A New Year just around the corner

Christmas is over for another year. I must say it was a very quite one, and I did enjoy it that way. I had to work on Christmas day which wasn't too bad. By the time I got off I didn't want to talk to anybody(usually I call my relatives in the USA) I just went to bed not too long after I came in stayed up to talk to Peter for awhile and that was about it. Peter's daughter didn't show up until today. We thought she was suppose to come yesterday but her and her boyfriend went out partying in Limerick and stayed there for the night. We had put off Christmas dinner until Friday so said what the heck we'll just go ahead and fix it as planned. Which was really nice. Peter usually cooks the Christmas dinner each year with me helping with the veggies. He makes a wonderful pawn salad and homemade mushroom soup. We had pork roast for the meat and I made a apple cake for desert.

I did manage to call my mom and sister yesterday and I called my daughter today. I guess I should call my son sometimes before I go back to work. My sister and he her husband was drunk so we ended up talking for almost two hours about(who knows now) LOL My daughter was in a very talkative mood so we ended up talking about 2 hours also, it was nice just hearing their voices drunk or sober. LOL Oh my brother called me on Christmas so I didn't have to call him that is the first for him. I usually end up calling him first.

I find this year worse with missing my daughter that died. I can't believe it will be two years in March since she passed away. I am getting through this but some days or worse than others. There is not a day goes by that I don't think of her. She had a great laugh, I miss her hugs...Sometimes I think it would be wonderful if this was just a dream. One day at a time.

Merry Christmas to everyone

Santa has came to visit and left his head behind. OH MY!!!!!!!!

Happy Christmas every one. These are some of the pics I took around the the house of this years Christmas decorations. I chose to have a small tree because our living room is so small.The fireplace is always a cozy spot for those cold winter nights.

The next pics are of the work Christmas party. Some of the people I work with....

Breda, Mary and Bernadette.

A pic of the Irish coffee I was drinking. The first time I ever had it and loved it. So much that I have shopped to make my own at home. LOL We are planning on a quite Christmas at home. I have to work both Christmas Eve and Christmas. So after work I am going to relax by the fire and drink my Irish Coffee until I get comfortable numb....

Happy Christmas and New Year

Just Chilling on a Friday Night

Staying in with the fire going in the fireplace and watching T. V. with David Grey singing This years loving ,can't get no better than this. I have finally addressed some of my Christmas Cards for this year and my creeping Christmas is still creeping. To tell everyone the truth I am not enjoying this Christmas season this year. I don't know what it is I can't actually put my finger on what is wrong, but I feel like the Grinch this year. I just couldn't be bothered. I hope as time goes on I will be in a better mood. I guess it all comes down to it that I am a giving person and don't have much to give this year. I know it doesn't make any difference to people but it put me in a bind since I like to give.

I would like to reflect about the past year since the fire is lit and I feel so cozy. The jewelry business we started this year was a good idea and I think it is going to get bigger as we go along and once we get it on the web I think it will be better than we could imagine. I ended up getting a raise at my job before the first of the year as previously thought. I have filed for my Irish Citizenship. I did fail my driver test, but I have good news on that. I had to get a driver instructor to take some lesson from because I thought to get rid of some bad habits that I have learned in the past... Anyway the driving instructor was the son of one of the nurses I work with, well he is now training to be a driving tester so he will test us. His mother and me(since we both failed) LOL I will wait to sign up in order to see where he will be working as a driver tester. In Ireland you can test in any town that is on the list whether you live in that district or not. My dog that I got a year ago September is a joy to me and become a part of the family. I have become a computer game addict but we want go into that at this time. LOL I found out that I hae a tumor in my ear and am follow up on that, I find as I get older I can't do the things I use to do when I was in my thirties or forties for that matter I don't know if that is a good or bad thing. There is some things I don't want to do that I use to do. I am still grieving over the death of my daughter and will always, but am getting on with my life. I don't want to be the kind of person to let her death just ruin my entire life. I don't know if that is selfish or not, but I have seen people that just can't get pass the grieving stage and get on with their life. Of course I think of Khristy every day but I can't let it get me down. I have to go on and not give up. There is more I am sure I have done this year to reflect on but just can't think of them at this time. Since I am talking about reflections I thought the pic is appropriate me seeing a reflection of me in the mirror. Peter took the pic several years ago I think it was on his first visit to see me in 2001.

