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As a child I often felt a bit weird because I was the kind of child who cried very easily over anything. In fact it was a thing in our house that other family members found to be quite amusing because it was unusual for a day to go by where something would not reduce me to tears and on those days I was teased about it so much that I would get upset about being teased and thus continue my streak of being a cry baby. Even now as an adult (or at least as someone doing a convincing impression of being an adult) I have a terrible propensity to take things personally and I have been known when given much criticism ( and not the particularly constructive kind) to find myself on the verge of tears and very easily tipped over into full on crying when someone says 'you're not going to cry, are you ?'. I always assumed that this and my other idiosyncrasies were just quirks of my personality or a by product of my upbringing. Then the other night I stumbled upon an article on Highly...

Last week myself and the boyfriend moved in together which is kind of a big deal. I know I have said this before but I hate moving, its so much hassle and stress and I do not handle stress well. But we managed to move all of our stuff in four trips (in my tiny car) and no one got hurt in the process. It went easier than my last move because we didn't need to drag everything up three flights of stairs, yay for the lift but by the time we were done I was fit to fall over. Not to mention the fact that once I had dropped off the million bags and boxes ( a slight exaggeration) I had to return to my old apartment and try and make the place look presentable. I was content to move some boxes around and half unpack before making the bed and falling into it. Then on Tuesday I found my clothes and tried to find suitable homes for them and then went on a bit of a rampage in town buying essentials like a big spotty kitchen bin and a ladybird patterned dish scrubber plus some things we reall...

This weekend I had a whole glorious four days off in honour of the fact that I had tickets (a Christmas present from Stephen) to see Damien Rice play The Marquee in Cork. This was the cause of much excitement and so I thought I would write about my weekend away and also my love affair with Damien Rice's music (as opposed to the man himself whom I have never actually spoken to). So I booked somewhere to stay and we went to Cork for two nights to mostly eat and drink and argue about directions. We stayed in Kinlay House which is technically a backpackers hostel but it's cheap and clean and central to the city. To be fair I think we were spoilt the last time we stayed there as we were given an ensuite room with 3 beds for a decent price just around the corner from the main hostel. I will admit to being a little disappointed when we were shown to our much smaller room this time with bathroom facilities just down the hall. All that being said I'd rather spend my ...

With all the working (and not much else) that I have been doing lately, I have been a most neglectful blogger and if there's anyone out there who enjoys my blogs then I'm sorry for that but I'm back now. In this weeks exciting news my boyfriend and I are moving in together. I have lived with someone I was going out once before and it was an unmitigated disaster and it kind of put me off the idea. I am fed up of sharing with strangers and we have been together long enough that it doesn't seem entirely ludicrous that we might live together.  We have been talking about it for a few months and then weeks ago we started looking at places and gave our notice on our current apartments. We actually only viewed one house that wasn't officially on the renting market just yet and  decided it was the one for us. It was a nice bright space with a lovely big garden so were sold on it, no need to look at anywhere else. We would be dealing with the landlady direct and with t...

A few months back my boyfriend started raving about a festival called Hollow Sounds taking part in Kilkenny and insisting we get tickets for it. It was taking place in the Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre just outside Kilkenny and he was as excited for the music as the venue, I on the other hand was going along for the nice day out. The whole event was organised by HomeBeat which is run by Emmett Condon and are responsible for many fantastic events around Dublin.The venue changed closer to the date to The Set Theatre in the heart of Kilkenny City but we were happy to be indoors for the night with the unpredictability of Irish weather.  We headed up just before lunch time, I was feeling spontaneous because I'd just emptied a whole lot of change into the magic change machine (coinstar) in Tescos and got some lovely real cash in return so that was lunch and dinner paid for. We were in luck as it was a lovely sunny day so ideal for wandering around a beautiful city, wasting time. We go...