Here is cold, snowy, blizzardy Dublin. The whole of the country is shut down, a curfew is in place, and we are riding out Storm Emma and The Beast From The East. And now is a few months past due on a family, life and work update. Kids are home, Matt's away, a LOST marathon is on the telly...
Read moreHere + Now [February 2016 Edition]
Ba-ba-da-bum! A What I'm Into post? For reals? It's true, everybody. My hiatus of using my brain to remember stuff is over (we can do hard things). I don't entirely recall why I haven't done a What I'm Into post since July of last year...
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Read moreWhat I'm Into {January 2015}
This January was another milestone for our family. After a couple years gone, we moved back to Ireland in early January 2013 and if a recent email to my sister provides any evidence, we're all pretty happy with how things are turning out. We've been Irish residents for four years now, Asher and Ella having spent more than half their lives here. We're planning a birthday party for next month, making plans for next year and settling into this rental house as it becomes ours more and more every day. Still, January is a hard, dark, cold month and even yesterday's freak, glorious snowfall has receded from view, the only hint being random remnants of melting snowmen.
So let's talk Books! TV! Music! And all the things I'm loving this month...
Read moreFlat Tire Tuesday
I've been learning a lot about my kids since moving, and I've also been learning about myself.
Here are my top five ways to make your children happy in the midst of a new routine.
1) If you get a flat tire on the way to school, DON'T cry in the car.
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