Creeping Christmas

I do this every year. I start after Thanksgiving or the first of December gradually added Christmas decorations. So we started calling it creeping Christmas. I have to rearrange things in the sitting room to make room for the decorations because our sitting room is so small we can't have my regular stuff along with Christmas decorations all in the same room at the same time. Each day I add a new Christmas item(which has been stashed in a trunk. waiting for the creeping Christmas) and take away a item I had in the room to make way for the Christmas item....Sounds very complicated???? Well sometimes have fum with this and sometimes its just a complete hassle depending on my mood. LOL So officially creeping Christmas has arrived.

We had another jewelry party at this person house Friday and it was a big hit. Still haven't made enough money on the business this Christmas season. We are going to a craft fair located in the village where I had the party Friday. That will be December 16. Our Christmas Party at work is going to on the 14 this time we are going to have dinner at a pub and music afterwards which I think will be a lot better than just having a meal in a restaurant like we did last year. So that well will be busy. Speaking of busy Peter has been trying to set up a web site for our jewelry. I couldn't begin to know what in the world he is doing. We do get together every now and then look over the front page just to see what we want on it to make it customer friendly. It will be awhile before we can add the finished web site. We are setting up to take paypal as a source of payment, I have rejoined Yahoo chat to scan the rooms to see how many Irish people actually are there. LOL Just sort of a survey. When we do get the web site up and working I will send to everyone on my email list. Right now we want to focus on the Irish market and Irish people living abroad to send their relatives that lives in Ireland presents of Jewelry and maybe expand as we go along. Another goal I have for the coming year is opening up a shop in our house. So looks like we are going to be busy next year.

Peter is now looking for a regular job, he has been working as a handyman, doing home improvements. He was a engineer before that, so that's what I mean by saying a regular job. When I moved here he had just quit the job he was doing because they had moved to another city and it would have been too long for him for him to drive. So he started into the home improvement. I used to go on jobs with him at times until I got too tired going to my job and helping him out. Which was a bummer because I really enjoyed us working together. That's the way it goes when you have to have money to pay bills. Anyway the home improvement has decreased this year as the housing industry also, so that's the reason for Peter looking for another job. He should know this Monday whether he has this job that is close by.

I sent everybody in my email list to a site that I had sign into awhile ago. A memorial site for my deceased daughter. Well it cost money to continue the site so I didn't bother doing anything to it or even sending it on, well this week I got a email that they would open up the site for me again for a month only, for free. So that's the reason for the email to everyone. Please go visit the site and light a candle it would mean a lot to me. The pic is of me in 2001 in Louisille, Kentucky. I was taking Peter to the airport for him to go back to Ireland. This is the first time I met Peter in person.

Farmers Friday

All the farmers in Tipperary get together and bring their live stock into town to sell, so we started calling all Friday's Farmers Friday. So on this day I did nothing. My sinuses have been bothering me the last two days and I have not felt much like doing anything. We did manage to have a jewelry party Wednesday night. It was all Polish people and most didn't speak English, the guy that wanted to give it in his house says he was busy at work this week and ends up they we calling people to come view the jewelry as we was setting it up. Everyone was nice, it was just different. We didn't get as much sells as we usually get but he said he would have another one. So that leaves next week then two more parties booked after that, I need to call people but can't get the energy to talk on the phone. Tomorrow going to try to hand out fliers in town to get the word out. Hopefully I will be fit to do that or least go to the store and get some food , Peter might do that while I am getting groceries.

