Before I turn and look forward – 16 from ’16
First off, a very happy new year to you. If you’ve visiting me today, on January second, then thank you for taking a bit of time out of your bank holiday. There’s a great...
View Article#RozOnAMission or, my six year old’s new year resolution
I blame Sadhbh over on Where wishes come from, entirely. There I was a few days ago, writing up my linky. I was frantically typing away, looking back at links and reminiscing, all the writey...
View ArticleStarting 2017 with a bang, blah, blah
Twenty seventeen, twenty seventeen. I’m feeling very optimistic about twenty seventeen. Not only are we in the process of making a HEEYUUUGE change as a family (more on that in the coming weeks), but...
View ArticleA change will do you good
So one of the major changes we’re making this year as a family, is moving from the apartment we’ve lived in for five and a half years. It’s a beautiful apartment, lovely neighbourhood, close...
View ArticleYes we’re movin’ on up…slowly…
We’re about….oh, I don’t know, fifty, sixty…maybe seventy percent into the quickest house move we’ve ever had to do. It’s hectic, it’s madness, but this place ain’t gonna move itself, so somebody’s got...
View ArticleWhat we do in the shadows
We’ve had a hard week. So yes, I’m aware that I’ve missed my “post at least once a week” thing already. Shit! But short of having a time machine, I can’t change that, so...
View ArticleBook review: We need new names by Noviolet Bulawayo
Synopsis: Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it’s down, or out In a shanty called Paradise, Darling and her friends spend their days stealing guavas and singing Lady Gaga, all while grasping at...
View ArticleCats, moving,teething, sleeping and sitting
You know what? It’s late and I couldn’t come up with a better title so I’m not even going to apologise for it. Lots has been happening here and as usual, I’ve written many...
View ArticleValentine’s day, say it with flowers..or…books
A very happy valentine’s week to all those who celebrate it. I don’t. Not because I have anything against the day, more because it’s right next to my birthday, and my birthday is more important....
View ArticleHere I lie, awake…
Small girl is sick. She has a proper cold, complete with runny nose and bad temper. She’s also discovered that boogers are tasty, in that stomach churning way that all kids do. There’s a...
View ArticleBook review: A Casualty of Power by Mukuka Chipanta
Synopsis: Hamoonga Moya’s journey would take him a long way from the township of his youth on the Zambian Copperbelt . Life in the capital brought him new friends, and new ideas, and his journalism...
View ArticleSnapshot – an Awfully Chipper Linky
I was reading one of my favourite bloggers over the weekend and she had this fantastic post over on her page called Snapshot. I liked it so much that I said, yo Maud over there...
View ArticleAll about cats and what I didn’t expect.
So the cat is going well. She’s Been allowed outside a few weeks now but has stubbornly decided she wants to be more of an inside than an outside cat. Which I didn’t expect,...
View ArticleCelebrating Irishness with Netflix – a streamteam post
Tomorrow is St Patrick’s Day and we’re not planning anything strenuous. A parade (if the weather behaves) an outdoors activity (if the weather behaves) I’d love to start planting some veggies ( if the...
View ArticleDrowning
I know the exact moment when it happened. I stepped into the shower, turned the Taos and thought, ‘if I leave right now, I’ve an hour head start and they’ll never ever find me’ It...
View ArticleBook Review: A killing in the sun by Dilman Dila
Synopsis: A killing in the sun is a collection of speculative fiction from Africa. It draws from the rich oral culture of the author’s childhood, to tell a wide variety of stories. Some of these...
View ArticleWould you trade disposable, for cloth nappies? I’m going to give it a try
Technically, I did give it a try and gave up the next day. Roz was about eleven months old and Lidl (or Aldi, I forget which) were selling cloth nappies, everyone I knew (well,...
View ArticleAdventures in cloth nappying day 2
Here's how we got on in day two of our adventures in cloth nappying #makeclothmainstream #parenting #baby @NappyLibraryIRE
View ArticleAdventures in cloth nappying day 3
O today I was very brace and put the baby in cloth nappies the whole day. I decided to use the white nua baby brand that I mentioned before, because of the detachable inserts....
View ArticleYou’ll miss them when they’re gone
Yesterday I was in the city. I haven’t been in the city, with an idle hour to burn, in a very long time. So I took my time walking slowly and had a tea near...
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