Blogs, Birthdays and Bingo.


Just after I started this blog 9 years ago on October 29th, I headed to my bed, my waters broke and right about now my second son arrived into the world, kicking and screaming....which he continued to do for about 2 and a half years. Last night he slept from 10.00 pm until 8.30 this morning....phew ! I am older, wiser ?? a bit less energetic but happy with my lot. We have had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend which involved a very good Italian ( dinner not lover ! ) in Rosso Carpaccio, where I lovingly gazed at GASP , listening to the strains of romantic music over an excellent Quatro Stagioni. The complimentary Limoncello brought me back to sunny days in Sorrento and Verona and I thoroughly enjoyed our rare date night. Of course, we spoke about the two boys and boring middle aged topics but at least we were alone to do so without FIFA 19 or Fortnite in the background. We headed to a 60th and enjoyed a few drinks with relatives and locals, the birthday boy ecstatic that his long awaited retirement was kicking in and he could not take the grin off his face. May he live long to enjoy it. Sunday saw the month memory mass for GASP's uncle and then BMM and I headed to the local point to point with eldest son, who I gave €10 to advising him not to buy cigarettes or alcohol or drugs...I forgot gambling so he put his first fiver bet on a horse and thankfully lost ! The horse came 3rd so he got a lecture from his Nana BMM on the merits of the €1 each way bet...she decided to teach him fist hand by approaching a bookie and asking for a €1 each way bet on "Stetsons and Stilettos" in the next race ...this went awry as there were only 3 horses running so yet again a bet was placed on the horses nose, which locally was well behind the nose of the first horse !
Yesterday we took our annual Halloween trip to the Botanic Gardens. On approaching the statue of Socrates, the boys aunt asked them who Socrates was, to which their cousin answered " a defender for Arsenal" ! This is, in fact, true ! Keen not to prevent development of a gambling habit in my eldest we headed off to the local GAA club last night for Bingo. Only GASP won anything, to my delight again, as I indicated to eldest son that he had now lost 3 times in 24 hours...his career is over !Last night as I tucked myself into bed I remembered doing exactly that 9 years ago and thought about what I wanted most back then...a healthy second child and to write a book.....as my youngest is now sitting in front of me contemplating his trip to Smyth's and this is blog number 255 I might just have had a couple of great dreams come true. ( I just need to Rahul to win the Great British Bake Off tonight for the treble !)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Running Naked !

Image
Yesterday I announced the the KOK's that I would be running the Judge 6K naked. By naked I meant I was going to leave my smartphone with it's running app in my car, not have it strapped to my arm advising me of every kilometer done, telling me my average speed and generally annoying me. I really enjoyed the peace and tranquility and ran my best run yet. http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2013/01/training-tips/naked-running_9269 There's alot to be said for nudity. This, of course got us to talking about actual naked running and wondering if naked runs exist and the difficulties we larger ladies would have. I set my mind to finding out all I could. It appears there is quite a naked running following, particularly, of course, in the old USA. The favourite one is the Caliente Dare to Bare 5k , which has the added advantage of a day long pool party to help you recover. I am fairly confident that alot of cooling down takes place in that pool, but maybe also a little hottin...
Read more

Fat Friends

Image
The key to looking slim is hanging around with people who are fatter than you are.I kinda forget this and have failed to make myself look any better due to the fact that those I am most often seen with are all smaller than I. I am not suggesting that I hang around with a bunch of supermodels ( they will not be offended by this). I try to hang with the "built for comfort not for speed" type but the FA has let me down badly a) by turning into a slim person and b) by introducing an even slimmer Sparkle to the group ! And she's meant to be a friend!The Baking Queen is pregnant...thank you, the blonde declares she has put on a stone ( I am not sure but it's good of her to say) and Newly Single has a Thyroid problem...happy days !True friends ! Bigfoodiemama is too big presently. A drastic decision has been made....I will return to WW this Thursday....just before a birthday dinner out with the all of the above for the FA's birthday. I am declaring my intent so that I ha...
Read more

Hunky Dory.....NOT !

Image
It was definitely the crisps ! This is the story of a girl who will NEVER eat the green Hunky Dorys EVER AGAIN ! The poor girl ( poetic license) thought last Friday night would be a straightforward evening of chat, dancing, fun at the evening of her first cousins wedding, but it didn't exactly turn out, as she thought it would. Of course The Mad One and the FIS ( fluent Irish speaker) set the wheels in motion, when they met in Lidl and decided that the men were to be left at home, and it would be a girls night out. Again The Mad One compounded matters when she offered to drive and collect the poor girl from her home on Friday evening to make the 90 minute trip to the hotel. On the way, the crack was mighty, but being three women in a car, there had to be a loo and coffee stop, at which point FIS showed her true Irish roots, bu arriving back into the car with a selection of snacks "for the journey home". A large bag of Minstrels and Galaxy Counters ( Minstrels without the ...
Read more