While I did clock up a lot of travel over the course of 2017, it was a quieter year overall. Of course “quiet” is relative. Here’s a visual overview of my travel in 2017: Since I tend to fly mostly with Air France / KLM a lot of my flights get routed either through Paris […]
Irish comedian and actor Frank Kelly, who passed away last year, is probably best known to some people for his role of Father Jack in Father Ted. His version of the 12 Days of Christmas”, below, is hilarious and a classic. Related Posts:Funny Recession Christmas TshirtThe Irony Of EducationPolitically Incorrect Tshirt of the DayWeetabix AdvertGoogle’s […]
One of the “gaps” in my smart home setup at the moment is the burglar alarm. The burglar alarm I have in the house is functional and if you set it off it’ll make plenty of noise and drive my neighbours nuts! But it’s not “smart”, which means that I have no way of monitoring […]
Over the past few months I’ve found myself getting “excited” about things that never really featured on my radar previously. Who would have thought that light fittings or sockets would be things I’d ever really care about? I’m not complaining, but I do find it rather amusing. When I bought the house the kitchen was […]
At this stage there are very few “pressing” things left to resolve with the house. Of course there’ll always be improvements that can be made and I still have a load of boxes that I need to unpack, but they’ll get unpacked eventually. I planted the fruit plants a few weeks back and they seem […]
When a good opportunity presents itself you need to take advantage of it. After doing a bit of research I realised two things: Aldi’s prices on fruit plants was significantly lower than anywhere else Aldi was only going to offer the fruit plant range for a few weeks So if I wanted to get any […]
As I mentioned a while ago I’ve now got the beginnings of a herb garden. It’s not fancy or complicated, but I intend to expand it over time. It’s not like I don’t have the space! I’ve also recently put myself on a low carb diet, so my eating habits have changed quite a bit. […]
I’ve been travelling for the last few weeks, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been thinking about the house. The beauty of online shopping is that you can easily order things while you’re on the road, so I did! At this stage most of the major things I wanted to get done are in […]
Practice makes perfect. I’m nowhere near perfect on many fronts, not least of which my drone piloting skills. However the more you fly the more you learn and gain confidence. So yesterday evening I had a lot of fun shooting some video from above the mill at Milford, Co. Carlow. No audio track on the […]
The famous scene from Jerry Maguire with Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr always brings a smile to my face. I’m not as focussed on making money as Cuba Gooding Jr’s character in Jerry Maguire, but I don’t work for free or do things that benefit others unilaterally. I’ve been blogging and running websites for […]
