As those who follow me on Instagram will know, this year I face redundancy. It’s part of a global plan, a corporate restructure that I’ve known about for some time. Finding out, and the ensuing media coverage was tough going, it brought a real sense of disbelief. But I liked…
A great lunchbox treat or nibble with a cup of tea, this always disappears fast in our house. Chocolate Weetabix Slice • 185g butter (from the fridge is fine!) • 1 cup sugar • 2 Tbsp cocoa • 3 weetabix • 1 cup plain flour • 1 cup dessicated coconut…
Here we are, back in this weird, new lockdown. New normal, new guidelines, it all seems unreal, a limbo phase., The thing about the new lockdown, the one that I have decided is “Lockdown Lite” partly due to the diluted version of the rules, and partly due to the lighter…
10.12.2019 Six months. For six months my fingers have paused briefly as I flick through clothes hangers in the wardrobe. They stop momentarily on a dress, a black one with birds, made of comfortable jersey. I used to wear it most weeks to work, my comfiest work dress that still…
Back around the turn of the millennium, when my husband (then boyfriend) and I shared a duplex with two friends from college, we would be awoken from our slumber on Saturday and Sunday mornings to the roars of “vikings” beneath our bedroom window. Our apartment complex was right beside where…
I first wrote about thing to do in Wexford when it’s wet in 2016 but there are some changes so here’s the new version. By Wexford, I mean County Wexford, mostly North Wexford as that’s where I live. By wet, well, take it whatever way you want it. Since Wexford…
Both my sons have September birthdays, eleven days separate them. I’ve been listening to jokes about “having a good Christmas” since early 2008, and frankly I’m over it . With the two boys’ birthdays so close to each other and the competition between them so strong we always try to…
Our kids like to think they’re very clever, they enjoy puzzles and adventures, special missions and general espionage. There’s not much call for that in everyday life, sometimes you need a daytrip to meet the need. So, with that in mind we headed to Greenan Maze, near Rathdrum in Co.…
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