‘SEVEN DAYS. SEVEN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS OF YOUR LIFE.
NO PEOPLE. NO EXPLANATION. CHALLENGE SOMEONE NEW EACH DAY’

I am nominating my Honourable Blog Pal, His Geoffleship!
Thank you very much, Bee, at The Bee Writes for nominating me on Wednesday.
23 Oct 2017 11 Comments
in Challenges, Photography, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Black And White Photo Challenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging

I am nominating my Honourable Blog Pal, His Geoffleship!
Thank you very much, Bee, at The Bee Writes for nominating me on Wednesday.
23 Oct 2017 27 Comments
in #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Bloggine, Challenge, Haiku, Wrong & Touch
Lovely Ron’s Haiku Prompt words this week:


The urge to touch is
Impossible to control
When you know it’s wrong
Ritu 2017

Touch me here
Make wrong into right
Pleasure me
Ritu 2017
23 Oct 2017 68 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Ill, MondayBlogs
Oh, I’m still ill!

Image from MeMinions
I thought it was a 24-hour thing. I hoped I would wake this morning with a wonderfully fresh brain and the energy to write a really positive post!
But no… no amount of Beechams or Day/Night Nurse is helping. Still bunged up, and ears still feeling funny.

Thank goodness I am on Half Term though, and the pressure to get up and go to work, at least, is not there.
The kids have been good though. They woke, and have been quietly getting on with their morning business, eating breakfast, watching TV. Hubby Dearest has disappeared to work.
The Minion quote above struck me as truth. I am not calling myself awesome, by any stretch of the imagination. I am human, and a working mother, so I do juggle an awful lot on a day to day basis, like many others out there. But I’m not SuperWoman.
So I shall take this cold as a sign that I need to step back and make the most of this break I have. I have let my Bestie know that I have a cold so if she feels she needs to keep the bubba away then she can. The kids and I would be gutted if she couldn’t come but we totally understand. You don’t want to wish a cold on a baby.
Having said that, it may have disappeared over the course of the day, in which case, bring it on!
So that leaves me, ready to relax, unwind and get rid of this stupid cold!
The good thing about this? I have lots of time to read your posts!!!!
Have a great Monday Peeps! I hope its healthier than mine!!
22 Oct 2017 33 Comments
in Challenges, Photography, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Black And White Photo Challenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging

I am nominating my dear blog pal Huggable Hugh.
Thank you very much, Bee, at The Bee Writes for nominating me on Wednesday.
22 Oct 2017 36 Comments
in Spidey's Serene Sundays, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Quote, Serene, Small stuff, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday

“Don’t sweat the small stuff… and it’s all small stuff.” – Richard Carlson
Loving the quote this morning Spidey, thank you!
Sometimes in life. we become fixated on the things we are expected to do, or what we need to achieve in order to succeed, when in reality, we look back on those same things and wonder why we were so worried.
I found myself floundering a few weeks ago. I struggled with a lot of what I now realise were little things, that ‘small stuff’ that Carlson mentions. Things really got the better of me.
Then the moment of stress passed… Things started to look brighter without me having had to do as much as I thought, and I felt much better in myself.
It happens all the time. I am a chilled out person most of the time, but I’m also human, and I guess, because I care, I get myself worked up if things don’t appear to be going how I think they should be.
But I am learning, more as I mature, that there is very little that is in our hands. So much of what happens in our life is going to happen whether we like it or not. We can prepare ourselves definitely, and the way we handle situations is our choice, but rarely can we change or stop the ‘big’ things.
So yeah, let’s not sweat the small stuff Peeps! Sweating is really rather unattractive anyway!
Have a Serene Sunday Peeps!