Capture Portraits


I recently 'won' a competition for a 'free' sitting at Capture Portraits studio. I was pleasantly surprised and I have to say we had the best fun there - our photographer Ania was so much fun. She really let the girls 'play' while she followed them around with the camera. They performed cartwheels and splits for her and laughed their way through the session. When we went to view the photos I couldn't resist so these are the best of them...I'm thrilled with my little collection - afterall kids don't stay small forever ;-)

TFL
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The Mom Song

This made me smile today. Have been singing the tune since!

Crazy day...

My poor mum has had a rotten flu on her for 2 weeks which developed into bronchitis. Then she pulled a muscle coughing and had to go on steroids. She was still showing no improvement this last week and then on Wed/Thurs she started to get a bad pain in her leg. Long story short she ended up in hospital with a suspected DVT. Last night was awful as we had to just wait and see. Her scan came back clear but her bloods were up and the pain was still persisting. She was given a shot of heparin as a precaution and spent the night in a chair with all the others in A&E.

I went in this morning to see her and the nurse told us it was likely that she had a DVT and would need warfarin for 6 months. Then an hour later she got discharged and they said it was muscular. We're still none the wiser so she has to go back on Tuesday for a follow up. Hopefully there will be some answers soon. She gave us all such a fright as she's superwoman - always running and never sick. Anyway thanks for all the good wishes today at the crop in Le Cheile. Hopefully she'll be on the mend soon.

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Unfinished Symphonies...


I've spent a few days this week finishing off projects that were started a month, maybe even a year ago and it was great to clear the decks! So Warning - Craft OVERLOAD coming up... If you feel like doing the same - come and join us at Le Cheile next Sat 22nd Nov 10am-3pm for a crop - finish your own projects or make your Christmas cards. Plenty of chat and tea promised!!!

Remembrance Day

Today is Armistice day and the 90th Anniversary of the end of the First World War. Normally remembrance day, Nov 11th is special for me as it is the birthday of my first born and it is obviously a day I never forget. This year it means more to me then before as just around 6 weeks ago while watching the RTE programme 'Who do you think you are?' Joe Duffy was investigating his past and discovered he had lost an relative in WW1. He googled a British army site (CGWC)to find out more details and while watching the programme, I googled the same site as my DH had always talked about his grandfather's brother, John Herbert Watters who had the same fate.

The wonders of technology, a tap of a button and there he was in the CWGC records...our family relative listed name, age, family address, parents name. He was 24 when he died in the fields of France. He left a young widow behind - who knows maybe a family...We found out he is buried in Belgium. Maybe we will one day make a trip to pay respects to his grave...May he rest in peace....



So onto lighter things...today my baby turned eight - I can hardly believe it. Where are the years going? She was so excited to be a big 8 year old. We made rice krispie buns for school last night and after school we made the most delicious chocolate cake covered in hot melted chocolate and malteasers. Yum! Happy Birthday Eva
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Baracka Obama bin Laden!



Wow what an historic day today- I was delighted to wake up to the news that Barack Obama has swept the board. In these days of recession we could all use some new young fresh thinking and he certainly seems to be the man with the plan. His speech was really inspiring and you can understand the emotion it generated...

Today I overheard a funny conversation between a Moore St fruit trader and an Eastern European road sweeper. It went like this...

Street Trader lady 'hey - did you hear that Barackaaaaa O'Bama won the American election??? (insert authentic Dublin accent here!)
Road sweeper guy 'Who?'
Street Trader lady 'You know yer man - Barackaaaaa O'Bama?
Road Sweeper guy (jokingly) ' Do you mean Osama Bin Laden?'
Street trader lady 'Yeh sumptin like dah'

ROTFL!

Halloween Megascrap

We have just had the best day at the Halloween Megascrap! What a day we had -it was so much fun! We're not long home - it's past midnight and I'm just too wired to sleep! Will be back soon with photos....