The site is: Windsom Quotes
"You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future. Afterall, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Laugh, Love, Live." - That being my motto, this blog is more of a collage of thoughts, experiences, recipes, etc; anything that springs me to write and share with everyone.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Collection of quotes
I have been looking for a collage for quite sometime...many have collections, but this one is really good..extensive actually. Dont be baffled by the look of the site..just bear with it and dig in.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Official start of Winter?
Winter Solstice?! Never heard of that..actually never heard before that 'today is the first day of winter'.
I was watching news today evening, the anchor was rambling on and on about the health care bill that got signed this morning, how fair or unfair the voting procedure was, pork to the senators..blah blah blah...and in all this rambling, there popped up the catch phrase - 'first day of winter'! I wondered what is it or when it is and googled for it. Turns out there is good amount of scientific significance to calling Dec 22nd of every year the official day of winter. Wiki quotes: "The Winter Solstice occurs exactly when the earth's axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26' ". This is the day when the day is shortest and night is longest in the Northern Hemisphere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice
Reading through the article was like recalling the science lesson in school. Helps to learn terms and brush up memory sometimes, though all I know or care for now...T'is the Holiday season and I am looking forward to my looong vacation!! :)
I was watching news today evening, the anchor was rambling on and on about the health care bill that got signed this morning, how fair or unfair the voting procedure was, pork to the senators..blah blah blah...and in all this rambling, there popped up the catch phrase - 'first day of winter'! I wondered what is it or when it is and googled for it. Turns out there is good amount of scientific significance to calling Dec 22nd of every year the official day of winter. Wiki quotes: "The Winter Solstice occurs exactly when the earth's axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26' ". This is the day when the day is shortest and night is longest in the Northern Hemisphere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice
Reading through the article was like recalling the science lesson in school. Helps to learn terms and brush up memory sometimes, though all I know or care for now...T'is the Holiday season and I am looking forward to my looong vacation!! :)
Monday, November 30, 2009
Cyber Monday
Never heard of this term 'Cyber Monday' before. I was watching the 11Alive news and suddenly the anchors were talking about internet and frenzy and how Cyber Monday is catching up!
Hmm..wondered what it is and took help of the 'default' search engine(Google) and found all the answers on the 'collage of encyclopedias' (Wikipedia)
Turn out, the Monday after Black Friday is called Cyber Monday. Named so because of all the online deals from various merchants. It started 4-5 years ago and is picking up momentum very quickly because the online deals are way cheaper than the black friday deals, a lot of them offer free shipping, people dont have to get out of their home or waste their energy and time beating the bad weather. Instead they can stay at the home or even work, take a few minutes, and few clicks and get what they want! Check out Wiki for more info on Cyber Monday.
What I liked most about it?! Why the name..."The name Cyber Monday grew out of the observation that millions of otherwise productive working Americans, fresh off a Thanksgiving weekend of window shopping, were returning to high-speed Internet connections at work Monday and buying what they liked"..hehe, interesting :)
Monday, November 23, 2009
Purchasing scented candles:Fragrance Vs Life for money value
We all like and buy candles for various reasons. I know of many who buy un-scented candles, because they are mainly interested in the light rather than smell. I buy scented candles most of the time..I like the light plus am a big fan of fragrances. After controlling my passion and piling up on perfumes, I drifted the passion to candles. As an 'everyday' candle user, I tried using many brands, but with time I have come to observe and realize few things about the brands and how they make their candles.
Pottery barn: I love Pottery Barn candles for their unique fragrance. From my experience, their collection is so different and hard to match anyone else. I always use them for a special occasion or mood because none of the others can excite me and make me smile with glee as these. The trouble I have is they are very subtle. I need to have a few of them in my room to actually smell the aroma, but cannot buy so many of them because they are expensive. Also, I do not like the fact that they do not last long. I shop the outlets most of time to save a few bucks, because the regular stores in the malls can be more expensive.