I am off again this week then going back to work the following Monday, I am enjoying my time off but it is making me lazy. Today I didn't get up until 3pm.... That's just not right.... I have been meaning to do so many things and when you don't wake until the day is almost over its hard to get them done. with my sinuses acting up makes me twice as lazy. So I end up playing computer games all day. I am very addicted to them and end up not getting anything done. I act like I am retired already and don' t need the money anymore. LOL

The pic is of the dart in Dublin.

More NIght Shifts

I have worked 3 night shifts one week and another two the next week. So needless to say I hae been oit of touch with what is going on in my life...LOL This is the second night off and beginning to get back into days and getting my life back. I took two weeks off in order to get my jewelry sells up and more booking for home showings. So far I have two parties books, one women (that had a party back in the summer) is going to get back with me. We are also going to book three more nights in Pubs. Maybe more, We'll just have to see how it goes... The first of the year we will be busy trying to get the room downstairs ready for a jewelry shop room. Right now its a bird room. So we have a lot of work that has to be done. Don't expect too much sells on January because usually after Christmas no one has any money to spend.

I feel like my bladder or uterus is falling down a bit. I haven't checked it out so far but feel this pressure. Don't know why I put that in this blog but am feeling the pressure as I am typing so decide to add it. LOL I guess I could get a mirror and try to bend and look at myself but getting older and I don't if my body can bend and stretch as it use to do. So it might have to up to Peter to check and see before I make a appointment to the doctor. He is thrilled. LOL I don't have a gynecologist here in Ireland because I have never really needed one.... Well today is a different day than when I started typing this so all is well with the bladder thing because I don't feel the pressure anymore. It might be from lifting heavy patients. Seems like the older I get the more energy it takes to lift those patients. I men we are talking about 200 plus for some of this patients and they can;t do a thing for themselves,so no wonder things in my body wants to go south...Well thats my story and I'm sticking with it. LOL

I am going to hae to wash Molly this week she is getting so dirty. I don' t think she likes it going to long without a bath, she looks so pitiful at times. Might be my imagination... I think I hae ran out of thigs to say so will close. A pic of me when we visited Peter's Mom in Dublin 2005. Don't ask what I was doing. I take the worse pics.....

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Nellie's Bar Jewelry Showing

Not as much people this time as we had in Heney's, more return customers than new ones. I don't think word of mouth has gotten around as much as we thought it had. Wasn't a complete loss we did some sells(haven't added the money as of yet) We have come up with new idea's for the future and I am just going to have to have more home showings. So its back to calling people and seeing if they will commit to having it in their homes.

As far as my work goes as a nurse, I have talked over the situation at work, and she is suppose to be working it out. We will see when I get back on Monday how much was able to be worked out in that length of time. I also get a raise in Jan. 2008, I thought I would go ahead and wait until then instead of demanding it now because it is more than what I was going to ask for and what is a few more months???? So we will see, Of course I didn't get everything I ask for but hopefully conditions will change for the best. I was pretty much last Tuesday at my wits end and was really ready to quit just right on the spot. Talked it out and come up with a plan, she(my boss) even came back that night to try to get some of the problems straighten out.

I got some pics last night I took them with my cell phone and they didn't look like they came out as good as taking with a digital camera. I haven't downloaded them into the computer. So I might put them up or not. Right now I am waiting for the washer repair man to come and take a look at my washer. It is tripping the main electric switch in the house when I turn it on. So hopefully he can fix it and I don;t have to end up having to get another washing machine.

Pics of jewerly at Heney's Pub

Our first customer, we didn't take any pics of all the people that showed up, it looks rather empty in all the pics. LOL but we had at least 40 people to show up and brought in about 650.00 in sells. Great night. Another party for tonight in Nellie's pub. I will bring my cell phone and take more pics.

A pic of Louise wearing necklace and matching earrings, a bracelet and ring that we sell.

