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All’s Fair In Love And Pest Control

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

I spotted him approximately one mili-second before I might have stepped on him.  My wellington-ed foot barely avoiding direct contact.  A dead rat (I couldn't look away), a flat dead rat (I couldn't avoid the seeing), a fat flat dead rat just by the gate in the yard. Oh sweet divine.  I ushered the pup … Continue reading All’s Fair In Love And Pest Control

Nobody Wants To Cry At Work

June 27, 2020 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

It's surely a sign of the times. I mean could I ever, in my weirdest dreams, have imagined that the small fella's junior infant year would be ended via group video call? Last September, having dropped him to big school for his first day, I lamented my having not cuddled him on my lap while … Continue reading Nobody Wants To Cry At Work

Owning Your Decisions

June 15, 2020 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

Some time ago a writer I follow on instagram posted about doing some work - even though, as she said herself, her baby was only a few weeks old and she felt it a tad early to be dipping a toe back into work stuff. She said she felt passionately about new mothers who work … Continue reading Owning Your Decisions

Dinner In Bed, Happy Days

May 21, 2020 / iamlauriem / 2 Comments

I'll do almost anything to get out of the house lately. Not satisfied with having a double root canal recently - a welcome break from intense domesticity, truth be told - I'm fresh out of hospital following the zapping and extraction of a particularly pesky kidney stone. I was very glad to get the call … Continue reading Dinner In Bed, Happy Days

Phase 37 of 829

April 11, 2020April 12, 2020 / iamlauriem / 1 Comment

Well, safe to say the sun is helping.  Today I think I may have moved into another phase.  I don't believe it to be a completely new, or necessarily 'next' phase.  It's just different.  Phase 37 of 829, I'm guessing.  If breaking an addiction takes 12 steps I can only imagine the number of steps … Continue reading Phase 37 of 829

Just Want Things To Go Back To Normal

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

It's Sunday today.  Can you tell?  Does it matter?  The term on everyone's lips is 'groundhog day', and it's going to be groundhog day all next week and most likely many weeks for the foreseeable. It's like we've reverted to simpler times.  In the late 1970s / early 1980s, my days were pretty much all … Continue reading Just Want Things To Go Back To Normal

Memes, Mother’s Day & (Blue) Murder

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 / iamlauriem / Leave a comment

Where to start. I wrote recently about putting things off, like going to the dentist.  I don't like going to the dentist.  Who does, I suppose?  I've had a handful of kidney stones and three babies on gas & air but it would appear my sensitive teeth are my achilles heel. Anyway.  You all know … Continue reading Memes, Mother’s Day & (Blue) Murder

What Would Granny Do?

March 17, 2020 / iamlauriem / 4 Comments

On this day last year we, like so many others, made our way to a St. Patrick's Day Parade.  We headed into Ennis, late because that's life with three aged four and under, and raced to catch the tail-end of our County town's big production.  We had the badges and wore the bits and bobs … Continue reading What Would Granny Do?

Roisín & Mary Lou for Super Bowl 2021

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 / iamlauriem / 2 Comments

I love International Women's Day.  It fills me with all the feels - pride, solidarity, hope.  In the early days it was a weird, cringe-worthy and condescending nod to the weaker sex.  A bit of gas really.  "Sure, every day is women's day", some of the lads said, "When is man's day coming up?" many … Continue reading Roisín & Mary Lou for Super Bowl 2021

It’s Healthy To Check In With Yourself

March 5, 2020March 20, 2020 / iamlauriem / 2 Comments

There's a film called 'Friends with Money' and in it Frances McDormand's character Jane stops washing her hair. It gradually gets pretty manky and her friends sort of notice, but don't mention anything. And just when it's getting really gruesome her kind husband gently suggests he might help her wash it. And she has a … Continue reading It’s Healthy To Check In With Yourself

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