Reasons To Be Cheerful

Toto Wolfcastle · 05-03-2016 12:37am

I made these cookies yesterday. They're so good and the dough freezes well. Anyway, my reason to be cheerful is that I took the glorious bag of cookie dough out of the freezer earlier and put two chocolatey lumps in the oven and we had a couple of drinks with them. (My husband had a porter and I had the traditional accompaniment to a cookie - a vodka and Diet Coke. :cool:) The recipe has almost half a kilo of chocolate in it but I got 19 ice cream scoops of dough plus another scoop that I ate out of the bowl and I keep a 2kg bag of chocolate in the house at all times so I can always make emergency cookies. Stick it on your Christmas baking list!

RentDayBlues · 05-03-2016 9:22am

Listening to christmas fm at 7 am on 5th March with the kids!

mark26ireland · 07-03-2016 11:32am

Just booked a hotel in Galway for the Christmas markets this year! Have never been to one before, really looking forward to it! Anybody been?

leahyl · 08-03-2016 11:56am

Would really love to go somewhere for a Christmas market this year but I'm already going to so many places this year, not sure I could afford it or if I could even get anybody to go with me anyway.

I guess that 's my reason to be cheerful though, going to Rome in April, sun holiday (not sure where yet) in August and London in October! My brother is getting married in June also

RentDayBlues · 10-03-2016 6:17pm

The first proper sunny day of 2016

Glitzgirl · 10-03-2016 6:51pm

I'm going to be very shallow here for a minute but it has me in such a good mood I don't care ! :pac: finally found a nice Guess bag in TK maxx so was able to use my last voucher from the Toy Show! Well actually I wasn't going to get it I suffer terribly from "mommy guilt" so I insisted I didn't need it and mr glitz God love the lovely man that he is, knew how much I loved it took a sneaky pic of it so he could remember it and took a half day from work to get it for me. Came home today with it and I just love it ! I finally have an authentic Guess bag !

Glitzgirl · 10-03-2016 6:52pm

And a box of lucky charms ... hangs head in shame while scoffing said delicious cereal

Toto Wolfcastle · 19-03-2016 1:26am

I started a new job. It's not a fancy job or a job that will make me a millionaire, but the owners of the company (it's a tiny Irish company so it's pretty much just them) are so open to any ideas I have and just generally lovely. And I signed up for a course that will help me to get a job in the future. Everything's coming up Milhouse!

mud · 19-03-2016 12:55pm

Packing up my home for pastures new. Looking at Christmas cards from over the years. It's a lovely way to spend a few hours

Posy · 19-03-2016 1:58pm

Congratulations on the new job, Toto!

Ah that sounds lovely, Mud. I love Christmas cards.

I'm spending the weekend hitting the books. My life is so exciting right now. :pac:

Dolbert · 19-03-2016 5:51pm

We went to the zoo today, it was great! Thank you Tesco vouchers :pac:

Into The Blue · 23-04-2016 11:17pm

Wife and two kids chicken pox cleared up yesterday. decent sleep last night for the first time in a long time!

mud · 07-05-2016 5:51pm

Christmas Day is on Sunday this year! Yay lots of days off

Posy · 07-05-2016 8:30pm

It means I'll have Christmas eve off for the first time in several years.

Posy · 01-06-2016 12:06am

It's June!!

Loughc · 01-06-2016 12:45am

Posy wrote: »

It's June!!

Woah we're half way there. Woah living on a prayer.

Also the sunny weather would definitely be a reason to be cheerful.

Toto Wolfcastle · 03-06-2016 6:35pm

We've used the BBQ more this week than we did during the entire crappy summer we had a few years ago. Absolutely loving this weather.

Morleystreet · 09-06-2016 11:28pm

Into the "one hundreds" on the countdown!

Cork Lass · 11-06-2016 7:33am

Morleystreet wrote: »

Into the "one hundreds" on the countdown!

Almost half way there

Toto Wolfcastle · 16-06-2016 11:59am

I'm wearing my Christmas t-shirt today.

miamee · 16-06-2016 3:44pm

It's dark and gloomy outside, lights on inside and I'm listening to the Nutcracker in full - it's almost like Christmas

Loughc · 16-06-2016 8:43pm

miamee wrote: »

It's dark and gloomy outside, lights on inside and I'm listening to the Nutcracker in full - it's almost like Christmas

The dark dreary weather today made it feel very Christmassy today. Roll on winter

Posy · 16-06-2016 8:44pm

I'm already looking forward to buying my winter coat and gloves.

Toto Wolfcastle · 16-06-2016 8:51pm

Posy wrote: »

I'm already looking forward to buying my winter coat and gloves.

Penneys had their Autumn/Winter launch today and I was picking out my winter coat from the pictures on Twitter.

Posy · 01-07-2016 12:28am

It's July!!

The Brown Thomas Christmas shop is actually opening next month.

Glitzgirl · 01-07-2016 7:59am

Posy wrote: »

It's July!!

The Brown Thomas Christmas shop is actually opening next month.

