Week 4 of Sacha’s special #writespiration prompts. As it is her 100th #writespiration prompt in total, she has given us this as a prompt, to do whatever we want with…
100
The twist in this new 52-week challenge… you can only use 52 words. No more, no less, 52 words exactly. Any story of your choice, but 52 words. Final!
So here goes!
Sheesh! Who’d a thunk it?
Still, it was worth it. It was a great night!
The music was pumping, the people were dancing, the drinks were flowing.
Jeez, were they flowing… One hundred bottles of flowing!
No wonder my head hurts.
Just wake me when it’s all tidy!
Perks of hitting 100!
Image from Google
I only wish that if I hit that milestone, I can still party as hard! 😉
As part of #JusJoJan, day 25, Linda has asked that we take part in her weekly One-Liner Wednesday Challenge!
The rules are:
1. Make it one sentence.
2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.
3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.
4. Add our very cool badge to your post for extra exposure!
5. Have fun!
I’ll keep it simple today, as a one liner should be!
This for those out there who think teaching is a doddle…
“Those who can, do, those who can’t, need to learn!” – Ritu
Day 24 of Linda’s #JusJoJan Challenge, hosted by the dear Judy Martin my blog sis! Find her here!
The Just Jot It January 24th prompt, brought to you by Evelyn of Eclectic Evelyn, is: “Elusive.” Use it any way you’re inspired to. And make sure you stop by and say hi to Evelyn as well! Here’s her blog: http://www.eclecticevelyn.com/
Elusive – Difficult to find, catch or achieve. The definition in the dictionary.
A particular celebrity may be elusive, or a criminal. That publishing contract is most definitely elusive!
But there is one thing, so simple, but extremely elusive, and I can guarantee that pretty much every mother will agree.
A lie in!
I have been a mum now for over eleven years, and I can count on my fingers how many real lie ins I have managed to have!
Gone are the days of being a student, sleeping your whole day away, and partying all night (fitting lectures in somehow too!).
If I am home at my parents, I get the opportunity, but my children decide it would be much better to come and see me first thing in the morning, rather than listen to their grandma, who is trying to coax them downstairs!
When they have a sleepover at their other grandparents, often it’s because I need to be up early the next day, so that’s another lie in opportunity gone.
The one weekend away Hubby Dearest and I had a couple of years ago was one real lie in opportunity, and we took it, but still had to be up to eat breakfast, and check out of the hotel! Still 10 am was better than nothing!
You’d hope that as kids get older, it would get easier. For some it does. Not for me, though!
I have a dear Lil Princess who is a stealth bed hopper! I find an extra body in my bed most mornings, where she has snuck in during the night to sleep with us!
And she is not a morning person! Totally like her dad! I am best in the morning, fresh, and raring to go. Lil Man is starting to get that pre-teen thing of needing more sleep, especially at the moments that we need to wake him up. But he sleeps well and will keep himself occupied in the mornings if I request a little relaxation time.
But Lil Princess?
No. Usually, she will have a wonderful sleep in her bed, the night before I anticipate the hope of a lie in. This means she is up with the birds, chirping away.
“Mum! Can I go downstairs?” “Yes”
“Mum, I’m scared, can you come with me?” “No”
“Mum, can I go on the computer?” “Okay” (anything for peace!)
“Mum, I’m hungry!” (Muttering)”Oh For God’s sake!” (out aloud) “Coming!”
And so, by 8 am on a Sunday morning, you find me with a cuppa, and a wide-awake kid!
And if by any fluke of a chance, we are at home, with no kids, and no need for me to be anywhere before 12 midday, you can bet it’s just my darn body clock which decided to work against me!
Day 23 of Linda’s #JusJoJan challenge hosted by the dear Judy Martin my blog sis! Find her here!
The Just Jot It January 23rd prompt, brought to you by Ritu of But I Smile Anyway is: “Compromise.” Use it any way you’re inspired to. And make sure you stop by and say hi to Ritu as well! Here’s her blog: https://butismileanyway.com/
Oh look, it’s my prompt! Oh well, here goes!
“Compromise. It’s another word to describe marriage.”
This was part of some advice I was given a few months before taking my nuptial rounds with Hubby Dearest.
And for all intents and purposes, it is very true, especially for us Indians.
I know it probably happens less now, but the usual system was that a couple got married, whether love or arranged, and then they lived with the in-laws.
This was exactly what we did too. It was no big deal, to be honest. It’s what all my cousins and other family members did too.
But the statement above helped me so much through my early married life. I can’t quite explain how, but I’ll try!
When you get married and move in with another family, it can be a culture shock, even when you are from the same background!
Each family has their own foibles, their own traditions and quirks, and as the bride, you have to be the one to go through all the changes to fit in with your new family.
