Holidays & School Days

I am just back from a lovely family holiday with the hubby, kids, parents and brother.  It was great to drink vinho verde in the sun (and in a bit of rain) and chat, slag and as Father says “talk amongst ourselves”.  That’s gossip and giving out to...

Let it rain, let it rain!

This day 8 years ago I had an outburst in a lift in front of complete strangers.  I just couldn’t contain myself any longer.  “I’m getting married today,” I literally exclaimed with overwhelming glee (if you know me, I’m not prone to exclamations of overwhelming...

The Perfect Summer Read

Reading has never been my forte.  We used to visit the library regularly growing up and I always refused to take out a book that had more than 200 pages and it had to have gigantic typeset.  To my utter dismay, I found myself at 18 years of age doing an A-Level in...

Baby Talk

Hannah Rose (of Tralee) Noonan is 3 today but I secretly celebrate it twice a year, today and on Mothers’ Day because  April 3rd 2011 was also Mothers’ Day and I found myself looking into a gorgeous pair of blue eyes. Hannah isn’t my first baby but she is my...