What a difference reading an article and viewing a video can make to ones perspective. For todays lecture I had to read a piece by Marilyn Waring an eco-feminist from New Zealand and her view on how much women are worth, or in fact how LITTLE women are worth in the worldwide global world of economics. It seems that all the work we put in at home bearing children, feeding them, caring for them, keeping the home fires burning etc. etc. count for nothing. Women it seems dont count in the grand financial plan and it is wars and disasters and other such events that are important for GDP.
Feel really fed up this evening to be honest, and I hope this feeling passes soon.
Perhaps a long walk by the sea would help, i'll give that a go.
Namaste
Marie.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Simple Sunday 14/9/2014`
Started off with a little reading to finish my required reading for tomorrow.
Prepped some dinner and then left to go on a 1/2 hour walk to collect car and get some exercise
Went to visit Mum and then returned home about. 3.45pm.
Very quiet day today, dinner, tidy up, then watched TV for a while.
Early to bed after shower and some internet surfing.
Namaste
Marie.
Prepped some dinner and then left to go on a 1/2 hour walk to collect car and get some exercise
Went to visit Mum and then returned home about. 3.45pm.
Very quiet day today, dinner, tidy up, then watched TV for a while.
Early to bed after shower and some internet surfing.
Namaste
Marie.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Sunny Saturday 13.9.2014
Started off with a cuppa and then headed to supermarket for weekly shop. Got text from college buddy to meet for brunch which I declined. However when packing up shopping had change of heart and decided to meet up. Had a lovely hour and a half chatting and curing all the ills of the world and watching the lovely people going past in a new coffee shop/restaurant. In the midst of sporting heroes and their beautiful spouses, spotted brian o driscoll and his gorgeous wife amy in there (separately) and as we were driving out of the area spotted bod getting into his car with his golf clubs, must be weird for him now he's retired from playing rugby, especially as Leinster had a match this afternoon !! He's a rugby pundit now, amongst his other talents.
Came home and decided to do my budget as been out and about a lot in the last few weeks and spent rather a lot of money. Decided to be frugal for at least the next 2-3 weeks, no more nights out for drinks, meals, and coffee dates. Hmmm, we'll see how long that lasts, but I am determined.
Going to try one of Frugal Queen's recepies which I spotted on her website, a frugal butternut squash and rice masala, looks delicious. I'll post a photo later when its made.
Going to get some reading done now for Monday's lecture on Gender, War and Violence.
Namaste
Marie.
Came home and decided to do my budget as been out and about a lot in the last few weeks and spent rather a lot of money. Decided to be frugal for at least the next 2-3 weeks, no more nights out for drinks, meals, and coffee dates. Hmmm, we'll see how long that lasts, but I am determined.
Going to try one of Frugal Queen's recepies which I spotted on her website, a frugal butternut squash and rice masala, looks delicious. I'll post a photo later when its made.
Going to get some reading done now for Monday's lecture on Gender, War and Violence.
Namaste
Marie.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Friday 12th September 2014`
Today has been a quiet enough day so far. Up to UCD at 9.30 to meet a friend for coffee and a chat, then into the library to collect some books from my locker. I have caught up with the required readings for Monday next and am halfway through the 3rd document so happy enough with that.
Going to get out a book which is mentioned a lot about 'unmanageable revoluntionaries' basically about the women in Ireland in the years 1916 to 1922 who were very active in these years but have been basically all but written out of the historical record, which is predominantly male. GRRRRR.
This afternoon made some hm soup, curry and pasta with hm sauce and parmesan. I am heading out to meet a friend this evening at 6pm but still have to feed the troops.
Heading to a local restaurant bistro/coffee shop/restaurant to meet an ex work colleague, should be a good evening.
Namaste
Marie.
Going to get out a book which is mentioned a lot about 'unmanageable revoluntionaries' basically about the women in Ireland in the years 1916 to 1922 who were very active in these years but have been basically all but written out of the historical record, which is predominantly male. GRRRRR.
This afternoon made some hm soup, curry and pasta with hm sauce and parmesan. I am heading out to meet a friend this evening at 6pm but still have to feed the troops.
Heading to a local restaurant bistro/coffee shop/restaurant to meet an ex work colleague, should be a good evening.
Namaste
Marie.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Best laid plans............ 11.9.2014
Best laid plans of mice and men indeed............ I had planned this morning on heading up to college and spending a good few hours in the library doing some advance reading but it didn't happen. Stayed up late last night watching the movie 'Unfaithful' with Diane Lane (love her ) and Olivier Martinez, as well as Richard Gere, although he's not so cute as he was.......... I have seen it before but I still stayed up to watch it again and had a few glasses of wine... too many really and this morning I wasn't full of vim and vigour. Shame on me.
However all is not lost as I caught up on the housework (exciting)and ironing etc so it wasn't entirely a wasted morning. The readings are not due until Monday so I'm not entirely disgraceful.
This afternoon I'm getting my hair done and also DD1 is coming to her's cut too, courtesy of a generous mum :)
Nothing planned for this evening but one thing's for certain, there will be no staying up late and definitely NO VINO. Image from movie courtesy google.
Namaste
Marie.
However all is not lost as I caught up on the housework (exciting)and ironing etc so it wasn't entirely a wasted morning. The readings are not due until Monday so I'm not entirely disgraceful.
