When we win Lotto....

This beautiful county (Meath) in Ireland is where we're going to live.

:) Well, I can dream...there are days when I feel like I left a bit of myself in Ireland when I was there back in March.

So, until our finances suddenly change, I'm going to dream about the 3 bedroom semi-detached home in Ballivor, Co. Meath that I saw the other day when pricing how much more real estate is over there.

Yes, a purely selfish post but there's nothing exciting going on here otherwise! *L*

Power to the people! :)

A quick note to say 'YEESSS!!!!' More than 1000 people signed the petition to ask the powers-that-be to reconsider their decision to deny little Ivy her treatment.

Apparently the paed called Tiff earlier and the decision has been reversed. Ivy will enter hospital tomorrow for treatment that could possibly change her life.

I just can't say enough thanks to anybody who read our link to the lovely petition and chose to go sign up and appeal Ivy's plight. It's made the world of difference to a little girl who now has a chance of a normal childhood like her twin brother Noah.

So, so, SO thrilled for Tiff, Dave & their family :)

HAPPY FATHERS DAY! :)

First of all, HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all of the fantastic Daddys out there. From a personal point, it was J's 3rd Fathers Day and Miss M 2.5 was thrilled to be depositing her personalised card on him very early this morning. Also thrilled to be handing him his gift which he'd been eyeing off at the 'Socrates' store for a few weeks. That was, until he unwrapped it and the batteries were put in place. The present were two remote controlled 'sumo wrestlers' which combat. Miss M didn't like them before the batteries were in them, so you can imagine what she was like when they were switched on.

Quite simply, she was PETRIFIED. And furthermore, we now have her 'currency' as my wonderful workmate calls it. Warnings quite often don't work with Miss Stubborn. Today, J tried out a new tactic:

J: 'Go and pick up your crayons'.

When there was a mute failure to comply to said order, out came the new line,

J: 'Hurry up or Daddy will get out the sumos'.

Miss M: 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO' Mission accomplished!

When the camera is up and running again (flat batteries!) I will upload a picture of the sumos for you all. But for now, here are a few of the photos Maddy posed for her 'Papa Ian':

A moment of your time...

http://somedaywewillsleep.com/

If you have even a few moments, please take a moment to visit a site another blogger has created to highlight my friend Tiff's situation with her youngest daughter, Ivy. We went through our pregnancies together and whilst Maddy is healthy, life is a struggle everyday for her precious little daughter Ivy.

A medical treatment could spell the end to endless hospital visits & pain but she's been denied by a medical board. Please sign the petition to ask them to reconsider their decision.

If you want to read more about Dave, Tiff and their beautiful family, please go and check out her website - http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/

One of THOSE days...

I knew it was going to be one of THOSE days when Gloria Jeans overfilled my very expensive (and extremely NEEDED) large skinny mocha and after adding my sugar, I promptly knocked over the coffee and split half of it on the floor and over J's work folder. *sigh*

Sadly, after a week of high level stress at work, it was the ultimate way to cap off a long five days. I can't believe I'm going to say this but bring on Christmas...I can't wait to have my two weeks holiday and just relax.

P.S - Lesson of the Day: In an overcrowded peak hour train, never stand with your back facing the direction the train is traveling in against the glass partitioning. It gives you no room to combat the inevitable invasion of personal space by some random suit who decides to keep inching backwards with his butt basically pressed against your stomach. If he hadn't been so completely oblivious whilst playing with his mobile and had a friend who noticed his stance halfway through, and promptly began to almost howl with laughter, I'd have thought him to be some random loony looking for a bit of action.