This blog was originally started to track our progress as we regenerated a derelict Victorian house in Dublin. We turned an old crumbling ruin in to our dream house! If you wish to read through the trials and tribulations of the house build it is best to start at the oldest blog post and read in date order. The blog then evolved in to being all about my life in Dublin, Ireland and then life in Malaga, Spain with artist "PIGSY" and now back in Dublin
I hope you enjoy reading it!
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So our Easter was surprisingly busy and not as quiet as we expected.
Here's what we got up to over the weekend on Easter Saturday. Along with bringing Bones back to the vet (he got more pain, meds, antibiotic cream and also oral antibiotics) I got to do a video chat with my twin sister and our bestie Alice. It was such fun and for a change the weather was good in all 3 places - Ireland was particularly sunny on Saturday while Florida had usual Florida weather.
While Pigsy painted in the garden, I sat out and enjoyed a drink and a Summer read by Diane Chamberlain (she's my new go to as I have read all of Elin Hilderbrand, except for her latest book which was released Oct 2019 - I'm still waiting for this book and I have on reserve from the library)
Shout out to Dillingers for another great dinner on Saturday night - it was Ribs & Wings again, but we also got Mac & Cheese which is soooo good. I think their Mac & Cheese may be the best I've tasted in Dublin!!
And then later that evening we lit up the house for #ShineYourLight at 9pm
Here's Sinead O'Connor singing Snow Patrol's "Run" as part of this RTE event. It was very moving - Ciaran was more moved then me, I was affected by watching the Easter Rising commemorations the next day on Easter Sunday, I'll tell you about that in my next blog.
2020 is our year for a big clear out. We have a skip bag that is nearly full but I think we are getting there. I've been clearing out the attic and also wardrobes. With every item that I clear out I consider whether it should be thrown out in the skip bag or put in to the recycling bin or otherwise it goes in a bag to be sent on to the Charity Shop (Thrift Store to my USA readers!) At this point I have dropped about 6 big black bags to the Charity Shop but am now struggling to even fill one bag. This means I am getting there and now I am packing up items to go back in to the attic for storage rather than getting thrown out. I reckon I've got about a week or two more of cleaning out but then I will be fully decluttered!
In other news, one of Ciaran's paintings sold yesterday which is all very exciting!! 2020 is shaping up very nicely ;-)
2018 is here after we had a lovely celebration yesterday. We had dinner in Dillingers and then returned home early and watched a film before switching on the TV just before midnight for the countdown. We cracked open a bottle of prosecco and toasted in the New Year and made it to bed shortly after.
Earlier in the day, Ciaran had painted and videoed him and broadcast live on both Facebook and Periscope. You can watch the video here. I also took a few pics of him for posterity on the last day of the year. Here's one of them.
There is a really interesting blog post on Ciaran's website that brings back great memories of a past trip to Paris. You can read it here. For my New Year resolutions, I intend to give up my diet coke habit as I drink far to much of it. A far better option is to substitute with sparkling water at first and then switch out for regular water. I also am going back off carbs as I have started back eating them since November and quite honestly I feel better when I am not eating a big load of processed sugar. I'll let you know how I get on! In the meanwhile here's a handy guide on what to eat and what not to.
Happy New Year to you all and Good Luck with your new year resolutions.
