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A few weeks ago, we were delighted to discover a hidden duck’s nest filled with eggs in our flower bed. I didn’t waste any time, clicked away and posted it over at our photo-blog for the family to see. Yup, we instantaneously share each and every minute discoveries to our families back home.

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Just posted a new recipe at Recipebox. How’s your weekend coming along thus far? Hubby isn’t feeling well. But that didn’t stop us from keeping scores of India and Malaysia in the Commonwealth Games. The opening ceremony was awesome. Minus the A.R Rahman bit though.

I have been enjoying photography so much now that I have my new Nikon D5000. And the extra lens was a good investment. Promise to do a review in the near future. Still toying with it.

Anyways, in other news… I have some fun giveaways lined up for next week or so. Stay tuned for that 🙂

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Being absent from the blogosphere does come with many surprises. New comments from new readers, hundreds of spam comments and unread feed reads. A lot to catch on. The sweetest surprise of all is to know that Chatterbox (my blog) and Shutterbox (my photo-blog) is nominated at Orbbies: Orlando’s Rockin’ Blogs organized by Orlando Sentinel.

The Orlando Sentinel Orbbies Contest is looking for Orlando’s best local blogs. I am very appreciative if you could find the time and vote daily for my blog and photo-blog. This is so exciting 🙂 I’ve created two separate banners as below for ease of voting. Please click on each to vote separately, one for our blog and the other, for my photo-blog. The badge on the top-right sidebar is click-able as well, for voting. You would have to register with a user id and password in order to cast your vote. But if you’re a fellow Orlandoan, and you are yet to register, there is no excuse of unfamiliarity with Orlando Sentinel. It would be shocking! Thank you guys, you are the best! Wish us luck!

Vote for my Photo-Blog!

Vote for my Photo-Blog!

Vote for Chatterbox!

Vote for Chatterbox!

Rules of voting as stated on Orlando Sentinel:

  1. Voting for the 2009 Orbbies begins Nov. 2 at 10 am and ends on Friday, Nov. 20 at 5 pm.
  2. You may vote once per category, per day. You may also vote once per day for Best Overall Blog (BOB). You must log in to your OrlandoSentinel.com account in order to vote.
  3. Winners in each category and for “best overall” will be notified by e-mail before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25. The winner in each category will receive an ad campaign of 20,000 impressions on OrlandoSentinel.com and a rockin’ certificate. If a blog wins in more than one category (it can win in up to three), the runner-up will receive the ad campaign. If there are not enough nominations within a category like categories may be merged or a prize may not be issued for that category.

Voting for the 2009 Orbbies begins Nov. 2 at 10 am and ends on Friday, Nov. 20 at 5 pm (US Eastern Time). Have you cast your vote for us yet?

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http://lens.kirantarun.com

http://lens.kirantarun.com

s h u t t e r b o x, our new photo-blog 😉 I’ve taken so many photo’s with my latest toy – a slick, shiny and brilliant Nikon D60. Justice has prevail now that I am finally sharing a collection of photo’s dusting away in my trusty external hard drive. Head over to my new photo-blog and don’t forget to comment scribble your thoughts 🙂

url *  http://lens.kirantarun.com

rss 2.0 to view image * http://lens.kirantarun.com/index.php?x=rss

rss * http://feeds.feedburner.com/shutterbox

email * Subscribe to s h u t t e r b o x by Email

I hope you would enjoy the photo’s as much as I have – clicking !

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The first half of 2009 has surpassed without any warning. Time flies huh? I guess it’s time to revisit the ol’ new year resolutions I’d made. Why did I had to? Why? Anyways..

1) Develop a new skill or revisit an old one. I’ve started a small cross-stitching project. Nothing huge, just to rekindle the memories of old school handicraft classes that I took back then. I would take on knitting projects in future. For that, I need to Google.

2) Get fit or develop a healthy diet. I am back on the treadmill and so is Tarun. Whilst grocery shopping, we’ve also developed a habit of reading nutrition labels. It is important to know what and how much goes into food preparation rather than assuming. Prevention is always better than cure my friends.

3) Get more organized – virtually. My laptop is such a let-down these days. But it has stayed on with me, through thick and thin. I have since backed up, deleted and did some housekeeping. But the performance is not at par. Despite all this, we still went ahead with our domain name registration and self-hosting. Adventurous, I must say.

4) Spend more time with friends. I’ve been to a couple of dinners and catching-up sessions with friends. I foresee more gathering’s in future. Cheers to that!

5) Catch up on reading. I was introduced to Sophie Kinsella’s Shopholic series and I am hooked! I am currently reading Undomestic Goddess. And yes, Sophie wrote it.

6) Begin a home improvement project. Does interior decorating counts? I have no background or experience but I must say the transformation is not all that bad. Before and after photos are coming up later.

7) Get more involved in community and charity. We are involved in a charity for the Disabled American Veteran’s. And back in India, we are consistently donating food supplies to the less fortune’s.

8) Blog often. It’s an ongoing process. Now that we have our website to manage, people might view it more of an obligation to blog. But for me, blogging should be more about being responsible, expressive and less about obligation. Freedom of speech in writing, who am I to object it?

9) Begin a personal project. I am into photography these days. Nikon D60 is my new toy.

10) Meet and greet neighbors often. It’s an ongoing process. There are a couple of neighbors just moved into their new home. Giving them time to settle into their new environment. Welcome to the neighborhood :)

So, tell me. Any progress with your new year resolution?

On a separate topic, we are expecting some major changes in our lives, and I have been preparing and researching so much about it. There have been several and on-going soul-searching sessions between me and Tarun before decision making. I am sure some of your curiosity thermometer is peaking at the highest of reading. I can’t reveal something that is undecided at the moment. Not even a gist. Sigh.

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