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Here she goes again… Sorry! Liebster Award alert!

25 Mar 2015 41 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Awards, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Liebster Award, Thankful

This time a lovely young blogger, Michelle from A little Bit Of Everything has nominated me for this prestigious award! Thank you so much Michelle!

Awarded 25/3/15

And as I said in my previous post about accepting awards, whether I have had them before or not, I will try my hardest to accept them!

Here are the several rules a nominated needs to do in order to accept the Liebster Award:

Link the person who nominated you (that’s Michelle) to your blog post and let them know you answered their questions.
Answer the 11 questions given to you by the nominator.
Nominate other bloggers for the award.
Create 11 questions for your nominees to answer.
Let the nominees know that they have been nominated by going to their blog and notifying them.

Here are my questions to answer…

What is your favorite color? Why?

I love the rainbow… All colours… Because colour makes the world beautiful! One of the hardest questions to answer, I feel there is no single colour that gives me ultimate happiness, just this colourful world!
If you are given the chance to be someone else, who will it be and why?

I’m pretty happy being me, but you know what, I’d love to be a man, any man, for a day, to see whether it really is an easier life than being a woman!
Where is your preferred tourist destination here on earth?

I’d love to visit Australia… One day, so I can say I’ve been to the other side of the world!
Do you believe in fairy tales and happily ever after? Why?

I know they aren’t always happily ever after, but I do believe in fairy tales, I like to fill my life with positiveness!
Past, Present or Future?

Present, the past is a fond memory to look back on, the future is a present I am eager to unwrap, but the present, I make myself!
Who will you choose, the one you love or the one who loves you?

I am lucky as they are one and the same but there are several..my husband, and equally my children, family and cat… I could never choose between them, that would be my hardest decision….
What or who inspired you to do blogging?

I started blogging as a friend of mine started one and when I went to comment on her first post, WordPress asked me to sign up, so I did! It gave me an outlet for all these words I have bubbling inside me!
If you can relate your life to a book, what will it be? Why?

My life is so varied, there are many genres there, it wouldn’t be one book, it would be a collection… Either that or I’d have to write my own!
What is your favorite food?

I love the Indian street food snack Pani Puri!
Love or Money? Why?

Love every day! Love makes me happy, and in a happy world everything is rich, your thoughts, experiences, your views. With money you can buy material things, but what about the loneliness? You can achieve great things with love behind you, and maybe money will follow!

Friends or more than friends?

My friend became my more than friend and then got promoted to my Hubby!

And now my nominees…

More Than A Dash of Salt

Grubbs N Critters

Carol’s Random Travel Thoughts

Viva La Viv

Desi, Divorced and Damn Fabulous!

And my questions to you are…

Where were you born?
Why do you write?
What would you do with your last $/£5?
How many countries have you visited?
Tell me your dream job.
Did you enjoy school? Why/why not?
What one gadget could you not live without you?
What is your favourite book and why?
Is there life anywhere other than earth as far as you’re concerned?
Can you play an instrument of?
What is your favourite song?

I hope my readers take this opportunity to visit some lovely new Blogger’s, and for those I’ve nominated, please don’t feel obliged to accept, I’m just sharing the love! ❤️

When your momma tells you off!

25 Mar 2015 12 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Being Told Off, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Language

Another priceless Facebook find!!

Those from a bilingual family… Do you ever get this??!

It’s that, or when they use your full name!!! If I heard my mum say “Ratinder!!!!!” I knew something was WRONG!!!

And the worst thing, I do it to my two too!!!!! The Punjabi Mum Lyrics come out if they do something truly awful! I guess it shows how disappointed or upset I am at them!!!

Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge – Day 1 That was close!

25 Mar 2015 10 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Five Photos Five Stories, Swings

I received a challenge from the lovely Edwina, of Edwina’s Episodes for the Five Photos, Five Stories challenge

I’m about to invite you to join in a challenge I recently accepted. Five Photos, Five Stories. I thought this challenge could present you with the opportunity of viewing blogging from a different angle, to do something different, anything that suits you for that matter. It’s entirely up to you. …

There are some rules that go with it which are as follows:

The Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge rules require you to post a photo each day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or simply a short paragraph – it’s entirely up to you.

