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!!!!!

#SoCS June 11/16 – mb

11 Jun 2016 17 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, mb, Socs

Linda’s prompt…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “mb.” Find a word that has those two letters in it, in that order, and base your post on it. Have fun!

I’m off to the Annual Blogger’s Bash today so this will have to be short and sweet…

But it can’t have escaped the notice of you, my readers, exactly how excited I have been about today!

Right now, I’m like a time bomb about to explode with all the nervous energy I’m producing!

It’s pretty embarrassing, me, a grown woman, acting like a teenager about to go to her first party!

But seriously, I can’t wait!

Yesterday Dandelions…

10 Jun 2016 16 Comments

by Ritu in Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Admirer, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Children, Nursery, Rose

..today a rose!

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My little friend brought me this today!

His mum said he comes to nursery, and as he walks, he looks for flowers to pick for his ‘Teecha’!

So sweet! It had an amazing scent too!

You Might Need To Poke Me…

10 Jun 2016 55 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #bloggers bash, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, tired

I need sleep!

Yesterday evening started with me having to lecture the kids about attitude and telling tales.

Then I had to cope with the tears and guilt in my heart after I said good night.

We hadn’t eaten so I was cooking at 9.30pm… So dinner wasn’t eaten until 10pm, soooo bad!

After a quick couple of posts, I made lunches for the next day, and at 11pm I was ironing.

Yes. Ironing.

I need to get things organized before the bash so needed to do this!

No time to write another school report…

11.30pm was the time my bed felt my presence so I read a little then finally snuggled down for a decent nights sleep.

Fat chance!

As I drifted off Hubby Dearest woke me. “He’s wet the bed!” Not him, Sonu Singh the cat!

It seems the litter tray hasn’t been cleaned yesterday, (bad mummy and daddy!),he fell asleep and after holding it in for so long, wet himself, in my bed, in his sleep!

Though I was sympathetic, I was not happy.

Cue stripping of bedding and linen, washing machine on, finding more bedding…

In was past 1am before I finally slept, and had a fitful nights sleep.

My alarm reliably woke me at 6am… I love the snooze button!

Tonight I have cleaning to do, and a little beautifying for tomorrow…

I NEED an early night.

Will it happen?

I need energy for all that talking I’ll be doing tomorrow!!!!

1 sleep to go!!!

A very subdued Eeeeeeeeek!!!!!!!

It’s The Little Things…

09 Jun 2016 19 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Flowers, Gifts, kids, Nits, Nursery, School

It has been nearly a year since this classful of kids and I started our journey together, and things have been good at times, and really rough at others.

They still aren’t easy, by any means, but I am pretty proud to think I have nearly managed my first academic year, with a pretty hard bunch of children… A baptism of fire, it has definitely been!

But it truly is the little things… nearly 9 months ago, I had a particular child who was REALLY hard to deal with. He spat, kicked, bit me, and swore (at 3 years of age). I remember writing about him here.

This week, however, for the 3 days he came in, he ran into the classroom and gave me a flower! Ok, they were dandelions and weeds, but still… how sweet!

Here they are, drying!

I seem to have a habit of picking up little friends in my classes!

Then there are other ‘little things’ I’d rather not have to worry about, from school…

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No, I don’t have them, thank God, (I got my mother in law to check me like a monkey chimp being nitpicked by its mother!) but a lovely little girl in my class has them, and she is another one who seems to have an affection for me, and she is always cuddling up close to me!

Not quite the gift I would cherish, so I have taken preventative measures!!!!

Teaching is such fun!