The Ultimate Blogging Challenge: Day 4 – Recommendations

Caitlin’s Challenge today…

The topic for today is “recommendations”. Now for this, you can recommend anything from beauty products that you love, books you’ve enjoyed, music artists/songs that you’ve recently discovered, a place you’ve visited…  You could even recommend another blog that you enjoy reading.

This may not be the kind of recommendation that Caitlin was thinking of, but it was what came to mind with the prompt!

I’m a tad tired today, after completing my week of decorating…

It wasn’t for me. I can definitely recommend getting a decorator in, rather than doing it yourself!

Actually, as many of you had said, when I first mentioned what I was up to these last few days, there is definitely a huge sense of pride in seeing my work completed. It feels good knowing that I painted both the kids rooms, ceilings, skirting boards et al! (with help obviously!) And also building all the furniture. I am a whizz with power tools!

I ache, but it’s a good ache. An ache that says “It was worth every twinge, seeing my kids faces when they checked out the finished rooms!”

But, as I said at the beginning, I definitely recommend getting a decorator in!

We were contemplating sorting out our bedroom, the hallway, and the living/dining room. After this last week, I can hand on heart say, decorating isn’t for me!

…now interior design… I can handle that!

The Ultimate Blogging Challenge – Day 3 – Why Blog?

Caitlin has her third challenge out for the Ultimate Clogging Challenge!

In today’s challenge, I would like you to share the reasons as to how and why you started your blog. You could even share a part of your first ever post, and look back on how far you’ve come. It’s entirely up to you as always! 🙂

So, how and why did I start this blog?

Just under 2 years ago, a dear friend of mine started blogging. She suffers from depression and decided that writing about events from her past might help her overcome them. I came across her first post as she had shared it on Facebook. I was a true Blog Virgin. I had heard of blogging but really didn’t know what it was all about. Anyhow, I read her post, and wanted to comment, but it requested that I sign in, and for that, I had to sign up.

So now I had a login for WordPress, and it very temptingly offered me the chance to set up my own blog. Why not, I thought! I have no idea what I am going to write about, but let’s do this! It was only going to be a short faddy thing, after all, wasn’t it!

 

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Screenshot of my first ever post!

 

Little did I know that 21 months later I’d still be there with over 1700 followers, and connections across Social Media stretching that follower number to over 2000!

Blogging reignited the creative flame that I have always carried within me, but I allowed to dim, whilst being a wife and mother, and trying to work.

It has introduced me to some amazing like-minded souls, I have found my very own Blogily! Meeting many of the names I have grown familiar with was wonderful, at the Annual Bloggers Bash Awards, and I have been honoured at both awards ceremonies, with third place in the Most Inspiring Blog category, the first year, and this year, the second awards, which I attended, I came second in the Best Overall Blog category!

Blogging even gave me the courage to publish my own poetry book!

 

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Available on Amazon here myBook.to/PoeticRITUals.

 

 

So why do I blog, despite having a crazy life, as a wife, mother, teacher, friend, daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, aunt, taxi driver, housekeeper, cook…(you get the idea? I am kinda busy!)?

Because it keeps me sane! I find that at the end of the day, sitting with my Surface, reading posts in my reader really relaxes me, and composing a post or three, gets my creative juices flowing!

I find that at the end of the day, sitting with my Surface, reading posts in my reader really relaxes me, and composing a post or three, gets my creative juices flowing! Some people go to the gym, some need a glass of wine, I need my blog!

And there you have it, how and why my blog came about!

And, just for the record, I am so happy to have you here with me on my creative journey!

 

The Ultimate Blogging Challenge – Day 1 – All About Me – Ritu Stylee! #ourbloggingchallenge

This time last year Caitlin from A Little Daydreamer held a two-week challenge. Since then she has grown from a relatively small blog, to one with a much bigger follower, and is not just a blogger, but a vlogger too!

And this year, not wanting to disappoint, she has set up a new 2 week-challege for this summer too! It will be a series of prompts, sent every other day, for you to interpret as you wish, or as per her instructions.

This first challenge is this…

I would like you to create something that represents you in some way. It could be as simple as writing a [insert number] facts about me post. Or, it could be a story of something that inspired or influenced you as a person. You could even share a piece of artwork that you feel a connection to, whether it was created by you or not.
The possibilities are endless and you can go as “off-topic” as you like, as long as it has a strong relation to you and lets us get to know you better.:)

So I decided to write this…

Me

Who am I?
I’m Ritu, that’s me
A great big ball
Of contradictions
A 40-something body
with a 20-something mind
A nice little
Eastern girl
Caught up in
The Western world
A girl so proud
Of her traditions
Yet eager to break
All conventions
A homely, happy
Family lass
With an outgoing,
Extroverted personality
An Indian girl
Who can’t stand chilli
Preferring a roast
Or a plate of spaghetti
I’m happy as I am
But I want to lose weight
I love all my curves
It’s the wobbles I hate
A chatterbox,
Talking ten to the dozen
With shoulders to lean on
And ears to listen
A teacher by profession
Yet a scholar of life
A mother, and a daughter
A loving, faithful wife
I know how to be respectful
But I have a naughty streak
I’m both fiery and feisty
But equally mild and meek!

Ritu 2016

There you have it, Ritu in verse!

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