It’s competition time (again! you’re really, really spoiled here lately) and to celebrate the release of more new episodes of Turbo FAST, (available for streaming on 4th April) Netflix have given me a prize of a 6 month Netflix subscription and Turbo FAST goody bag to give to one…
I was delighted to attend the launch of Paul Flynn’s new book in conjunction with Lidl last week, and to get my hands on a copy of the book. The launch was held in one of the most beautiful venues I’ve ever been in, No 10 Ormond Quay in Dublin…
Like any parent of young children I get very bored of putting lunchboxes together with the same old bits and pieces- sandwich, fruit, yogurt (if it’s near the end of the week or the spare uniform is clean), breadsticks. Acceptable but boring. So when we were offered a new healthy…
There are lots of things that I want to share but haven’t gotten around to, again so here’s a little roundup, a bulletin of sorts to get them all off of my list (and my conscience). Irish Seven Summits Our friend Paul Devaney from Killoe in Longford is off to…
It’s World Book Day 2014, a day to get kids reading and encourage reading as a pastime. We’re a house of book lovers and stories- one each carefully chosen, are a fixed part of our bedtime routine. We sit on the couch/futon in the boys’ room, argue over whose story…
This week, once the kids went to bed we’ve been glued to the couch watching House of Cards on Netflix. It’s a US political drama, and a very dramatic one at that, it draws you in and the episodes fly by as you gawp at the brass neck of the…
Little Miss Laoise is teething, she’s been teething for months but not a sign of a little tooth, just bright red cheeks, a snotty nose and oceans of drool. I’m changing her bibs constantly as they are soaked, and I remember being told with the boys that babies can get…
I’ll admit it, when we were invited to a preview screening of “Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy” I was nervous. You see, my two boys have very definite ideas about “boy things”and “girl things” and fairies, in their books at least, are definitely “girl things”. I broached the subject carefully,…
The next Cookbook of the Week is a Nigella classic- “How to Eat”, published in 1998. I love Nigella’s recipes and use her website a lot so I’m looking forward to delving through this one properly over the next couple of weeks. Have you any favourites from this book, let…
Cookbook of the week is turning into an occasional series, but like I said before it’s a hobby, no deadlines, no pressure. Right? Riggghhhttt? So, to this “week’s” featured cookbook was “Real Food, Real Fast” by Domini Kemp. This is another book that I has moved with me over the…
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