Yankee candles: I like Yankee candles for the large collection of fragrances. More fragrances to choose from than Pottery Barn, few of them are very very good, and a lot of them are 'nice'. For the same size, they are lesser expensive than the Pottery Barn candles and last relatively longer too. They are still expensive. To beat the price, I do not buy fragrance of the season, I normally wait until they go on sale and stock up to use whenever I like. The 'home fragrance' collection and few others have a strong aroma, so I normally use these to light up the house and diffuse the smell while I am cooking, and they work well for that purpose. I also do not need very many of them..probably 2-3 scattered across kitchen and living area are good for my purpose. I occasionally use few signature collection fragrances for special occasions. These candles are almost worth their value, burn well, and last long..and burn almost to the bottom of the jar.
Colonial Candles: These are the best value for price and fragrance and size. The fragrances are not the best for smell, but they have a decent collection. The price is decent. The best feature: they burn until the last drop of wax in the jar...and last months. I use them more like a regular candle while cooking and even though I leave them burning for about 2-3 hours and probably 1 in the kitchen and 1 in the living room..thats enough to diffuse the smell from cooking and they last about 4 months for a 23 oz jar.
Occasionally few other candles from Glade or Bath and Body Works or Pier1 Imports attract me, but probably I'll not buy a lot of them to fill the house and use them everyday. I am yet to explore the unbranded local artisan work.
Pottery barn: I love Pottery Barn candles for their unique fragrance. From my experience, their collection is so different and hard to match anyone else. I always use them for a special occasion or mood because none of the others can excite me and make me smile with glee as these. The trouble I have is they are very subtle. I need to have a few of them in my room to actually smell the aroma, but cannot buy so many of them because they are expensive. Also, I do not like the fact that they do not last long. I shop the outlets most of time to save a few bucks, because the regular stores in the malls can be more expensive.
Yankee candles: I like Yankee candles for the large collection of fragrances. More fragrances to choose from than Pottery Barn, few of them are very very good, and a lot of them are 'nice'. For the same size, they are lesser expensive than the Pottery Barn candles and last relatively longer too. They are still expensive. To beat the price, I do not buy fragrance of the season, I normally wait until they go on sale and stock up to use whenever I like. The 'home fragrance' collection and few others have a strong aroma, so I normally use these to light up the house and diffuse the smell while I am cooking, and they work well for that purpose. I also do not need very many of them..probably 2-3 scattered across kitchen and living area are good for my purpose. I occasionally use few signature collection fragrances for special occasions. These candles are almost worth their value, burn well, and last long..and burn almost to the bottom of the jar.
Colonial Candles: These are the best value for price and fragrance and size. The fragrances are not the best for smell, but they have a decent collection. The price is decent. The best feature: they burn until the last drop of wax in the jar...and last months. I use them more like a regular candle while cooking and even though I leave them burning for about 2-3 hours and probably 1 in the kitchen and 1 in the living room..thats enough to diffuse the smell from cooking and they last about 4 months for a 23 oz jar.
Occasionally few other candles from Glade or Bath and Body Works or Pier1 Imports attract me, but probably I'll not buy a lot of them to fill the house and use them everyday. I am yet to explore the unbranded local artisan work.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Marriage Cetificate
If you are an NRI living in the US and are going to India for wedding, DO NOT forget to get your marriage certificate along with you when you are coming back. I do not know how it works out or is required in other countries, but in US, especially if you are in the GC process or will likely be, you will soon realize that it is one of the most critical documents required.
Neither me nor my husband had any idea that we need to take a marriage certificate after the wedding. My mother was the first person to tell it to us and she was very persistent..she reminded each day until we went to the local registrar's office and got it.
It took us about 4 hours to wait for the document, but it was all worth it.
I recently talked to a friend of mine whose GC went into inquiry because of missing marriage certificate. Of course she also did not have her birth certificate and submitted a non availability certificate for it. She struggled through quite a bit to submit subtitutes...and finally got through later.
Neither me nor my husband had any idea that we need to take a marriage certificate after the wedding. My mother was the first person to tell it to us and she was very persistent..she reminded each day until we went to the local registrar's office and got it.
It took us about 4 hours to wait for the document, but it was all worth it.
I recently talked to a friend of mine whose GC went into inquiry because of missing marriage certificate. Of course she also did not have her birth certificate and submitted a non availability certificate for it. She struggled through quite a bit to submit subtitutes...and finally got through later.
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