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CBA On A Friday! (Though It’s Saturday now!)

20 Jun 2015 16 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Creative Blogger Award, grateful

Friday marks the end of my placement week, and I’ve come home to another award nomination from my wonderful blog-pal Erika Kind! She has nominated me for The Creative Blogger Award this time!
Woe! Thank you so much Erika, I always appreciate being thought of for these awards, and from an amazing blogger like you, well, it’s even more special!

Here are the Rules:

* Display the Creative Blogger Award logo on your blog
* Nominate blogs and notify all nominees via their social media/blogs
* Thank and post the link of the blog that nominated you (very important)
* Share 5 random facts about yourself to your readers
* Pass these rules on to them

Five facts about me…

I am just slightly obsessed with Magnum ice creams… in fact I’m eating one now!!!
I have a thing about hats… nearly every year I buy one or two summer hats, and in the winter, various woolly hats, but I never wear them! They are sat above my wardrobe, looking at me, waiting for me to decide when would be a good time to wear them!
I love board games!!!! Scrabble, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuits… love a family board game night!!!
I am a hoarder… I cannot throw things away! I have pile and piles of stuff.. that is ‘too useful’ to get rid of! but then you know what, I know I should bin it, and that I probably will never need it, but its Sod’s Law…. when I DO get round to making myself separate myself from my beloved junk… I end up needing that very thing, within a week!
I am terrible at investing in fitness gear… only to see it collecting dust, or becoming a clothes horse within a few weeks!! I have various machines and things, and they are all great! But not great when I don’t actually use them!

And my nominees are….

1951 Club
10 Years A Single Mom
A Momma’s View
Ankit Mishra
Emotional Luggage

As always, please don’t feel obliged to accept, but if you d,. please let me know, I love to read your new facts!

OMG!!! CBA Again!!!!! I am Thunderstruck, Once More!!!

31 May 2015 33 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Blog, Blogger, BloggingBlog Post, Creative Blogger Award, Thankful

This week has truly been phenomenal!!!!! All these awards, I hit 700 WP followers, 150 FB likes on my page, Twitter has gone a little crazy… Among other things, I have OVER 1000 followers!!!! And hit the 25,000+ views mark too!!!

So here was lil oil me, browsing my beloved WP when another award slipped in!

This time the Creative Blogger Award has been given to me by Aayusi. Thank you so much!!!! It means a huge amount to be thought of!! Please, my lovely readers, check her blog out too!

The rules are:

State five facts about you.

Nominate other bloggers.

Tell them you nominated them!

Five Facts About me… As per Lil Princess

Mummy has a wobbly tummy… gee thanks!
Mummy and me have the same hair, but hers is shorter… mummy, can I cut my hair too? (No!)
Mummy loves arts and craft with me, especially the tidying up! (Not!)
Mummy hugs the best!
Mummy says all girls don’t fart, we all smell like flowers… boys don’t, though, they are stinky! (agreed!)

My Nominations are…

Gabriel To Earth
Gales Mind
The V-Pub
Emmanuel

Then… Well, I hadn’t finished this post when Crash! Bang! Thunder Boomed!

From my wonderful Blog Sister Erica Kind!!!
What is going on this week??!!
I am speechless! Utterly! Thank you so much Erica! Please peeps, if there was one spot left on your blogs to follow list, I’d recommend hers… What you waiting for??? Go! Check it out!!!

What you can do with the award?

Post it on your blog
Grant other bloggers with the award

What you can’t do with the award?

Abuse or misuse the logo
Claim that it’s your own handmade logo

What you should do after receiving award:

Enjoy the award
At least give thanks via comments and likes and/or mentioning the blog who gave the award.
Mention your purpose in blogging

My Nominations
Jim
Sunset Dragon
Mamamaitri
Wafflemethis

My purpose in blogging is simple… to be able to write, and to share my thoughts with others, and in turn to be able to spread a little happiness and a smile here and there!

Thank you again to my two nominators, I am indebted to you! And to those I have nominated, please don’t feel obliged to accept, its just my way of showing appreciation for your work! 🙂

CBA… Can’t Be Arsed… Oh yes I can actually!!!

29 May 2015 37 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Creative Blogger Award, Thankful

Its been one of those weeks!!! I just need to be thankful that I was on school holiday this week lol!!!
Lovely ‘Waffles’ of Waffle Me This has blessed me with another award!!! The Creative Blogger Award. Thank you sooooo much, Waffles/Rumpelstiltskin/Richard/Rich!!! You really are as sweet as a syrup covered waffle! 🙂

The Rules

*Thank and link back to the person who nominated you (mention your nominator in your own award post with a link back to their original award post, which would be this one).

*Share 7 things about yourself.

*Nominate other bloggers and comment on their blogs

7 (new) things about me!

1. I love a simple ham sandwich…just ham and butter on white bread… Simplicity itself, and so tasty!!!

2. I can’t STAND smelly feet!!!! Seriously, it’s one of my pet hates!!! That odour… Makes me retch!

3.I once went on a midnight forest walk… Part of a hen weekend in Wales. We encountered a group of ‘hippies’ and they were gathered in a large circle singing, and doing something because there was a full/new moon, or something like that! They got excited, seeing a group of Indian girls, enthusiastically asking us if we knew any ‘bhajans’, religious Hindu songs, but none of us were religious. They weren’t disappointed though, we launched into a few popular Bollywood songs, stayed with them for half an hour and left them, singing and playing their drums!

4. I used to have a pet stick insect. It was so boring educational… I’d watch the jar for hours, and it did nothing!!!

5. My favorite Disney movie of all times is The Jungle Book!!! I Love Love Love it!! All the songs, and the characters!!

6. I’ve recently become a granola, fruit and yoghurt convert for breakfast… Who knew it tasted so good??!! And healthy too!

7. I love creating displays at school! That really gets my creative juices flowing! Making something to display and celebrate the kids work, but also to encourage more learning! Its lime a little work of art every time!!!

And as for my nominations…
Homemade Naturally
Blu Chicken Ninja
Stories By Shivangi
Mihran Kalaydjian

Please don’t feel obliged to accept, but if you don, let me know, I’d love to read your post!!

CBA… Again! Thank you!

20 Apr 2015 26 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Creative Blogger Award

Thanks, this time to Zin of Books’N’Feathers
You know my stand on awards, if someone has taken the time to nominate me, I will try my darndest to accept them, as someone has thought my blog was worthwhile!

Creative Blogger Award

The Rules

Thank and post the link of the blog that nominated you
Share 5 facts about yourself to your readers
Nominate blogs and notify all nominees via their social media/blogs
Tell the nominees these rules

Five Facts about Me!

As I’ve done this fact thing a few times, I thought I’d add my own twist, and ask Lil Man, my son what five things I should let you know! Here goes!

LM: ” She is a teacher” [As you know”]
LM: “She cares lots for everyone!” [Awww! Love him!]
LM: “She always wears sunglasses in the car.. she’s peculiar!” [Thanks LM!]
LM: “She loves me lots and lots!” [That I do!]
LM: “She sings lots of funny songs!” [You know you like it!]

Thanks Lil Man!

My Nominees

Erica Kind
Life Of An El Paso Woman
The Qwiet Muse
Patchwork RainbowS
Sheldon Kleeman
As always, I will state that you shouldn’t feel obligated to accept the award, I just enjoy your blogs and would like to give them some appreciation!