Oblivion

Tonight we went to see the new Tom Cruise movie "Oblivion". I enjoyed it! It's your typical big budget sci fi movie - you can't go wrong with it.

Afterwards we had sliders in Eddie Rockets. A very enjoyable movie was topped off by 20 mins in the hot tub when we got home. Seems like the weather is getting milder in Ireland which is nice!

Ad men of Madison Avenue

Do you watch Mad Men?

I adore this programme from the characters, to the clothes, to the setting, to the script, to the sexism, to the smoking and drinking. I adore it all!!

My favourite scene is the

Kodak pitch

I know the new season was shown in the States during the week. We probably won't see it here in Ireland for a few weeks.

List for the day

My to do list for the day.

I'm off work today (but working tomorrow) as I work alternate Friday/Saturday every week. I have a few items to do and as Ciaran left the dog at home with me I will take him for a walk along with me as I do my chores.

Check back later to see some photos if my day as I get through my to do list.

I've just received a text from Woodies about a sale they are having. I was planning on buying a new ironing board so I will check theirs out after work tomorrow.

Cold Tub

Hot tub fail!! 

It was cold in Ireland last night so to chill out we decided to relax in the hot tub. I jumped in to discover that it was down to 31 degrees Celsius (87 f)! Yikes!  My sister and were in it the other night and one of us must have hit the off button by mistake. I checked it this morning and it is thankfully back at 38 (101f) degrees so I will enjoy it later.

From a conversation with someone yesterday i realised that I really miss my compost heap.  We had one in our last house because we had a bigger garden.  Luckily I currently have a brown bin service that takes away our organic waste but I did find it very satisfying in the last house when my compost heap changed into usable compost - or black gold as I called it!!

Click here for a good blog post about why you should grow veggies.

Snack time

What do you like as a healthy snack?

I like to kid myself that these Kelkin chocolate rice cakes are healthy!

Smart Car Gathering

My sister and I are in the process of organising a gathering of Smart Cars in July in Dublin.  The plan is to meet in the Phoenix Park for a tail gate party and then take a drive around the Phoenix Park in  convoy of Smart Cars.  For  further information please click here.

If you know of any Smart Car owners, you may also like to direct them to this post!

In other Smart Car news, furniture makers Bo Concept have collaborated with Smart and created a range of furniture.  See pictures below of  some promotional material that came through my letter box this morning.

Spring cleaning

We have a lot glass on our house that gets VERY dusty. From the glass shelves in the bar to the glass stairs it all needs regular dusting. I got a new duster that attracts the dust - wow, what a difference. Rather than just moving the dust and spreading it, this cloth actually gathered it all up. I'm a convert to the microfiber cloth!

Here's a pic of Ciaran getting some cleaning action.