A few highlights from our week away on Cruit Island, Donegal

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At www.JohnLewis.com they are asking parents to share their Christmas “Rules for a Perfect Family Christmas” and plan to compile a huge list of them early in December. This post is my contribution. Being a bit contrary, I prefer to call them traditions……. Rules are just asking to be disobeyed, but traditions sounds much more…….something?!!!…
I know that Christmas may seem like a distant memory to some, and I love the fresh start of a new year, and am happy to see diaries, wall calendars and the like…..but…….. Easter eggs? There were Cadbury Creme Eggs and Mini Eggs too. I found this article that Mr Tesco is just “simply responding…
I am starting this post in Bristol airport. I am awaiting my flight home after a wonderful long weekend away. Bristol is a great city in south west of England, and I love to visit friends there. I arrived over on Thursday evening, and it was lovely to be driving into Bristol with the view…
At 1.01pm, 13 years ago today, our first child was born. So today……we have our first teenager! Just typing that is scary! Having received her main gift (of a laptop) last night, we surprised her with a hairdrier this morning. Photos of her early morning opening her presents have been banned (by her) from appearing…
Okay – I promise no more “wii” puns for a while. The 30 day challenge I undertook with the Wii EA Active Sport Personal Trainer is over, or at least if would have been, if I had managed to complete all 20 workouts which I should have managed to do by now. Confession – I…