Oh Danny Boy, Muppets style

Croi Christmas card.

OMG! I can’t believe it. I have just been contacted by someone from Croi asking could they use 1 of my shots on 1 of their cards this Christmas. I’m in total shock! I’m still shaking. I can’t believe it.  this is the shot they want to use:

I don’t know how many of you have heard of Croi, but it does great work in the West of Ireland raising funds for cardiac machines & loads of things like that. They do a lot of good in the community.

Well, lets see what happens. I’ve left a message on their machine so the next step is up to them.

Nicolas school tour.

Today Nic went on her school tour. They went to Killary Adventure Center. From what I can gather from the excited tired babblings she had a wonderful time. It was the trip home that was the fun part. About 10 minutes this side of Killary the bus got a flat. They were stranded on the side of the road. I was expecting a scene from “The Lord of the Flies” when they got back. 3 hours on a bus with a class of screaming 5th classers, not my idea of fun I have to admit. But they all survived, & they didn’t cook the weakest. Although from what I can gather off Nic 1 of the kids did come kind of close to being gagged.

When I find out more tomorrow about it I will writ4e a longer post & let everyone know how she got on. It seems like she had fun though.

My little star. :D

I can’t believe my little star. She had an interview with a talent scout today. Last November she did a thing called Kidspeak. She was out in Blackrock in Salthill in really horrible weather. I was so proud of her. & the other lads involved.

They were out in such horrible weather. It was unbelievable. I felt so sorry for them. But they all did it without much complaining.

Now it seems that an RTE talent scout got a copy of the dvds & has decided some of our kids would be good to put in a database with a view to getting them involved in future productions. I thought it was wonderful. I was so proud of her. She decided last night that she had no shoes to go the dress that she was wearing so I had to go down to Dunnes & try to get a pair of shoes for her that went with the dress. There was nothing in the kids section so seeing as she is now a size 4 I thought we’d go to the ladies shoe section. Oh what a mistake that was. She got a beautiful pair of shoe that went beautiful with her dress. Only problem was they were about 4inches high. She loves them though. Surprisingly though she’s able to wear them. Which is a good thing.

Anyway, she got changed in the car in the underground car park at the Courtyard Marriott here on the Headford road. People always wonder why we always have the sun screens in the car, now you know. When you have such a busy social life there are times when you have to change in the car. Well there is when you’re Nicola.

We met with Sinead from RTE. She was lovely. Really friendly. She just had a chat with Nicola to see what she was into & things. Nic had a great time, because she was talking about herself the whole time. Wouldn’t be like Nicola to enjoy that.

Anyway. She had a great time & Sinead said she’d be in touch to let us know if they needed her. Lets wait & see. I’m not too bothered about her getting this documentary, but it is a good thing that she has been put on this database. You’d never know what they might want in future.

I haven’t been here since November??? :-O

Oh My God! I can’t believe I haven’t been here since November. I told everyone at the time I wouldn’t be able to keep it going.

Well, where do I start. Well as anyone knows who’s reading this my mother passed away on the 29th of January. My world just started to fall apart then. If it hadn’t been for Nicola & Trevor I wouldn’t be here. Also my brother Tom. He was a rock when he was needed. He still is. I know he’s there if I need him. I didn’t talk to him for a few months because of stuff going on here that he didn’t know about but I put that to rights this week. I braved it & picked up the phone & called him. I have spoken to him a few times this week. Dropped a few bombshells that he didn’t know about but he handled them well as he always does. I know he’s hurting though. I wish he was here. He’s so far away. But I know Fiona is looking after him the same as Trev is looking after me. We are both very lucky with our partners. Don’t get me wrong, Trev infuriates me at times, but I love him & I know he loves me. I would do anything for him & I know Fiona would do the same for Tom.

Now if we could get some horse tranquilisers for Dad the world would be a better place. I don’t think I can put up with him much longer. I feel like such a bitch saying this, but I don’t think I’ll be able to put up with him. I know mum did, but I can’t. He is so unreasonable. There is no give & take with him. It’s all just take, take, take. & I haven’t much more to give. He’s never happy with anything myself, Trev or Nicola do. We can’t ever win with him. He goes on about how nasty his mother was & he doesn’t realise that she’ll never die while he’s alive.
I’m stuck, I don’t know what to do with him. Everyone keeps telling me I need to step back from him. But I can’t do that. It’s not in me. I couldn’t leave him on his own. But if he keeps pushing me I’ll have no choice.