Out of the Ordinary | Christmas Past
The thing I love about Christmas is the genuine excuse to do nothing. However by the 27th I hadn’t been outside the front door since lunchtime on the day before Christmas Eve, over four days. It was...
View ArticleOut of the Ordinary | Back To Normal
Today the sun is shining, the mountains are snow-capped and there’s a feeling that it’s all behind us. All back to normal. Christmas has gone and the novelty of the New Year has worn off. This morning...
View ArticleBeauty Review | Waxperts by name, Waxperts by nature
Waxperts is a relatively new Irish brand that’s easily recognised and renowned for its fabulous reputation, memorable marketing, pin-ups, impeccable hygiene standards, cool temperature wax and highly...
View ArticleOut of the Ordinary | Walking Across Town
On Tuesday morning I was walking across town. Just an ordinary day in an ordinary Irish town in the first full week of a New Year. Nothing exciting to be seen or heard, though the oddest thing can...
View ArticleHealth & Fitness | New Year’s Running Resolution
Close to three weeks into the new year and the resolution to get fit has either been abandoned or is being pushed out to ‘next Monday’. Suddenly, we realise that the last box of Roses has vanished and...
View ArticleOut of the Ordinary | The Wrapping Paper Lady Story
During the week I was in my local Eason’s, browsing the magazines when I remembered a booklet my daughter had spoken about. The title was something along the lines of ‘Less Stress, More Test,’ a sort...
View ArticleTravel | London in a day
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. You may be an old romantic; you may be a Valentine’s scrooge. Either way, a day trip to London can be a great way to spend the romantic season. For a date that is...
View ArticleHealth & Fitness | Cycle to work to beat ‘Social Jet Lag’
In 2012, Till Roenneberg, professor of chronobiology at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, published his book entitled Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why we are Tired....
View ArticleOut of the Ordinary | Passengers on a Train
This week I had to take a couple of trips on the train, both times to Dublin. On Tuesday I caught the 7am and on Friday the 5.55am. It wasn’t a struggle to get either train; I presumed it would be but...
View ArticleLifestyle | Wedding Tips for 2014 – what’s trending
If you’re wondering what’s going to be the done thing this year wedding or civil partnership wise, Eimear Young, Expert Wedding Coordinator at Carton House has selected key wedding trend tips for...
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