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Sunshine Blogger Award

26 May 2017 20 Comments

by Ritu in Awards, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, grateful, Sunshine Blogger Award, Thanks

Thank you so much to Sreepriya for thinking of me for the Sunshine Blog award! I am most touched! Having already received this tag, I am reblogging her post, please do visit her Webspace!

Tender Chaos

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Dear Bloggers

It is indeed a great pleasure for me to accept the nomination for the Sunshine Blogger award. Thank you so much Thinkandactblog for nominating for the same and apologies for taking os long to post the details of the award nomination. Click here to visit the blog .

Thank you again for all other bloggers who keep supporting me every day.

Let me start on with the rules of the blog :

Thank the person that nominated you and link back to their blog.
Answer the 11 questions your nominator has given you.
Nominate 11 other people and give them 11 new questions to answer.
List the rules and display the award.

here are the answers to the questions asked by Thinkandactblog to me as a nominee

How will you define yourself in one word? – Optimistic
Your favorite animal & why? – Cat , because they…

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RFTM sunshine on an April morning

14 Apr 2017 7 Comments

by Ritu in Awards, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, grateful, Nomination, Riddle from the middle

“Visiting your blog is always such a pleasure, Ritu. Thank you for putting so much love into your work.” That’s what Laura said to me, and then she went and nominated me for an award! Thank you so much Laura! I have already accepted this one, but I appreciate the thought and would lead you all to click below to find a wonderful blog!

Riddle from the Middle

Zoe over at Hope Dream Wait very kindly nominated RFTM for the Blogger Recognition Award this month. Whoop whoop! What a cheery surprise for an April morning – it sure enough put a smile on my face. So thank you, Zoe, and keep on spreading the sunshine over at your own blog.

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Sunshine Blogger Award! Another cherry to the cake!☺😊

10 Apr 2017 30 Comments

by Ritu in Awards, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, grateful, Nomination

Thank you for the nomination!

The Caged Bird Sings

Thanks a lotAditifor nominating me. Earlier, I have been awarded for One lovely blog award, A-Z tag, The blue sky tag, etc. Visiting Aditi’s blog was great experience. Interestingly, she is from my own city, and knows how to make the best creative out of various things.
Rules:

Thank the person who nominated you.
Answer their 11 questions.
Put up your 11 questions and nominate 11 others.
List the rules.

Aditi’s questions for me:

What was the last thing you did for yourself?
Do you enjoy: your own company/being around others all the time/a happy medium with both alone and others?
What 3 words do you think best describe you?
Have you ever pranked by someone? What did they do?/ Have you ever pranked someone else? What did you do?
Do you have any brothers or sisters, or are you the only child?
What do you think is…

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The Mystery Blogger Award

12 Nov 2016 39 Comments

by Ritu in Awards, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, grateful, The Mystery Blogger Award

“Mystery Blogger Award”is an award for amazing bloggers with ingenious posts. Their blog not only captivates; it inspires and motivates. They are one of the best out there and they deserve every recognition they get. This award is also for bloggers who find fun and inspiration in blogging and they do it with so much love and passion. – Okoto Enigma

The award was created by Okoto Enigma. Here is the link: http://okotenigma.wordpress.com

A huge thank you to Rob of Art By Rob Goldstein for considering me eligible for this award. It is not one that I have received before!

Rules For The Nominees:

Display the award logo on your blog. √
List the Rules. √
Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog. √
Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well. √
Tell your readers three things about yourself. √
Answer five questions from the nominee. √
Nominate anywhere from ten to twenty bloggers. √
Notify the bloggers by leaving a comment on their blog. √
Ask your nominees any five questions of your choice, including one weird or funny question. √
Share the link to your best post. √

Ok, so three things abut me…

I am a British Indian woman, with a Kenyan background thrown in, thanks to my parents being born there.
I wear many hats… Daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend, teacher, blogger, author… I wonder where I have the time to sleep sometimes…
I love to sing! I find a song for all occasions! And if I can’t find one, I’ll make one up!

5 questions to answer…

Would you jump in front of a bus for a complete stranger? I think it depends on the situation. If I was with my children, I couldn’t leave them and put myself in danger. If I was alone, I would.
If a neighbour was a hoarder and lived in unsafe and unhealthy conditions, would you ignore it or take action? If you did, what would it be? It would depend on how well I knew the neighbour.
If you could go back in time and change one day in your life, which day would it be and why? A bad decision I made a good few years back. I can;ty go into details, but that day comes back to haunt me regularly.
What is your favourite word? I can’t have one favourite word, I’m a writer!!!
The weird question: If you knew you could get away with it, would you rob a bank? It would haunt me for the rest of my life, so no!

My nominees…

I know some don’t accept awards, so consider this a thank you for being such amazing writers, inspiring me in many ways!

The same five questions for you to answer, please!

Would you jump in front of a bus for a complete stranger?
If a neighbour was a hoarder and lived in unsafe and unhealthy conditions, would you ignore it or take action? If you did, what would it be?
If you could go back in time and change one day in your life, which day would it be and why?
What is your favourite word?
The weird question: If you knew you could get away with it, would you rob a bank?

The award asks for a link to your best post.

I don’t know what my best post is… maybe it is yet to come… but here is one on family… which is most important to me!

https://butismileanyway.com/2016/04/29/what-is-family/

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!