Omg !!

nearly chocked on my cereal when I read that lol

it's so close !!!!

iguana · 09-08-2016 9:26pm

S learned to ride a proper bike today!!! I'm so proud of him, he can even come to a proper stop using the brakes despite his bike being so much bigger than his balance bike.

Then when we came home he insisted on reading his own bedtime story and read nearly the entire book by himself! He's getting so grown up and he's only 3 years and 9 months old tomorrow.

miamee · 02-09-2016 10:09am

I received an email yesterday from Winterval Waterford to tell me that their tickets for this year go on sale on Monday 5th September. The countdown is on :pac:

Loughc · 02-09-2016 12:08pm

It's Friday and September, another month closer!

washiskin · 02-09-2016 4:20pm

A robin chirping away on the roof of next door's house woke me this morning....:)

Glitzgirl · 03-09-2016 12:12pm

washiskin wrote: »

A robin chirping away on the roof of next door's house woke me this morning....:)

We have a Robin that our kids are currently stalking. We got a bird feeder and bath in home store and more and the poor kids get worried when they haven't seen the Robin pop back for his dinner. ( nana may have told them that the Robin carries news back to santa

)

It's lovely to see robins in the garden. All we are missing is some snow and it be a picture perfect Christmas card

Glitzgirl · 12-09-2016 10:41pm

Got a phone call today from our key social worker ! We starting our home visits so getting more likely we will have a foster child in time for Christmas !! Super excited here today ! Now if that's not motivation to go clean my house before christmas I don't know what is

Loughc · 12-09-2016 11:20pm

Glitzgirl wrote: »

Got a phone call today from our key social worker ! We starting our home visits so getting more likely we will have a foster child in time for Christmas !! Super excited here today ! Now if that's not motivation to go clean my house before christmas I don't know what is

Ah that's fantastic Glitzgirl. Fostering is such a wonderful thing to do. Whoever the lucky child is will be going into such a loving joyful home!

Glitzgirl · 13-09-2016 8:20am

Loughc wrote: »

Ah that's fantastic Glitzgirl. Fostering is such a wonderful thing to do. Whoever the lucky child is will be going into such a loving joyful home!

Thanks Loughc ! Your such a sweetie

im getting super excited now !! Can't wait. Tuesday will take forever to come around

Morleystreet · 01-03-2017 8:30pm

Into the "two hundreds" on the countdown!

Loughc has said it already elsewhere, but felt this thread needed a bump!

Loughc · 14-03-2017 9:00am

4 Day working week and Monday is already done!!

miamee · 14-03-2017 1:01pm

4 day work week last week. 4 day work week this week. 4 day work week next week :pac:

Shoe Lover · 18-03-2017 2:52pm

Reason to be cheerful: our little boy was born on march 6th. He's amazing! Christmas had definitely arrived super early in our house!

Loughc · 18-03-2017 4:28pm

Shoe Lover wrote: »

Reason to be cheerful: our little boy was born on march 6th. He's amazing! Christmas had definitely arrived super early in our house!

Ah that's fantastic news. Congratulations!!

Posy · 18-03-2017 5:55pm

Congratulations, Shoe Lover!!

Cork Lass · 18-03-2017 8:59pm

Shoe Lover wrote: »

Reason to be cheerful: our little boy was born on march 6th. He's amazing! Christmas had definitely arrived super early in our house!

Congratulations to you both and welcome to your little boy

Jude13 · 19-03-2017 7:17am

Shoe Lover wrote: »

Reason to be cheerful: our little boy was born on march 6th. He's amazing! Christmas had definitely arrived super early in our house!

Congrats, welcome to the no sleep club.

Shoe Lover · 19-03-2017 8:30pm

Jude13 wrote: »

Congrats, welcome to the no sleep club.

We have a two year old already, we are used to it lol!

Jude13 · 20-03-2017 4:59am

We have a two year old staying with us for a week, zero sleep.

Reason to be cheerful, 1 day till check in for my flight home, then a week till I get hitched.

Cork Lass · 20-03-2017 5:06am

You'll be very busy for the next week so. Congratulations and best of luck, have a great day and a great marriage

Jude13 · 20-03-2017 5:27am

I would be but I have friends with a 2 year old and 4 year old staying with me, should have thought this through. I need sleep. Thanks for the congrats though.

Loughc · 20-03-2017 9:01am

Jude13 wrote: »

We have a two year old staying with us for a week, zero sleep.

Reason to be cheerful, 1 day till check in for my flight home, then a week till I get hitched.

Great news! Enjoy the build up and all the excitement that comes with it. I take it ye are getting married back in Ireland?

Jude13 · 20-03-2017 10:07am

Yup, getting married in Dublin, you're getting hitched soon too? Whereabouts?

Toto Wolfcastle · 20-03-2017 1:56pm

That's so exciting, Jude. Hope you have a fantastic time.

Loughc · 20-03-2017 8:21pm

Jude13 wrote: »

Yup, getting married in Dublin, you're getting hitched soon too? Whereabouts?

Not until June for me. Getting married in Dublin too.

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