29 Jul 2017 32 Comments
in #tjshouseholdhaikuchallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #TJ's Household Haiku Challenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku, Leaning tower of Piza, Look & Leaf, tanka
TJ’s prompts today
And/or the photo
Off to an engagement in an hour so I can’t go mad with my haiku, but here is one, using the words.
The way I see it
We are all from the same tree
Each of us a leafRitu 2017
And a Tanka from the photo!
Standing quietly
A leaf of paper floats down
I look up, he smiles
Love letters sent from above
Italian romance startsRitu 2017
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29 Jul 2017 35 Comments
in #SoCS, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, cricket, hair removal, injury, Limb, Linda G Hill, Sealing/Ceiling, Socs, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday
Linda’s #SoCS prompt this week…
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “limb.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
Funny, this should be the prompt that Linda decided on for this week!
The other day, Lil Man, being cricket obsessed, has been begging anyone to go and play int he garden with him, to practice his batting and bowling skills.
Being rather tired still, I have avoided it at all costs (that and the fact I am NOT SPORTY AT ALL!) but this time, after a whole day of him whining, I decided to help him out, nice mummy that I am!
So there I was, at the wicket, wielding my bat, and I did pretty good, even if I do say so myself. Despite having a bat at least six inches too short, he didn’t get me out… but I did manage to sustain a few hits to my limbs! (See, got it in there!) My thigh, one knee and the other shin got whacked by stray balls.
Still, standing strong, I managed to stay in, until we had to run in from rogue showers!
The next day, after a particularly successful trip to the hairdressers with Lil Princess, she wanted braids, I decided I needed to embark upon some epic hair removal. The kids are threatening to cause havoc if I don’t take them swimming, so I had to get prepared.
Got me a new bikini waxing set, and then set about epilating the nether regions, as well as my lower limbs, when I noticed a bruise on my shin.
Lovely! That’ll look great at the party we are attending tonight! At least the sari will cover it! And there’s no hair!
28 Jul 2017 80 Comments
in My Writing, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Best Laid Plans, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Plans, RiNoWRiMo, Summer Writing, WIP, writing
If you have been reading my blog you will have heard me mention that I am going to attempt to get more writing done on my Teenage WIP this holiday.
Life is never so easy though.
When I made these little promises to myself, you know August being a mini RiNoWriMo (Ritu’s Novel Writing Month!), I didn’t know that the family was about to throw six thousand functions at us too!
(Ok, six thousand is a bit of an exaggeration but still, you get my drift?)
So, four weddings, consisting of at least eight functions, a couple of prayers at the temple, along with play dates with the kids friends, and of course, working out when I can spend a week with my parents means that this particular idea is not really going to work as I had hoped!
But I am still determined to do something.
Last night, I dug out the printed version of what I have done so far, and my original notebook with my story plans sketched out. I have post it notes ready, and I thought why not use one of the lovely gifts from my class (a diary) to keep track of when I can write, and how much I manage!
So, I have to admit to myself, that it may not be a completed first draft by the end of my summer holidays, but it should be a much more beefed up version!
As soon as Hubby Dearest leaves for work, I should get on my PC or sit with my notes, and try and use that peaceful time when the kids are asleep, to progress further…
Well, that’s the plan, anyway!
Wish me luck, and keep pushing me Peeps! I need you to make me carry on!
28 Jul 2017 40 Comments
in Foodie Pics, Health, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Healthy Eating, Holiday eating, Slimming World, Weight gain, Weight Loss
First week of the holidays!
Been a busy one, and I am still a little tired!
We’ve been to a wedding, I’ve been back to school, we’ve had a birthday, I’ve tidied and tried to keep the kids occupied! I’ve slept, and not slept, I’ve eaten well, and not so well, but I won’t beat myself up about that!
So… how did I do with the weigh in???
Stayed the same! Phew!!!!!!!
Have a happy and healthy week Peeps!
27 Jul 2017 51 Comments
in #WritePhoto, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Flash Fiction, Ronnie Hilton, Sails, Sue Vincent, Windmill, Windmill in old Amsterdam
Sue’s #Writephoto prompt this week:
“I saw a mouse!”
“Where?”
“There on the stair!”
“Where on the stair?”
“Right there!”
“It didn’t by chance have clogs on, did it?”
“No! It was a bloody mouse, you wally!”
Pete smirked to himself. Jane was always such a drama queen, and he had to inject a little humour into their lonely existence.
Since buying the old windmill, and trying to restore it to its original glory, so they could then organise tours around an authentic working old school windmill, Pete and Jane had sunk into a hermit-like existence.
But it had been a tough time. There were no neighbours nearby. They had to drive at least half an hour to the nearest shops in the village, and they were a little too off the beaten track for their friends to visit. Even if they did, there was no guest room for them to stay over, so most people just stayed away.
Sure, they phoned or sent messages once in a while, but it wasn’t the same.
So, when she presented him with opportunities like this, he milked it for all it was worth!
The thing was, there was no one to share the joke with.
This was what happened when you married a young un…
Ronnie Hilton’s 1965 classic was lost on her!
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