed a lot. Men too started to realize the workload of  woman  indoors & outdoors.

Not only that, we have started to teach our sons to share the load at home. Why should girls / women have struggle with all the burden? So mothers started to train up their Laadli sons to share the household Chores like floor cleaning, Mopping, Laundry, arranging the cupboards/ almirah, watering the plants, arranging the bedding, Washing up Shoes, Cleaning the utensils etc.

Sharing the work gives more happiness then just sitting idle and the watching Tv. Moreover it is good for health as Children in this generation is not at playing any outdoor games. Most of the time spent in front of either watching Tv or playing Games in mobile or laptop.

This type of activity gives them a satisfaction that they are taking a part in helping their mothers and one can be a proud son.

Some of his friends who saw him mopping the floor has starting pulling his legs by saying that “Are you a Girl to do all this work? My mom / sister does this kind of work in my home?” This made my Chellakutty upset. Then I told my chellakutty not to feel shame for doing household chores and  showed the Ariel Video explaining that you should be proud that you are helping your mamma in the household work and also scoring well in studies and other activities. You are not letting your mom / sister struggle the whole day washing & cleaning. So, you be what you are. Dont worry about their comments. They too will follow you soon. I am proud of you son so be proud for sharing the load of your Mom.

He loves to do these household chores earlier also but he thought it was woman job as in all his friends house only woman/ girls are doing this task and says its a womans Job. now he realized completely that happiness comes out of sharing and it is no more  a womans job…  Sweet kisses to my sweet little chellakutty and he got his Favourite Gulabjamun for saving my time.

Lets bring the Change from home.... Time to change....

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Big Lamp

Time to lit the big Lamp (Kutthu vizhakku)

Little Model

Hello everyone...

Here I am posting the photos of Little model posing for me