Pets..

Mickey, one of our dogs, likes his new cushion.. ;)

Road trip to Tipp..

I have come to realise the benefit of having a GPS device.. We left Limerick Friday evening at 18.30 to head to a table quiz in Holycross, Co. Tipperary, and what with traffic jams and getting slightly diverted (i.e. lost) we passed by Kilmurry roundabout at 19.17… hmm, yes not the best in terms of time management! ;)

Eventually got there and in plenty of time, as the table quiz started 1hour 30mins after the planned start time. Think everyone had a fun evening… I got recruited to correct the answers (which was busy, what with 32 tables..)

The purpose of the table quiz was as a fund raiser for Donal Duggan, who heads to Calcutta today, to work with the Hope Foundation - best of luck to him!

Thank you..

I handed in the hard bound copies of my PhD thesis yesterday – so apart from graduation ceremony, my PhD journey has come to an end. Thank You to everyone who accompanied and helped me.
A sincere Thank You to the staff and my fellow researchers at UL – our shared stories, coffee breaks and laughter kept me going and lightened the load. Thank you to all whose friendship helped me maintain perspective and kept me smiling along the journey...

Trick or Treat?

Last night several pleasant children called round to the house ‘trick or treating’ (all looked for treats needless to say) - I wonder if we had given/done a trick instead would they have been happy?

It also brings to mind the Halloween games that we used to play when we were children - apple on a string.. money in a basin.. - do children/familes play these anymore?

Later in the evening we watched a movie – The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) I have to admit, I didn’t actually watch it all.. But to anyone who maybe wakes up at night, especially around 3am.. take note..

Some interesting health related articles today..

Cut meat to 500g ‘and be cancer free’

Obesity Nears Smoking As Cancer-Causer

Alcohol blamed for 1,700 deaths in a decade