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It’s Friday!

16 Oct 2015 42 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories, Uncategorized Tags: baby, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Family, finndian, Weekend

Good morning Peeps! Can I get a “whoop whoop”!!!!

It’s Friday! It’s not just any old Friday, but a Friday I have been waiting for for a loooooong time!

After my crazy nursery based day, the sprogs and I shall be hopping into the car and heading off on a 3 hour road trip (possibly longer, if traffic is unkind to us) to Birmingham, as my gorgeous Finndian family branch are here! My brother, sister in law and finnjabi nephew are here, and we get a whole weekend together!

Can’t wait for my Bubby cuddles, I have a good few months of them to catch up on!

I hope you all have a wonderful day, and a fantastic weekend Peeps!!!

The Liebster Award

16 Oct 2015 15 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

My beautiful soul sister Erika Kind, who’s surname is just perfect for her(!), has nominated me for the Liebster award. I am honoured and so grateful to her for thinking of me. Please check her blog out, if you haven’t already! It’s a wonderfully positive blog, with quotes, music, and messages of positivity shining from it!

The Versatile Blog Award

14 Oct 2015 23 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

A huge thank you to my dear blog pal Amaya for thinking of me when she was nominating the Versatile Blogger Award!
You all know me and my time constraints at the moment, but please, if you aren’t there already, go check out Amaya’s great blog, Life of An El Paso Woman!!!
Thank you again Amaya! 😊

Life of an El Paso Woman

Thank you to my blogging friend, Anand from Blabberwockying for nominating me for the Versatile Blog Award. This is the first time I’m nominated for this one! Please go check out/follow his blog if you aren’t already. His blog features lots of positive posts and great poetry!

Here are the award rules:

*Thank the person who gave you this award.

*Include a link to their blog.

*Select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly.

* Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award.

*Include seven things about yourself. I’m sure I’m repeating myself on a couple of them.

Seven things about myself

*I enjoy traveling very much. I wouldn’t move but I don’t mind visiting new places. Some of my favorite trips have been to Europe (Rome and Paris) and Orlando.

*I’ve always enjoyed attending concerts. Some of my favorite concerts have been: Maroon 5 with John Mayer, Metallica with…

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A never-empty nest – Guest post by Ritu

12 Oct 2015 20 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

The wonderfully talented Sue Vincent over at The Daily Echo asked me to guest post for her… Here it is peeps!

Sue Vincent's Daily Echo

I like having friends over – even when they have me blushing… My guest today is Ritu Bhathal-Padhaal – from But I Smile Anyway. Ritu is a writer and blogger and was voted into third place for Most Inspiring Blog at the Annual Bloggers Bash Awards. You can read some of her work on her blog… like the serialised Wedded Stress.Today, she talks about being a daughter… and a Mum.

The lovely Sue from the blog The Daily Echo invited me to write a guest post for her, and I was extremely honoured, and I have to say, a tad scared! If you are a regular reader of Sue’s blog, you know how amazingly she writes, and I don’t consider myself to have half the talent that she possesses!

Still, what to write about? I have to say, I was thinking, the other day on the…

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Remarkable October Afternoons – The Sunshine Blogger Award

11 Oct 2015 16 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

Wow, it’s been busy on here today for name with challenges and award nominations! Thank you so much this time to Kris, of Crumpled Paper Cranes, for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award. This is much appreciated!