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That's amazing Pragya! Congratulations! :)
Congrats Pragya. That is exciting. I remember you talking about the idea of going to Australia a while back.
Thank you, Peggy. My PhD is about Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavior Therapy with adolescents suffering from anxiety and headache. It's Melbourne I'm talking about.Thank you, Kristie, Stephanie, Sandra, Lisa.
Sending warm weather your way, Stephanie.
Thank you, Sarah. Yes, I was. :D Hoping this works out.
That is so interesting! Two of my children have pretty severe headaches, and I believe there is some anxiety going on.congrats on all you have accomplished!
Cherie wrote: "@ Rusalka - 36 hacksaw blades, huh? Maybe he was going to make a wind chime. Were they new or used?There are different kinds of hacksaw blades, maybe he just needed to make sure that he had them..."
Nope. They were all the same. Same length, same teeth per inch. I think they were a bargain and he bought all of them as a bundle because who knew when they would be that cheap again, and they'd all get used eventually. Like the 10 tubes of superglue I found. Can't ever go past a bargain.
Pragya wrote: "I was busy organizing and participating in an International Conference at my institute for the last few days. The good news is that one of the pioneers of the topic related to my PhD was here all t..."FANTASTIC! Which Uni??? God that's bloody amazing.
Missed the next page was too busy getting excited for you. Uni of Melbourne? This keeps getting better and better. Congrats!! My mind is absolutely blown.
Pragya wrote: "I was busy organizing and participating in an International Conference at my institute for the last few days. The good news is that one of the pioneers of the topic related to my PhD was here all t..."That is amazing! Congratulations!
We had freezing rain and sleet all night/morning so I got to skip out on work again today. Over an inch of ice on the roads plus a 50 mile commute, not happening! LOL. The temps never got above freezing today but the sun did shine so the roads should be safer in the morning. Although it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to stay home again! I managed to give the bathroom a good scrub down today. I ended up with what I call a pain-free migraine (all of the symptoms of a migraine without the brain splitting pain) which put me to bed for a couple of hours. I'm feeling better now as long as I don't move too quickly and stay in dim light with low noise levels. I still have to put everything back in order in the bathroom, but I thought I'd check in here before I tackle that job. Plus, I wanted to try out our new laptop. haha
Woohooo! Congratulations, Pragya. How exciting for you.
I love the butter chicken at one of the local restaurants. They
☺️☺️That seems to happen all the time. There is a restaurant we go to all the time, and it is a joke that we can't like anything too much or they will take it off the menu!
Went for lunch to good Thai restaurant. Recently remodeled. Nicer but bordering too hipster. Prices up some but still good, portions a bit smaller, but food still very good. I ordered ice tea as usual. $2.50 now instead of 95 cents. Really?? I have sneaking suspicion that food prices will be going up soon - boo :(
Stephanie wrote: "It is snowing here today:( anyone else on the east coast getting snow? I'm hoping this is the last of it :)Even if I would have started work this week I would be off today and tomorrow..the school..."
I got lots of snow here yesterday, over 10 inches. I loved it though, it snowed all day and I love days like that.
Congrats. Pragya! That's awesome news!
I was wondering the same thing, Kimmy Diane :-)
One more thing, to all of you in the dreaded snow, it is going to be 80 5F today!I will send some of the warmth your way :-)of course remember we are in a drought, water rationing and all that fun stuff!
KimeyDiann wrote: "What is butter chicken?"Butter chicken is a staple of Indian cuisine. Pragya could probably describe it better. It's chicken cubed and cooked in a flavourful, curry-like sauce. Yummy!
It varies on the recipe.The one I had last night was quite spicy. But the one served at Taj Grill (a local East Indian restaurant) is mild. I bought Costco's in the ready made section (you just have to heat), and it was mid-way between the two.
I'm going to have to try that, but I am a bit of a wimp, when it comes to spicy food.
Just ask and make sure the recipe is mild. Generally spicy food upsets my stomach, but I didn't get any heartburn from the spiciness of the dish I had last night.
It's 8:30 in the morning and I'm sitting here yawning and debating about going back to bed instead of going to work. That's one of the benefits of being self-employed.
Ooh Berit yes please send some warm weather our direction :) sucks that ya'll are going through a drought :(
Well really we are always going through a drought!
Thank you so much, Berit. Were you living nearby I would have roped them in for therapy.Thank you so much, Rusalka. Nothing is concrete yet but it would be Monash University, Melbourne. Not sure if you have heard of it. If you know anyone in there, I could use some help. The website isn't of much help.
Thank you very much, KimeyDiann, Janice and Tasha.
Uh oh, hope you are feeling better now, KimeyDiann.Oh, butter chicken. I would not be the authority on that one, Janice considering I am a vegetarian. But yes, Butter Chicken is all around me. And you rightly said, the spice quotient depends as per restaurants. As far as describing it is considered, I think you nailed it.
It's 12:00pm here and I am just getting ready for lunch with my husband, then it's to work for the afternoon.
Pragya - Congratulations on your Post Doc offer! How exciting that you will get to go back to Australia! Janice I love Butter Chicken. Spicy, please! Amy loves Chicken Korma better.
