March 22 – Flash Fiction – Follow Your Dreams

23 Mar 2018 50 Comments

by Ritu in #CarrotRanch, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #bloggersbash, #CarrotRanch, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Charli Mills, Flash Fiction, Follow Your Dreams

Charli’s prompt this week:

March 22, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story using the theme “follow your dreams.” Bonus points for throwing a badge into the tale. Go where the prompt leads.

I did it mum. I took your advice.

“Follow your dreams, love,” you’d say to me. “Don’t let anyone stop you. I’d hate for your life to mirror mine.”

Born at a time where a good Indian wife and mother was nothing but that, my mum had dreams of being a doctor. Instead she was married off early, and, well, no one was going to encourage their daughter in law to study more, or, God forbid, work.

As I stand here, with my degree in my hand, my only wish is that you were here to see it too…

https://carrotranch.com/2018/03/23/march-22-flash-fiction-challenge/

March 15 – Flash Fiction – Carrot Cake

16 Mar 2018 71 Comments

by Ritu in #CarrotRanch, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #bloggersbash, #CarrotRanch, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Carrot Cake, Charli Mills, Flash Fiction

Charli’s prompt this week:

March 16, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about carrot cake. It can be classic or unusual. Why is there cake? How does it feature in the story. Go where the prompt leads.

Oh Charli, just reading the prompt made me hungry! Carrot Cake is my favourite and I have shared a great recipe here… and I am not cruel, I even shared my carrot cupcakes at the last Bloggers Bash, and the recipe and photos are here!

Right… here goes! A little tongue in cheek flashback to when Geoff and I baked goodies for the last Bloggers Bash. It is (slightly) fictitious but I did really bake and make all those things! And Geoff makes a mean cake too… tried and tested on two separate occasions!!!

Cake-Off!

Lifting the last box from her bag, Ritu sighed with satisfaction.
The pastries, bites and cakes had all reached the venue intact: Nutella puff pastry twists, Rocky Road bites, and her favourite, carrot cake cupcakes.
Nothing else was laid on the table… until he turned up.
Armed with gluten-free, sugar-free fare, His Geoffleship laid his plates across the other table half.
The competition had arrived.
Soon the room began to fill with the attendees of the Bloggers Bash, ready for the Blog Awards…
But for these two bakers, the real winner would be who won the Great Bash Bake-off!

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https://carrotranch.com/2018/03/16/march-15-flash-fiction-challenge/

And if you are interested in the chance of more cake… maybe you need to get yourself to the Bash, it is overshadowing that other minor event, that happens to be the Royal wedding, on May 19th, 2018, in London! Get your tickets HERE!

Winners Of The 2017 Annual Bloggers Bash Awards @bloggersbash #BloggersBash

10 Jun 2017 65 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: #bloggersbash, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Winners list

Results are in Peeps!!!!!!!!!

Source: Winners Of The 2017 Annual Bloggers Bash Awards @bloggersbash #BloggersBash

Second The Best ! #bloggersbash

11 Jun 2016 96 Comments

by Ritu in Awards, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #bloggersbash, ABBA's, Awards, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Second the Best

Today was wonderful and I can’t believe it’s already over 😥

I am most proud and extremely thankful to those of you that voted…
I got second place in my Category Best Overall Blog Award!

There were some huge blogs I was up against so I was so amazed!

Still speechless… (well as gobsmacked as a chatterbox like me can!)

Still, I phoned my Hubby Dearest to let him know the good news and he was so happy for me, and my Lil Man and Lil Princess were jumping up and down, because “You know mummy, second the best!” followed by “Did you get anything??!!”

I said I got lots of claps and cheers, and a tee-shirt!

And I was lucky enough to also win a bracelet from Barb Taub!

I regret that I took hardly any photos but there are a few of my core blogily Erika, Judy and Rich, who I met for the first time in person!

And of the organisers, Sacha, Geoffles, Hugh and Ali!

A wonderful masterclass too by Luca Sartoni, a Growthketeer at Automattic, who gave us some great tips on connecting social media to our blogs, and some interesting info regarding reblogs, and PressThis!

We ended up having to leave a little early, but the time we spent was worth it, every second!

My only regret… not being able to sing “We Are Blogily”!

Sacha/Geoffles/Hugh/Ali – I didn’t get to write in the guest-book, but next time can we have karaoke too??!! 😉

Meeting some brilliant bloggers, and writers, and putting voices and faces to names… I can’t wait to do it all again next year!

Open your diaries, ande book the date NOW!

10th June 2017 will be the Annual Bloggers Bash Awards take 3!!!!!!

Right, the excitement and general craziness has hit me now.. I think I need my bed!

Til Tomorrow Peeps!!!!!

Last Shameless Vote Appeal Post! #bloggersbash

09 Jun 2016 15 Comments

by Ritu in Awards, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #bloggersbash, Annual Bloggers Bash Awards, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Nominations, Voting

I know I have been bugging you for the last few weeks, and during the last few days, much more than normal!

But today at 12 PM, UK time, the voting for the Annual Bloggers Bash Awards closes.

If you haven’t had a chance, I urge you to click here and vote for the ten award categories. It’s quick and painless, unless you like most of the blogs, (like me!) in which case you may have needed days to deliberate!

And when you get to the last award… If you want… You might want to consider me… A proverbial blogging baby in comparison to some of the amazing blogs I’m up against!

HERE, ok?! 😉
2 sleeps to go!!!! I’m like a child counting down to Christmas!!!!! I can’t explain my excitement at meeting many of my fellow bloggers!!!