Yesterday Lucy and I went into town. She wanted to check out the sales and spend the vouchers she got for Christmas. I'd run out of bread and milk 😉 Anyway Sligo was packed! The queue in Penneys was almost back to the door and a lot of the shelves in other shops were empty.... Continue Reading →
Christmas Day 2014
I hope you've all been enjoying Christmas. We had a lovely time, mostly doing nothing except eating, watching tv and the occasional game of scrabble...which usually ended up in war 😉 The family got me a gorillapod which is a little flexible tripod (I'll blog more about it later). Anyway it meant this year that... Continue Reading →
So Long Sligo Secrets
Some of you will know that I started a website at the end of last year called Sligo Secrets. It was a site to let people know what was going on in County Sligo and it's been doing very well but the domain is up soon and as I've been funding it myself and doing... Continue Reading →
Peanut Butter Fudge
A year ago...yes I'm not the quickest in the world, I saw a blog post by the Burlesque Chef for Peanut Butter Fudge. So I had a go at making it and I was a bit worried as I've never made fudge before and thought I might weld the spoon to the saucepan. I didn't... Continue Reading →
Cold Christmas
It's hard to believe that it's five years ago today both Jono and Andy came home from hospital. The years really do fly.
How to Wrestle a Polar Bear
On the last Saturday before Christmas I escaped the hustle and bustle of all the last-minute shoppers and headed down to the The Factory performance space here in Sligo to hear the great explorer Thaddeus M. Whimsicleese (Bob Kelly) tell us all about his adventures. As I walked through the door I was transported to... Continue Reading →