Sarah at least your spoons come back. At my house, they never re-appear and I have to buy more.
I believe in the "Black Hole" theory of socks.
Rusalka I can never pass up a price bargin either, no matter what it is for. I intentionally leave my credit and debit cardes at home when I go to home shows and trade shows. I take enough to get in and buy lunch and that is it for me. I love to go and look at all of the cool, new stuff though.
We have had beautiful sunny spring weather here all week and I absolutely hate having to be at work right now. I will be out working in my yard all weekend and will be grateful to sit in my office chair on Monday. It will be "going back to work so that I can rest" by then.
Pragya wrote: "Thank you so much, Berit. Were you living nearby I would have roped them in for therapy.Thank you so much, Rusalka. Nothing is concrete yet but it would be Monash University, Melbourne. Not sure ..."
I work quite closely with Monash. Let me know what info you are after and I will see what I can discover ;)
Also, I read this at work yesterday and said to one of the academics I work with "You know when things happen and it makes you look like a liar?" And told her your story. She said to let you know that this is fantastic, and that she hates you a little as that is the fariytale dream of academics. That never ever happens, and to live it up! :D
Janice wrote: "KimeyDiann wrote: "What is butter chicken?"Butter chicken is a staple of Indian cuisine. Pragya could probably describe it better. It's chicken cubed and cooked in a flavourful, curry-like sauc..."
It's a youghurty, creamy sauce with lots of spices. Not hot, a milder curry, but lots of flavoursome spices.
I'm with Amy though, I'm a Korma fan.
Cherie wrote: "Rusalka I can never pass up a price bargin either, no matter what it is for. I intentionally leave my credit and debit cardes at home when I go to home shows and trade shows. I take enough to get in and buy lunch and that is it for me. I love to go and look at all of the cool, new stuff though."You are a smart woman. I'm pretty terrible too, but not Dad bad.
I just bought a beehive. http://www.honeyflow.com/ Not going to get it until the end of the year at least, but yay! Bees!I'll have to do all the work, as Lexx is allergic to bees, but something to help save the guys will be great, as well as help my garden, and we can try out the hay fever treatment we've been discussing. We'd ideally want a native bee hive, but I think it will be European bees in reality. Our bush bees just don't swarm as much or make as much honey.
Kimberly wrote: "Bit of a rough day here... I've been MIA from the group for a lot of the past 3 months because my mom died suddenly on December 8th and today I'm tackling the task of packing up our family china. S..."So sorry for your loss.
Sarah wrote: "And teaspoons Cherie! I swear we have fairies that steal things while we're asleep. Then we go buy more and the old ones just reappear!"Quite a few of forks vanished... Infortunately, they have not reappeared. I just assumed they eloped with some socks....
Thank you so much, Cherie and Esther.Rusalka, that is so great! I would be PM'ing you. :) Oh no no, I am sorry if what I said came across as that. I did not insinuate you lied. Never! It indeed is a fairy tale. In fact, one of my colleagues and friend said I taught him a lesson in life that 'fairytales do come true'. :D
Oh gosh! Beehive. That sounds scary. I read The Honey Thief recently and it talks a lot about taking care of those in case you're interested.
Pragya wrote: "Thank you so much, Cherie and Esther.Rusalka, that is so great! I would be PM'ing you. :) Oh no no, I am sorry if what I said came across as that. I did not insinuate you lied. Never! It indeed ..."
No no no. You know when you say something and then the world proves you wrong! I found it hilarious!
Oh and I'll check it out! We're going to sign up for courses and classes. My neighbours kept bees when I was a kid, and I always remember the honey harvesting. The bee hive we bought does away with all of that. I can turn a tap and the honey comes out. Better for us and heaps better for the bees.
Our town has been deemed snowiest town in America this winter after a recorded 23 ft has been dumped on us. And its snowing right now
We live just outside the actusl township where the measuring stixk is but its a lot o snow for a town of 801 people. I don't think my township has that many people. To compare we got about 21.5 feet last year
Luckily the wind blows and erodes and sun melts so we end up with a solid hard pack of 3-5 feet of snow most places. There are drifts 8-10 ft high along the woods and looking out my windows the snow is 5-6 ft high in back yard. Snow banks are all 8-12 ft tall which is as high as I can builf them plowing.
Travis, I don't know how you do it. I live in sunny Phoenix, where our average annual rainfall is about 7.5 inches. I live here by choice, because I like the sun and get depressed when the weather is cloudy and gloomy. It's spring here now, and the outside temperature at 10:30 in the morning is 72 degrees Farenheit. We expect a high of 80 degrees today. I love it. Of course, in summer when it is often over 110 degrees it gets a little harder, but I will still take that over snow.
Maybe I'll spend winter in Arizona when I'm older
Many older people do. We call them snowbirds. But from what little I know about you, I suspect your driving is a whole lot better than a typical snowbird's.
That's an awful lot of snow!
Those photos are mindboggling!
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I'm totally fine waiting to start work..I've been a stay at home doggie mom for about a year so a little while longer is ok with me :) plus I think Blake loves having me home..going to be hard leaving him behind when I go to work..sigh :(
He would be too much of a distraction if I was able to bring him though :) he's kind of crazy but in his own lovable doggie way :)