About Me

Limerick, Munster, Ireland
Genuine and Kind if a little mental at the same time. LOL. City girl born and bred and always up for a good ole laugh and sing song.

Friday, November 9, 2007

Hurray Its Friday

Thank got its friday again people and i am off for another long weekend which means no work on Monday. I think I am going to finish the christmas shopping now on Monday or over the weekend some time so that i am all ready in case I pop early. Well i hope you all have a lovely friday and a great weekend. Dont party too much or I will be jealous......
xxxxxxx

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Ah those were the days

Born before 1986??According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us whowere kids in the 60's, 70's and early 80's probably shouldn't havesurvived because first, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, didn't get testedfor diabetes, our baby cots were covered with brightly colouredlead-based paint which was promptly chewed and licked.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, or latches on doorsor cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. When we rode our bikes,we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokey's' on our wheels.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat beltsor airbags - riding in the passenger seat was a treat.We drank water from the garden hose, not from a bottle and it tastedthe same.
We ate chips, bread and butter pudding and drank fizzy juice withsugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were alwaysoutside playing.
We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottleor can and no one actually died from this. We would spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then went top speed down the hill, only tofind out we forgot the brakes.
After running into stinging nettles a few times, we learned tosolve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and could play all day, as long as we were back before it got dark. No one wasable to reach us and no one minded.We did not have Play stations or X-Boxes, no video games at all.
No99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no Internet chat rooms.
We had friends - we went outside and found them.We played elastic band ball rounders, and sometimes that ball reallyhurt!
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones but there were no lawsuits.
We had full on fist fights but no prosecution followed from other parents.We played chap-the-door-run-away and were actually afraid of the ownerscatching us. We walked to friends' homes. We also, believe it or not, WALKED to school; we didn't rely on mummy or daddy to drive us to school,which was just round the corner.We made up games with sticks and tennis balls.
We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the hood.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheardof... They actually sided with the law. This generation has producedsome of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors,ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and newideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and welearned how to deal with it all.And you're one of them. Congratulations! Pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow as real kids,before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our owngood.

For those of you who aren't old enough, thought you might like to read about this, my friends, is surprisingly frightening......and itmight put a smile on your face: T
he majority of students in universitiestoday were born in 1986........They are called youth.
They have never heard of 'We are the World, We are the children' and the Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They havenever heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena Cherry or Belinda Carlisle.(possibly not a bad thing of course....)
For them, there has always been only one Germanyand one Vietnam.
AIDS has existed since they were born. CD's have existed since theywere born.
MichaelJackson has always been white.
To them JohnTravolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance. They believe that Charlie'sAngels and Mission Impossible are films from last year. They cannever imagine life before computers.
They'll never have pretended to be the 'A' Team, Red Hand Gang or the Famous Five. They'll never have applied to be on 'Jim'll Fix It' or'Why Don't You'. They can't believe a black and white television everexisted.And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone.

Now let's check if we're getting old...1. You understand what was written above and you smiled.2.You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after anight out.3.Your friends are getting married/already married.4.You are always surprised to see small children playingcomfortably with computers.5.When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.6.You remember watching Dirty Den in EastEnders the first time around.7.You meet your friends from time to time, talking about the goodold days, repeating again all the funny things you have experiencedtogether.8.Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other friends because you think they will like it too... Yes, you'regetting OLD!

My birthday

Yesterday was the BIG 30 birthday people and thanks to all for calls, cards, pressies and best wishes. Now that the decade of the 20's is over and I am into a new decade I will have to start all over again with the fun. Obviously no celebrating at the moment since i am "with Child" but i am planning a big bash in Jan so be ready to hear from me all my peeps.

As well as that myself and BIBs have decided that since the husbands are off for a long weekend on their own to bond in the city of Amsterdam that we are going to do the same come early next year and make a long weekend of shopping, sightseeing and taking in the local culture...... LOL....... whats fair for the goose is fair for the gander boys..... roll on next year......

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Din Dins out

Was out the other night in the Texas Steakhouse for dinner and my god it was the best i've had in a long time. Mushroom Steak Mushroom was just the bees knees although watching the rest of our party drinking away killed me a bit.

However we frequented the lovely Bar of Smyths afterwards for some rockin music which i have to say was great. Menace was the band and they were very good however i must say my request for Metallica was not played but a great night had by all all the same. Looking forward to going out including drinkies once i've popped.

Colds and Flus

Haven't they just been everywhere at the moment. Every 2nd person i talk to either has it themselves or has a kiddy who has it. Even my own recently has been plagued with a bad cough and snotty nose. Give me sick any day but no snot please I just cant handle it.....

Hopefully I wont get it now though as i dont think with everything else going on that i could possibly deal with that too....... Bad enough having to bring a large bottle of Gaviscon everywhere with me for the bloody heartburn.... Oh the joys

Long time no speak

Hi all again. sorry i have been away for a bit but I have been mad busy in work here. Nothing strange or startling on the western front here really. all go with the pregnancy here and more scans today. almost there. Getting a little nervous actually as really with only 8 weeks or less to go i have to get all the things in order for christmas.

