With the Junior Cert looming, what I’ve learnt from my daughter

Best of luck to my beautiful Ella who is starting her Junior Cert this Wednesday. She’s put in a lot of work in so I just hope she’ll be proud of herself when its all done. I know I am.  Of course she is perfec but I’ve heard rumours about other ones Living with a …

If Abortion had been Available

When I was in the Senior Cycle of Secondary School 'What would you do if you got pregnant?' Was as common a conversation as 'Why do you reckon Mr. Doyle smells so bad?' At the time we all had very definite ideas about what we would do. Yes or no, black or white. There was …

33 Things I’ve Learnt in 33 Years

Last week was my birthday and I was 33. It’s OK. Honest. No honestly. Sure, aging isn’t necessarily a negative thing (conveniently a statement uttered by old people). Well, the alternative is crap anyway. There’s plenty of things I’ve only learnt simply by being on the planet this long and couldn’t have known otherwise. Here’s …

If My Hair Could Talk

Today's motion being put forward: Bringing back the cow’s lick from 1994 for the interview this morning. All those in favour? Can we get everyone in the front to stay stuck to the lips today. She's wearing lip gloss The shampoo for the last few weeks has been working well but this morning let's be …

PARENTING: – AN ENTRY LEVEL ADMIN JOB, AT BEST

I hear some people talk about parenting like it’s a management or CEO role and worrying about what school to send their child to. Well you can’t decide what they do when they get there and you can’t choose their friends. So, it doesn’t matter too much. Parenting is an entry level admin job at …

The Year I got my first Valentines card

February 14th, 1998 was like any other Saturday for me at the time. I was on my way to call into my friend Aifric. During my teens I spent a lot of time in her house. She had a better bedroom, she had a dog, they had 2 cars and she got a tenner for …

My Shaving History

As a fair skinned lass with a small covering of fluff it’s amazing that I’ve dedicated as much time as I have to shaving. There’s parts of the journey I’d prefer to have forgotten about but hey it’s all been experience. I’m pretty good at it now. I still like to leave a thin ring …

THE DIARY OF A 2-YEAR-OLD

2am: Woke up with nothing to do so decided to have a massive cry to get someone’s attention 2.01am Finally got into Mammy and Daddy’s bed. No one seemed to be up for playing so decided to start kicking the blankets off 2.04am Always wondered what was inside my Mammy’s nose, so no time like the …

Things that need Sorting Out

1. Tesco self-service needs to start being able to identify that item in the bagging area 2. Crappy garnish beside sandwiches. What’s the point no one is eating it 3. A cure for acne 4. The clocks going back. Its coming soon and all it does is annoy everyone. Can we just get rid? 5. …

Signs your Turning into your Mam

1.Opening windows is a must now to let a bit of air circulate 2.Likewise you know where the different drafts are coming from and how to deal with them/ who is responsible 3. Didn’t like the new GP because he was a bit young 4.Love talking about clothes being very good quality that you manage …