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Saturday, 29 March 2014
On Thursday evening Enid and I passed a little group of people (3) with a swan - walking along on a not too busy Dublin road.So we decided to get out to see what was the story and if we could help (and to get some photographs also!!). We walked along with the group - it was so funny, it was a bit like the film Forest Gump - where Forest is running and there are different people joining and running with him for a while and then leaving and being replaced by other people joining.And seeing a swan in the middle of an old Georgian Dublin street was...
Sunday, 23 March 2014
Saturday, 22 March 2014
Have you heard about the #nomakeupselfie trend which is currently viral on facebook?It seems to be in reaction to (in my opinion, the very silly) online drinking game neknominate. The concept is that you upload a selfie of yourself with no makeup in order to increase Breast Cancer awareness.Well! At least that was the original concept. It subsequently has turned into a trend of uploading a "no makeup selfie" PLUS making a donation...
I have known for some months now that I will at some point need to buy a new tv for my bedroom - the tv I currently have was "on loan" from David's brother until he bought a house.That time has now come. Kevin has purchased his very first home at the age of 30. Good for him! But bad for me :-(However one positive is that as part of my bonus this year (yay, first time I have got a bonus in about 4 years!) my work is giving a small...
Ben is the true (heartbreakingly true) story about the disappearance of 21 month old Ben Needham on the island of Kos. Although a tough subject it is a quick and easy read. Throughout the book the pain of Ben's mother, grandparents and uncles is palpable and brought tears to my eyes - in particular the incidences when a child has been spotted who may be Ben and they travel to see him and find out it is not. The disappointment...
Monday, 17 March 2014
My sister sent me money from the Middle East where she is based (cabin crew) via Western Union. I had awful problems finding a WU where I could collect. There are a couple of branches near me in work but all had only sending facilities, but no receiving money facilities.But then I located a Western Union near my house. I rang them and they confirmed I could collect and send.So down I went this evening. It is a funny little...
I had a lovely St Patrick's day today with my family around for dinner.I spent the morning prepping veg! I did roast carrots, parsnips, peppers, red onion, garlic and cherry tomatoes. Enid & Ciaran brought Bones over with them and we had fun dressing him up in an Irish wig.He also modelled his stylish green hoodie :-)How smart does our President Michael D Higgins look with his traditional shamrock in his lapel. Our first lady...
Every morning David would stroll (1/2 minutes) to the local bakery and buy lovely big fat pain au chocolat Generally they would only make it out of the paper bag and straight to people's plates but on this morning Tanya laid the table lovely and displayed them in a nice bread basket. Per (our Danish group member) also made lovely eggs and sausage (chorizo style) Everyone digging in getting set up for a great day on the slop...
Sunday, 16 March 2014
Lifeguard1976 - when shorts were short and men were moustachioed (is that the correct word!)Lifeguard tells the story of Rick, a 30 something year old lifeguard and the old adage (and his personal battle) between happiness in your job versus making more money.I really really enjoyed this film! And personally, I think this movie poster is misleading about the type of film it is and the themes explored throughout.Valley of the DollsI was disappointed...
We were based in Meribel village which is a short ski bus ride to Meribel Centre. I was surprised with how small the village was! Literally one bakery, one bar, and two restaurants.The Lodge Bar & Restaurant was the big "apre-ski place"...well I guess there is no other bar anyway!The restaurant served good "rustic" food. I liked it a lot :-)They also served the local drink speciality - toffee vodka! Mmmm! If you are...
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
My sister's house is in the final/down to the last 5 for an Architizer award. It is an international/global architecture competition and they are up against houses in Norway, Japan and Germany! Please can you give them a vote. There is a public choice award and a jury award. So while it is a long shot that they will win, wouldn't it be great to think that a small practice (ODKM Architects - facebook) in Ireland could win....so every vote counts! Hover over "Ranelagh House" and click vote - you can vote via facebook or with gmail....
Sunday, 2 March 2014
If you have been following my blog you may have seen that I was recently featured in the Ikea Live magazine. If you have not seen the feature yet then check out the article on the Ikea Live Magazine website.You might also be interested in seeing another Irish house which was recently featured - I follow a lovely blog by Ashling from Cavan and her house was featured last year.Ashling's house feature in the Ikea magazine is here.And if you like her style in the magazine you will love her All things nice 4 life blog which...
We had neighbours over for dinner last night which was really lovely.For mains I made steak and chips with green beans and baton carrots. For starters I intended buying some party food from M&S and just throwing it in the oven.But strangely enough they only do their party food at Christmas :-(So I had to make my starter :-( First I got all my glassware arranged. The mini glasses are actually schnaps glasses from Ikea. I have...
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