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First up, the winners of Shutterfly’s “Share your Spring celebration announcement” giveaway goes to:

Congratulations Holli & Rach. Send me an email to claim your loot.

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Spring is here! How could I tell? Well, these photos were taken in my garden. Booyah! I could hear birds chirping and ducks swimming in the pond. Almost contemplated for a swim, until I spotted an alligator. Shivers me’ whiskers!

Not only colorful flowers are blossoming every where, but everyone’s mailbox is surely chock filled with Spring announcements this time of the year. If you have a Spring celebration to announce, Shutterfly is where you need to shop to create customized announcements whether it’s for the birth of your baby, recent graduation or even save a date!

If you are like me *cough* without a baby just yet, move, graduation or even save a date announcements, Shutterfly offers the flexibility of creating your very own, personalized photo books. Now this is what I would love for my photos, recipes, cards and personal notes. Might just be the best birthday or anniversary gift. It’s still crafty and hand made right? Just not made by me, per say 😉

Our wedding day - without an album 🙁

Giveaway!

Shutterfly is giving away 2 coupon codes for two Shutterfly 8” x 8” photo books to 2 of our readers 🙂

How to Win?

Very simple, there are a few ways to win:

  1. Leave a comment telling me, What’s your Spring celebration announcement?” if there aren’t any, be creative 😉
  2. Subscribe to my Blog.
  3. Like us on our Facebook page, if you’ve not done so.
  4. Follow us on Twitter and Tweet or ReTweet the following message:

Win & create your own personalized 8 x 8 photo book courtesy of Shutterfly. Follow @Kiran_ & RT http://bit.ly/h2IFwF #cleverspring #giveaway

Giveaway details

  • Entries are acceptable from the time this post is published & ends on Thursday, 21st April 2011 @ 23:59:59 pm ET.
  • Winners would be announced on Friday, 22nd April 2011.
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  • Winners would be selected by Random.org, neither me nor Shutterfly.
  • Good luck!

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As part of continuing my “Living Abroad” series, I thought I would share some of the pros and cons of living abroad. I am sure many of our families and friends back home just wonders or assumes of an amazing life we both are having here in the States. Well, sometimes is great. Other times, not so much.

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Time flies. It’s 2 days since my 32nd birthday, and I am still in denial. Not the fact that we had an amazing dinner at Magic Wok (again), but that I am already in my 30s. Can I stay 29 forever? 😛

Believe it, I ordered the same menu we had during Hubby’s birthday. It was that GOOD.

The only difference this time was a complimentary dessert. It was a mango jello topped with whipped cream. It was not too bad.

Rarely we’d left a Chinese restaurant without a fortune cookie. It’s just a fun way to end our meal.

Me – Stop worrying and take a chance (Hint: SocialKube, our full of potential company)

Hubby – An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest (Hint: Hubby has been planning for some time now to do MBA)

Perhaps these are some real signs to eventually nudge us in realizing our dreams?

Have you came across something that read so much resemblance to your life? Do you believe in fortune cookies/palm readings etc?

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A shout out on Twitter yesterday resulted in tremendous amount of well wishes.

And amazing perspective to life. Some of it, blew my mind. Well, literally 😉

@CreativKitchen said:

It’s a BIG year for me! I turned the BIG 4-0 this past 9/11. So far…it’s been a GREAT year!! Seriously amazing.

@SimpleBites said:

Well happy birthday!! It is actually my dear mother’s birthday today. =) (and you and I are the same age)

@LisaWood said:

happy birthday today! Mine too but I’m a bit older than you. (43 and not afraid to admit it) 😉

The only time I celebrated (announced) my birthday over this blog was in 2009. We celebrated the big 3-0 during a visit to India. How does it feels since then?

  • As of today, I am adding 2 more years of wisdom.
  • Appearance of GRAY HAIR! Nightmarish!
  • Added responsibility, (ahem) weight & backaches.
  • Completed MBA. Phew! Currently thinking about PhD. Kid you not.
  • Love every minute as a SAHW (stay at home wife) with flexible priorities. Less of “Just Do It”, more of “Do It Later”. Sort of laid-back.
  • Health becomes a priority i.e yoga, biking & running.
  • I am more likely to have similar experiences with people I often converse with. Do I feel smarter if I can relate? That’s a topic to discuss some day 😉
  • Proactive arguments wins all the time.
  • Sense of personal style.
  • Negotiation skills are test and put in good use.
  • More nieces and nephews are added in the birthday book.
  • I have OLD friends. Just kidding, you know who you are 😉
  • Taking health supplements and reading nutrition labels.

Being in the 20s seems mischievous with least caution. Do I miss it? Hell, yeah.

Took a little risk with a vlog. Don’t stone me for it 😉

Here’s to another year of awesomeness, a little acceptance towards wrinkles, GRAY HAIR (Yikes!) & backaches. Cheers 🙂

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