Lonely Cat

I really feel for Sonu Singh at the moment…

When we got him Hubby Dearest was working from home. At 2 months old, he had a constant playmate, and then when we all arrived back from school, he was spoiled!

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Then came a period of about 3 months where Hubby’s work took him out of the house daily, and Little Sonu Singh had to fend for himself. He was tiny then, and prone to getting himself stuck under the settee and stuff, so we bought a special pet pen where he would spend the school hours, then get his freedom when we got home.

Since then, and for the last 2 years, he has had Hubby for company again, as, working from home has it’s advantages… and Sonu Singh was never alone…

But now, we have a change of job in the house, and three year old Sonu Singh is having to occupy himself on a daily basis. Oh he is very vocal when we wake up, and when we get home, but what does he do all day?

Sits and looks outside from the window.

Or sleeps on the table, or near the front door, waiting for us…

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When we are home, he either goes crazy running around trying to get us to play hid and seek with him, or he sits on/in our bags, hoping that we might take him with us the next time…

He tries to stop me from working or writing, by laying on my books!

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He lays near me and pulls funny faces so I may spent my time looking at him.

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He even offers himself up as a phone holder to Lil Man, so he may be centre of attention!

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But the sweetest thing, every night he crawls onto me and ‘cat-kisses’ me, then snuggles up on my lap for a sleep.

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Don’t worry Sweet Sonu Singh… under three weeks to go, then we will be home with you for a whole 6 weeks! You may even be glad when we go back to school!

 

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #156 Ocean&Shore

Lovely Ron’s prompt this week

Ocean & Shore

Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge Image 2016

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Image from Pixabay

The call from the shore
Sailing across ocean waves
Straight into my heart

Ritu 2017

 

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Imae from Pixabay

 

Waves from the ocean
Lapping gently on the shore
Tossing and turning

Ritu 2017

 

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Image from Google

 

Surf and turf
The best of both worlds
Meat and fish!

Ritu 2017

Are You A Blogging Addict? Take this 15 Question Quiz To Find Out!

Once you enter the Blogisphere, it is easy to get totally sucked in.

Are you someone who has become a fixed member of a blog addicts group, or do you set yourself limits so you still exist within the real world?

Don’t think too much, take my quiz and all will be revealed!

1. When you wake up in the morning,
  1. You stretch, check the time, want to go back to sleep, but haul yourself out of bed to get ready for the day
  2. You grab your phone to check your notifications/stats on your blog.
2. Before leaving work,
  1. You make sure your lunch is packed, have a shower, eat breakfast and head off to work
  2. You ensure all the above is done so you can sit and check all your social media channels, peruse your reader, answer comments eloquently, and maybe even bang out a post (or two!), and ensure all is published or scheduled for later.
3. When you get to work,
  1. You check, then switch your phone to silent, and put it away until your break/lunchtime.
  2. You check your notifications, your reader and maybe your stats, and try to leave your silenced phone somewhere accessible, in case of blogging emergency
4. At break/lunchtime,
  1. You make a cuppa and have a little chat with your colleagues/Eat lunch and maybe take a glance at your notifications
  2. You grab a drink, any drink/your lunch box and feverishly check out your reader and emails, not wanting to miss any post, and answer notifications, whilst trying to keep up with the conversations around the room.
5. After work,
  1. You thank goodness you’ve finish and leave work to go for a drink, or get home to put your feel up before making/ordering dinner.
  2. You quickly scroll through your reader (again! It’s amazing how many people out there post while you are at work!) and get yourself up to date with all notifications. Then go home.
6. Through the evening,
  1. You may find time to peruse your reader, or emails, and answer notifications, if you have the time. You might even leisurely write a post. If family need you you willingly relinquish your phone/tablet/PC and go and tend to their needs.
  2. You are happy that you can keep up with the reader in real time, and make sure your inbox is empty at all time! If someone dares to call you outside of designated times, you attempt to ignore them, then stomp off in their direction, deal with whatever issue they have, then get back to your reader ASAP!
7. At bedtime,
  1. You may read a book or watch a film, and snuggle down to sleep
  2. You do the above, but intermittently check your phone for any new posts and notifications. You may feel the need to compose a post, inspired by the happenings of the day.
8. At other times,
  1. You notice funny things around/shocking things and take a little time to digest them.
  2. The same as above but you get your phone or camera out to get photographic evidence, and quickly type up a note, or grab any piece of paper, or a notebook and write yourself a memo… This could be great blogger fodder!
9. When you check your stats and there is a dip,
  1. You think “Oh well…” and carry on with life
  2. You think the world has started to hate your blog, and you think what to do… change your theme? Change your niche? Change your style of writing? You may do all of the above!
10. When the stats show an upwards tilt,
  1. You smile happily to yourself, and continue with your day
  2. You smile broadly, and share said post with the entire world, because it has to be worth it, right?!
11. You look at your Facebook friends,
  1. And you have a great mix of old and new friends and family, peppered with a few online friends
  2. You can hand on heart say that you have not met half of them, but you know many better than your own family… because they are all part of your Blogily!
12. When faced with a choice and a little free time,
  1. You would rather reach for a book or meet a friend
  2. You want the book, but the phone or tablet beckons because you can sit and read posts!
13. When you are introducing yourself to someone,
  1. You use your proper name and shake hands
  2. You use your Gravatar handle and your blog name rolls off your tongue, before you realise you meant to say your name!
14. If you wake in the middle of the night,
  1. You have a quick drink of water, check the time and go back to sleep
  2. You think about turning over and going back to sleep, but instead you sneak a look at your phone. If your partner is knocked out, you check your notifications again. If they are stirring, you begrudgingly put your phone back, and try and sleep.
15. In the morning,
  1. You start the day all over again, as usual… cuppa, shower, breakfast, work
  2. You start the day all over again, as usual… checking your phone, notifications… oh crikey! Work!

The results…

Mostly 1’s – Congratulations! You have managed to find a balance between blogging and your real life!

Mostly 2’s – Shall I send you the form for the Bloggers Addicts Anonymous group?

(All tongue in cheek, you all know I am a true Blog Addict!)

 

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

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Another treat I baked for the Bloggers Bash looked like the above pictures. Well actually the photo shows the exact cakes I made!

If you would like to make Carrot Cake Cupcakes, follow the recipe below.

Ingredients for Cake

175g light muscovado sugar
100g wholemeal self-raising flour
100g self-raising flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp mixed spice
zest of 1 orange
2 eggs
150ml sunflower oil
200g grated carrots

Ingredients for icing

100g softened butter
300g soft cheese
100g icing sugar, sifted
1tsp vanilla extract

Method for cake

  • preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius/160 degrees Celsius for fan/ Gas mark 4.
  • line a 12 hole muffin tray with cases
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix the flours, bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice and orange zest
  • Whisk together the eggs and oil
  • Stir into the dry ingredients with the grated carrot.
  • Divide mixture between the cases and bake  fo 20-22 minutes until a skewer poked in comes out clean
  • Allow to cool on a wire rack.

Method for Icing

  • Beat the butter until really soft
  • Beat in soft cheese, icing sugar and vanilla
  • Use a palette knife to swirl icing on top.
  • Sprinkle with crushed walnuts, orange sprinkles, or whatever you want!

I used this recipe times 2 to make two large cakes as Lil Man’s birthday cake too!

Cooked for a little longer, but here you are!

Reading Material!

We popped to Bluewater yesterday to take Lil Man out for lunch.

Actually the plan had been to go and see Despicable Me 3! But he decided he didn’t want to watch a film (Guess who was the most disappointed… Lil Princess, or me?!)

We ate, then wandered around a little and I ended up purchasing a little light reading!

When I finally read them, reviews will follow!!!

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