And at the end of each day, nominate one other blogger to take part.

So my first photo… And a poem to go with it!

That was close!

Oh kiddies, don’t they love to swing!

“Higher! Higher!” They constantly sing!

The look of joy upon their face

As the pushing picks up pace!

A photo moment of course, you think

And reach the front within a blink.

Forwards backwards, higher they go!

Camera’s ready…Click! Then whoa!

Busy focusing on their smile,

Edging closer all the while,

Until you realise that their toes

Jut very nearly reached your nose!

Ritu 2015

Today, I nominate Marti from Inventing Real Life.

Don’t feel obliged to take part, but it’s a bit of fun! Hope you join in!

More Hula Hooping information, and encouragement!

24 Mar 2015 5 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Exercise, Fitness, Hula Hoop, Mummy Tummy

I have been checking out hula hooping exercises and came across this great article! Hula Hooping in the Daily Mail.

Firstly the lady in the pictures has my hula hoop! And secondly, wow! I am in great hooping company, with Beyoncé and Kelly Osborne all doing the very same thing I am mastering now!

It really is apparently great for mummy tummies! I even got creative and wrote a poem about mine here.!

And I found a fair few videos to get ideas! The Lady on the left keeps dropping hers… so that’s ok to do too!!

And here’s a lovely Hula Hoop Song to listen to as you are rotating your hips!

ENJOY FOLKS! AND HAPPY HULA HOOPING!!!!!!!!

Clumsy me…!

24 Mar 2015 59 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Clumsy, Silly Me, Sprains, Toes

This is so me! Seriously, I am like the clumsiest person you have ever met…

I honestly can’t walk into a room without grazing the doorframe half the time.

When we were growing up my brother used to call me Malcolm – Malco-ordinated ( I know it’s not a real word but he liked it… It kinda suited me!)

The sprains and twists I’ve experienced on both ankles due to me not looking where I was going, or tripping up, or over my own feet.

And though theoretically I’ve never been in plaster, my poor toes, have been broken on numerous occasions! Oh, my little toes have resembled beautifully ripe cherry tomatoes a fair few times in my past!

I remember slipping down the staircase in my Hubby’s student house one time, when we were at university. Being the typical students they were, they had neglected to change the landing light bulb, and the bannister upstairs was, obviously, for hanging clothes… A shirt had slipped onto the staircase. I slipped on said shirt, and it would have just been a bruised bum and ego, had there not been a ridiculously placed fridge at the bottom of the stairs, (no room anywhere else) and a vacuum cleaner against it. But no, nothing so simple as that, I whacked into the vacuum, or I should say my foot did, and boy did it hurt! Surprisingly the freezer accommodated a packet of frozen peas, instead of being frozen over, and I was sat for ages with the said peas nestled on top of my poor toe. Oh, it hurt!!!!! A trip to the hospital told me what they always said.. probably broken but not much they could do, except strap it up.

A few months before our wedding, I managed to stub my little toe (again!) into the narrowest pipe, running from the radiator to the floor, tight against the wall (see, that’s how close I seem to veer towards the wall as I walk!) It was sore, but I coped. The next morning, I couldn’t put my foot down without searing pains shooting up my foot! Uh, Oh, another break me thinks! And so a visit to the hospital (again!) proved me right. It was awful and I banged it pretty hard this time so the bruising was beautiful!!!

There are probably many toe occasions but they all blend into one, nowadays!

I am in a class with little children, and little furniture, and these little children are still to master the art of tucking in their chairs! So I am constantly tripping over the chairs, but its not their fault entirely, I manage to trip over the tucked in ones too! My two colleagues would gasp and hold their breaths at first, but I told them to give up on that, if they did that every time I tripped, they would hardly be breathing!… 7 months later the still gasp, but not as much!

Heck I even tripped up the stairs at an awards ceremony, on my way to accept an award for gymnastics! Graceful to the end me, see! (How I managed gymnastics, and sport of any sort without serious injury, I don’t know!)

But the fact of the matter is, I am so clumsy, and it won’t change! I should really come with some sort of statutory warning!