If someone could see deep inside you they would see the rawness, They would see that behind the momentary smile, a smile where you forget for a split second , that a part of you has dimmed. They might then truly realise, that even though you don’t want there to be a new you, that... Continue Reading →
Monday’s meals #13 Seafood paella with homemade garlic tortilla wraps.
This dish brings back so many memories for me of my Mam and it is the first time I have cooked it since she passed away a few months ago, so whilst I was teary as I cooked, it also brought back so many lovely memories from my childhood right through to present day of... Continue Reading →
I’m saying goodbye to the last links to babyhood but they’ll be my babies forever.
It is hard looking back now over a very short number of years that at the tender age of four and a half years the last delicate link to my babies has been broken. Granted when one of my children corrects me for calling them my baby and insists they are in fact a big... Continue Reading →
Friday fashion for kids
It has been awhile since I have written a Friday fashion blog post and I have decided to change my fashion posts going forward. I'd love to give the time I used to my "One for him, one for her and one for Mammy fashion blog posts but with the demands of life I find... Continue Reading →
Mondays meals #13. Chicken, mushroom and bacon vol au vent.
If there is any meal guaranteed to require you to clean the remaining sauce with your fingers it's a good creamy vol au vent dinner. Vol au vents do not belong back in the seventies and remain one of the most popular starters at weddings here in Limerick and are a firm favourite in this... Continue Reading →
Mondays meals #12 .Braised balsamic beef stew.
Today is my Monday as I was on a days holidays yesterday ,hence the delay in posting my Mondays meals. I am still dipping my toe in and out of social media and adjusting to a life without my Mam. It is three months now since she passed away and as Christmas approaches I am finding it... Continue Reading →
Summer downtime and realising the simple things are the best.
Lets go search for puddles to jump in. That was all the twins wanted to do recently and after spending nearly a whole hour the previous day skimming stones, well I cannot skim stones ,that skill belongs to my husband, so it was more like the three of us throwing stones into a river and... Continue Reading →
One for him, one for her and one for Mammy. Friday fashion.
Happy Friday everyone! Limerick is a sea of green and white as we prepare for the All Ireland hurling final this coming Sunday so there won't be any other colours worn until we win the cup ! However I was in-store briefly in Zara and Penneys this week and have some fabulous kids and womens... Continue Reading →
One for him, one for her and one for Mammy. Friday fashion
Well hello, it's been a little while since I have done my Friday fashion piece, life has been distracting in lots of different ways and I have not been near a clothes shop in nearly two months, nor have I been online much truth be told. However with the return to pre-school fast approaching I... Continue Reading →