bigfoodiemama

I apologise for having been so silent, for so long, readers. Truthfully, I have no excuse worth typing, but today, the first day of 2012 have made a new years resolution to blog more, eat less, consume no more than 14 units per week (a futile exercise as I could double my current consumption and still meet this!)exercise three times weekly, moisturise my neck and chest, floss daily, exfoliate weekly, swear less, read more and watch less TV. I make these same resolutions every year and usually only manage to stick to one, so the first one will suffice. 2011 was a very good year. Not that anything particularly fabulous happened, but the fact that nothing too terrible happened ,will do for me. There were, of course, momentous moments/realisations. I will share them with you so that you and I might catch up before heading onwards together. 1. Youngest son actually slept through the night...this took 2 years and 24 days to happen so definitely qualifies as momentous 2.The Mad One lost 2 st...

Right, here we go again ! Sunday, I had decided was going to be a family day out, to the Food and Wine Christmas Show. I was keen to go for a few reasons, 1. Food, 2. Wine, 3. Santa and 4. the chance to see my cousin the Pastry Chef of The Cake Stand ( not necessarily in that order).I donned the new underwear (again) under some warm clothing...just in case ! My plans were nearly thwarted by 2 inches of snow and the AA advising people not to travel unless absolutely necessary. I had a job convincing GASP of the "absolutely necessary" part of a Food and Wine Show, so I used language he would understand and said " this is my Leinster Final".....job done !Off we set with enough stuff in the car should we have to sleep in it overnight, but the M1 was clear keeping a smug smile on my face....until we hit Dublin ! The city was immersed in 3 inches of snow and the roads were a disaster but since we'd got that far , we ploughed ( literally) on to the RDS. Items 3. and 4....