This is Louise that modeled our jewelry that night, she is wearing a necklace and earrings we sell. Louise is a daughter of one of our friends and was one of the candidates for Queen of the Galtee's that we have every year at the Bansha festival in August.

This is the center of the table, there I am again.....lol

This is the layout of the table at one end. Of course yours truly cheesing it up for the camera.LOL I am wearing a necklace and matching earring set we sell. You can't see the earrings because of my hair.

while my guitar gently weeps special edition

Just one of those days

YESTERDAY WAS JUST A BUMMER FOR ME. FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON, I FELT VERY DOWN AND WAS HAVING A PITY PARTY. I JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY MY LIFE WAS PROGRESSING AND THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT THE WORSE I GOT. PETER REALLY TRIED TO GET ME OUT OF THIS BUT I JUST WOULDN'T HEAR OF ANY CHEER ME UP THINGS. I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING AND ITS GOING TO TAKE TIME TO GET THE JEWELRY BUSINESS OFF THE GROUND, EVEN THOUGH IT IS DOING BETTER THAN I HAVE EXPECTED.....

I JUST GOT OFF 2 (12 HOUR SHIFTS) THINGS AT WORK AS A NURSE AREN'T GOING VERY WELL AT ALL. I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. EITHER TALK TO THE MATRON TO GET SOME OF THE THINGS FIXED OR GET ANOTHER JOB. I HATE TO CHANGE JOBS AT THIS TIME BUT I FEEL DREAD WHEN I GO INTO WORK ANYMORE. THAT'S A SIGN FOR ME THAT IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I HAVEN'T HAD A RAISE IN 3 YEARS. THE OWNER IS VERY CHEAP AND SHE TRIES TO GET BY WITH A LOT. MAINLY NOT GIVING US A RAISE. I AM GOING TO BE ASKING THINGS FOR MYSELF BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THEY LIKE IT GO TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY. I HAVE WORKED MY ASS OFF FOR THESE PEOPLE AND ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS MORE MONEY. CUT BACKS WHEN WE ARE DOWN ON PATIENTS THEN TAKE OFF TO NEW YORK CITY FOR VACATION. WE ARE ALL SUFFERING AND THEY ARE THE ONES GETTING THE MONEY OFF OUR MISERY, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND PEOPLE LIKE THEM. OH I AM NOT SAYING THEY ARE BAD PEOPLE BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS, THEY ARE CONCERN PEOPLE(TALKING ABOUT HE OWNER AND HER HUSBAND WHEN I SAY PEOPLE OR THEY) BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY THEY LIKE IT TOO MUCH... SO I HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE AND I HATE TO PUT IT TO THEM THIS WAY BUT IF SOME OF THE CHANGES DON'T HAPPEN I WILL HAVE TO GO FOR ANOTHER JOB.

SO I GUESS WITH ALL THIS BEING ON MY MIND, I GOT INTO A VERY BAD MOOD YESTERDAY AND COULDN'T GET MY HEAD AROUND IT. I HATE BEING PUT IN A CORNER. THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE I AM BEING IN A CORNER WITH A DECISION TO FIGHT. I GUESS I WILL HAVE A TALK WITH HER ON MONDAY IF I CAN GET SOME TIME TO DO IT. I AM GETTING OLDER AND JUST CAN'T DO THE THINGS I USE TO WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. WE HAVE SOME HEAVY PATIENTS AND REALLY NEED MORE PEOPLE TO HELP WITH THESE BIG PEOPLE. WE HAVE LIFTS TO GE THEM OUT OF BED BUT IT GETTING THEM PULLED UP WHILE THEY ARE IN BED. WHEN I DO HAVE SOMEONE WITH ME SOME OF THEM JUST AREN'T GOOD LIFTERS THAT LEAVES ALL THE WORK UP TO ME AND MY BACK CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. SO IF SHE CAN'T GET GOOD LIFTERS SHE NEEDS TO HAVE THREE PEOPLE FOR THE SHIFT I WORK. MY BACK IS STILL NOT RIGHT SINCE I HAVE INJURED IT BACK IN JAN. OF THIS YEAR, IT GOES INTO SPASMS EVERY NOW AND THEN STILL GETS SORE WHEN I HAVE WORKED JUST ONE DAY. I WEAR A BACK SUPPORT(THAT I BOUGHT MYSELF) BUT STILL HAVE SPASMS. THEN WE HAVE TWO MENTAL PATIENTS THAT ARE DRIVING ME MENTAL. LOL AND BELIEVE ME I DON'T HAVE TO FAR TO GO. SO ITS A RAISE AND MORE PEOPLE TO WORK SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE PATIENTS WE HAVE PROPERLY. THAT'S REALLY NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR, BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT LIKE THEIR MONEY I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. SO THAT'S THE DILEMMA I AM IN AT THE MOMENT AND IT IS MAKING ME IN A BAD MOOD FOR SOME REASON. I HATE IT WHEN I GET IN THESE MOODS.

