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The lovely Genny has a weekly link up of mums sharing tips, personal stories, encouragements and ideas and this week I am joining in from Northern Ireland, sharing a few of my son’s “funnies” from the past week: On Wednesday, while eating the roast chicken dinner I had made “Mum, I prefer it when there…
No, not the classic Audrey Hepburn film from the 1950’s, but my husband and I will be in Rome at the end of May to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary! Could we actually be THAT old? I don’t feel it, but the facts don’t lie On 12 June 1992 I said I do (that rhymes!)…
When MamaKat sent out her blog post prompts one lept out at me immediately…..10 years ago today my husband’s mum Jean was in hospital. We didn’t know it at the time, but she would only be alive a few more days. Jean was only 65 when she died, and as I am now 44, that…
I can’t think of any way to cleverly bring all these 4 topics together – so the title says exactly what this post is about! Last night we met up with my brother-in-law and his family for a meal. On the way to the restaurant my 7 year old commented he was “sleepy tired” but…
As long as I can remember this framed sampler hung on the wall of my Granny’s house in Co Down, N Ireland. I have always thought it was beautiful, but never knew much about it’s origin. Now it hangs on my wall, and I still don’t know much about it! My mum remembers that it…
I know it is still January, but I have been challenged to write a Valentines Day post in January, so here goes! It seems to me that how Valentines Day is celebrated here in N Ireland seems to be evolving. When I was a teen it was all about annonyomous cards with SWALK or HOLLAND…