Coutdown begins ..

10 days from now I will be somewhere special ...its spelled as H.O.M.E .. yes I am going to India for my sister-in-laws wedding .. woho... I am so excited .. wedding in the house is a very amazing feeling ... can't wait to take pictures.. eat all my fav food .. spend time with family and go shopping ................. but I need some suggestions .. can u suggest me somethings that I should buy while returning for decorating the house ? I already have lots of brass stuff in my mind ( Thanks Rajee for getting the brass fever ....its bee non my mind ever since I have been on your blog :)) what else? fabric ? silverware ? waiting for your comments girls !!!

Devil's Milhopper

Last weekend we decided to explore a sink hole in our small little town .. its called Devil's Milhopper ...it was an interesting place with around 250 stair steps. Weather was perfect and it was the best day to explore it since no bugs were out to bite us ...checkout the b/w view of the sinkhole ...

wanna know how old it is ?



looking at nature this close if very interesting .. if we would have gone on a rainy day we would have seen small water falls ... I think it was a good idea to get out of the house and enjoy some hours out in nature ...


we walked the steps and then did the trail and then headed home ...my niece found some leaves on her trail walk and we came home with these pictures and some leaves in our hand .. and not to forget the good time we had there :)

Doggy Heaven...

Today was a sad day for our family .. I woke up at 6:30 when I heard my cell phone ringing. It was my brother who informed me that we lost our beloved dog "Dorgee"... tears started rolling through my eyes and a flashback started in front of my eyes.. about the first day we got him ...he was the baby of our family and 11 years went by and all he brought to our lives was immense pleasure and love. I know my family won't be able to forget him and he will be in our heart forever. I know that God has a very speciall dog now and he will take good care of him. My Dorgee is in Doggy heaven playing with other dogs and watching us from there ...

Lots of Love, Hugs and Blessings for our baby
Vij Family

Diwali on YouTube

While I amstill uploading my Diwali pics I did aquick serach on You Tube to see how did other people celebrated Diwali .. found some interesting videos which I had to share:

President Obama's Diwali Message by whitehouse


Happy Diwali 2009 by datlaadityavarma


Origin of Diwali - UMR India Association - Diwali 2006 by abhinayrathore
If you have kids make sure you show them this video .. its very nice way of making them understand the reason we celebrate Diwali :) My 3 yearold niece loves it ...



Diwali - Hindi Kids by oobleckboy
another one that is my niece love to watch

Happy Diwali

Some lit candle ...

Some bright light....

Spirit in the air....

Sound of firework....

Some sweets to dig in ...

Some gifts to exchange .....

lots of prayers and blessings around us ....

that's Diwali.... the time of year when everyone is happy ... houses are lit up...everything is positive and everyone is surrounded by lots of prayers and blessings. I hope you are feeling the spirit in air and enjoying every lit candle and diya ... you dig into sweets and not think of gaining single pound ... you get excited when your buy fireworks with kids ...you take blessing of all elderly people around you .. you Thank the almighty above for all you have been blessed with .. you open your heart for not only friends and family but poor on the road ... you give more and expect less ... you enjoy what you have and at the end of day say "It couldn't have been better"... My house is all set .. I still have more to show but just coz I know everyone will get busy I wanted to say " Happy Diwali" to all .. may you have the best of time with all you love and you make good memories for years to come.. don't forget to click some snaps and make some video.

Diwali wishes from our house to yours :)

Diwali Curtain

I kept thinking how to dress up the computer room .. how to bring some color in that room ..

... we have a dark drown curtain hanging in the computer room so I decide to decorate that with stuff around the house ...looked in the closet and pulled out this orange silk fabric ... orange .. silk.. Diwali perfect combination ... folded the fabric and hung it over the brown curtain ... orange and brown combination can't go wrong ... what next I kept thinking and then came up with awesome idea... why not hang my dangling earning on top ... ta da ...

we have a master piece in front of us ...no stitch ...easy curtain redo especially for Diwali :)

One corner of my house ...

Diwali preparations have started at Sood Niwas :) .. I was able to complete one corner of living room. Please ignore the time stamps ... I was using a new camer and didn't realize the stamps where there. I bought this frame for garage sale and it was too big for all the pictures I have so I came up with the plan of displaying our wedding cards. As you all know for Indian weddings there are two cards ( one groom side/one bride side) ... this frame was perfect to display both cards at the same time :) ...I like the orange and red combination and it definitely personalizes the room.

Orange mat was another garage sale find ... I actually have these mats in lots of color....it helps in bring color to the room and I like the way it ties the frame with the table ...

pink tassel wrapped around the glass candle holder to bring more color and the candle sitting on upside candle holder finishes the look. I love how this turned out ... I hope you like it too ..

First Karva Chauth

I can't believe I did it :) I am such a foody and drink lot of water so Karva Chauth day was a big thing for me. I did so good man that I have to brag about it ...I didn't even think of food and water :).While sitting at the pooja and listening to the story you realize that you are a married women who is so lucky to have a husband who loves her alot .. I think its the feel of I am happily married ...I don't know it was my first one so that's what I felt :) ... I did miss both my Mom's as they would have made this day even more special day. The sad part was ... my husband is away for training :( not fair for any Karva Chauth and especially not the first one ... I am now waiting for lovely moon to show up so that I dig into my food :) Hope all you lovely ladies had an amazing KarvaChauth and dazzled away with your outfits.... let me know how it went

Diwali Gifts

So if you are away from home and relatives and would like to send some sweets on the Diwali Day or Bhaiya Dooj I have a very good website for you ... its our very own Nirula's :) ... I have been using this website for a while now and they do online orders for almost everything... cookies/Cake/Sundae and even Thali :) I often send my family something from their website on birthday/anniversary and Diwali:) ...I know there are ton of websites but I really like Nirula's since its cheap/tastes yummy/on time delivery/variety of food.... I recommend Nirula's coz I know they are good at this .. Hope your Diwali preparation is going well ...