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....:)

Reasons To Be Cheerful

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