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I’ve just had an horrific few days. It stated on Wednesday when all of a sudden I started really craving cigarettes even if I was smoking one at the time. It didn’t take long for me to cop on that this was “my sign.” For some odd reason just as I’m about to come down [...]

About three years ago during a routine health check up I had a blood sample taken and sent off to be analysed. The results came back a few days later and I was told that my cholesterol level was 8.1. Apparently it is supposed to be somewhere between 4 and 5 or at least that’s [...]

Just done my hour stint collecting outside our local Lidl for an hour. I think I’ve just about thawed out now. But just a quick reminder that it is for a good cause so if you haven’t already yet made a contribution then there is plenty of time left to do so.

Some family members were greeted this morning with letters from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. Not me though as I haven’t been able to donate for a few years. The letter was a notification of a laptop belonging to the IBTS had been stolen in New York recently and that records of some of my [...]

And no. I’m not on about Bertie’s explanation of his tax clearance cert. Some genius here in Ireland has decided that the Polish are smoking too much. If you are wondering who that genius was, then I’m pleased to tell you that it was none other than Conor ‘Kebab‘ Lenihan himself, who, being our Minister [...]

Lucas had his 6 week checkup on Monday despite the fact that he was actually 7 weeks old. No fear of him at all. He is 63cm and 13lbs (5.9kg). He has an appointment on Monday next for his first immunisation shots. The last 7 weeks have been like a blur but helped by the [...]

Having a member of a Green Party in Government would be an anathema in some countries but we have one here. Not only is he a member of the Green Party but he is also the Minister for the Environment. His tenure so far has been largely positive but he has proposed and enacted a [...]

Lots of people are writing about their experiences over the past year. Grannymar has a great post on her blog and Grandad has broken his new year resolution already! As for myself? To call it a mixed year would be an understatement and it was very definitely a year with very marked highs and lows. [...]