It’s easier to be like them, instead of fight it, isn’t it?
Not really.
My mum always said to me to never lose myself once I got married. She was a really outgoing person and had so many aspirations, but due to the totally different mentality of her in-laws, she had to curb her personality, and desires, and be the good housewife, which she was, and is, to perfection. But in those days it was expected. There was no other choice if you wanted an easy life. She did eventually get to be more herself, but for a sizeable chunk of her married life, she was subdued.
The above advice made me realise that I had to be malleable. I had to be like a reed in the wind, blowing in the wind, bowing down, but not breaking.
Life was incredibly different for me when I got married, from the food that was eaten, to what was expected of me as a daughter in law.
I started by making huge compromises. I didn’t lose myself, but I simply put myself on hold, and dived deep into this new family life. I did all the things they wanted and hoped I would do. And once I got the trust of my new family, I started to change things.
Because I bent into their ‘shape’, it became easier to coax them to do things differently too. And therein lies the beauty of compromise.
If you learn how to use the art of compromising corrrectly, it may take a little time, but things become easier.
Pre-Christmas, my brother and I were exchanging ideas about gifts for the kids. I needed ideas for my nephew and he wanted the same for his nephew and niece here.
Considering the boy only wanted an iPhone, or a Wondercore smart sit-up machine (not happening!) it was getting tough to think up something suitable.
Then my brother came up with the idea of a cinema gift card or something so the children could have a treat on him and their aunty. Perfect!
So today we went to watch Sing! The Movie.
singing
animation
songs
cute animals
music
They had it all!
(D’ya get the idea that I may like music?)
We loved it!
The characters were so likeable, I don’t quite know which was my favourite!
Buster Moon, voiced by Matthew McConaughey, the main character, is a koala bear who was following his dreams with his theatre, and when things start to go belly up, he tries all sorts to save it.
Then there is Eddie Noodleman, Buster’s rich partner. A sheep from great theatre stock. The grandson of the great Nana Noodleman, voiced by both Jennifer Hudson (young Nana) and Jennifer Saunders (older Nana). Nana was a theatre singer of high calibre in her performing days, and she inspired Buster to want to own a theatre!
Buster decides to hold a talent show for singers, in an attempt to raise interest in his venue, and much-needed funds to keep in business. But his secretary, the hapless Ms Crawly, an ageing iguana, manages to print flyers advertising a $100,000 prize instead of the $1000 that Buster had planned on awarding.
The interest in the prize money piques the interest of many animals within the city, all hungry for either fame, or the money, or both, and a huge queue of auditionees assembles (rather like The X-Factor!)
There are good, and bad, and plain weird, (again, like The X-Factor!) but the finalists are whittled down to the motley crew below.
We have Mike the crooning mouse, voiced by Seth McFarlane, who does indeed have a wonderful voice, but is far too sure of himself, and expects to win big money.
Then there is Johnny the teenage cockney gorilla. I think he was one of my favourites! He works with his father, who runs a heist gang, organising large-scale robberies, but Johnny’s heart isn’t in it. All he really wants to do is sing. With this father/son relationship, I really felt a great similarity to Phil Mitchell and his son Ben, from Eastenders! There you have a macho father unable to accept his child’s homosexuality, and here you have a dad who can’t believe his son would rather sing, than be a getaway driver!
Check out this video of him singing!
Then you have Reese Witherspoon voicing Rosita the Housewife pig with an amazing voice. This competition could change her life, though she doesn’t dance, so Buster pairs her with Gunter, a German pig who is extremely flamboyant! Gunter is hilarious!
Here is a clip of them together!
Meena is the shy teenage elephant who is bitten severely by the stage fright bug… will she get a chance to actually sing, or be relegated to stage hand? She’s another character I developed a soft spot for!
Finally, we have Ash, the feisty porcupine rock singer, voiced by Scarlett Johansson. Originally part of a rock group fronted by her boyfriend, she is singled out as the one with the voice by Buster, which leaves her in an uncomfortable position with her other half. needless to say, it leads to heartbreak, but every cloud has a silver lining…
I don’t want to tell you too much about the rest of the story, but there is drama, tension, humour and glow-in-the-dark squid!
It is well worth a trip, with or without the children. They will love it for the animation, and feel-good factor. If you are like me you will love it for all the great songs that are played through it! I wanted to sing to each snippet I heard, and the performances were so great that at the end of the last one, I wanted to clap! I reined myself in, only to turn around to see my Lil Princess clapping away! She has good taste, that girl!
Here is the trailer if you haven’t caught it on TV yet!
All that is left for me to say is go watch it!!!!!
The interest in the prize money piques the interest of many animals within the city, all hungry for either fame, or the money, or both, and a huge queue of auditionees assembles (rather like The X-Factor!)
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