Comments on: Happy, sad and sunny http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/ Living in Ireland, shopping, kids, greyhounds, cooking, more shopping and a load of rubbish about, well, nothing really Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:14:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: englishmuminireland http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4166 englishmuminireland Fri, 09 May 2008 09:13:41 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4166 Isit: Hear hear: gorgeous, gorgeous things. Can't wait to hear all about the house by the way. Hope you're settling in. Oh and Mwah backatcha x Isit: Hear hear: gorgeous, gorgeous things. Can’t wait to hear all about the house by the way. Hope you’re settling in. Oh and Mwah backatcha x

]]> By: Isitjustme? http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4125 Isitjustme? Thu, 08 May 2008 21:09:54 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4125 My husband, my boys, my friends and family.My ability to hoist my keester out of my lovely new bed of a morning to stroll to work along a country lane with a stream on one side and a stone wall (west of Ireland) on the other.Knowing that the burren is thirty minutes in one direction and Connemars forty minutes in the other. The fact that I'm here and able to enjoy these things. These things make me happy and thankful and I'm and ungrateful little cow. Oh and EM's blog. Mwah X My husband, my boys, my friends and family.My ability to hoist my keester out of my lovely new bed of a morning to stroll to work along a country lane with a stream on one side and a stone wall (west of Ireland) on the other.Knowing that the burren is thirty minutes in one direction and Connemars forty minutes in the other.
The fact that I’m here and able to enjoy these things.
These things make me happy and thankful and I’m and ungrateful little cow.

Oh and EM’s blog.
Mwah X

]]> By: englishmuminireland http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4091 englishmuminireland Thu, 08 May 2008 10:48:25 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4091 Wee One: Ooh I LOVED all your happy things: cake, books, sleeping, red wine, food, sun, dancing...I think you should write a book on how to be happy. Clifden is amazing. Me Ma and the kids went there last summer. Beautiful. We stayed at the Abbey Glen and ate ourselves silly, practically drowned in giant bathtubs and slept in four poster beds. It was just fab. But, Crate and Barrel? Explain! x Con: Isn't it beautiful to be in the sun? This is the longest stretch of sunshine I've ever experienced and I'm ashamed to say I actually burned my arms whilst mowing the lawns. Usually very little need for sunblock here in Cavan!! Sandra: I know. I miss him so much. We have lovely rambling conversations over a couple of drinks once the kids go to bed, and it really is my favourite time. I miss him very much. And I miss THAT too. Heh. Wee One: Ooh I LOVED all your happy things: cake, books, sleeping, red wine, food, sun, dancing…I think you should write a book on how to be happy. Clifden is amazing. Me Ma and the kids went there last summer. Beautiful. We stayed at the Abbey Glen and ate ourselves silly, practically drowned in giant bathtubs and slept in four poster beds. It was just fab. But, Crate and Barrel? Explain! x

Con: Isn’t it beautiful to be in the sun? This is the longest stretch of sunshine I’ve ever experienced and I’m ashamed to say I actually burned my arms whilst mowing the lawns. Usually very little need for sunblock here in Cavan!!

Sandra: I know. I miss him so much. We have lovely rambling conversations over a couple of drinks once the kids go to bed, and it really is my favourite time. I miss him very much. And I miss THAT too. Heh.

]]> By: Sandra in Maryland http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4089 Sandra in Maryland Thu, 08 May 2008 09:49:41 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4089 Soooo romantic what hubby wrote. "Talkin shite with EM as we down our second or third (who’s counting) Morgan Spiced…" No, seriously! It's lovely to see couples who've been together for ages, still enjoying each other's company. Sounds like you guys are a great team. Oh, and yes, THAT is something that makes me very happy these days. Soooo romantic what hubby wrote.
“Talkin shite with EM as we down our second or third (who’s counting) Morgan Spiced…”
No, seriously! It’s lovely to see couples who’ve been together for ages, still enjoying each other’s company. Sounds like you guys are a great team.

Oh, and yes, THAT is something that makes me very happy these days.

]]> By: conortje http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4087 conortje Thu, 08 May 2008 07:47:10 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4087 fabulous weather over here too - everyone seems so much happier now :-) fabulous weather over here too - everyone seems so much happier now :-)

]]> By: Wee Jen http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4070 Wee Jen Wed, 07 May 2008 23:40:21 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4070 A lovely tribute to your friend, EM. Things that make me happy: - My husband, family and friends - Food in all its wonderful forms. Especially cake. - Rummaging around in a 2nd-hand bookstore for buried treasure. - Sniffing new books - they smell amazing! - Lots of good food and sunshine on holiday. - Sleeping in my own bed - and having a long lie-in - A good bottle of red. Or just a bottle of red - I'm not fussy :-) - An endless supply of Kettle Chips to go with that wine - Crate and Barrel - my new favourite shop (along with all the others). It's the bees' knees - Cranking up the music and dancing round the house like a mad thing - Clifden. That's a good place. Sitting on the cliffs and looking at the sea - On that note, the Dingle Peninsula. I'd move there tomorrow if I could. - A great big dirty cup of tea, curled up on the sofa and reading/watching something trashy Oh, I could go on... A lovely tribute to your friend, EM.