PETER WOKE UP DOWN THIS MORNING AND I WAS IN A SOME WHAT BETTER MOOD, SO HE JUST STAYED AWAY FROM ME, SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW WHICH THAT'S THE WAY IT IS WITH US. WHEN HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ME IN A BETTER MOOD HIS MOOD CHANGED, THAT'S THE WAY I AM ALSO, SO WHEN WE BOTH GET OUT OF OUR MOODS THEN WE ARE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT. STRANGE BUT WE ARE CONNECTED SO EMOTIONAL TO ONE ANOTHER THAT ONE'S MOOD EFFECT ANOTHER IN A WAY THAT WE GET INTO A BAD MOOD ONCE THE ANOTHER ONE IS IN ONE, IF WE CAN'T GET THE OTHER PERSON OUT OF IT.

I REALLY HAVE TO GET THE PICS FROM MY PARTY AT THE PUB DOWNLOADED. WE HAVE ANOTHER PARTY ARRANGED FOR THIS COMING THURSDAY IN ANOTHER PUB IN THE VILLAGE CALLED NELLIE'S BAR. ITS RIGHT NEXT TO HENEY'S (WHERE WE HAD OUR PARTY LAST WEEK) WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE HER OUT, BECAUSE SHE HAS REALLY BEEN VERY NICE TO ME SINCE I HAVE MOVED HERE. MOST OF THE PUBS WERE WE HAVE PARTIES DON'T CHARGE FOR THE ROOMS BECAUSE THEY FIGURE IT WILL BRING BUSINESS TO THE PUB....WELL PARTY ON GARTH.....LOL

Great Night

Well the pub night went very well. The word got around and we had over 40 people to show up. all of then bought stuff. I was very surprised at the turn out. Even had some friends that I haven't seen in about two years to come. Everyone loved the jewelry so we are planning on having another one in the pub in about two weeks time..

We had posters out in town but it was most of the village in Bansha that showed up. I was very impressed. I love to sell jewelry because people are so happy to buy something that makes them feel good and I like being apart of that. This was the first night that Peter was actually part of it up front. Usually he is behind the scene, ordered stock, making up catalog, making jewelry displays. He rather got a buzz off it himself being there tonight and helping out. I will have pics to follow. Some of the people didn't come that we thought would, but that's usually the way it works. We are going to be busy this week restocking and getting ready for out next showing. I am so glad that the business is going so well. We had about 700.00 in sales tonight, for 2 hours work. Not bad at all.