Looking forward to the new arrival now just the usual jitters like making sure i get to the hospital on time to take all the nice drugs to take away the pain. Too many horror stories for me with people saying that the 2nd goes much quicker and to go as soon as labour starts...... LOL not funny really as pain and me dont really go hand in hand.

lets just hope i am there in time otherwise the other half wont know what hit him and talking about the other half you had better not go running if thats the case. I will keep you all informed anyway on how things go but of course will leave out all the discusting indept details......

Monday, October 22, 2007

So much to do... so little time

Do you ever feel that there is a whole world of stuff to do and just not enough hours in the day to get the things done? I feel like that all the time. No matter how much I organise and arrange to do things the list keeps on growing and it is a constant vicious circle. How i wish i was a witch.... now i said witch not B*tch but i take that on board too as i am doing fairly well with that status but just to blink the eyes or twitch my nose and all the stuff is done. I found myself having a ciggy yesterday out the front of the house on the bench and i couldn't even finish my ciggy without having to pick up the papers which lay in the garden. Have i a problem... am i over obsessive or am i just being a Monica? I would love to be able to relax a bit and just leave stuff but i cant as if i dont do it then the list becomes longer and the vicious circle comes back at me with more and more and more..... I swear i am not mad people......

Come on South Africa

Hurray for South Africa..... Winning the rugby world cup and my other half is very happy and will be collecting his winnings from the bro in law soon. Delighted for them and also for Argentina on Friday night as they put in a tremendous performance......
the Poor English what can I say..... ha ha ha ha

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Useless knowledge of the day....

1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.
2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickle the company once had.
3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks -otherwise it will digest itself.
4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
5. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
6. Every person has a unique tongue print.
7. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was albino.
9. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
10. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
11. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
12. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
14. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
15. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
16. American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
17. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

find more funny useless stuff here.
www.coolquiz.com

Only 10 weeks to Christmas..

So what its only 10 weeks to christmas yet come on we haven't even passed halloween yet. Seems that loads of people are doing their christmas shopping now (including myself) but i do think its a little early to be putting all the christmas decorations into the stores just yet.

I mean in Dunnes there is halloween stuff at one side which i can understand but then christmast lights and decorations on the other. Give us a chance to get over one holiday first would you people.

I think i will have to just start sending €5 per person to a family somewhere in a less well off world cause trying to think what to buy people is just a nightmare. I would love to see their faces if they got a lovely christmas card advising that €5 or something has been donated to a family in need as their christmas present. Could you imagine their faces? Has everything come down to materialistic things these days? where is the real spirit of christmas gone?

Monday, October 15, 2007

Monday's Over

Thanks the Lord for that. I hate Mondays but thankfully I will be out of work here in the next 20 minutes which is great. Had quite a bit to do here today but got it all done without too much huffing and puffing and giving out as I usually do.
The guys here are thankful for that I think. Anyway only 4 more days of work this week to go hurray and I'm not on call....... the joys oh the joys

Come on South Aftrica

Well well it seems to be an England V South Africa Final for the Rugby World Cup. I am cheering for South Africa due to the fact that:-
  1. Hubby has them in the pool and as he says "show me the money"
  2. I would much prefer them to win than who they are playing....... (if you get my drift)

My brother in law has England in the pool so it should be a good ole game with the two boys wanting the money..... Hope there is some good playing now and not as bad as the england V France match the other night. That wasn't too good at all so I heard loads of people saying.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Send a message to be read in the future

Here you can enter a message to be read in the future. LOL what do you tell your decendants seriously..... Hey I used to live on this planet back in the day. There was terrorism, global warming, poverty, etc etc. Who knows with all the global warming if anyone would ever get to read it anyway.

http://www.keo.org/uk/pages/default.html

One of my Favourites

Here is one of my favourite poems... My dad used to read this to me when i was a little girl before I went to sleep at night from an old book thats still in the family actually. Hope you enjoy.

Its too long to actually put on the page but here is the link to it.

http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/sims01.html

Its Friday......

Hurray Hurray its Friday again. My favourite day of the week and I'm not on call for the weekend. I love it. Seems that all I do on a weekly basis is wish for this day the whole way through the week. Makes the week seem longer but I just cant help it.

Glad that there will be at least something to watch on TV tonight. Roll on Jonathon Ross. Hope there is someone good on the show now tonight. The thought of no work tomorrow and the next day is a joy i have to say but so much other stuff to get done.......

My weekend will consist of sorting out the house, getting some christmas shopping done, a few visits here and there... All in all about as busy as it can get how wonderful but at least I am not in work so thats a bonus.

Have a good weekend all you mentals...........

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Wispa's are back... HURRAY

HURRAY for Cadburys for bringing back the one and only Wispa...... They have been gone for years and they tried to tell us that Dairymilk Bubbly was the same but IT WASN'T. So to celebrate the other day I bought 10 and stuck them in my freezer. MMMMM wispa out of the freezer is sooooo good. Hubby bought me another 7 or so yesterday (Aint he wonderful) so well stocked up for a bit in case the limited edition runs out but I've also booked a whole box in a shops next order so whooopdy dooo i'm such a happy camper.......

