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Ooh La La La!

04 Apr 2016 24 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Kool and the Gang, Music, Ooh La La La

You know sometimes songs enter your mind, for no particular reason, or someone may have said something, and it triggers memories of a certain set of lyrics, from a long forgotten song. Something you haven’t hear for ages?

No?

It happens to me all the time!

This evening, for whatever reason, this happened to me, and I am a firm believer in educating my children in music from all eras and genres, so off I went to YouTube (that faithful site, whatever did we do without it!?) to find the song, and after playing it to them, I thought I would share it with you all too, to get your toes tapping!

Can’t beat a bit of Kool and the Gang!

Ooh La La La! Let’s Go Dancing!

Room 101 Award!

04 Apr 2016 18 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, grateful, Room 101 Award, tag, Thankful

Wow! Thanks to Lisa from Life Of An El Paso Woman I have a new award tag post to respond to!

room-101-blog-award

As it is a new one to me, I shall respond fully!

Thank the blogger that nominated you.✔
Award five bloggers that fascinate, intrigue or tickle your curiosity with the Room 101 award badge logo on their about pages and linking to them in your post.
Tell us the five things that you would banish to Room 101!
Attach these rules to your post. ✔
Grab your badge above and enjoy adding it to your trophy case, but please be respectful of the creator of the award by never altering the logo and never changing the rules. ✔

What/Who would I banish?

This was really hard, I have to say! Everything I thought of, I realised that no, actually that is quite important too, so I was having a little argument with myself in my head…. must have looked like a lunatic!

Politicians – Just because! It always seems that though they apparently have an important job to do, they always cock it up!
Little Lego pieces – My son would hate me if that happened, but seriously, the amount of times I have stepped on them, or clogged my hoover up with them, they are soooooo annoying!
Intolerance – self-explanatory really, If we were all tolerant of each other, and everything hatred would become a thing of the past.
Bitter Gourd – I know it is a vegetable that has the most amazing properties, helping diabetes sufferers, but it is so bitter, I can’t stand it!
Photoshop – Why allow tweaked photos to rule what we should look like? Take normal, untouched photos, and use them, and be proud to show the world what you really look like, celebrities!

Who shall I pass this award tag onto…?

Sandra
Tony
Paul
Nimi
Adi

As always, please, no pressure to take part!

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #91 Fray and Veiled

04 Apr 2016 29 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Fray and veiled, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Challenge time! !!

Ron’s prompt words Veiled & Fray

fray

Look at the frayed edge
If I pull, what will happen?
A veiled threat for sure!

Ritu 2016

Image from Google

Spidey’s Serene Sunday -Part 59

03 Apr 2016 28 Comments

by Ritu in Spidey's Serene Sundays Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Calm, Quote, Serene, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sundays

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”– Carl Bard

Admit it.

There are always times in your life when you wished that you coulda done that again, or thought “if only…”

Thing is, it ain’t gonna happen again, there is no real life movie, where things will keep happening, over and over, until we get it right.

It’s best to try and draw a line under yesterday and start over.

Using the knowledge you have today, make a fresh start the next day, and endeavour to make it a better one.

Have a wonderful Sunday Peeps!

(I’m trying to make a fresh start on the kids bedroom… chucking things out like a loony, in the hope that we will soon have space to then move them into their own rooms, and that they can start with no clutter! Wish me luck… you should see my own room! I really need to learn how to live minimally…. but the problem is ‘everything’ is a memory, or useful!)

Be – SoCS 2/16

02 Apr 2016 36 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Be, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Limerick, Linda G Hill, Socs

Saturday brings Linda’s SoCS… and here is my take!

Twas a post that was meant to be
Directed by Linda you see
Just take this one word
It might be absurd
And write, go on, you’re free!

BE.

To be or not to be
Is that a question or what?
I want to be a great writer.
I want to be a perfect mother.
I want to be the best wife ever.
I want to be a teacher my pupils never forget.

So many things I want to be.

And they are all things I can aspire to, to try and be as long as I put in the effort and work.

But the biggest thing I want to be is happy. If I’m happy, all those around me are happy too. Everything takes on a golden glow.

And when I think about it, I don’t want to be happy, I am happy!

So I urge you all too, don’t think about it too much, put a smile on that face, and feel the difference it makes in your life.

Don’t worry, be happy!