Country House

A brief recap of the past year...

Thriller

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

This is our first pumpkin very kindly bought for us by Andrea and Johnny when they visited.
After S and Siún carved it up I made us a crispy pancetta with roasted pumpkin risotto.
Thank you Donal Skehan.

Speaking of dinner ages ago I asked for photos of your dinners and got one response:
This is Jackie and Peter's haddock in tomato basil and other things sauce, very tasty looking it is too. Thanks Dr Jax!

Anyway, stick with us, I'm sure there'll be an interesting post along sometime soon.

Happy Birthday

It's been tooooo long. Excuses are - still working hard on the house, not as hard as previously admittedly and just generally being a bit knackered of an evening but we must try harder. I do have a little something to put together so I'll try and get that on soon.

In the meantime, it is the wee fella's first birthday today and we're having a small party - not for him exactly, more of a house warming. He doesn't know but he is happy enough now walking everywhere.

Otherwise, despite the odd jobs here and there, everything is good with us all. Obviously we're dreading the budget in December where S is expecting (along with all public sector workers) a 7% pay cut, plus a cut in child benefit and god knows what else. It's going to be hard.

As an afterthought, just in case, no pressure but perhaps I thought maybe some fair warning just on the off chance, well, it's my birthday at the end of November - the big naughty forty would you adam and believe it. Naturally a flight to South Africa in June is at the top of my list but for the more economically minded I have an Amazon wish list as usual and let me make two things very clear i) I don't expect anything at all and ii) I do not mind second hand goods (recycle man, that's the key).

A more interesting post later....

Guaranteed.

(That is not a guarantee)

PS - coolest birthday song ever, click the post title

Girls on Film

Two songs I'm currently enjoying, that also happen to have hot girls in them.

First the new love of my life Zooey Deschanel actress and She in She & Him:




And groovy Irish band Fred who have a few good songs under their belt:



Working hard on house still.....

Giggs Will Tear You Apart

Blitzcorner | Manchester United 4- 3 Manchester City Michael Owen Goal Video

Couldn't resist!

Click the title for the best song of all time.

Four to the Floor

Another poor video, very rushed and the script writer should be shot. Nevertheless, it gets the main points across. Although I neglected to point out the new flooring throughout - carpets and everything. Every night we work till at least 10pm on cleaning, painting, fixing, moving in the hope that one day it might be ready. Doors are ordered and due next week and the proper workers (my mum & dad) are due tomorrow which should be a big help. All in all we're loving it.

Obviously the late nights and lack of outside activities means there's not a lot to mention hence the lack of info so far but we'll be back to photos and drivelly twaddle as soon as we can....

Bet you can't wait.


PS - anyone know any cheap routes to South Africa or any cheap accommodation out there?

Slight Return

Lots going on, not a lot of time/access to internet. Until normal service is resumed here is the latest episode of MTV Cribs: