thanksgiving dinner pics

happy happy thanksgiving day

as i sit here in my pjs & wait to put the turkey in the oven for tonites big dinner, i have a smile on my face. the house is clean & all guest bedrooms are filled with beds awaiting overnite guests so they can snooze in the comfy sheets. all the sides are prepared & even the dessert awaits in the fridge. my outfit for tonite is layed out on the bed & the living area looks tidy enough.
im so thankful for the state of mind im in. its calm, relaxed & unnerved. its nice to be this way.
i am thankful for so much this year. but most of all i am really really thankful for the wonderful people in my life. they all really are wonderful. my exsistence wouldnt be flavorful without them around. they shape & mold me. their love makes me whole.
i am thankful for my filled home, always a piece of work thru out the year, never fully done as i picture it to be but ive accepted it that way & i love it.
i am thankful for the bed i sleep in each nite, warm, familiar & always awaiting me.
i am thankful for clean white towels in my bathroom.
i am thankful for my mom, her attitude, her point of view on life, & her ways.
i am thankful for my dad, his attitude, his point of view on life, & his ways.
my brothers, theyre decent enough.
i am thankful for my daughter who keeps me busy in life & keeps me looking forward to the future. she makes time go by.
i am thankful for my husband, hes my rock, my partner in crime, my company at all times. what would i do at a party when i dont have anyone to talk to anymore without him. lol
i am thankful for my job(s), they help my days go by & teach me something new about people i would never have known otherwise.
i am thankful for this state of nc. its great living here & calling it home.
i am thankful for being alive & healthy & normal (well a little bit).
i am thankful that i dont go starved or dont have to worry about a bomb going off near me.
i am thankful for my friends that drop in & out of my life. they keep the time passing too.
i am thankful to be in this state of mind.

happy thanksgiving to you all. god is good.

check out my nc state fair page. i had it saved but didnt publish for a while
http://marspaialways3.blogspot.com/2009/11/nc-state-fair.html

the holiday weekend has begun

i finally had makai di roti & saarso ka saag.
its another restaurant by the same owner that i love in this area. ram has a restaurant called royal india on capital blvd. & ive adored from day one. hes opened up another location in morrisville right next to our catering kitchen & its called royal dhaba. man i love it. the food is always the same & clean. the chicken really is like butter chicken. so hes been telling us punjabi folks to come & try the roti & saag & you know me, im a sucker for some real desi food. had to have it as soon as it opened.
makai ki roti was pretty good & the saag in my opinion was nice too but i think it could use more ginger in it. asides that the mango milkshake was kicking & i could not kick as i was so full in an instant.
i love LOVE authentic desi khana. this is one that is added once again my places to go & eat along with my gol guppa & aloo chaat.
hmmm
what i do crave that no one makes around in nc is maza daar Katlamba as they have in lahore. that sucker is good but heavy.
ok thats it for now.
cant wait to put out the spread for thanksgiving dinner. brought the turkey today as well as the pan roaster. the table shall be full of the spread tom. nite (if all goes well). pics will def. be there. hope you could come to.

los puertos de madrid

i was just thinking

-that because you tell someone you love them doesnt mean that thats it. that you dont ever have to do anything to show or prove that you love them. love isnt just enough said these days. seems as if everyone says "i love you" or "love you babes" or "youre awesome-i love you".

its thrown out so loosely. so affection has to be shown.

-that when someones not talking to you or hasnt said much its not because they are an a-- or a b----. it can be because they dont know where to begin or dont know what to say exactly. it can also be because they dont want to be vulnerable. sometimes you just have to be the one to start.

-that some relationships are worth saving or having around. you may not feel that you miss them much at first but youll miss them soon enough when youre not working or arent busy with time occupying things. eventually youll realize that these relationships have shaped who you are & make you whole. its not worth blowing them off.

-that you can be a real woman or a real man if you keep things in perspective & are actually nice. theres no need to be a meany to get your point across.

sometimes its best to...

sometimes its best to stay quiet & see whats going on around you.
sometimes its best to relish the moments that youre in.
sometimes its best to wait for the other side to make a move.
sometimes its best to put all your duckies in a row.
sometimes its best not to worry about where the heck did the tv remote go-again (it has to be somewhere around here right? but it has been a week already)
sometimes its best to thank god for all your blessings when youre looking right at them.
sometimes its best to wait out hard times.
sometimes its best to listen to your mum.
sometimes its best to tell the truth.
sometimes its best to get out of bed when you cant fall asleep.
sometimes its best to probably try to go to sleep.
sometimes its best to just wonder.
sometimes its best to put the wandering to a hault.
sometimes its best to just be you.
sometimes its best just to be me.

that turned out pretty good-i must say.
sometimes you can write stuff even when you think you dont have much to say.