Photos have always been near and dear to me and consequently to my family. Almost all trips are marked by the completion of my Scrapbook Album. I just love to sit and arrange all the photos on each page and add background color and complete my journals on each picture. It is easy to add embellishments and make it more beautiful and eye catching. Our favorite family evening activities include a trip thru the scrapbook album. It delights our minds and hearts. It adds to our pleasure to share our albums...

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In our home any meal is incomplete without Thayir Sadam a.k.a Curd Rice. An absolute favorite with family. Even if I prepare a very big feast with fancy items they are dure to ask where is thayir sadam. Even if their full cannot eat a morsel more the question remains the same. If I were to make a meal with just Thayir Sadam dearest son and dearest husband will act they are in HEAVEN. They will drool over the food and fight with each other and push me aside (yo can imagine how impossible a...

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My experience is that an overfilled, messy fridge is the best way to waste large amounts of food, because you never find anything you need and you forget what you already have and buy more of everything and some gets wasted too. I do try and have a day to use leftovers and kind of cleanup but does not always work for me. So I now have the practice of not going to the grocery store until I finish up my stock. That is easier said than done so i do have to make one or two smaller trips. But this way...

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Mealtimes when we were growing up used to be elaborate maybe because of extended family members. Like if it was sambhar on the menu then atleast 2 vegetables, and rasam and appalams to name the minimum. And weekends were only more festive with larger menu prep. Most evenings after school snack included dosa or idlis. Hmmmmmm. those were the days being nostalgic. I dont if its everybody or just me but we are definetly toned down( i am referring strictly to menu items and not my size!!) our menus...

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Living in today's fast paced world there never seems to be enough time. Does it mean one is not efficient or does not know to manage time better? More likely do not know to manage time better. So how do we manage time and get the most out of or day. If you can post your comments along with your time management skills maybe persons like me can benefit more. Thanks.

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