Happy International Burger Day!🍔🍔 My neighbour Steven has a really nice chilli chorizo burger recipe that I’ve been using a lot recently. I also have a video🎥 of me making the burgers and how to get a perfect burger shape!
Having some afternoon tea and Victoria sponge yesterday for Victoria Day☕👑🍰 I used @odlums_ireland flour which had the classic Victoria sponge cake recipe on the back. It was my first time making a Victoria sponge cake and it ended up a bit lopsided but as you can see that didn’t bother us at all!! It was delicious😋
I’ve always loved Audrey Hepburn’s style and enjoy watching her films. So, I thought I would experiment and recreate her look. I had fun being Audrey for a few hours!👗💄💅
Around this time last year, I began to think about spending part of my summer away as an Au pair. I wanted to try something new and I’m very glad I did. I study Spanish as part of my degree so I decided that I would like to spend a few weeks of the summer… Continue reading My Au-pair Experience
At the very end of the summer, we decided to have an end of the summer birthday bash! Two of my brothers celebrated big birthdays this year, Danny turning 21 and Thomas turning 18. They decided to have a Hawaiian Tropical party. There was a lot of preparation involved for this celebration but we enjoyed… Continue reading Tropical Surf Party
My mom Mary is a very busy person. She is always very kind and thoughtful so myself and my brother decided to surprise her with a day trip to two London museums. History is one of her favourite things so we took her to the British Museum and the Imperial War Museum. I wasn’t there… Continue reading Night, oops! Day at the London Museum
I love baking. Recently, I was reading a book that referenced ‘Grannys Recipes’. Sometimes I wonder how authentic these recipes really are and whose the Granny!! With Patrick’s Day on the way I’m posting a real authentic Irish Farmhouse Granny recipe, it’s my Granny Maureen’s. My Granny was from Kilworth in East Cork, she and… Continue reading My Granny’s Irish Farmhouse Bread!
Valentines Day is just around the corner so love and romance will be on people’s minds. Unfortunately, the one thing on my mind for February 14th is the dental appointment I have!! What I am looking forward to is the 13th of February, the day before Valentines now known as ‘Galentine’s’!! Galentine’s is a day… Continue reading ‘Galentines’, February 13th, ladies how are you celebrating?
Not everyone stays in their home city when they go to college. My brother Danny is living away at college, so I thought I would ask him for a few tips and advice to give to students thinking of moving away in September. Some people think that going away for college is all about… Continue reading Studying Away at College – Part 2
We’re more than half way through the school year and it’s nearly time to fill in the CAO sheet! For some, they could be dreading this moment because they don’t know what they want to do after school, and others have it thought of already. It’s time to have a good look at all the… Continue reading Going to College this year? Some tips & advice – Part 1
With Halloween this Wednesday, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of the pictures I took of the Halloween party we had at our house Saturday night the 20th. We got our Halloween inspiration for the party from the film ‘Hotel Transylvania’ so we wanted to try and recreate our own… Continue reading Haunted Vampire Halloween House
This September has been very different for me. I have just started college and everything is completely new. I have a new routine, getting up earlier than usual in the morning for the bus is one of the tricky parts. I am certainly appreciating more all the times my parents drove me to school!!!… Continue reading A Hand-ful of Lavender Goodness
