Signs of Spring

Although I'm not feeling in a Spring mood today because I am bogged down with a stupid head cold and sore throat, the sunshine certainly helped lift my spirits today! All the blinds were up in the back of the house which allowed the sunshine to stream through all the windows and the parents were pottering around doing the little jobs that always seem to be kept for Sundays.
I love how our garden looks in the sunshine, there's so much to look at in it, Dad is always doing something new out there. It was an ideal day to capture some of the first signs of Spring colours in the garden, another few weeks and it will be all colours of the rainbow out there!! I should add this to my new years resolutions list but I really need to contribute more to the garden - I love showing it off but don't have much of an input into it. So I've decided I'm going to get my very own plant and nurture it and keep it alive in its own special spot in the garden, Dad will be ever so proud if I do this!! :-)

Pops hard at it!

First of the daffodils

Newest section to the front garden

It’s Valentine’s Day!! :-)

Well it’s that time of year again, the day when every social networking site I have access to is taken over with loving wishes, declarations, bitterness and outright hate for the day...I don’t mind so much but really some peeps do go way over the top, who are they trying to convince..us or themselves??!! But anyway...

I, for one am ok with this “holiday” this year though. It’s the second year in a row I’ve been single for Valentine’s, and I can’t help but think that fate has a little something to do with that because my single status has arrived close enough to Valentine’s the last 2 years which, to be honest, I consider a blessing in disguise as I couldn’t really imagine spending the day being nice to someone and taking part in sharing the love with them half heartedly or just for the sake of it!! Before this I don’t think I’d been on my own for Valentine’s since I was 15, so last year I was well overdue a loving weekend with my girls!! We spoilt ourselves and went off to Killarney for the weekend where we indulged in some wine, food, dancing and treatments in the Plaza...I really couldn’t have spent it any better way!  

I’m all for showing the love today this year and every year but it by no means applies to couples only. It’s a day to show love to EVERYONE!! Mum, Dad, Siblings, Nieces, Nephews, Cousins, Aunts, Uncles....etc, do something nice for them, make a cuppa, do the washing up, buy some flowers or pick a few daffodils from the garden (we have 1 or 2 already!!)...plenty of ways to say “I Love You” to all the important people in your life.

So for those who may feel down in the dumps today because you aren’t part of a couple, just remember,  you don’t have to be to get in on the celebrations!! I will be spending tonight at home with the Fam and one of my dear friends, (who weirdly for the last 2 months nearly we have being going through the exact same thing at the exact same time, we are so in sync right now its kinda freaky!) and yes my cat will most certainly get in on the action too I’d say!

Muchos love to you all you lovelies out there!! xXx

Nice Nails

Its been ages since I last posted, well it feels like that anyway, I've just been crazed with work and stuff!

Anyway I have a bit of an obsession with painting my nails, they are almost always painted and I like to change the colour every other day or so, but here are few pictures of the colours they were last week and the products I find best to use.

*My secret weapon above is called Diamond Dazzle, its a nail strengthener from Kleeneze, it works wonders and my nails are really strong since I've started using - and its only 4euro!

**For the shatter I used to use the OPI version but found that it went quite thick and gloopy but the Rimmel seems to be better so far.

My secret weapon!*

Rimmel Shatter** and Essence

Essence and Rimmel

Roys Red, although it comes out more like a coral colour

Fall For Me with Shatter effect

Blue My Mind

From My Office Window...

Moving from the main reception desk to the back office could quite possibly be the reason I lose my job!! It’s a wonder I get anything done at all seeing as I spend most of my time gazing out the window...but the goings on out there really do keep me entertained for ages!

This week I have watched a domestic between 2 winos with the poor woman listening to her fella’s shite and arguing over the bottle of drink they were clearly meant to be sharing but obviously didn’t want to. Quote of that conversation has to be “You don’t want me when I’m sober”, I find it hard to believe he ever was!!

The house across the road has been providing entertainment for me and my co workers for nearly 3 years now!! It’s definitely some kind of drug house anyway, the comings and goings there are nobody’s business like! They too, are partial to a few domestics, usually the loud woman is screaming at the guy and giving him a few belts here and there. He takes off up the road only to return an hour or 2 later and everything is hunky dory...until she snaps again! We’ve even been witness to several interventions with the guards there and even came close to blowing their cover one time when they were watching the house!

The “Walk of Shame” is also a hilarious sight – this is most Wednesday and Friday mornings after student night when they are all returning home looking like they have the hangovers form hell and in no fit state to be heading to any kind of college, I’m guessing they never have any intentions of doing that anyway!

Road rage, always an issue around her because of the one way system and narrow road, oh god the drivers would going mad at each other...beeping and shouting and then driving off in a huff, oh I’d be cracking up from inside!!

Stay tuned for more...there’s always something going on outside my window!!

PS I've brightened up my blog colours in preparation for Spring! :-)

Somebody That I Used To KNow

Now and then I think of when we were together, Like when you said you felt so happy you could die.
Told myself that you were right for me, but felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and its an ache I still remember.


You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness,
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense, well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over.


But you didn't have to cut me of, make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love, treat me like a stranger it feels so rough.
No you didn't have to stoop so low,
Have your friend collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though,
Now you're just somebody that I used to know.


Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing that it was always something that I'd done
And I don't wanna live that way, reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know.


But you didn't have to cut me of, make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love, treat me like a stranger it feels so rough.
No you didn't have to stoop so low,
Have your friend collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though,
Now you're just somebody that I used to know.


Currently obsessed with this song, the Walk Off The Earth version, partly because of the guitar playing but the lyrics are awesome - everyone should have a listen!
And I promise my next and future posts will be on a more upbeat note :-) XO

Life Is What YOU Make It

I can across this list today by Regina Brett and I think its a great few points to live my life by -

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. (This will be a tough one to enforce right now, but I'm sure I'll manage!)

4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. (Not a huge chocolate fan, so no problem there!)

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present. (Currently building that bridge...)

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry. (I'm not sure is it, I'll have to come back to it should I ever have any!)

13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.

18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything. (easier said than done but I'll give it a shot)

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.

38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

42. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

45. The best is yet to come.

46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

48. If you don't ask, you don't get.

49. Yield.

50. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

:-)

Extended Family :-)

I just want show some appreciation for the wonderful friends I am so lucky to have in my life right now - my best friends, new friends, friends I haven't talked to in a while, friends on the other side of the world, family members who are also friends - because no matter what happens in life, they are always there when it does matter and I really couldn't ask for a better bunch and I appreciate everything every one of them has done for me!! :-)

XOXO