Is it January already?

Time seems to have flowed past at speed the last few weeks. All the sudden it is mid-January already and no blog post has been written. Ouch! Not sure how that happened. I spend Christmas with one of my best friends together with her boyfriend, who also happens to be a good friend of mine, [...]

Senses and images.

The last two weeks have passed really, really fast and I am once again back in Dublin. I have had a great time in Sweden and could write a long detailed account about all the good times, hysterical laughs, great conversations, lively discussions, divine wines drunk and fabulous food eaten… but… I decided not to. Instead I [...]

Holidays, check-in’s, regression, cattery anxiety and the colour red

It is finally that time again. Holiday time! I started my holiday today by going to the hairdresser and my hair is a vibrant red again. All cut and styled and looks good. The red will hopefully last a while but it does have a tendency to wash out quickly and get stuck everywhere else; [...]

The lure of old photos

I love old pictures. I have spent part of the day copying over old photos that my aunt and sister have scanned in. My parents have a whole bunch of pictures in an old shoebox. They are not particularly organized or even dated. I used to spend hours going through them all as a kid. [...]

Parental supervision…

I moved out from my parents house at the tender age of 16… it was not because I wanted to or was thrown out but because my senior second level school was too far away and I had to move into student accommodation. It was a bit scary in the beginning but I quickly learned [...]

Merry Christmas!

Just a quick post this Christmas Eve as I am stuffed from all the food I have eaten and slightly zombied out after reading too long on the sofa. Eaten too much Ferrero Rocher chocolates, drunk too much Julmust, had a few schnapps and eaten loads of clementines… yep we celebrate Christmas on the 24th. [...]

Homesick

The sky outside is slowly darkening and the snow-covered ground is taking on a beautiful blue colour. It is quiet outside. No cars passing by. Everyone has gone inside. Today I am homesick. I do not get like this very often, especially cos I know that often it is so easy to remember everything at [...]

Hugs are nice

I am not a touchy-feely person really, never have been. When I grew up there was not so much physical contact. Sure we hugged but not often. Affection was more shown through humour and laughs. My dad would show his affection by ruffling my hair more than anything. He still laughs a bit embarrassed every [...]

Family musings: Furballs

As most know I have two cats. Two very loved and fabulous furballs (not being partial at all…). They are called Cirrus and Stitch, one is a fat lazybones and the other has enough energy for 3. When I decided that I will write a few posts about family and such I realized that I [...]

Family musings: Shut up!

I said before that I will post about my family every once in a while. This might turn out to be really boring to read about but we’ll see how this plans out. “Everyone shut up and listen to me!”… that was me… during most of my time living at home. Now do not go [...]