Lovely to be back up at the cottage on the north coast

It is good to be home! Arrived home around 10am this morning, following (thankfully) uneventful flights from Orlando via Atlanta to Dublin. If you missed it, we had a rather diverted journey to Orlando two weeks ago …. lets just say there is a lot to be said for direct flights. I know I have…

We have had pine dining room furniture since we moved to this house in 1998. The time has come for a change ….. with Annie Sloan chalk paint (of course!) I will be sharing our progress on this blog – looking forward to seeing the finished result.

As a parent your job is to raise your kids to become independent of you, grow into responsible adults and one day leave home. Nothing quite prepares you for the arrival of your first child ….  first days of school and when they are ready to leave for the first time ….  another huge change….

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

As this month (and year) comes to an end, my ambitions to blog daily are waning, but I am perservering! This morning, with below freezing temperatures, I headed out to the sales at The Outlet, Banbridge, with my daughters and their Christmas money and vouchers just waiting to be spent. We all had sucesses with…