Have you ever heard of the term Baker’s Dozen? We know that a dozen equals twelve of something and we see it in our daily life, such as shopping for a dozen eggs or a dozen roses . There are also reminders we see in the our world around us such as the 12 months on the calendar . But a baker’s dozen is thirteen of a something, usually baked goods. Why? Continue reading
It is so strange how life works. I love it when I see things come full circle. In an earlier post here on the blog I shared with you why in this day and age I wasn’t on Facebook. I said, blame in on Napolean Dynamite! Because in the film the famous line “your mom goes to college” was literally what my son had to deal with on a daily basis when he and I were going to university together. While I had joined Facebook in its infancy on the urging of other nerdy students looking for study groups, I quickly signed off when my son’s fraternity brothers thought it would be funny to “friend me”. Continue reading
I speak often about Bucket List locations. That is because I have an extensive list and it is always evolving. I tick things off and add more. I don’t ever want to tick off everything because that could only mean one thing. And “done and dusted” isn’t a phrase I like to use when we are talking about “kicking the bucket”. So I think that keeping the list flowing is a way to stay young, active and alive! Every now and again an experience happens that is a surprise. It’s not on the bucket list, but afterwards I realize it was so special it should have been. Malta is one of those places. Continue reading
I haven’t talked about my Grandpa O’Neill in a while. I figured I’d tell you a little story. Today is the feast of St. Anthony, but not the one in my story. Hey Anthony is a common name even for saints. But it has to do with sentimental keepsakes gone missing and relics. Can you see where this is going? Continue reading
It’s not everyday I can get my Hubby to appear on Snapchat. But last night he joined me for “Cuppa Critics” where we shared our take on eleven fabulous films. I was given the “screeners”, as the are called, by Screen Actors Guild to watch before I vote in the upcoming SAG awards. Though I haven’t acted since switching careers to the food industry full time when we moved to Dublin in 2008, I am still a proud card carrying member. I started acting as a child and in fact have my pension with Screen Actors Guild. So I take my privilige of voting in this prestigious awards seriously.
LOVE. It is my response to everything and if you’ve known me for even a minute you know that. Some like to say that I am positive and happy and other lovely characteristics. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t get sad, angry or at times even negative. And I have every right to be given the things that have happened to me in my life. But why I want to share this post with you today is no matter if you are happy or sad, positive or negative, your story is YOUR story. If you take anything away from what you are about to read is that YOU should be the one to tell your story. Otherwise someone else will try to tell your story and it will never be as accurate or indeed powerful than if it comes from YOU! Continue reading
From my experience, children are like wet cement. Maybe you thought by the title I was going to post something about home building, did you? Well in a way, humans are like a home built from the ground up. Continue reading