Another great sight I came across on my walk today was this fabulously PINK car!It is a Nissan Figaro which is a car made in 1991 but obviously made in a retro style.Check out that interi...
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Sunday, 25 August 2013
My mother showed me a nice little bit of family history today.When my nana was getting her house rewired the electrician found a little piece of paper tucked behind the fusebox.The piece of paper is a "How to look after your nylons" pamphlet that used to be in packets of nylons (stockings!).And on the other side is where my Granda (Fluskey) has recorded his electricity bills 1956 - 19...
Dear readers, be advised that over the next few weeks you will be reading a lot about my home decor project. Already I am bored with it, so I hope it will not bore you too much - I find that after making the initial decisions I find everything else tedious. In particular I hate all the visits to stores and all the discussing with workmen and the scheduling of the work. Luckily David likes this kind of stuff so I have named him as...
Saturday, 24 August 2013
Part of our home decor project is decluttering.Today we got rid of a big old office chair from David's home office - he has a smaller better office chair. (In fact I have no clue how we even ended up with this additional big bedoinker of a chair).I put the chair up on a "recycling/reuse" website (www.freetradeireland.ie) and after a big flurry of phonecalls within 5 minutes of it going up, half an hour later it was collected and gone.Fantastic! I...
As you might know from my previous post we are planning a big home decor job. So in preparation for this (and all the money we'll be spending) I needed to move some of my savings from my credit union account to my regular banking account.Credit Unions are very popular here in Ireland - according to this page 75% of the Irish population are credit union members.Anyhoo I don't go into my credit union often (if ever), instead I just have a standing order for an automatic transfer into it every month.So I went in and first thing I saw...
Monday, 19 August 2013
We are planning a big home decor project.I will take plenty of photos - before, during and after - but for the moment have a look at some of our purchases from Ikea this evening!This cocktail table reminds me of a very beautiful piece by the very famous Irish designer Eileen Gray.Here is a picture of her E1027 table which was designed in 1925.1925!!Stunning! Completely timele...
Saturday, 17 August 2013
I have invented a joke! However, I fear it is a "local" joke that my international friends and followers may not get it.So before I tell the joke let me give you a bit of a an Irish "lingo" lessson.Here in Ireland we use a word to describe fun - craic. So describing a night out you might say "it was good craic". You might also say about something like "ah sure isn't it a bit of craic"It's a commonly used word here in Ireland and everyone knows what it means.Okay so the next bit is important for the joke!It also can be used as a type of greeting/salutatione.g....
Sunday, 11 August 2013
Maybe this is a well known tip and y'all will be like "yeah Amy, been doing that for years, tell us something we don't know" but anyone I have shared it with (okay the ONE person - my twin sister) has tried it and been completely amazed and confirms it works for them. Soooo before I tell you the tip let me tell you the background for coming up with the idea... I was reading a discussion forum and some men were chatting about razors and blades they use etc. The reason I was reading it was because one thing that irks me is the cost of razor...
Saturday, 10 August 2013
I blogged a while back about needing a new driver's licence which I am only getting around to organising now. Not being able to drive the car is really getting to me!There is something cool about photo machines that really appeals to me. Considering the evolution of cameras (film to digital etc) over the last twenty years there has not been much change in the passport photo booth.Though one change since I last used one is that they take...
We met up with our neighbours in their house last night.I made cosmopolitan cocktails :-)Our neighbours are big into their wine so we had a nice Australian shiraz and then we opened the Spanish rioja that we had brought with us - we all enjoyed both (in particular the rioja).We played a little prank when during the evening David ran back into our house "to get a really nice wine ypu're going to like". He arrived back in with this giant bottle...
Sunday, 4 August 2013
These photos do not capture the fabulousness of my new occasion table from Ikea!The Lovbacken table is a reproduction of an original three legged leaf table from 1956. Originally called the Lovet table, it was one of the first flat pack products which Ikea sold when the designer unscrewed the legs to pack it. I have been planning a new sitting room for my house (oh for only the last five years!!!) and this piece is going to play a big...
Today we went on the bus - Enid and I had only used the underground which we found so simple and quick.London Bridge in the background!Kasey brought us to the fantastic Burough Market. I hope the following photographs capture the atmosphere and the food!We all chose something different to eat and each one was delicious. I got tortellini with wild boar, Kasey a chorizo sandwich/burger and Enid noodles.Enid & Kasey then had some...
Up nice and early and on to the Tube with a cup of a coffee and a copy of the free Metro paper. Look at me like a local :-)First stop was Covent Garden where the London Transport Museum is located. Before going into the museum we enjoyed pottering around the lovely shops and the sights and sounds of Covent GardenThe next three photos are from the London Transport Museum. Unfortunately I would not recommend this museum unless you...
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