another photo

I thought it would be nice to add some photos to this blog.

pic from priya's wedding

hi all...the superstar number 1 is now in the house! hooray. nothing special going on except that i'm sooooooooo exhausted!! and my back seems to be killing me lately. oh and that my suitcase was found!!! :-)

Favourite restaurant recipes!

Hi!
How often we eat at a retaurant and hear ourselves saying " I wish I could make that at home,but I am pretty sure that the restaurant/chain owner will not share his/her recipe!"
Well, with the internet,how much can we really keep secret? http://www.topsecretrecipes.com has a list of restaurant faveroutes,some of the recipes are free, while some other are to be bought!
Enjoy!
Vidya

belli pathre cleaning

when u r washing ur belli pathres use the steel gunju. but dont use all ur force for ujjing, u might end up with visible marks on the belli patre, i tried this for my deepas, now my deepas look cleaner than ever...

Strength training

Check out this CNN website for amazing tips on excercise, healthy eating etc. The one I found the most useful was strength training for women. It has pictures as well as clear instructions for simple excercise we can do at home with just 2 dumbells. I had them and didn't know how to use them properly, well now I know....

Hope you find this link useful, enjoy!

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/healthy.bodies/?eref=yahoo

Under prevention tab, click on How to strength train correctly for the exercises I am talking about.

Help me keep awake!

hey gals, how come no one has posted anything this week?

I discovered a new amazing snack today. It's called Snapea crisps. It's low cal/low fat/low sodium crispy snap peas that are baked. It's so light and airy and addictive. It's from a company called Calbee. Try it out if you find it in your local stores....