tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post1145943852798678451..comments2023-11-02T02:51:40.054-07:00Comments on noon: Mountains, bisons, geysers...noonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03844071708334559013noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-8989615727053762042017-05-07T03:17:51.833-07:002017-05-07T03:17:51.833-07:00Very cool site you have with attractive theme and ...Very cool site you have with attractive theme and attractive content.<br />http://recipeshindi.com/Mamta Balanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17460941339300666181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-80466157652733535582015-01-20T22:46:09.251-08:002015-01-20T22:46:09.251-08:00Hey, very nice site. I came across this on Google,...Hey, very nice site. I came across this on Google, and I am stoked that I did. I will definitely be coming back here more often. Wish I could add to the conversation and bring a bit more to the table, but am just taking in as much info as I can at the moment. Thanks for sharing.<br /><a href="http://www.mangodashindia.com/" title="juice in india" rel="nofollow">juice in india</a><br /><br />Keep Posting:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131334657193236398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-67704942329821210982012-08-11T23:55:12.101-07:002012-08-11T23:55:12.101-07:00Deepa - hoping to hear from you. Hope surgery we...Deepa - hoping to hear from you. Hope surgery went well and you are recovering fast.noonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148779993978057896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-8246045539054826792012-08-11T23:54:44.520-07:002012-08-11T23:54:44.520-07:00Hi Neera - yeah, that was the saving grace - that ...Hi Neera - yeah, that was the saving grace - that he somehow had energy during the day to see places...once he got home, just eating home food, he got better! <br />Don't even tell me - I just don't get it - if it is so easy to access guns - I just don't see this situation getting better. Only worse.noonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148779993978057896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-88970551684367554772012-08-08T21:02:32.570-07:002012-08-08T21:02:32.570-07:00Wow ..you went through such a lot! Kids falling si...Wow ..you went through such a lot! Kids falling sick on a vacation is such a bummer but I am glad that it didn't deter him from experiencing such a lovely place. I so want to go there. <br />And its so sad - about the CO shootings and now the equally senseless WI shootings. I really wonder why acquiring guns is so easy here :(Neerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908239217422161292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-14094041008028563452012-07-30T06:17:55.062-07:002012-07-30T06:17:55.062-07:00Of course of course, am sure KB and V will meet up...Of course of course, am sure KB and V will meet up. Some children are born 18 I think. V seems to be one of them. KB also - we call him thatha so often at home. Always lecturing to us/his sister. I get blamed for his anxieties of course. Even the dentist the other day said, "Normally children don't ask so many questions...he is thinking tooo much. The mother needs to reassure him..." blah blah. He did not cry for the extraction (of the incisor that would not come out) but because they put in some foreign material that is not a part of him into his tooth to fill in a very tiny cavity. He was most upset about that. Why did you put something permanent and foreign in my body?! Anyway kids like V - I know what you are talking about. Can totally picture him lecturing you. KB hates chocolates but is willing to try dark chocolate with high percentage of cocoa because it has flavonoids. Of course he cannot accept new food easily, so he tried it and said porum! :) But you do that - dark choc with 65% cocoa at least - tastes good.<br />You will surely be done with this ordeal very soon and will be free of it. I cannot even say the word you know - hate it so much. <br />KB is not into soccer but loves basketball and swimming. <br />Blog - wow - incredible for his age. KB doesn't even know what a blog is. Should tell him.<br />Best wishes for this week. Think of V and his 80 year old advice etc when you go in for surgery - will put a smile on your face. You WILL be ok. Hope your sis will be here soon. Will wait for your mail saying everything is ok.noonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148779993978057896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-13990215913722465592012-07-29T14:32:37.088-07:002012-07-29T14:32:37.088-07:00Thanks so much for taking the comment off. V would...Thanks so much for taking the comment off. V would never let me live it down if he stumbled there by mistake. He runs a private blog because he loves writing and we have to keep making sure it's still private and hasn't turned public by mistake sometimes. <br /><br />V and KB are so alike in their watching preferences. V also watches Basketball and swimming like crazy. And soccer is a close favorite. Perhaps because he participates in those two sports avidly. Does KB enjoy those two among his activities?<br /><br />I will certainly drop you a line after "I'm Done". The thing they only know if they're done after the tissue comes back from path with clear margins. Otherwise they have to go back in for more which is a bummer. In 10 to 15% of the cases it's turned invasive and they only know when they look at it. But I'm asking God for a pass on that:-)<br /> I've never had any surgery before in my life and am a chicken when it comes to hospitals. But I'll be fine because I'm going to have to pretend like it's no big deal under V's watchful eyes. He turned 8 this year but acts like he's 18! He has all kinds of advice for me which would involve incredible will power on my side like giving up chocolate forever(since he isn't given much but I do tend to nibble on some everyday). I think he figures he's got this one chance to lord it over me and advise me:-) He told me recently eat only whole grains and organic vegetables if I'd like to stay cancer free because he read an article on it online. He's a character alright. Among his big dreams is to invent a medication that would instantly bring me back to life should I conk off and he's asked me to stay alive till he can get a little older and work on it:-)<br /><br />Reading your blog always feels so reassuring. You chronicle the ups and downs of life in general and raising kids so honestly and bravely. And now it feels like I have a person in the blogosphere sending good vibes my way.<br />I wish KB lived closer. I'd have gotten the boys together. It feels like they might be a good fit. Someday.....who knows.