On another note I got a package from my dear mom back in Kentucky she sent me a belated birthday present. Which was a birthstone ring and my sister sent me earrings to match. Plus some other bits and pieces. I called her to thank her for all the stuff. We had a laugh because she had stuck some dental floss in the box she sent me. I told her when I was talking to her and trying to go over the stuff that was in the box, that they sell dental floss here in Ireland... She has false teeth and don't use dental floss so she said she had gotten the floss when they played bingo. Usually she said they bring something from home so people can win so she had won at bingo and that was in some of the stuff she won, she thought that since I had all my normal teeth that she would just send the floss to me...Makes sense since she explained it to me but when I got the box I saw the dental floss in it I just had to laugh. I ask her why didn't they use money in bingo and she told me that would be more like gambling....LOL MY mom you gotta love her.

I think I will call it a night. I think I have had all the excitement I can take for one night. I started reading Stephen King's Gunslinger series. I had read one book along time ago and I am sure once I get to that book I will say I have read that before. LOL But Like I say it's been along time ago and I have forgotten which one it was. I use to read his novels all the time, and when he got hit by a car and was recovering he didn't write very much. I thought I had heard on the news that he had retired, but I think he started writing again. He had finished up the gunslinger series anyway. I have read most of his other books . You either like his work or you don't and I just happen to like his work...I can't even remember the books that I have read throughout the years. I get into these reading moods and I can read a book a night(if stay up all night reading) then I get out of the mood and it might take six months or more before I get in the mood again.

Be careful out there.

Oops I am at it again

Just had another party tonight. This time the owner of the nursing home where I work had a Jewelry party at her house. Only four people showed up, but I got 176.00 in sales. She is going to have another one closer to Christmas. The owner of one of the pubs in going to let us use a room in his pub for displaying our jewelry that is set for next Thursday. Tomorrow we will be busy getting the posters in local store windows and putting them up in pubs, things like that to get the word out. One of the patients at the nursing home , her niece owns a pub in a village near here and I have invited her and hopefully she will have a party in her pub. The business is growing from where we started from. We are able to order more larger supplies to sell on the night. We started off by just having a few samples and customers would have to order out of a catalog and would get their stuff in about a week.

Things have been going pretty good for me. I haven't posted here in awhile. Just haven't felt like typing and really haven't had a lot to say. Noticed I used haven't three times......Now that last line should tell you I don't have a lot to say. LOL

Peter's Mom and sister came for a visit about three weeks ago. Very nice. I cooked them my famous steaks and spare ribs. Which they enjoyed very well. We also went out to the pub on Saturday night of course I drank too many. I don't drink very much and when I do it all goes to my head. Any way we have made arrangements for all of to go to England to visit another one of Peter's sisters. Well we did say we all wanted to go. So I guess that's a start. Waiting to hear back from his sister for all the arrangements. LOL

I am working night shift for Saturday and Sunday this week. Going to try while I am out tomorrow to get a shaver for the dog so I can start trimming her myself...That's going be be a trip. I have found this site on the Internet that gives you step by step instructions on how to trim a west highland terrier. Wish me luck...But I do have months for her hair to grow out before I put her into another dog show.

Molly

This is this best pic of her and her ribbons. She got 2nd, 3rd and 4th places.

The Bansha Show and Festival 2007

I think I have mentioned in previous posts that I was entering my Dog Molly in the local dog show well the pics are in and she won three ribbons out of the four classes I put her in, she didn't get 1st in any of them, but I am happy she got any ribbon....This being her first show and all, I believe she would have done better if I had handled her better, but it was my first time also. So all in all I was very pleased with the results. Now have to find a groomer I can learn from and get practicing on cutting a west highland hair for shows. I plan on getting trimming table with a noose to hold her because she is all over the when I even come at her with a pair of scissors. Just imagine when I come at her with the electric shears. Know wonder people have bolts of lightening shaved in their head, it was a slip of the shears and to cover it up it became a fashion statement. LOL

I also am sharing some pics of the Bansha concert we went to last Sunday. Aslan was the Irish group that performed. Peter took the pics we decided to bring the dog for her to get use to being around crowds so I was holding her or leading her while Peter was taking the pics.... I did get to shake the lead singers hand after the show. They are pretty big band here in Ireland, I don't know if anyone has heard of Crazy World but that is one of their top songs.

