January 23, 2009

Catching up

Not a whole lot has been going on with us. The year is off to a quiet start. We've had a severe stretch of cold weather, along with many inches of snow. The severity of the weather has been unusual in the past few years.

For those looking for a consumer report on the Bosch appliances, here it is: the stove is incredible; the dishwasher is quiet. The stove really is pretty cool, and I would recommend it any day. The dishwasher is another story. For Tish, one of the problems is how the dishes load (Ok.. maybe that will go away through use and figuring out what goes where). The other, what should I say, "issue" is how the dishwasher dries the load. It doesn't use forced hot-air convection. Instead it's got some weird condensation drying technique where it pumps in extra hot water, and the slightly cooler steel cylinder is supposed to condense out the moisture from the dishes. Works very well for ceramic or metal items. But anything that's plastic is left (sometimes dripping) wet. Maybe the Europeans are smart and don't use cancer-inducing plastic containers and plates and what not. Oh well. At least the washer is incredibly quiet.

The two princesses

Priya's portrait of Armaan

The cocoon

Happy birthday to me






4 comments:

Unknown said...

Happy Birthday Bipin!! Maybe when Triniti gets a little older, Priya can show her how to be a Princess. It seems Priya is the model princess according to what I saw on your Blog. :)

Susanna said...

That is so funny with the phone. I have to hide our phone from Matthew- he likes to eat it and I am scared that one day he will dial 999- they tell you off for that ;)

Bipin Sen said...

haha.. same here. priya has dialed 911 a few times. :-)

Anonymous said...

I can't wait until we see all of you this month. I'm going through grandma withdrawals......I miss the children sooooooo much!!! Give them a big kiss and hug for me.
See you soon!
Love Jody
Bipin, I share your driving woos....I drive 152 miles each day back and forth to work.......!