Things that make me happy:

- My husband, family and friends
- Food in all its wonderful forms. Especially cake.
- Rummaging around in a 2nd-hand bookstore for buried treasure.
- Sniffing new books - they smell amazing!
- Lots of good food and sunshine on holiday.
- Sleeping in my own bed - and having a long lie-in
- A good bottle of red. Or just a bottle of red - I’m not fussy :-)
- An endless supply of Kettle Chips to go with that wine
- Crate and Barrel - my new favourite shop (along with all the others). It’s the bees’ knees
- Cranking up the music and dancing round the house like a mad thing
- Clifden. That’s a good place. Sitting on the cliffs and looking at the sea
- On that note, the Dingle Peninsula. I’d move there tomorrow if I could.
- A great big dirty cup of tea, curled up on the sofa and reading/watching something trashy

Oh, I could go on…

]]> By: Englishmuminireland http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4036 Englishmuminireland Wed, 07 May 2008 17:50:29 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4036 TM: Thanks, ah yes, there's nothing better than a greyhound that's pleased to see you (although I also have whippy tail bruises!). Alg: We should all have your attitude. You're absolutely right xxxx Bugs: Ditto to all of those (apart from I don't seem to have many wildlife encounters - unless you count the teenage kind). And I visit your blog, honest!! xx TM: Thanks, ah yes, there’s nothing better than a greyhound that’s pleased to see you (although I also have whippy tail bruises!).

Alg: We should all have your attitude. You’re absolutely right xxxx

Bugs: Ditto to all of those (apart from I don’t seem to have many wildlife encounters - unless you count the teenage kind). And I visit your blog, honest!! xx

]]> By: Don't Bug Me! http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4035 Don't Bug Me! Wed, 07 May 2008 16:04:19 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4035 Things that make me happy include: Hearing a cat purr. Snuggling into a warm bed on a cold winters day. Seeing the daffodils in the Spring - they always remind me of my Grandad. Hearing my husband laugh - it just doesn't seem to happen enough these days. Watching dogs play. Stroking my cat after she has been sitting in the sun. Any wildlife encounters, especially if it is cute and cuddly or big and dangerous. Seeing all the people that have visited my blog - oh no, wait a minute, that's something that I think would make me happy........ Friends, family, food and drink. Things that make me happy include:
Hearing a cat purr.
Snuggling into a warm bed on a cold winters day.
Seeing the daffodils in the Spring - they always remind me of my Grandad.
Hearing my husband laugh - it just doesn’t seem to happen enough these days.
Watching dogs play.
Stroking my cat after she has been sitting in the sun.
Any wildlife encounters, especially if it is cute and cuddly or big and dangerous.
Seeing all the people that have visited my blog - oh no, wait a minute, that’s something that I think would make me happy……..
Friends, family, food and drink.

]]> By: Ali http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4034 Ali Wed, 07 May 2008 15:33:27 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4034 Every f------ day makes me happy sis,just being lucky to be here is enough,rock on ! Every f—— day makes me happy sis,just being lucky to be here is enough,rock on !

]]> By: Taffy's Mum http://englishmum.com/2008/05/06/happy-sad-and-sunny/#comment-4028 Taffy's Mum Wed, 07 May 2008 10:16:08 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=599#comment-4028 So sorry to hear about C, have just got back from hols and catching up with your blog. She sounded a lovely person and both of you were lucky to have met and formed such a great friendship. What makes me happy is the greetings from the dogs when I get home from a long hard day at work - William with his doggy kisses and windmill tail and Taffy with his chattering teeth. My 2-year old niece laughing and her own way of saying words (until she learns how to say them properly). The sun on my face and the birds singing in the trees and the first flowers of spring to tell me that summer is coming. So sorry to hear about C, have just got back from hols and catching up with your blog. She sounded a lovely person and both of you were lucky to have met and formed such a great friendship.

What makes me happy is the greetings from the dogs when I get home from a long hard day at work - William with his doggy kisses and windmill tail and Taffy with his chattering teeth.
My 2-year old niece laughing and her own way of saying words (until she learns how to say them properly).
The sun on my face and the birds singing in the trees and the first flowers of spring to tell me that summer is coming.

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