Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 94

04 Dec 2016 35 Comments

by Ritu in Spidey's Serene Sundays, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Dr Seuss, inspiration, Life, Quote, Serene, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr Seuss

I do like this quote that Spidey found for us this week.

I fear we spend far too long worrying about what others will think, often suppressing our own desires and true selves.

We are human, born with our own opinions, our own looks, our own thoughts.

Embrace you

You are special.

You are unique.

Surround yourself with those who love you for who you are, not those who wish for you to change parts of your physical appearance, or your opinions, in order to garner their approval.

Seriously. They really don’t matter.

Enjoy this Sunday being you, and make sure you continue to be you every day!

Happy Sunday Peeps!

Cracked Ice #writephoto

03 Dec 2016 21 Comments

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

Sue’s Photo Prompt this week for #writephoto…

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“You can’t walk on water!” they all said to me…I’m getting sick of it. Whatever I want to do, they tell me I can’t do it.

What rubbish! Hadn’t they seen the stream this morning? Oh it was cold alright. So cold that the water had stopped flowing, frozen solid.

There, see.

That’s one way I can prove them wrong!

I just need to test it out, so when I get them here to be witness to my miracle, I don’t look a complete fool, slipping and sliding around the ice.

One foot on… steady! The other leaving Terra Firma and placed cautiously on the ice.

There! Done it! I am standing on water! And if I just take a few steps, I am actually walking on water, frozen or not!

It’s not easy, you know, but at least these spiked shoes have some grip on the slippery ice!

Actually this is quite easy! I bet I could even run on water too!

CRACK!

What was that?

As I look around, I see a crack appearing in the ice behind me, zig zagging along towards me, following the small holes my spikes had created.

SPLASH!

Thank goodness they weren’t here for that! Lucky the stream wasn’t so deep, and it it was just my ego bruised, and my clothes wet…

Maybe I’ll just listen to them next time…

#writephoto

Ritu’s Healthy Eating – Week 17 #icandothis

03 Dec 2016 61 Comments

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

Another week, another bunch of lovely munchies!

You know me, playing with my food!

And a really yummy dish I made…

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Syn free pizza and Slimming World chips! This was particularly yummy!

The base was a gluten free wrap called BFREE. This counted as my Healthy Extra Fibre quote for the day. The cheese was my Healthy Extra Calcium content. The toppings were all free choice veg and protein!

I must confess though, that i haven’t been staying within my Syn limit. I was expecting to gain a lb or 2, or best case scenario, maintain. Those Curly Wurlys and Malteasers were calling far too loudly!

But…

I lost 2lbs!

Week 13 really!

And I hit my second mini target or 135lb!

So, in total, since I started this journey, I have lost a total of 18lbs on Slimming World and 23lb all in all!

To celebrate, I ate 3 slices of Pizza Hut pizza yesterday! Whoops!

Been good this morning, but we’re eating out tonight too, as my parents are here!

Have a great week Peeps!!

#SoCS Dec. 3/16 – Sh

03 Dec 2016 26 Comments

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

Linda’s SoCS prompt this week is…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “sh.” Find a word that begins with the letters “sh” and base your post on it. Bonus points if you start your post with those letters. Enjoy!

Shush!

It’s something I seem to do an awful lot…

Shushing people, but usually little people!

It is a futile task though, really.

If a 3 year old wants to talk, no amount of shushing will make any difference.

Believe me, I try constantly.

It could be that I am introducing a short task, and the others are trying to listen, or we are trying to hear another child giving some news to us.

It may even be me reading a story, and a child not able to contain them selves, shouting out their own commentary throughout.

Or incessant crying for no reason, and no amount of cuddles and words will stop the flow of tears.

(Believe me, I am a patient person, but after an hour of the persistent whine I defy anyone to not say SHUSH!)