Well it's hard to believe that my little old blog is 9 years old! Those years fairly flew. The blog started as a place to get thoughts out of my head during a time when there was a lot of illness in the family and has kind of come full circle. I still blog about... Continue Reading →
Gallivanting around Grange
I was in Grange yesterday for a business meeting, ooh get me! It gave me the chance to visit The Jam Pot cafe which I've wanted to try for ages. It's a lovely place and I really enjoyed my chocolate, beetroot and avocado cake - which shouldn't have worked but it was delicious. There's a... Continue Reading →
Farewell January
I don't know about you but this month seems to have dragged on for ages. At last we are starting to see a grand stretch in the evening, it's 5.25 pm and it's still not completely dark. I'm doing absolutely nothing at the moment, well except writing this post, I have a Jack Russell at... Continue Reading →
Surprising Smithfield
Jono and me headed up to Dublin for a few hours, mainly to see how he managed pain wise - not so good unfortunately, but we did have a lovely time. We planned it so there was very little walking involved so when we arrived in Dublin we hopped on the LUAS for the short... Continue Reading →
20 Random Facts about me
I saw this idea on The Two Darlings and loved it so here are 20 random facts that you might not know about me: 1. I was almost called Valencia - due to where I was conceived - I know TMI, thankfully my dad put his foot down. 2. I was born in Hemel Hempstead in England... Continue Reading →
Taste of the Lakelands
On Sunday I met up with Lucy and Laurence at the Taste of the Lakelands Food Festival. The festival was held in Lanesborough, Co. Longford which is just on the border of Longford and Roscommon. To be honest I only found out about this event by accident because a lady on the Irish Bloggers Group... Continue Reading →