Author: MsWalsh

As I type I'm 40 odd yrs. Sometimes very odd :) I'm separated and now I'm also cat free. I love to cook, craft, read & watch TV. This is to be the place that makes me smile.
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Out & About

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Today we ventured into Dublin city centre.  Our bus eventually got us in through the hoards of GAA Fans.  Our mission was to go to the National Art Gallery and see the Harry Clarke illustrations of Hans Christian Anderson.  OMG but they were very pretty and talk about detail!

Once we’d finished in the gallery we went to the shop and picked up the book that went with the exhibition. Just as we were leaving I noticed the Cath Kidston shelf. Naturally I had to treat myself as you don’t come across her stuff too much over here – or at least not where I’d look. Anyway I proudly pranced out of the museum with:
Make by Cath KidstonMake

CK Flexi Journal CK Flexi Journal

CK Home Ideas Journal

Now who’s a lucky bunny?

To top things off as we were making our way to the bus stop we popped into Arnotts in the Jervis centre and I picked up a pack of three Gisela Graham grey floral bags
Bags

We also picked up some of these in a peach colour
Hooks!

So all in all an expensive day out but it was worth every cent! Time to go and read my new books.

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Crochet & Podcasts

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I have a few podcast subscriptions and ended up with over 160 unlistened to. One of them is from a radio show that I just don’t get a chance to listen to and for some unknown reason I hit a wall when it came to listening to the various programmes. Then I had a revelation I could just skip them! Now I’m finding that after a few minutes if it’s not something I’m in to then I just skip onto the next one. I was down to 50 however I’ve just discovered a new Podcast. So with one or two updates I’ve now got 62. I’ve also discovered that they are great to listen to in work to block out some of the noise – does that make sense? I am listening to these programmes so I don’t have to listen to the noise going on around me – replacing one noise with another!

Recently I’d been trawling through patterns on Ravelry (I’m duu there) and every once in a while I’d come across a pattern that was on Lion Brand Yarn. This is a fantastic site but for a while I didn’t bother with it. When I was redirected to the site I looked as if it was blocked or something and I never really bothered to read the page properly. However I eventually did and I signed up – it was free and it has loads of patterns in there. That is where I found YarnCraft it looks to be fairly good and there is an associated podcast – this has just bumped my number up – oops

Anyway I now have to go and update my iPod 🙂

Books · Niece

Getting up

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After the alarm went off this morning I was lying in bed trying to persuade myself that I should be getting up.  Then I remembered – it’s Friday!  I don’t have to get up tomorrow so I might as well get up this morning:)

I had to get up last Saturday as we were going out to a book sale.  I picked up a few lovely books.  3 Ngaio Marsh, 3 Dorothy L Sayers, 1 Margery Allingham, 1 Agatha Christie, 5 A.A.Milne, 2 Ladybird books.  It was a happy haul and it cost less than €20.00 plus it came with coffee and biscuits.  Fantastic!!  Mind you I’ve been doing some extra book buying – I’ve also picked up 2 Wallander,

I’ve ordered:
Something Wicked by David Roberts

And


by Jane Brocket

I’ve just realised I might have to get up after all 😦
I’ve been giving serious thought to going for a swim but I’ve got definite arrangements to go and visit a wool shop – http://www.stitchireland.com/ neither my mother or myself have been so we’re off to spend spend spend. It also means I get to spend spend spend time with my niece. I think I’m looking forward to that more than the wool.

Family · Husband · Life

Nan-nan

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I have just had a missing week.  On Monday we got a call to say that my grandmother had fallen during the night – at that time it really could have gone one way or another but we all decided best to travel just to be on the safe side.  We saw her on the Monday night and decided to call in the next day and see how things were and if she was the same then we’d head home as we both had work on the Wednesday.  No, she had deteriorated over night so there was no going anywhere.  Slowly her breathing became shallower and shallower and with everybody around her she died at 15.35.

Unfortunately we counted the days wrong and thought that she would be buried on Thursday and we’d travel home on the Friday but a day was sneaked in and so she wasn’t buried until Friday -the day we had to travel home – ’cause himself was due to work on the Saturday (today).

Nan nan came home on the Wednesday and was laid out until Thursday and taken to the church that evening.  So for most of Wednesday & Thursday we were at a lose end – I didn’t particularly want to be there too much so we went off driving.  I’ve had the car since January ’08 and I think the amount of driving done in it since then equals the amount of driving done in the past week.  So I’m trying to see that as the silver lining for what really could have been the week from hell.

