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#SoCS Apr. 8/17 – Give/Given/Giving

08 Apr 2017 12 Comments

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

Linda’s #SoCS Prompt this week

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “give/given/giving.” Begin your post with one of those words. Bonus points if you end your post with one as well. Enjoy!

Giving, the greatest feeling ever.

Don’t you think?

It is so easy to take, and to receive. Of course you could buy if you had the money too, but to give, now that is something special.

Yes we all give, in our own ways, presents for birthdays, Christmas, that sort of thing. It doesn’t have to be expensive, it’s the thought that counts.

We often give our hearts too, trusting others with that precious organ of ours.

But to give, unconditionally, be it an object, or time, money or blood, that is a big thing.

Giving to charity, to help those in need, what a noble deed.

I think deep down we all feel that we are charitable. We put the £1 in the pots and contribute towards fundraising days at work or school. But is it enough?

I think the answer to that is a given…

#SoCS Apr. 1/17 – Any

01 Apr 2017 25 Comments

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

Linda’s #SoCS prompt today.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “any.” Begin your post with the word “any.” Bonus points if you theme your post on another word that starts with “A.” Have fun!

Any rest is good rest…

I’m a mum. A working mum.

We all know mums don’t get weekends, or lie ins!

We have just started our Easter holidays and today, on my first day of vacations…I was up. At six o’clock!

For a change there was no cat nor kid waking me, it was just my natural body clock saying “Wake up lazy bones!”

I mean… seriously?!

It’s not like I could have snuck off to the computer and started to read blogs or write… Hubby thinks I obsess over my blog too much as it is!

I tossed and turned for a while before at the more decent time of 7 am, I picked up my Kindle and started to read.

Then they began to rouse from slumbers.

The miaows for food began, the Lil Princess crept into our room with a grin, “Hungry, mummy!” Lil Man was on his phone (Quelle surprise!).

So anyway, here I am. It’s not even 9 am and I am on the PC, quickly typing up my #SoCS post as Lil Princess is desperate to get on here to watch cute cat videos, obviously!

So much to do yet, grocery shopping, packing for my visit to my parents, with the kids, amongst other things.

At least I am awake to do them, I suppose!

Awake!

#SoCS Mar. 25/17 – March

25 Mar 2017 18 Comments

by Ritu in Socs, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, march, Socs, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday

Linda’s #SoCS prompt this Saturday is…

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

March is coming to an end. It’s been a strange month.

Blogging wise, I kept busy with my #musicalmarch posts, injecting a little music into the lives of my followers, and being reminded of more amazing songs by those who decided to join me on my musical journey.

I spent the beginning of the month on sick leave after my accident.

We have experienced another terrorist attack, this time in London.

The UK was busy raising money for Comic Relief.

And there is still a week to go.

I have the fun of my best friend’s baby shower tonight, but that also means sitting in the driver’s seat for my first long distance drive, alone, since the crash.

Then we have Mother’s Day this Sunday too.

It’s the last week of term, so there are plenty of loose ends to tie up at school before our two week Easter Break.

During that week, I will be attending a leaving do for two colleagues who will be sorely missed.

This month has also seen my Lil Man start Food Technology at school, and he has totally embraced it! We have been sampling cakes a few times so far! (Yesterday’s Victoria Sponge being the latest!

Yes, a busy month in many ways… Roll On April!

#SoCS Mar. 18/17 – Man

18 Mar 2017 24 Comments

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

Linda’s SoCS prompt this week…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “man.” Use it as a word by itself or find a word with “man” in it. Have fun!

Man, what a week! I actually am proud that I managed to get through my first week back at school after the accident, and still feel relatively human at the end! The senior management team were supportive, all my colleagues were great too!

And I managed to maintain my weight loss this week too! And my man got me my new car!

A lovely week for this woman!

#SoCS Mar. 11/17 – Short

11 Mar 2017 45 Comments

by Ritu in Socs, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Lil Man, Linda G Hill, Short, Socs

Linda’s SoCS prompt this week:

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

My fuse was way too short yesterday.

Considering I have been at home for 2 weeks, I should be pretty relaxed, shouldn’t I?

And given the fact that my Hubby Dearest was picking up my new car too, that should have injected an airy and light bounce in my step, shouldn’t it?

But no, I ended up with a headache that threatened me from 3 pm, and it just grew and grew. I tried to fight it, but it was beating me, And it meant that I was in no frame of mind to deal with kids and their moodiness.

Everything Lil Man did was designed to frustrate, and usually, I can deal with it, but today, I just found myself taking the bait, and getting angry.

Hubby arrived with the car and we went for a spin, which was great, but Lil Man was just doing silly things, winding his sister up and all sorts, which got me even more agitated!

Still, no matter about my short fuse, lit by a short guy. My anger only lasts a short while!

I got a new car, yay!!!!!