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I had a little leftover cake for breakfast. Harvested a few vegetables from the garden. Blanched some peas to put in the freezer for another day. Oh and look! A little package arrived! What’s inside? 4 Ginger Nut chickens! Take a look around ladies…this is your new home. Come on chickens… check out your new Read More >>
Oh happy day! The Eglu was not suppose to arrive until tomorrow but I got a call on Sunday that 1 of the 2 boxes was in. So I ventured down to the greyhound bus station at about 8am the next day. Interesting. I have never been to an inner city bus station before and Read More >>
Scotland is beautiful. The pictures really don’t do it justice, but I have to share anyway. Even just a street in downtown Edinburgh, Scotland looks cool. Here are the kids on the Western Ireland coastline. Typical two lane road in Ireland. Yes, we did a little damage to the left side of the car! Walking Read More >>
Yipeeyahoo! We finally made it home! Look at all the loot we were able to stuff into our backpacks and 1 paper bag. The key to packing light is to pack old pj’s and under garments. Leave those behind to make room for the treasures. As a bonus there is less laundry to wash when Read More >>
We made it to Dingle! Wow. What a difference 3 years makes! Lot’s of new buildings and tour buses. I think everyone and their brother found out about this place. What a shame. We dropped the husband off at Foxy John’s Hardware (not really a hardware store but a pub). The HH went there 3 Read More >>
