I cant believe we moved here in 2013 and have only just made it to Cork. Its been on my Ireland bucket list for ages and finally we decided to go for a few days a couple of weeks ago. After driving straight down to Cobh, you can read about that here, we headed into […]
Category Archives: Family
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Aug
Aug
Some of my fondest childhood memories involve being lifted from my bed in the middle of the night, bundled into the car and slowly falling back to sleep as my parents drove (accompanied by awesome retro soundtracks) to a holiday destination. Like when I was 7 and they road tripped across America. Seriously cool. Prompted […]
03
Aug
Aug
Now its the summer holidays we are spending quite a lot of time as a family gathered at our table. I’m revisiting my past observations that a family pig every year would be a good idea for my bacon loving crew, and wondering how it is that 5 children can eat so much cheese. We […]
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Jul
Jul
This is a story about a mum and dad, 5 children a double air mattress and a 3 man tent. Stop laughing. One day a mummy went to Lidl to get some wine shopping. During her walk around the isle of crap middle section she saw a three man tent for the grand price of €29.99. […]
23
Jul
Jul
“Hellllllllooooooo this is Stampy” If reading that sends a little shiver down your spine then there’s a strong chance that you, like me, are one of millions of parents with Minecraft obsessed kids. I was sceptical at first, I admit. How could watching a video of someone playing a game rather than playing the game […]
The 30 before 30 list is still going. I’ve not actually looked at it recently but times a ticking so I need to get on it. Number 8 on the list is RUN a Marathon. My main reason for this is so I can post a photo of me, my husband, my kids and my […]
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Jul
Jul
Two weekends ago I headed back to London. I had ‘the call’ on Thursday night. Its ‘the call’ anyone who lives away from their family dreads. You hear the phone ringing at an odd time, you can tell by the persons voice, you know whats coming… something happened, someone is sick, we are having a […]
16
Jul
Jul
Thank you all for entering this amazing giveaway, Rafflecopter has worked its magic and the winner is (awkwardly long Xfactor style silence……) Congratulations Lisa, look out for my e-mail 🙂
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Jun
Jun
I was shopping the other day when Madonna’s ‘Ray of Light’ came on the radio and remembered the crazy video with Madge singing in her double denim and the super quick video in the background. Well, this is like my life at the moment – minus the double denim. I’ve had it in my head […]
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Jun
Jun
Coming from sunny south London I have to say that I miss the early start to Summer that you get back home. You can bet on good weather from at least June through to September. Its different here, I feel like this year we have had so many false starts BUT this week, well this […]