I start back to my day shift this coming Monday so maybe things can get back to normal for awhile. We are ready to begin to move forward with selling our Jewelry and handbags....So beginning in Septemer hopefully I will be busy selling and having parties.

Another year older

This past Saturday was my 54th birthday. I would like to thank everyone again for sending me e-mails and calling me to wish me a happy birthday.... I can't believe the years are pasting by so quickly. I can remember when I was younger that I couldn't wait until I turned 21, now 33 years later I am saying what the hell happen????? LOL Looking back I have become a nurse, had three children, two divorces, and have moved to Ireland. WOW That would be the short story, sometimes when I feel typing a lot I will expand more.

This week I got everything straighten out as for as my work permit and residency for another year. The good thing is I don't have to have a work permit anymore because I have a stamp 4 immigration stamp on my passport . I can file for my citizenship next month(which will take 15 months to process) I will be glad when all this is over so I don't have to go through this every year.

My business is going kind of slow this time of year with everyone going on vacation and all. Still trying to get it together as for as a place to show the jewelry so when I can't get a party booked at least I will have that every week to do..... So we have to wait until after the Bansha festival before we can move forward with that because we are planning on having the room in a pub in Bansha.

I have enter my dog in the Bansha show this year. The show is kind of like a county fair in the USA, only its for a day. People bring their crafts, live stock and such to be judged. So they have a Dog show along with all the other events...I have entered her in 4 events so hopefully she will do something. If not, I will forget the shows and just breed her because she is a nice friendly dog and has come from good stock.....

Still working night shifts this month so this has upset my bio rhythm, even on my nights off I don't feel like sleeping at normal times so I usually stay up until 3 or 4 in the morning. Hopefully it will be for this month only..... I don't think I could keep this up for too long, then again I don't like day shift either. LOL Now that I don't need a work permit in order to remain in the country it would be nice if the jewelry business took off really well so I could spend full time on that unstead of having to work as a nurse also, but for now it pays the bills.

Back From Dublin

Had a fantastic time. We didn't begin travelling until the day of the party and it seemed like the minute we got into the car it started raining and rained all the time we were in the car..... Once we arrived it stopped raining and had one shower while we was there..... Anyway everyone enjoyed the party. There was alot of Peter relatives that we haven't seen since his brother Richard's wedding. His sister Marion being one of them. We have made plans of going over to England sometime over the New Year Holidays. She moved to England about 5 years ago. We have beeen saying that we are coming over for a visit one of these days and have never got around to doing it, so this coming December we will be off to England.

The party had around 100 people there or it seemed like that at the end of the night, after we left the pub we went back to Patsy's house and partied until 6:30 in the morning. Getting too old for this..... Then the next night was Peter's mom regular night at the pub so we went out drinking again. On the way home Monday was the prettiest weather we have had in sometime. This week has had off and on sunshine, which is better than rain all the time.

I go back to night shift next week again, one of the nurses took off to America to visit her daughter and we don't really know how long she will be gone. She was very secretive about it all but she is that kind of person anyway, for some reason. Oh well , I am having problems getting my work permit this year, seems like they changed forms and didn't tell my boss until she sent in the old form, so they have sent the form back twice because it needed something else filled out or more information. Its like they read down the page until they get to something they need send the form back then when they get it back finish reading the rest of the form until they get to another place that needs filled out......This has been going on since May. It like give me a break its not like this is my first time getting a work permit, I have been renewing for 5 years. Since I can file for my citizenship I guess they want to hassle me..... LOL

I have posted some pics of the party..... Enjoy The bottom pic is of Peter's sister Marion and her boyfriend they are the ones we are going to visit in England , the first pic is of Aunt Pasty(can you believe she is 70???)

