Category: humor

The will to win.

April 13, 2014

Tonight I am sitting down falling asleep  relaxing, watching television. The U.S Masters Golf is on. When I lived in Australia in my early twenties my husband tried to interest me in Golf. I played, as the weather was so beautiful, but you could say I hadn’t really the temperment for it. My now husband still … More The will to win.

A four year old boy and a “lipstick” could have caused a major incident.

April 7, 2014

I live in Ireland and have a very strong sense of my own identity. I love this country, and am proud to be Irish. I was a child during the seventies and eighties. A time of tremendous unrest in the North of Ireland, when a lot of wrong was done on both sides, by the … More A four year old boy and a “lipstick” could have caused a major incident.

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She has dyslexia, is there any point in her learning spellings?

March 31, 2014

I have been waiting for today with eager anticipation. Today was results day. Results for what? Let me explain. Two of my children have dyslexia.  They are intelligent, bright individuals, who happen to somehow be wired to read what is written in a totally different way to the rest of us. It is not a … More She has dyslexia, is there any point in her learning spellings?

Home sweet home.

March 26, 2014

I’m spending  a night away from my busy life.  It’s like suspending reality. I get to  forget that there are children to be collected, or meals to be cooked.  Tonight I am just me, not a wife or a mother, just tric. I am visiting home, my childhood home. Today I got to spend the … More Home sweet home.

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I don’t care if you’re miserable, today is International Happiness Day.

March 20, 2014

Today is International Happiness Day. Are you feeling it? No, I’m not either. It’s like hearing someone is a comedian, you immediately want them to make you laugh. As a result you are more than likely not going to find them funny. Who decided that March 20th is the day the world is to be … More I don’t care if you’re miserable, today is International Happiness Day.

I’ll drink to the death of my old phone, and anything else I can think of!

March 17, 2014

I Hope you all enjoyed St Patricks Day. It just so happens to also be my Birthday. I have what must be the best day of the year to have a birthday. It’s a national holiday so I never had to go to school as a child. It comes slap bang in the middle of … More I’ll drink to the death of my old phone, and anything else I can think of!