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goofiness for goofiness’ sake. 0

goofiness for goofiness’ sake.

Krys and I are slowly turning into those parents that sit around in a dark room, goofy expressions on their faces, watching their child sleep. I’ll tell you what, it’s every bit as magical...

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How to really love a child

I’ve been slowly making my way through “discipline without distress” by Judy Arnall, and it is such an eye opener. The main motivating factor is that I really don’t want to parent my child...

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In sickness and in pooping

Have I had one hell of a week or what! …One hell of a week, obviously. It started when Krys got home last Tuesday, practically shuffling in through the door like a zombie, let...

the aeroplane journey from hell (a cautionary tale of how humans set “standards” 0

the aeroplane journey from hell (a cautionary tale of how humans set “standards”

About seven years ago when I was still stuck in Athlone, I met a Zambian guy that was the funniest, nicest guy I had met in a very long time. His favourite thing was...

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Things I love when I’m in Zambia

 (In no particular order) The big open sky! Gosh, I could go on about it for days. I never understood description “big sky country” that’s used in America until I lived in Ireland and...

And off we go again… 0

And off we go again…

Well, my two weeks of sunny holidays are over and I’m back from sunny Zambia to a cool cloudy day in Ireland. I think, scratch that, I know that this is the first proper...

The D word 0

The D word

It’s been a busy few weeks. Between work and being silly enough to check my work e-mails while I’m at home, I’ve been busy, stressed and having sleepless nights in equal measures. But I’ve...

M & Ms will be the death of me. 0

M & Ms will be the death of me.

Krys and I were talking about my blog entry last night and he asked me – why death? At the time, I just shrugged and said, why not? I do think about it a...