#SoCS Dec. 10/16 – Bear/Bare

10 Dec 2016 49 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Bear/Bare, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s Saturday prompt…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “bear/bare.” Use one, use both, use ’em any way you please. Have fun!

The Bare Necessities.

One of my all time favourite Disney songs, from my absolute favourite movie, The Jungle Book!

It’s one of those songs that I simply cannot stop singing, once I hear it! You know, like one of those ear worms, that annoy the heck out of you, except this one doesn’t annoy me, but probably annoys all those around me as I go about my business, being Baloo the Bear, singing about the best way to go about life (if you were a bear!)

Many people ask me if I like it because of the connection to India, me being Indian, but to be honest, it’s as far removed from any India I have ever experienced! In fact it didn’t really click to me that the film was even based in India until much later!

As I got older, then the racial connotations of people calling Indian boys Mowgli, started to make sense.

But you know what, I am not interested in making this some preachy post about racism, and stereotyping, oh no!

I just want to celebrate this fantastic film, and song!

So, which song is your ear-worm of choice?

Ritu’s Healthy Eating – Week 18 – #icandothis

09 Dec 2016 32 Comments

by Ritu in Health, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Health, Healthy Eating, Slimming World, Weight Loss

Another week of naughty but nice things!

My parents were here last week, so we had pizza on Friday night, and a luscious Indian meal out on the Saturday night… and did I mention the Krispy Kreme donuts?

I was definitely not on for a loss this week! The best I could expect was to maintain my weight!

I decided to attempt to do a couple of SP Extra Easy days. For those of you who aren’t on the Slimming World plan, this is basically when you strip back your eating to a lot of ‘free’ foods that are filling, but low calorie. This meant no stodgy carbs, and certain fruit and veg, and yoghurts, were out of the picture.

And it obviously did the job…

I stood on the scales today and this happened!

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1lb down!

So that is 19lbs off with Slimming World and 24lbs in total!

Well, I wasn’t expecting that!!!!!

Today I have celebrated with a KFC Ricebox which was 10.5 syns. (I am allowed up to 15 so that isn’t bad!)

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend Peeps! Enjoy!

Smoke #writephoto

09 Dec 2016 43 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Fiction, Photo Prompt, Smoke, Sue Vincent

Sue’s Photo Prompt this week…

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This just wasn’t fair, you know.

They always know how to find me.

I can’t help it though. Haven’t you seen the size of my belly?

I’d been fed up (again) of being ignored (again), so thought I’d run away (again). They were always busy with her, my sister. Ballet classes, horse riding, gymnastics… she always had all these great clubs to go to, because she was good at all these things. No, not good, but brilliant!

Tall, slim, pretty, with that angelic face and smile that melted all the hearts who encountered it.

The total opposite of me. Two years older than her, but 4 inches shorter, orthodontic braces to correct my overbite, and a rather rotund figure. I can’t help that though, whenever she didn’t want to eat something she would give it to me, and I, being the protective older sister, would wolf down her extras, so she didn’t get in trouble.

I didn’t realise until a lot later, how much of a mistake that was!

Still, I do like my food. At least when I go to college, I can forget her perfection, and indulge in what I am good at.

Culinary art.

Delectable cuisines from around the world…

Ok, so I’m doing a catering course.

They never complain when whatever I have been cooking graces the table, but aside from a flippant “Ta love!” I don’t get a second glance.

So I decided that I would do it. Run away, but properly, today.

There is no going back.

Well, there wasn’t, until that smoke wafted into the cave where I had painfully secreted myself…

The scent of a barbeque.

How dare they?

That was my speciality!

But you know the worst thing?

I could smell burning in that smoke! And they all know that one thing I can’t bear is good food being ruined.

I’ll just go and sort it out, it’s only one barbeque… I guess they deserved one more chance to show they care…

… and, well, I was kinda hungry!

#writephoto

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #126 Pet&Play

05 Dec 2016 31 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems, Sonu Singh Tags: #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cat, Challenge, Haiku, Pet & Play, Sonu Singh

Lovely Ron’s haiku prompt this week…

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THIS WEEK INCLUDE PHOTOS of YOUR PETS AT PLAY!

Pet & Play

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Sonu Singh’s pet peeve
He can’t go and play outside
Wanna play inside?

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Perfect pet playpen
A box, any size, you choose
What more could he want?

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Reiki Nanu!

04 Dec 2016 61 Comments

by Ritu in Family, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Children, Concussion, Haldi Milk, Humour, kids, Lil Man, Lil Princess, Reiki, Turmeric

This last week, amongst other things, My dear Lil Man decided that it would be a good idea to get concussed by a stray football!

On Thursday I got a call from his friend’s mum (He goes there after school and I pick him up from there) to say he was in a bad way, crying and headachey because of a hit to the head.

Obviously I left work ASAP and rushed to get him. A couple of years ago he got hit on the nose quite hard by another ball, and was concussed then too.

The boy was a mess. Tears flowing from a severe headache, but he was not compliant about getting checked out.

We agreed that if he woke in the morning with a headache, then Daddy would take him to the hospital to get checked.

Obviously, that was what had to happen. His temperature was up, and he was still suffering from a severe headache.

The Dr said he needed to refrain from any contact sport for a minimum of 3 weeks.

So, no football on Saturdays this side of Christmas, and PE at school would need t be limited. His only concern was that he wanted to be able to play badminton! Luckily the Dr said that should be ok!

We have been lucky enough to have my Precious Pops and Mum here for the weekend, and Pops is a Reiki healer, amongst other things.

So he worked his magic on Lil Man this morning too!

He said he thought it was funny when Nanu tickled him. Pops had to explain that he only touched his forehead once… the rest was the energy from the Reiki!

Not to be left out, Lil Princess also had a session as she has this lingering cough…

She said she could really feel the warmth in her chest as he performed the Reiki!

And talking of Lil Princess and her cough… Nanu/Pops always has remedies for things, but you know kids, they don’t like these natural, strange tasting concoctions. I said he could try and convince her, and I would be happy to make it if she agreed!

Their conversation went a little like this…

Sitting here listening to Pops trying to convince my daughter about drinking warm milk with turmeric and honey… good luck Pops!

Pops:”You know sometimes the things that taste good aren’t good for you and the things that taste bad are good for you.”
Sim:”Sweets are yummy and good for you. I eat them”!
Pops:”We’ll they aren’t really good for you…”
Sim: shrugs shoulders and continues playing games Robloks!

Hmmm… I wonder what the answer will be when I ask her to drink some later???