GIY or Grow it Yourself……hopefully!
Check out our first attempts at growing our own vegetables!!
I have a feeling GIY (Grow it Yourself) will become a significant past time in this house…….anything as long as I don’t have to have anything to do with DIY or DIE as I like to lovingly call it!!!
We’re starting all our bits and pieces in [...]
Letter to my 18 year Old Self
Dear Therese,
You’re 18 right? And it’s just about to become the new millennium – the year 2000 – just imagine!!
This letter is from you, in 10 years time, when you’re 28 and and the decade is almost over. On December 31st 2009, I’m writing this letter to you to give you some much needed advice [...]
My Dad
At this time of year, we remember the people we’ve loved and lost.
It’s hard but we remember the Christmases we’ve shared with them and all the memories that we hold of them in our hearts, especially the Christmas memories we have of them.
I find this time of year hard because my Dad got sick over [...]
Christmas is Coming & The Goose is Getting Fat…
So Christmas is almost upon us. Only two weeks to go now!
Hopefully you know where you’ll be for spending the festive season and who’ll be doing the cooking on Christmas Day. If it’s you and you’re still completely unorganised with not a thing done, I’ve a few pointers and tips which may help you to [...]
Thanksgiving & A Christmas Fair
Today is Thanksgiving, Yippee I hear the American’s cry!
Happy thanksgiving to one and all….A time for family, friends and best of all….food. But this is traditionally the day to give thanks for all the blessings in our lives and for how fortunate we are.
What are you thankful for today? Think about it.
I’m thankful [...]
Foolproof Moo & Cock-a-doodle-do!
For the beautiful and wonderful Gráinne (hi Gráinne), here are 4 foolproof Beef & Chicken recipes.
I decided to give you 2 each cause you may not like one so a bit of choice is always good. These recipes are my most used Moo & Cock-a-doodle-doo recipes and I’m delighted to share them with you. I [...]
The Best Pineapple Upsidedown Cake in the world!
So here it is.
I threatened you with this recipe months ago but haven’t had the chance to make it or take photos of the results and yesterday I finally got around to doing it.
Yes, it’s the best Pineapple Upside-down cake in the world (as I write the…. “in the world” bit, I think of Jeremy [...]
Recipes, Recipes, Pumpkin Recipes…..
Hey you guys,
So I promised you recipes and today I deliver.
I’ve been cooking up a storm lately cause, well, it makes me happy! I love to cook for myself and for the people I love. It makes them happy. It makes them feel loved. It makes them feel like people care about them and [...]
I’ve had it with Web Forums
My sincerest apologies for not posting sooner. What kind of a blogger am I in all honesty. Well I do have an excuse for last week. My poor Mommy had a car accident. Bad – yes, really bad – no. She’s great now, thank God but since then it’s been all systems go. I haven’t [...]
Holidays are the best!
It’s simply been too long. I am disgusted with myself that it’s been so long since I’ve posted. But here and now I’m making a mid year resolution to myself to post at least once a week. Indeed that shouldn’t be too hard now that the American visitors have long since headed home and our [...]
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