Journeys
So as you know, we do plenty of driving. In fact, sometimes I feel like I live half my life behind the wheel. Still, we choose to live where we do, and actually I don’t mind it (and hey, there ain’t no acreage without some mileage). So yesterday I thought I’d take you with me, as it were. Fasten your seat belt, then:
And we’re off. Down to the Dublin road to wave #1 off on the bus (what? of course I wait, I don’t want my cherub being abducted by an axe murderer now do I?)…
Later, I got stuck in a big traffic jam in Kells (I love these little houses, they’re all in a little row, painted different colours)…
Then it’s back home, over the lough (not looking too inviting today)…
Past the ‘Pundertakers’ (drink yourself to death, no need to leave, so…)
The return school run was even less inviting: horizontal slush pounding the windscreen. Here’s a good old fashioned Irish roadsign: where do you want to go? Ah, whatever, just go that way.
And back home for steak and rosemary roast potatoes. Yum. Here’s #1 after winning the hard-fought ‘who gets to bash the hell out of the steaks with the funky wooden mallet thing’ competition:
So how was your day?
My day was the following:
Train platform – cold
On train – cold
Walk to office – cold
In office – cold
Walk back to station and stand waiting for what seems like a lifetime – cold
I got home and couldn’t actually feel my fingers or toes!
In the snow.
8 miles.
Still it was faster than all the cars sitting still and Sandyford Village looked great with big fluffy flakes falling.
I was seriously fecking cold when I got home though.
Glad you’re home safely yet again after driving with all the crazy people on the roads.
Thrifty: 8 miles in the snow? That’s well impressive. And deserving of a big hot chocolate with extra marshmallows I’d say!
Susan: wow, that’s serious multitasking. He sounds a bit like our Pundertaker: he’s also an estate agent. Maybe it’s the same person?!
Nutty: Your wish is my command: peel the tatties and chop into squares (about 2cm should do it) – bring to the boil in loads of salted water until JUST tender (keep watch otherwise you’ll have a big saucepan of mash!), meanwhile, cover the bottom of a baking tray with oil and get it heating up in a 200 degree/gas 6 degree oven. Drain the potatoes and carefully tip them into the hot oil, tossing them around to cover, along with a handful of rosemary needles (you can chop them if you like – I don’t bother). Bake until golden and crispy. Ta da!
Alg: Glad you had fun. Rain? Bloody hell, I though Aus was baking alive at the moment.
Lunched with the girls, more work, then home to walk the dogs round the woods, very pretty in there with the snow (pics on facebook), then dinner and tv till bedtime and woke up to do it all over again today!!
Sandwiches
Put on wash
Bring Con to school
Take off wash
Cuppa tea
Put on wash
Bring Aunt to Hospital
Queue in Bank
Queue in Post Office
Queue in Supermarket
Reach home
Shite!! Forgot Mushrooms! >:(
Queue in Supermarket
Reach home
Take off wash
Make dinner – Medallions of pork in a mushroom sauce with colcannon and Bundt cake
Serve dinner and wash up
Drive back to school
Swear at Radio because I hate Joe Duffy >:(
Drive Con home
Threaten Con with Death if dinner not scoffed >:(
Ice cake – lick spoon and continue icing. Meh, they’re related to me!
Put on wash
Bring Aunt shopping and hear of latest deaths
Come home and prepare dinner for Sweetie
Take off wash
Serve dinner
Text EM about funny meaningless stuff
Dive headfirst into bucket of Gin
Fin
Continue daily until eventual death
Ooh! I LOVE bashing steak too! Hmmm… might have to poach your tatty recipe for tomorrows din.
My weekdays are incredibly routine:
Get up and check the emails/blogs
Shower and drive to work
Come home from work
Have a swim
Take the dog for a walk
Make Dinner
Retire . . .GAH!
Jennynib – have slightly peed my pants from laughing so hard at your day there, excellent
Jenn: Aren’t I lucky? Can you believe it’s the Personal category and not the Food/drink? I think it’s because I’m not completely faithful to food blogging (see Goat, above)
I know, it was:
Queue in Supermarket
Reach home
Shite!! Forgot Mushrooms! >:(
Queue in Supermarket
…that cracked me up. And we really do text each other mindless crap all day as well.
Headache from the driving cured by Spanish Ibuprofen
Did loads of work
left early ….. weather
But – brought work home with me ‘cos if it does it gain I’m working from home tomorrow!
Dealt with a very bouncy greyhound!
Cleared snow off drive
Got dinner ready for when my daughter gets home at 10 p.m.
Was very grateful my Spanish class has been cancelled!
Closed all the curtains to keep the night out.
Put on all my pretty lights
And now, enjoying a nice glass of wine and reading your blog!!!(Bouncy greyhound _ new name Snowy – by my side of course and beautiful mad cat on the other side!
Bliss!!!
Puts your blog into a whole other category, Missus!
Shower
Clothes on the right way round.
Note snow outside – add an extra layer of clothing
Into work (lift from husband – hurray!)
Tedious meetings
Gossip
More tedious meetings
Post-morten of one tedious meeting in another tedious meeting
Home on the train, freezing cold at the station
Made dinner
Washed up
Glimpse of Masterchef
Back online for a tedious meeting with the overlords
Haven’t got to the last bit yet but it involves me, my duvet and a lot of ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzz
Wee One: Ah, a tedious meeting with the bedroom in order, one feels!!