I thought that this week I’d be having a quiet week at home getting back into the routine. Getting clothes and lunch boxes ready but now the week is here I’m not ready for it to end.
My top 5 spots of Lovely Leitrim
I might be a bit biased but I feel very much at home in Leitrim. Oddly I have more childhood memories of visiting my grandad in Mohill than I recall my dad’s home place. It was probably the connection of my only surviving grandparent but visiting Leitrim has always given me a sense of peace.…
Remodelling
The shutdown came so suddenly we didn’t have time to prepare really. If we had more notice would it have been like when you go on holiday. We try and get all our affairs in order so you can relax for a while without the real world knocking. But this was all so sudden. The engine…
A fish out of water
For the first time in my life I have no desire to travel. In fact discussions about going on holidays reinforces the feeling that I don’t want to go anywhere.
7 Ways to Survive Social Distance
The biggest challenge is to continue to be as ‘normal’ as possible, while completely changing how you do it. It’s going to be more important than ever to look after our mental health.
Empower Your Little Women
#InternationalWomensDay As a mother raising a daughter you want her to be confident and kind and rising sons you want them to know how to respect women. Today I love to celebrate women. Their achievements, their resilience, the support they can be to each other and their potential. Agree with it or not, like it or not, on the…
Terrible Twos
So I have twins boys who are two and live in a cottage with 2.5 bedrooms, getting outside is essential. Either that or I will be refereing a lot of physical fights for the day. However, we live in the wildest place in Ireland which also happens to be the windiest place in Europe. Twin…
Australia Day
Oddly enough I’ve been to Australia but Australia Day has very fond memories for me living in Kuwait. Living in this small Arabic state is defiantly a unique life experience. For start it’s a dry country so going to the pub to meet your friends is never on the menu. The first time I went…
3 simple things to change your year
3 min read – Only about 20% of us actually keep our resolutions. So today we thought about our huge goals and did some simple exercises to set ourselves up for success. We had a inspirational hour of taking time out and thinking about what to do for the year.
Pass it on
‘When I’m gone no-one will miss me, no-one will remember that I existed.’ I heard this recently and thought it was one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard. In life we can be so busy rushing round and working hard that we miss the chance to stop and smell the flowers, watch out the…