I nearly cried when I had my first one last week and by god they are just like they used to be. God isn't it great that I can be so happy over a chocolate bar. Please Cadburys Dont take them away from me again..............

Strange but true

Some interesting facts for you. Just thought I'd add a few more as was watching something last night on tele which had a question about what do dolphins drink???? Nothing is the answer Most dolphins live in the ocean and the ocean water is too salty for them to drink! If they would drink sea water, they would actually use more water trying to get rid of the salt than they drank in the first place. Most of their water comes from their food (fish and squid). Also, when they metabolize (burn) their fat, water is released in the process. Their kidneys are also adapted to retaining as much water as possible. Although they live in water, they live as desert animals with no direct source of drinkable water. Sure wouldn't they go mad drinking salty sea water anyway.... LOL.

During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants!

Slugs have 4 noses!

Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!

Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!


Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!

The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out!

More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world!

The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump!

The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly!

One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet!

Wow!Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!


Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Another Day.... Another Shooting

Here it all kicks off again. Another shooting last night in St Marys Park. A young man in his 20's was shot at around 10.15pm last night and died from his injuries (apparently to the head). This gang fueding is spiraling more and more out of control. Who is doing something about it? Obviously if they are doing something it does not seem to be working.

Innocent people live in these areas who are not involved in these gang wars whatsoever yet they are afraid to go out in case there is a shooting and innocent bystanders get hurt. I know there is issues in a lot of areas in Limerick but I have to say i have seen no improvement in the way these people are handled. The Gardai just cant catch them yet they know who they are???? LIke that makes sense NOT. Come on what way is our society working when people cant walk out of their own homes for fear of their life.

Monday, October 8, 2007

Dexter

I hope some of you have been watching Dexter on TV.... It has got to be one of the best shows around at the moment. I myself have seen all the first season and am into the 2nd season. Just waiting for episode 3 of season two to be aquired and I will be laughing.

Dexter Morgan

If you think the first season was good then by God when you see whats going to happen in the 2nd is even more intruiging... I wont mess it up for those who are watching it currently but I just wanted to get the spoke in that episode 3 of season 2 will be available by the 14/15th october on the web...... I dont think i can wait that long

Time for Christmas

Alright People its nearly time for the Christmas spirit again...... "Bah humbug" I hear a lot of you say but I have already started the christmas shopping (and I am even a bit late this year) I always start early so it doesnt look like theres such a dent in the ole bank a/c all at the one time.

Dont you think that its getting a little over the top though. I understand that I am a bit mental doing christmas shopping and even wrapping them already but its the start of October but shops have the christmas decorations out on the floor already. Come on people we haven't even got through Halloween yet. Maybe its come to the time where there are more strange people like me out there and they are all doing their shopping already. And I thought I was the only freak who did it.

So whats on the agenda for christmas this year people????????? I hope there is large amounts of alcohol involved and lots of merry cheer. Come on ya gotta love Christmas????? RIGHT????

Rugby World Cup

Ok what in the world is going on............. England BEATING New Zealand at the weekend. This is not the way its meant to be. A big shock for a lot of us I do think and I still cant quite believe it myself but on another note fair play to Scotland who gave a fine display against Argentina but lost out in the end. They have come a long way (well further than Ireland who seems couldn't catch/pass a ball in this tournament).................... So who's going to be in the final then? At this stage it could be any but I'd like to see South Africa come out on top... Nothing got to do with the fact that the hubby has them in the family draw I swear.....................................................................

;0)

Yum Yum Dinner

Ok so I went out for dinner on Saturday night with the inlaws to a lovely little restaurant in Limerick called The Market Square. A little basement restaurant but I must say the atmosphere and layout of the place was really nice. Thought it was going to be a little bit hoity toity but no it was very relaxing but also the staff were very professional.

Now to the food oh my sweet mother of god......... It was just fabulous. Done in the way you asked for it and piping hot out of the kitchen. Now for all you wine buffs you would have loved this place with the most expensive bottle of wine at a staggering €600 a bottle. NO JOKE I tell no lies. Where would you be going or who the hell would you be to buy wine at €600 a bottle. I tell you you would not be eating in a basement restaurant anyway LOL.

All things considered it was a lovely night and would definately recommend it to others if going out for a meal in limerick at any stage. Must try get the hubby to take me out there again in the near future.......................Hint hint nudge nudge Mr......................

Friday, October 5, 2007

Cartoons

Do you think its funny to actually get re attached to cartoons you used to watch as a kid. Even though my little one loves Tom and Jerry and Little Bear on the TV.... whats my excuse for watching them when she isn't around or gone to bed?

Could it be bringing me back to my childhood in to a safe zone or am I just cuckoo......... Thinks its probably the latter but at the same time how much trouble can I be causing if I am at home watching cartoons LOL :0)

Welcome

Well this is my first attempt at this and since i enjoy reading some of the other most interesting blogs out there I decided to try my own. Hope you enjoy..........................Not much time today but will def get cracking over the weekend.