I wrote this during our very wet summer of 2016 and have spent the Autumn and Winter honing my sliding skills so I have taken my own advice for once I am pleased to say . Have a read ; So today was a typical day like I have spent alot of the days of... Continue Reading →
Happy valentines
Time for some self plugging today. As part of an amazingly talented writers group we wrote a best selling anthology called The little book of love Check us out here ; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Book-Love-Anthology-Stories-ebook/dp/B00TLM1LXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1423914309&sr=1-1&keywords=Imagine+write+inspire+group And my own contribution "Her other love " differs from my usual style of writing but hopefully you will enjoy the... Continue Reading →
Because You are worth it
Although your head may not thank you. I just pulled a 22 hourer.. The kids weren't sick ( tip wood as I write this because dare I mention sickness something always happens ) I wasn't working late in the day job. I wasn't catching up on season two of any box set I started... Continue Reading →
My so called “Fake birth”.
Did you have a natural birth? If there is one question since my children were born that continues to irk me and sometimes I will admit upsets me every time I hear it it's this. I see this time and time again in parenting forums, articles, social media, birth announcements etc. Those who ask it at... Continue Reading →
Reminders about reminders…
Reminder number one for today was " write a blog post Adelle" -check -gold star for me on completion of said reminder ! I promptly peeled the gold star off my jumper ( Don't judge me I have 2.5year old twins -stickers are a necessary part of daily life here) as I hit the dismiss... Continue Reading →
Mammy guilt
Ah yeah today’s a good day for mammy guilt I pondered as I spent my third hour in the car driving home tonight from Dublin to try desperately to get home in time for bedtime . And I failed. I knew I was going to fail as I realised I had driven maybe 10... Continue Reading →
An ode to my handbags ( Pre twins)
The final straw came today as I made my way out to work this morning and I nearly collapsed from the weight not of my laptop bag but my handbag. It’s called a handbag for a reason and doesn’t generally come with a warning tag for the owner to note that she needs to have... Continue Reading →
Dilemmas of a blog name
You might be wondering how I came up with my blog name , well as some of you will know from going through the torture of naming your own blog, business name , child etc etc, it was absolute torture. Of course all the “good ones “were gone. Every time I thought of something unique... Continue Reading →



