This is How I Changed My Kitchen, In Case You're Wondering

Very recently, I moved house. Not just any old house, My Own House. That's right my legion of readers, we bought a zoo! I mean a house. And so Steve and myself are in the process of doing it up to our liking. Before we moved in we painted all the walls white, because they...

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In Defence of Hometowns (and living there)

I live in the town I grew up in. That could be rewritten as "I still live in the town I grew up in" Or it could be written as "I still live in the town I grew up in, but I'm moving in a couple of months, hopefully to Dublin or maybe London if I find a good job" But I'm not...

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A Pep Talk, For When You Need One

A Pep-Talk, for when you need one (because everyone does, at one point or another) Accompanied by some photos of mine which I hope will make you feel happy about life It's January and January makes you think and reflect. In 2015, for me, the joy was plentiful. And...

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Hallowe'en Tag!

Well, I've been tagged again, by my blogging buddy, MissLauranne. So here we are, on Hallowe'en Eve, having Hallowe'en thoughts and typing Hallowe'en things. I'll get on with it. 1. What is your favorite Halloween movie? Considering everything freaks me out and I don't...

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What's in that bag o' yours?

There are two reasons I'm writing this post- 1. Felt like writing 2. I was inspired by MissLauranne, who is doing Blogtober (which sounds great- like some sort of vegetable), and who is also writing a similar post, and I'm basically just outright copying her. Go look at ~hers~,...

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How to be an Indoors Kind of a Person

Welcome, one and all, to a tutorial you do not need. If you are the sort of person who sits at home reading the blog of a young Irishwoman, then you do not need tips and reasons to stay indoors. You are here for reassurance, and that I can offer plenty of. I can also recommend...

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Sweater Weather

Despite the fact that 'sweater' is a very American word, and not half as lovely as our Irish 'jumper' (why 'jumper'? Are we to be jumping for joy that it's time to put them on? Yes), I am very happy to be tagged by MissLauranne in the Sweater Weather Tag! Enough babbling,...

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