It’s Monday night of a bank holiday weekend, and all is well. The first “summer” bank holiday weekend is always hotly anticipated. It’s a relatively new invention in Ireland, and was only introduced in 1994. Up until then we had our bank holiday long weekends in June and August when…
I did the draw on Wednesday and tweeted and shared the winner’s name on Facebook but here it is again. Sarah please contact me on Bumblesofrice [@] gmail.com to claim your prize. You have until Wednesday to email me or I’ll redraw. Congratulations! I’ll have another competition coming soon…
One morning as I drove to work I heard a clip on the radio about “dream jobs”. It gave the results of a “survey” which reported that Irish women’s thought that Imelda May, Katie Taylor and Cecelia Ahern had the best jobs in the world. (I found a report about…
Mindfulness is a bit a of buzzword at the moment. There are books on it, courses, TV programmes, mindfulness apps and podcasts. But it was only when I was asked to write about it that I realised I wasn’t really quite sure that I knew exactly what it was. Sure,…
You’ve been waiting haven’t you? You knew I wouldn’t be able to help myself from doing a New Year’s resolutions post. There’s a problem though. I don’t make resolutions. In fact, I make a point of telling everyone who asks that I don’t make resolutions. Resolutions sound serious, like something the…
Happy New Year! It’s now early New Year and we’ve passed the most wonderful time of the year and are in full on reflect, review and resolve mode. This year I’m approaching my end of year review slightly differently as Sadhbh from Where Wishes Come From (yes, her again, the…
“I don’t know how you do it”. I hear this phrase so often. It’s always well meant, with people knowing that I have three kids aged 6, 4 and 18 months, that I work outside the home four days a week (hurray for parental leave) and that I spend up to 4…
Some of you may be wondering when I’m going to start publishing my beautiful Halloween themed posts. You know, the baking, the crafts and the pumpkin-themed dinners. Cupcakes shaped like skulls, Bat stew, and make your own monster in three easy steps. Others will realise that that isn’t how it…
Around the time that the clocks changed last October the boys started to get very interested in darkness and night time. They got spooked if we were out after dark and asked “Is it midnight, it looks very late?” One night, Ciarán complained to his Daddy and I that he…
“Dad of five and Ireland and Munster Rugby legend, Ronan O’Gara is leading out the Ben’s Beginners programme, which seeks to encourage Irish mums and dads to get cooking with their children, and nurture a lifelong love for wholesome food. Ben’s Beginners believes that when parents and children move…
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