Treat Yo Self…to Healthy Chocolates!
Whether you’re spoiling a loved one or yourself this Valentine’s Day, you can feel a little bit less guilty by making these delicious and nutritious Chia Seed and Cacao Energy Balls from Tina Murphy’s...
View ArticleAdventure Time with Minted
Minted recently contacted me to ask if I’d review some of their products in a wish-list style post. My first thought was to just link to the site and say I want it all. Because seriously, I do. My...
View ArticleSiblings (February)
This is such a sweet, unexpected moment between my two boys as we walked Nate to preschool (and I let them go off just far enough to snap a picture before I became Mother Hen, it’s a busy road). They...
View ArticleSlim with Tina Results
Last month, I completed the 4-week Slim with Tina online Kickstarter course and read her book by the same title. You might remember when I started, my goals weren’t about weight loss or dress sizes,...
View ArticleMe and Mine – February
These are ridiculous pictures; definitely not the best and pretty cheesy set up. I nearly didn’t post them, because I thought maybe people would think ugh, terrible photos Lauren! What were you...
View ArticleWorld Book Day 2015
Ah, World Book Day, the best day of the year! We love stories and dressing up and themed events and celebrating for no particular reason, so of course it goes down well here! We have so many favourite...
View ArticleThe New House Project
If you’ve noticed my absence from the online world the past few weeks, it’s for good reason. We have suddenly decided to jump in the deep-end of adulthood and buy a house! After a few months of...
View ArticleBlogtacular Meets Me
I am a terrible blogger of late, too busy being a real-life human being and house hunter to update regularly. It’s not the first or last time I’ll appoligise for that. I completely neglected to share...
View ArticleMy Year in Books (so far)
I intended to update this regularly as I read each book, but realised it’s hard to write reviews (at least for me). And it’s even harder to write reviews about books you didn’t really enjoy but lots of...
View ArticleSaying YES in my First Election
I know very few words in Irish (not for lack of trying, I’m just really bad at foreign languages), but being a Dubliner for seven years I have picked up a few: An Lár, bruscar, tacsaí, siopa, uisce...
View Article24 Hours in Belfast (with kids)
If you follow me on Instagram, you might have noticed our little adventure to Belfast last March. Chris woke us up bright and early on a Thursday morning with Top Secret file filled with our plans for...
View ArticleHow to Have Fun on a Soggy Bank Holiday
Ah yes, the beautiful Irish summer. Time to slip on your thermals and wellies and head into town for all sorts of June bank holiday festivities. Usually a jam-packed weekend, this year had so much on...
View ArticleBlogtacular 2015
Last weekend I attended Blogtacular for the 2nd year and even though my expectations were pretty high after the attending the first conference last year, I was totally blown away. Kat Molesworth and...
View ArticleWe’re Moving to Bristol!
I let the cat out of the bag (which is a colloquialism that doesn’t seem to have an explanation, fascinating!) earlier this week on Instagram that we are moving to Bristol. This may come as a surprise...
View ArticleLeaping Back In
Hello there! I took a much longer break from blogging during our move to Bristol (which went fine, thanks) and found myself with a bit of a block. So, I have decided to take this extra day (Feb 29,...
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