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It’s Been A Month!!

Friday, June 25th, 2010

It’s been a month since I last posted to the blog. The month has been quite busy and eventful. I’ve travelled, been to a few events met new friends and it even saw another birthday come to pass.

I last posted on the 25th of May. Two days later I was in Dublin and then spent the night in Maynooth with Wayne and Stephen. Just had a nice relaxing day in Dublin for myself. Nothing too stressful. That evening Wayne, Stephen and I all had a few cans at theirs, nothing too hectic as we all had to be up the following morning. I had to catch a flight to London the following day and try to get through the morning rush hour traffic on the M50.

I was in London for the next three days, as was David. Met up with him in the evenings and we went for a few drinks. We where at the famous Chelsea Flower show on the Friday. It was massive. Lots of nice gardens. This was more Davids thing than mine. I enjoyed it and spent a good bit of time relaxing around the band stand listening to the music. Once I came back to Ireland I spent another night with Wayne before heading back to Galway.

The following weekend saw the June bank holiday and also Dignity Wests official opening weekend. The cheeky girls, yes the real cheeky girls, where there on the Friday night and a Lady Gaga tribute group on the Sunday night.

Last weekend saw another birthday come and go. Was out Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. Sunday was Davids birthday. We had dinner in a spanish restaurant on Domnick street called Cava. It was a really nice place. The music was good, but the food was not really to my taste. I’m am a very plain eater so when I go to restaurants like this I always try to keep an open mind. If I was into that kind of food, I’m sure I would have liked it.

I survived the redundacies in work. Romours of more to come, but as of yet, they are just romours and nothing more. This weekend sees the company BBQ in the Radisson. Free food, possibly a few drinks too, hopefully, but one thing that is sure, it will be great craic.

I’m still looking for a plugin for the blog to create a gallery page with photos from London. Until then, au revoir France!!!

London Again

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Heading to London again this week. I have two weeks of work so in the morning I am heading to Dublin for the day. Will be doing a bit of relaxation and retail therapy before heading to Maynooth for the night where I will see a friend and have a few drinks.

Then it’s off to Dublin airport in the morning to catch my flight to London where I will be staying for three nights. Will be relaxing and discovering the place on Thursday, catching the Chelsea flower show on Friday with a friend and doing a bit of shopping and site seeing on Saturday before heading home on Sunday.

Just looking forward to the few days relaxation and rest from norm. I know I still have to post some photos from my previous visit to London back in January. I am looking for a suitable plug-in that will allow me to create galleries for people to come look at.

Will post again soon.

Mike

The Christmas Post

Saturday, December 26th, 2009
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I hope that everyone had a great Christmas. Between the Ice, the cold and the miles, it appears that people got to where they wanted this Christmas, safe and sound. It was possible that we might have been without our grandmother yesterday as where she lives is at the end of a steep hill that cars where struggling to get up, but thanks to some helpful neighbours who spread ash on the hill we where able to get her home for the Christmas dinner.

Mmmmm, the Christmas dinner. It has to be the best dinner of the year. Turkey and ham, varieties of stuffing, varieties of potato crochets, carrots, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and potatoes. A stomach filling and sleep inducing affair that is welcomed every year. Mam always puts on a great dinner every year and everyone who has it is always filled.

Gifts included clothes, Diesel perfume, lynx gift sets, set with a watch, pen and compass in it, family guy season 8 on DVD and more. A good haul if I do say so. For the evening we had a few drinks around the fire and sang Christmas songs, well no we didn’t, but we did have drinks around the fire while watch Inglorious Basterds on DVD.

It was an enjoyable day and am looking forward to our annual St. Stephens day party.

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