You know all those courses you attended back in school as part of career guidance where you learned "How to keep your customer happy" to "the customer is always right" in your first job. I bet you never thought you would be digging deep to using your skills on your "new customers" AKA in my... Continue Reading →
Calling time on toy adverts
In the space of the last 5 minutes Santa's list has expanded by a further few hundred euro. No I didn't just go through the toy catalogue with the kids ( when I did this the bill stopped at around four thousand euro, I kid you not). I did in fact make the mistake of... Continue Reading →
As you both lay there
I am feeling very sentimental now with my "babies " no longer babies gone off to pre school and I am finding myself thinking back to the very early days of pregnancy to present day. I wrote this awhile back and have added to it as time has gone on. To B &A , love... Continue Reading →
10 things that make me happy
LadyNicci has me all a fluster trying to think of only ten things that make me happy. I'm not too happy that I am about to detox until Christmas so this list will be a memory for when I am finding things tough over the coming months. Outside of the usual suspects of the kids,... Continue Reading →
I will always be Mama.
I will remember to my last days the first time I looked at your little red lips pursing up, the concentration and light of life in your crystal blue eyes as you, almost it seemed surprised yourself at the sound that came from your mouth. Mouths opened and out popped, Mamamamama. As a mother I... Continue Reading →
Distractions
The day of the twins third birthday party as the hot food was cooking in the oven and thirty minutes before the party was due to start our electricity went. It was a Saturday afternoon, slightly rainy but warm( welcome to Irish summers!) and we expected the power to come back moments later. But it... Continue Reading →
Then versus now. Pregnancy and parenting, the early days.
Finding out you are pregnant Back when my mam was expecting me, her first child, she had to wait two days to confirm she was indeed pregnant after a trip to the doctors. These days we don't even have to wait for a missed cycle before we can find out a baby is due,with early detection... Continue Reading →
One for him, one for her and one for Mammy. Friday fashion.
The sales are well and truly underway everywhere, some are throwing out stock that we have seen in the last three or more sales but there are still bargains to be had. I've been confined to online browsing this week but still managed to get some nice bits for the twins and lust over some... Continue Reading →