I don’t know – I still can’t believe that she has finally gone.  That sounds a little bit weird but in a way Nan nan has been gone a while – she had dementia for a few years and in a way was no longer herself (well to me anyway).  Now unfortunately her physical presence is gone.  I am happy that I didn’t see her in the coffin.  I saw her in her hospital bed and I saw her laid out in her bed.  There was a coffin in the hearse and then it was brought in and brought back out and in a way they weren’t associated with Nan nan.

During the Mass I did the first reading and I managed to get through it so I’m pleased with that.  Himself was one of the coffin carriers and he did a wonderful job – he always has a good shoulder.

So it’s Saturday mourning and I’m at home and himself  is at work and life seems to be continuing on as if last week never happened.  Unfortunately it did – I’m heartbroken but I have 30 odd years of brilliant memories.

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Another oops

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Ok so I’ve been doing crochet and watching telly instead of my house pottering.  I’ve managed to finish one side of the thingy I’m doing.  Well when I say finished – it is finished but the shape was looking a little bit -well um- wrong.  It seems I should have 16 shells on the edging but I have 18.  I think a rip back to where I know I was correct and see if I can take it from there.  I’m relieved it’s wrong ’cause that explains why it doesn’t look right.  I’m not even sure that makes sense!!

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Looking Forward To The Weekend

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Well himself has to work this weekend and while it is a shame there is a silver lining and that means I get me time.  The instructions for this morning was – “Don’t wake me when going to work”  so I was woken to the cries of ” Deirdre my alarm didn’t go off!”  so much for a lie in.  Well actually it was – I had woken up at about 7ish and had managed to go back to sleep for the best part of an hour and a half before the bedlam started but subsequently postponed.

Anyway – today is my day for pottering and as per usual catching up on stuff not done during the week – happily I can say that it’s not as much as usual.  There is a glimmer of hope that I might get something done in the garden but that is slowly fading as dark clouds form overhead.
On the other hand I do have shopping to do so that could turn into a little outing…

Tomorrow is going to be full on relaxation.  I started a little crochet project for lunchtimes in work but brought it home ’cause I couldn’t resist and while we were away I bought a postcard that looks like it could be a very interesting blackwork project.  So tomorrow at 11am it’s Country Tracks and breakfast, then crochet/sewing and come 4pm I will be watching the Munster Hurling semi-final Waterford against Limerick.  I am not a sports fan so it is odd that I’m rather fond of GAA – I really don’t know why.

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Paris – Ooops

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Did I say I’d be updating when on holidays?  Well I would have if I hadn’t been a silly-billy and forgotten the charger for the netbook – Doh!

The plan is to upload a the photos this afternoon and we’ll see if any of them are any good.  For some unknown reason I didn’t take as many this time around.

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And We’re Off

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I can’t believe the day has finally arrived.

Paris has loads of free wifi so I think there will definitely be an update or two.

It’s nearly 4am  – we must be nuts!!!

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Housework By Headless Chicken

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Well we’re almost off.  I finished work for the week yesterday and himself is finishing up today.  However it just seems like one of those weeks that never really started.  The plan had been to do a one chore an evening to make sure the place was ready for my mother who will be staying to mind our moggies.  However time in between work just seems to vanish and today I find myself trying to get it all done.  I know in the title it says headless chicken but I’m taking my time really and not getting too fussed.  The no problemo chores will be the bathroom and dining room – however the bedroom does look a mess so that will take some tackling.  Ah well as I’ve said before there is nothing better then a bath & clean bed covers coinciding and tonight I’m having a bath to relax.  Actually when I say tonight it will be more likely to be evening as we are heading tomorrow morning at 4.30 (ish)  so a definite early to bed.

I’d better dash as I’ve a few things to pick up down at the shops.  Roll on this time tomorrow when we are strolling around the streets of Paris.

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Sunny Sunday

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Well so far the weather looks fantastic outside.  However it’s Irish sun so you would be wrong to think that it’s warm outside.  However it’s not raining and the fact that it’s sunny is a bonus.

With this in mind we are going to make the most of it and have a day out planned.  It’s amazing now that we have the car it’s amazing what we can do.  Anyway I’ll stop gushing about the car.  We have a couple of errands to run this morning and then we’re off out again.  The errands involve buying a new microwave and looking at fridge freezers then off to the shops to pick up one or two things for our holidays – this time next week we’ll be in gay paree – yes I’m boasting.  After that’s done it’s in to M&S for some salads’n’stuff and then back home, put stuffs away then it’s off to Newbridge house for the afternoon.  Hopefully the weather will hold and we can spread out the blanket and have a picnic with our salads – well that’s the plan.  What really happens will be anybodies guess.  However I’ll let you know this evening.