Christmas Crafts!

04 Dec 2016 16 Comments

by Ritu in Art, Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Children, Christmas, Christmas crafts, Craft ideas, kids

During the week, I get one session where I plan for the following week.

It is then that I try and look for fresh ideas online, (Pinterest is a Godsend!).

This week I was trying to find different Christmas craft ideas for the children.

Though the ones I found may not be practical for my nursery children, they turned out beautifully!

Maybe you could have a go with your own children!

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It’s Been a Cold Week!

04 Dec 2016 21 Comments

by Ritu in Humour, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cold, Frost, Humour, Windscreen, Winter

We’ve had some really frosty weather here this week, you know, temperatures hitting below freezing.

Pretty icy ferns inside my car!!

I have had to scrape ice off the windscreen at least twice!

Now I am firmly a ‘spray with de-icer and scrape’ kinda girl, but my sis in law usually splashes lukewarm water over hers and is good to go. Her father is a car salesman with his won garage, and he swears by it.

So, on the second day, I thought ‘why not try it, and filled a bottle with warn water, and got ready to pour and leave with speed.

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And this happened. The frost lay on the ground ‘deep and crisp and even’, it was -3.5 degrees celsius, and my windscreen was a sheet of ice!

Why?

Because no one told me I needed to actually stick the wipers on while pouring!

Spent another 10 minutes dislodging ice instead of frost off the windscreen instead!

Women drivers eh!!!

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 94

04 Dec 2016 35 Comments

by Ritu in Spidey's Serene Sundays, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Dr Seuss, inspiration, Life, Quote, Serene, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr Seuss

I do like this quote that Spidey found for us this week.

I fear we spend far too long worrying about what others will think, often suppressing our own desires and true selves.

We are human, born with our own opinions, our own looks, our own thoughts.

Embrace you

You are special.

You are unique.

Surround yourself with those who love you for who you are, not those who wish for you to change parts of your physical appearance, or your opinions, in order to garner their approval.

Seriously. They really don’t matter.

Enjoy this Sunday being you, and make sure you continue to be you every day!

Happy Sunday Peeps!

Cracked Ice #writephoto

03 Dec 2016 21 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cracked Ice, Sue Vincent

Sue’s Photo Prompt this week for #writephoto…

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“You can’t walk on water!” they all said to me…I’m getting sick of it. Whatever I want to do, they tell me I can’t do it.

What rubbish! Hadn’t they seen the stream this morning? Oh it was cold alright. So cold that the water had stopped flowing, frozen solid.

There, see.

That’s one way I can prove them wrong!

I just need to test it out, so when I get them here to be witness to my miracle, I don’t look a complete fool, slipping and sliding around the ice.

One foot on… steady! The other leaving Terra Firma and placed cautiously on the ice.

There! Done it! I am standing on water! And if I just take a few steps, I am actually walking on water, frozen or not!

It’s not easy, you know, but at least these spiked shoes have some grip on the slippery ice!

Actually this is quite easy! I bet I could even run on water too!

CRACK!

What was that?

As I look around, I see a crack appearing in the ice behind me, zig zagging along towards me, following the small holes my spikes had created.

SPLASH!

Thank goodness they weren’t here for that! Lucky the stream wasn’t so deep, and it it was just my ego bruised, and my clothes wet…

Maybe I’ll just listen to them next time…

#writephoto

Ritu’s Healthy Eating – Week 17 #icandothis

03 Dec 2016 61 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Health, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Health, Healthy Eating, Slimming World, Weight Loss

Another week, another bunch of lovely munchies!

You know me, playing with my food!

And a really yummy dish I made…

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Syn free pizza and Slimming World chips! This was particularly yummy!

The base was a gluten free wrap called BFREE. This counted as my Healthy Extra Fibre quote for the day. The cheese was my Healthy Extra Calcium content. The toppings were all free choice veg and protein!

I must confess though, that i haven’t been staying within my Syn limit. I was expecting to gain a lb or 2, or best case scenario, maintain. Those Curly Wurlys and Malteasers were calling far too loudly!

But…