serenidity

@serenidity (641)

India • Age 49

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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possessive grandmother

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 6 Jan 09

I am in the middle on a very confusing situation. My husband' s mom is a great grandmother, but completely obsessed with and possesive about our 3 yr old daughter. we stay in a different country and she came and stayed 6 months...

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Do you exercise everyday?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 16 Dec 08

For one year now I have been wanting to exercise everyday for atleast 20 minutes, but just kept putting it off. Everytime I thought of taking a walk or going to the gym, something else suddenly seemed more important ! Finally,...

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when did you see snow for the first time in life?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 9 Oct 08

Till this day I can never forget how I felt the first time I saw snow in my life. It was 4 years back and in a foreign land. I was in Japan and it rarely snows at the place where I was. It was the last day of the year and we had a...

first time

life

snow

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Use of sour cream?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 2 Oct 08

I recently bought a small container of sour cream hoping to use it on my strawberries but the fruits have all gone bad before I could use them. Anybody here knows what else can I use the sour cream for? I am a Vegetarian, so keep...

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Heels or flats?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 22 Sep 08

What is your preferred kind of footwear, Heels or flat? I love heels but unfortunately can't afford to wear them because of a chronic back pain. So most of my life I have had to settle for flat shoes or sandals. I envy women...

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Aren't you just sick of working moms looking down at you?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 7 Sep 08

At the onset let me make it clear, this is a very very personal opinion and not a general comment on working moms at all. The day I started staying at home to take care of my infant, looks like I became dumb in front of many...

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when did you leave your child for the first time?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 29 Aug 08

I have left my baby as young as 1 month with my mother to go out a couple of hours, but beyond that I just couldn't. Last week I left my 2 year old with my husband and mother in law for 3 days to visit my sister. It was a strange...

away

child

leave

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Are you a thoughtful writer or an impulsive writer?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 18 Aug 08

I have observed that whenever I do a lot of research, spend a couple of days sitting on an article and edit it ten times before posting, it never fares well. On the other hand, something I write at the spur of the moment without...

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Cumin or mustard?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 11 Aug 08

For those of you who are familiar with Indian cooking, what do you use more, cuin seeds or mustard seeds in everyday cooking? For those who aren't, let me give some basic information. Indian food usually consists of some curry...

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Are married names coming back in fashion?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 28 Jul 08

It looks like ages ago when women automatically took on their husband's last name after marriage. Back then also there were a few who dared to be different. Than came the time when many retained their maiden names. A couple of...

fashion

last name

married

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Countries with no child safety seat laws

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 22 Jul 08

Well, I know the initial reaction is "absolutely unsafe !" but hear me out. I come from a country where children sit in the car (including infants) without a car seat. There is no law in the country for children to be restrained...

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time saving tips

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 27 May 08

Having a toddler can be a full time job for a stay at home mom too ! Funny how i realise this only when I am at home, now it seems easier to put the baby some place and go to work. I keep thinking of ways to save time for myself,...

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What time do you wake up on sundays?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 12 May 08

I would have said weekends, but I am sure many people work on saturdays too. So here's my question, what time do you usually wake up on a sunday? This isn't just for working people but also people like me who are at home and who...

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Earnings on Helium, dropping and dropping!

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 30 Apr 08

The last couple of months on Helium have been very frustrating. The earnings have dropped to a penny or a two per day, which is really really depressing. Without absolutely any reason at all, it seems like the numbers on the...

dropping

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2 people

Gift ideas for hubby's bday

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 22 Apr 08

My husband's bday comes in about a week and this year I am really in a dilema. Over the years I seem to have gifted almost everything I can afford to. Clothes, shoes, belt, I-pod, books, DVDs, glasses, perfume, watch..there isn't...

gift ideas

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fresh tomatoes or pureed can of tomatoes?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 16 Apr 08

The reason I asked this is, to me, the tomato puree available in cans tastes so much better in dishes with gravy than if we dice fresh tomatoes. I am usually a big fresh food fan, try to use fresh ingredients to the maximum, so...

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Expiry date on food, how seriously do you take it ?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 30 Mar 08

This thought suddenly occurred to me yesterday because of an incident. I was out and my daughter got hungry, so I grabbed a pudding snack from her baby bag and started feeding that to her and after just a spoonful I saw the date...

date

expiry

food

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You can't view other articles in the new marketplace- good or bad?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 14 Mar 08

Hi, firstly I am really impressed with the new marketplace on Helium. It has this amazing new features which tell you about days left, article options and even the publisher's deadline for buying the article. One feature that...

helium

marketplace

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Reward marathon good for starters and those already at the top !

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 11 Mar 08

I thought I would start writing like crazy on reading about the rewards program on Helium, but after a good start I have suddenly lost that desire to write more and more. Don't get me wrong, I feel like writing but at the same...

writing stars

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Are we encouraging pacifiers?

serenidity @serenidity (641) • India 7 Mar 08

I don't want to get into the goods and the bads of a pacifiers at this point, but the fact of the matter is that a child can do without it, meaning pacifiers are not as conducive to a child's growth and in my personal opinion they...

encourage

pacifier

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