More pics of the dog Molly

By now everyone is getting tired of seeing pics of her I am sure but I just love the little dog. I had put her in a boarding kennel and we are due to leave for Dublin sometimes today. I have got to light a fire under Peter's butt to get him moving. LOL This time I brought warmer clothes because last time I almost froze to death. Now watch it will be real sunny, but I have wised up and packed clothes for both kinds of weather. I will get a bunch of pics and post them when I get back. Also added a pic of Evan and his girlfriend Carrie and some flowers I have planted this year.

We're going to Dublin

I got the shots for the dog and have booked the kennel. One of Peter's sister phoned last night and said we could stay with her. So everything set for a big night out. Well not everything I still have to buy presents and haven't a clue. There is this place that is going out of business in town called the House of Merlin. Usually everything was over priced there but it was a nice place to get gifts for people, I had thought they already went out of business well found out today they still have the shop open and everything is half price....So I am going there tomorrow to check it out. I know they aren't expecting anything but I would being the person I am would love to find something for them.

Here is some pics of the dog that I have downloaded from my mobile phone and pics of other things to tell ya the truth I have forgotten what pics I took until I get into my pics on the computer. Cutting this shirt hope to have pics at the party and will post them....

Yeah we're getting rid of Peter's old car

I bought a car over a year ago, Peter's car has been sitting out back since. He drives the van and I drive my car. We tried to give it to Peter's older brother Adam but things just didn't seem to work. Well Peter didn't do the paper work we needed to get done in order to get the car to them. Days turned into weeks and weeks into months Well we all know the story... Peter's other son wrecked his car and he needed another one so he is coming today with his girlfriend to get it. The car has been setting for awhile so it will need a new battery,plus the inside of the car is a mess.... But he get it free so I hope he sees that more than what it looks like at the moment.

Had a lovely visit with Evan Peter's son and his girlfriend Carrie. First time meeting Carrie and she seemed like a very nice girl. We gave her some of the jewelry we are selling. One bracelet we got by mistake, that had a heart and another little heart, Peter said he was going to save that for Carrie when he met her, because she is pregnant and the two little hearts were for her and the baby. She is due in December. They arrived on Friday and spent the night then after getting the car started took off Saturday afternoon. Cute couple they spent alot of time cuddling on the couch which I thought was very sweet. The beauty of love.

I just realized that this weekend we are going to Dublin and I hadn't perpared the dog with the shots she is suppose to have in order to board her so I have had to do some calling for someone to work for me on Monday afternoon. I called the vet when I thought about it and they only give shots Monday Wednesday, and Friday between the hours of 5-7. I am really cutting it short because they are suppose to have this certain shot called kennel cough 10 days before going into the kennel. So I don't know if its going to work or not. I think I am going to have to play dumb to get out of this one. So we can make the trip to Dublin. I have already schedule to be off work on a Monday following the weekend. Gosh I don't know where my mind is at these days seems like time is just flying by and I can't keep up.

Also who every reads this please start leaving a comment every now and then. I beginning to feel lonely thinking no one is reading my blog..... Very insecure these days for some unknown reason. I have even forgot who all I have sent the link to, Maybe will send to people again for them to read or save to favorites. Well thats the end of my whining.

I bought a Mobile Phone

I am proably the last person on earth that doesn't have one. I decided since my business is expanding to parts of Ireland that I am not familar with, that I needed one to use in case I got lost. Well I just wonder why I didn't get one sooner. Its like a toy with me, I can take pics, make a movie (very short video) text of course plus alot more features that I don;t know about yet....Of course I haven't finished reading the mannal. I only do that when I don't know how to do something. LOL I can see my self someone asking me to call them and I say let me get my book out and they reply well my number is stored in your phone, then I say to them no its my mannal I have to get out to find out how I call you LOL

I have another party tonight. So looking forward to it. We are thinking about other things to expand the business plus be able to keep the cost down. I will post some pics of some of the jewelry and handbags that I took with my mobile phone. Well better go so I can get a bath and my hair dry before tonights party.