A couple of months back we were approached by a furniture company called pib asking us if we’d like to review a piece from their collection. Having put a fair amount of work into our home over the past number of years, we are finally getting to a stage where it feels like things are coming together… Continue reading Edward Scandinavian Steps: A Review
I’m a reader. Always have been. After becoming a mother, the time I had available in which to read shrank immensely, but I stuck at it, fitting in 5 minutes here and there. Finishing a book took longer than it used to, but I kept at it. Without a book on my bedside table or… Continue reading The Books That Failed to Grip Me
Have you heard of the intention-action gap? I have over the years but it only really hit home with me last week when I lifted up a plastic tub of natural yogurt in the supermarket. I switched from individual yogurts to a large tub a few years ago to reduce our waste. Then I switched… Continue reading Greener Living – Closing Your Intention-Action Gap
Crafting is one thing I really love to do and, as I said in my last post, I really love to discover other people’s crafts too, whether they create as their hobby or for their livelihood. Over on Instagram there are so many wonderful craft accounts. Browsing them is an utter pleasure and I… Continue reading My 5 Favourite Craft Businesses on Instagram
Every since I was small I have love crafts, both the making itself and the exploration of other people’s work. There was a little shop in Slane we used to go to when I was at primary school and I adored it. There were all manner of crafts from Irish makers and I spent as… Continue reading Building Up A Successful Craft Business
Around the house, in the office and even in the car, I like a bit of clutter. I am not one for minimalism. I need stuff around me. That stuff mostly has its place and gets put there. Tidy clutter I suppose, is what suits me. I know what’s where. Digital clutter is another story… Continue reading A Digital Declutter in 3 Easy Steps
The first quarter results are in. Its been a mixed one. Ups. Downs. Inbetween times. The big 4-oh. An up. A big one. A frustrating February. A down. Lots of reading. An up. Lots of unfinished, challenging books. A down(er). Learning new skills – conversational French, new crochet stitches, cooking game dishes. Peaks and troughts and peaks and troughs but… Continue reading First Quarter Results Are In
[Collaborative post with Allianz Care] With St. Patrick’s Day just gone, I’ve been thinking of home a lot. Big occasions like that can bring on bouts of homesickness for all of us living abroad, whether we are new to the scene or here for almost 16 years, as I am. Equally, banal moments like hearing… Continue reading Dealing with Homesickness as an Expat
Since I wrote last week, I have been on the lookout for an outfit for myself for the upcoming communion. When Number One made his communion a couple of years ago, I was so taken up with the children’s outfits, the food, cleaning the house and keeping an eye on the weather forecast that it… Continue reading Finding A Communion Dress (for me)
Springtime. For many a time for feeling alive again after the darkness of winter. A time for admiring the snowdrops and watching the daffodils slowly open, dotting every park, garden and dual carriageway with yellow. A time for planning a mini break. Maybe getting a wedding invitation in the post. Or if you are in… Continue reading Suited & Booted (featuring Roco Communion Suits)