<br /><br />DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-11888582944583475842012-07-29T05:30:45.131-07:002012-07-29T05:30:45.131-07:00Deepa - thanks so much for your comment. God, you...Deepa - thanks so much for your comment. God, your son asking you if you will live till he is ten just breaks my heart. Pavam god knows how they process this kind of information. Esp he is too sharp. I can't believe he looked it up in the internet! Too much. How old is he? Memorizing flags?! Here KB only wants to watch the competitions. That too swimming and basketball - he waits for that. What day is your surgery? Please email me a line if you can after you get back to normal letting me know how things went. Am so glad your sis will be here soon. Thank god for big mercies. <br />Am sure you will come out of this fine and you guys will be vacationing happily at the Tetons very soon. Mr.V will be full of questions there for you about the animals.noonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148779993978057896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-42105781462451667122012-07-27T22:42:05.950-07:002012-07-27T22:42:05.950-07:00Hi noon,
I just left a comment in response to you...Hi noon,<br /><br />I just left a comment in response to yours but used my son's email a/c instead. Would you mind pls. deleting it asap. We don't use his account publicly but I think I was logged in and used it by mistake.<br /><br />DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-90263485821012024952012-07-27T22:37:16.574-07:002012-07-27T22:37:16.574-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.vedanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12261481700320769194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-10571146823850557972012-07-24T08:07:17.511-07:002012-07-24T08:07:17.511-07:00Aparna - vacation was good and a little tiring for...Aparna - vacation was good and a little tiring for me because of KB falling sick. But I am so grateful that he managed to have energy during the day time so we didn't spend all the time in the hotel room after spending through our nose for going there, for the hotels etc. Since it peak travel time at these parks, they hike up the prices for even ok hotels. KB's motion sickness is getting worse because now he is more grown up and he is so the thinking type who will prime himself for it even before it starts. What can I do...I just have to hope he outgrows it. Since he didn't throw up in the flight back (he threw up three times before it) - I told him that he has conquered it and now he will be ok. Let's see...<br />Well - you can always visit the Tetons on your next holiday to the U.S. Madam super holiday planner! :)noonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148779993978057896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-48481451059292400612012-07-24T08:03:36.707-07:002012-07-24T08:03:36.707-07:00Hi Deepa
Thanks for your comment. I was very sad...Hi Deepa<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. I was very sad to read about what you are going through. It is totally heart breaking. No young parent should go through this kind of tension. Have faith that it is a very curable cancer and you will be cured and live a long life. You will for sure. Do what ever it takes to keep that faith. It is very sad what your husband is going through emotionally now. Two important people in his life...may be he can go for a couple of weeks and then go back again after your treatments are all done? I can imagine how you feel...one day life is normal and the next day all this...seriously it is just unbelievable. I will be praying for you Deepa. I know you will get out of this and be ok after all the treatments are done. You can visit YS very soon with V. You have to go to the Tetons after all your treatments and relax there for a few days. You really should. Those mountains have a way of talking to you...put things in perspective...that life goes on...that the cycle of life keeps on going in nature...that we need to only live in the moment and that is all we can do. I will send you the phone nos (if you are ok with emailing me) for the lodge we stayed at - am sure you can get a reservation at the last minute also. Every one hyped it all up saying you have to book one year in advance. But there are rooms that become available due to cancellations. <br />I am also so grateful that you have a wonderful sister who is there for you...is she coming from India?noonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148779993978057896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-69752478486884164552012-07-24T03:46:18.437-07:002012-07-24T03:46:18.437-07:00Your vacay sounds great! have always wanted to vis...Your vacay sounds great! have always wanted to visit Grand Teton, never managed it. <br />Poor KB - motion sickness is horrible! is KG ok when she travels? It must be hard for him and all of you as well.<br /><br />The CO shootings were so bizarre and upsetting. Kept thinking of all the people whose life changed in one instant.Aparnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348419737425889834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548905.post-66032705396551008742012-07-23T23:19:41.678-07:002012-07-23T23:19:41.678-07:00Glad you had such an uplifting holiday at the park...Glad you had such an uplifting holiday at the park. Do share photos pls on the blog.<br /><br />Senseless things happens all the time noon but trying to make any sense of them serves no purpose most of the time. Like I mentioned here perhaps just a month ago, I was devastated to be diagnosed with breast cancer (in my mid 30s) this year. I was barely coping with that knowledge and trying to schedule my surgery, radiation and chemo, summer camps for my son, a caretaker when I get too tired for him etc when we learnt a week ago that my husband's mom who's 65 has Hodgkin's lymphoma which has spread thru out her body. Chemo isn't an option anymore so she's been given six to eight months to live. My husband is in the biggest dilemma of his life- can he risk leaving me here in the U.S. to cope up with my treatments alone by myself and go off to Mumbai to be with her for a bit or.......<br />My sister is trying to get here and be with me and god willing she will be here sometime soon so he can be with his mother for a bit.<br /><br />Before all of this we lived the typical two working professions one child happy-go-lucky life worrying about the trivial stuff, arguing and thinking about our next meal(we're foodies). And now all of a sudden all we're discussing are radiation doses, chemo rounds, mammas and some more non stop.<br /><br />Someday I hope to visit yellowstone with V my 8 year old. You're right about the hotels in the park being booked many months in advance. We tried getting in a month ago but couldn't.<br /><br />DeepaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com