March 31, 2015

Looking back at March 2015

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Phew ! March was a busy month. At the onset of 2015, LP and I hung up a monthly calendar on our living room wall to plan our days and most importantly record our appointments.

What started out looking pretty much empty during January now looks like a riot of pen colors (in red, blue, green and black) to indicate weekly engagements / weekend outings / doctor visits and more. Actually I have even forgotten which color indicates what ? :P

The dance class schedule, then weekly rehearsals for upcoming shows, catching up with friends over tea-time or dinners, battling the never-ending snow even on the first day of spring (Yeah ! What's up with that, Nature ?) and so much more that just happened to fill our days with activities.

Goes to say how much we enjoyed being busy (excluding clearing snow off the car - that's always a downer!). 

And the best part wasn't even all that. :)

A lot's happened on the blogging front too. Firstly, I am so happy to be blogging more often. *Gives a nice pat on the back for that.*

Then I joined 2 amazing blogging groups this month - Blog-A-Rhythm and Friday Reflections. The amount of inspiration and constant support these groups provide is so heart-warming. :)

For International Women's Day, I shared some of my thoughts on why I wish to be known as who I am and what I do.

I spruced up the blog a little and gave it the end-of-another-year makeover. 

Vidya Sury's post on Did I Smile Today? inspired me to write about my 30 things to smile about.

For my first post for Friday Reflections, I blogged about the most influential book I have read till date.

Another major blogging achievement was that I signed up for the A-Z April Challenge which starts tomorrow ! Last week I revealed the theme for the challenge. As a first-timer, I am super-excited to see how I fare. 

Yet another first time activity was to participate for the weekly Yeah Write Challenge where I enjoyed writing a microstory.

But this is just the beginning. With the April Blogging Challenge, more dance classes, rehearsals, shows and most importantly, meeting new people (both in real life and virtual world too), I look forward to an even more happening and busy month coming right up.

So how has your month been ? 



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12 comments:

  1. Sounds lovely, EM! May the year ahead be all that you want it to be :)

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  2. Glad you had a fruitful March! Have a great time with the A to Z - it's a fun challenge!

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    1. Thank you Corinne ! :) Cheers to a great month ahead ...

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  3. Found your blog through the A-Z Challenge sign up and yeah, March was a bit crazy over here too! So, I go ahead and start a brand new blog because hey, what's one more thing lol.
    Good luck with the challenge and I'll try and stop by again once it gets started!

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    1. Welcome here Sara :) Lol, yeah we always seem to add that one more thing on our platter when we already have umpteen others going on. :D

      Good luck to you too for the challenge. Will stop by your blog soon !

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  4. Very well written. Yes you are correct. The group B-A-R Is amazing/

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  5. Sounds like you had a great month and a great month to look forward to. Good luck with the A-Z challenge!

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    1. Yes Kathy. April is sure gonna be a fun month. Good luck to you too for the challenge. :) Will stop by your blog soon.

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  6. Looks like you had a great month on the blog in March and in real life :) The A to Z challenge should be exciting...
    Thanks for linking up x

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    1. Yes Sanch. Now looking forward to the April challenge. :)

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