The Birthday Roundup!

03 Sep 2016 40 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Birthday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, grateful, icecream, Sundaes, Treatz

Well hello there all of you!

Can I start this post by saying I love you all so much!

All the Happy Birthday wishes, the shares, the book downloads… You are all such a special bunch, I feel quite emotional!

Well, my day in general, was pretty wonderful!

It started at midnight when Hubby Dearest arrived with a mini roll adorned with a cocktail umbrella!

Then we spent a good couple of hours in the middle of the night playing ‘Musical Beds’ as Lil Man woke, after having a bad dream, then Lil Princess joined us, and sat on Lil Man’s head, hurting his neck! Oops! To be honest, all I wanted to do was sleep, but I needed to be mummy, didn’t I?!

Then all needed to be awake by 8am latest as the kids had Football training. Yes, even Lil Princess, who has decided Football is for her, not Punjabi school, on a Saturday morning! I was given cards and my present…

Fitbit Charge HR

I have been looking to get one since I started my health kick, and hubby Dearest beat me to it!

Now, it isn’t easy being good on your birthday,food wise, and I really wasn’t! We went to a great dessert parlour in the afternoon called Treatz, and gorged on sweet delights!

Mine was the Oreo one!

I would have shown you the waffles too, but my Bro in Law ate it before I could get a photo!

The sundaes were yum! But alas, no Malteasers!

Then we chilled, and popped to my in-laws for the evening. An Indian takeaway dinner then it was home!

It was a relaxed day, and I had fun, the most important thing!

Thank you all for being a part of it too!

TJ’s Household Haiku – Reflect

03 Sep 2016 18 Comments

by Ritu in Poems Tags: #TJ's Household Haiku Challenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Haiku, Haiku Hub, Reflect, Retro

Good evening my Peeps and fellow Haiku Hubbers!

Today TJ gave us the prompt Reflect, and this photo

St Malo with a Vaubon fortress in the background

Judy, my Blog Sis, of Edwina’s Episodes, suggested a monthly theme for the Haiku challenges that TJ sets for us, which was ‘Retro’. Therefore, he took the picture and gave it a ‘retro’ feel!

I took the word Retro and wrote what came to mind when I hear the word… all about Disco!

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Mirrored disco ball
Reflecting light all around
Boogie Wonderland

Ritu 2016

Proud member of the Haiku Hub!

#SoCS Sept 3/16 – Accumulate

03 Sep 2016 37 Comments

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

Linda’s prompt for this Saturday Stream of Consciousness..

Accumulate

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “accumulate.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

Well, seeing as it is the day it is for me… my birthday, what better thing to write about than how I have managed to accumulate 41 years beneath my belt!

Oh, and by ‘under my belt’ I mean all that squidgy stuff I am currently trying to get rid of! You can hoard quite a bit under there if you aren’t careful!

Now, in 41 years, I have manage to accumulate a lot of stuff. From toys, to books, (you all know that!) to clothes and jewellery. From photos and physical momentos, to those memories held tightly within my heart and mind.

I wonder whether I am a hoarder. Should I not let go of some of this stuff? The physical stuff at least? But when I look at everything, there is so much emotion attached to each thing, I can’t do it! Ok, I lie. I manage to clear out my wardrobe with relative ease. I can whizz through the kids things pretty quickly, but it’t the other stuff, the memories, the photos, the momentos that I can’t bear to part with.

But I love them all. They take me back to a different time of my life, and bring back all the emotions from that time.

So for now, if you don’t mind, I am keeping my accumulations, and I’m pretty sure there will be plenty more added to the piles over the years to come!

Have a great day!

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How My Birthday Started…

03 Sep 2016 108 Comments

by Ritu in Family, Sonu Singh Tags: Birthday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cake, Sonu Singh

I’d dozed off…

Awoke with a jolt to this little box of delights!

And this!

A Jaffa Mini Roll with a cocktail umbrella because Hubby Dearest couldn’t find the candles! Bless him!

I’m off to sleep now…time wake as a real 41 year old!

My BIG Day is Here! Free Giveaway!

03 Sep 2016 103 Comments

by Ritu in Poetic RITUals Tags: Birthday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Free Book, Giveaway, Poetic RITUals

Well hello Peeps! I sit here, officially a year older now and thanks to all of you who have already shown so much love by tweeting and reposting the post yesterday!

Just in case you missed it, it’s my birthday today!!!

So, for Saturday and Sunday, September 3rd and 4th, my book, Poetic Rituals, rated 5-star so far at least 5 times, is free on Amazon Kindle! Please click the link below to take you to the Amazon of your country, and download it!

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If anything, your downloading a copy will be gift enough for me, and if you feel really nice, you can leave a review too! I will love you forever!