This afternoon I'm getting my hair done and also DD1 is coming to her's cut too, courtesy of a generous mum :)
Nothing planned for this evening but one thing's for certain, there will be no staying up late and definitely NO VINO. Image from movie courtesy google.
Namaste
Marie.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Wednesday 10th Sept 2014
Feeling somewhat sad and nostalgic today. Had to go out to my Mum's house today and go through her clothes and empty her wardrobes. This because the house is now up for sale and we need to clear out her stuff in the event of it selling shortly. There are quite a few people interested in it so its going to have to be done sooner or later. Just made me feel so sad, although I got quite a few of her clothes and dropped them up to her in the nursing home, however she didnt want many of them. She dosnt have a lot of space in her wardrobe there and its very warm in the nursing home so her heavy stuff isnt really needed. Brought some pictures, books, and some cushions that the kids had given her when they were smaller, but she didn't really want them either 'what would I do with them' seems to be her default response poor pet.
Brought a lot of her stuff to the charity shop in Bray and also the charity bin in Milltown after she had rejected some of the stuff. Also brought some bits home to my house that will have to be removed and I rather like. Feels kinda mean though as she is still with us iykwim.
DD2 arrived home from college with her Lab coat for chemistry labs and advised that she is heading to the Freshers Ball tomorrow night. She is beginning to make new friends which is great as her classmates from school seem to be scattered all over in various colleges which is to be expected. They do not seem to be making an effort to stay in touch which isnt nice for her but anyway hopefully she will make newer 'lifelong' friends at college.
Tonights dinner is already prepped, lasagne, salad, crusty bread and maybe a cheeky class of pinot grigio to accompany said repast. Images www.googleimages.ie its not mine but similar :)
Namaste
Marie.
Brought a lot of her stuff to the charity shop in Bray and also the charity bin in Milltown after she had rejected some of the stuff. Also brought some bits home to my house that will have to be removed and I rather like. Feels kinda mean though as she is still with us iykwim.
DD2 arrived home from college with her Lab coat for chemistry labs and advised that she is heading to the Freshers Ball tomorrow night. She is beginning to make new friends which is great as her classmates from school seem to be scattered all over in various colleges which is to be expected. They do not seem to be making an effort to stay in touch which isnt nice for her but anyway hopefully she will make newer 'lifelong' friends at college.
Tonights dinner is already prepped, lasagne, salad, crusty bread and maybe a cheeky class of pinot grigio to accompany said repast. Images www.googleimages.ie its not mine but similar :)
Namaste
Marie.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
OMG its Tuesday 9.9.2014
Its been a whole weekend and a day since I last posted on Friday last. Sorry about that. The weekend went by in a bit of a blur, not that I was doing much, out Friday night which was very sedate, but very enjoyable nonetheless. Home at a respectable hour (11.45pm) and cost wasn't terribly expensive for meal and all drinks included. Got public transport there and back and the total cost was c 40.00 euro. Result !!
Saturday I spent doing the household chores, after a nice lie in I might add. OH away for weekend so had bed to myself. Later on I went to visit Mum and had a nice couple of hours with her.
Sunday was another relaxing start. Yet more domestic duties and also did some gardening, weeding, watering, that sort of thing. Was going to prep a nice dinner but everyone was out and about except myself and the spanish student so we had hm soup, bread and cheese and hm hoummous, which was very tasty.
Monday started off early as back to college and wanted to get in to do my readings for 4pm lecture. Got 3 of the 4 done and the lecture went great as a result of knowing a lot of what she was talking about, due to the advance reading. It really is the way to do it. After that lecture (2 hours) we had Critical thinking and writing from 6-7.30 so by 7.30 I was exhausted. However it was good to get the first day under my belt so to speak.
Today Tuesday I had lecture at 2pm so in at 10am to get readings done, but due to the supermoon or something else which I cannot put my finger on, I didnt sleep AT ALL last night so was exhausted today before I even got in but managed a bit of the readings. Lecture went well and on the way out got chatting to a very nice woman Finnoula, she is doing the MA over one year, me over two and I suddenly realised that I had registered for too many modules for the year, so now I only have Mon/Tuesday to go to college for lectures, which frees up Wednesday-Friday and weekend, Happy Days, even though I love college, its nice to do it on a really part time basis.
Namaste
Marie.
Saturday I spent doing the household chores, after a nice lie in I might add. OH away for weekend so had bed to myself. Later on I went to visit Mum and had a nice couple of hours with her.
Sunday was another relaxing start. Yet more domestic duties and also did some gardening, weeding, watering, that sort of thing. Was going to prep a nice dinner but everyone was out and about except myself and the spanish student so we had hm soup, bread and cheese and hm hoummous, which was very tasty.
Monday started off early as back to college and wanted to get in to do my readings for 4pm lecture. Got 3 of the 4 done and the lecture went great as a result of knowing a lot of what she was talking about, due to the advance reading. It really is the way to do it. After that lecture (2 hours) we had Critical thinking and writing from 6-7.30 so by 7.30 I was exhausted. However it was good to get the first day under my belt so to speak.
Today Tuesday I had lecture at 2pm so in at 10am to get readings done, but due to the supermoon or something else which I cannot put my finger on, I didnt sleep AT ALL last night so was exhausted today before I even got in but managed a bit of the readings. Lecture went well and on the way out got chatting to a very nice woman Finnoula, she is doing the MA over one year, me over two and I suddenly realised that I had registered for too many modules for the year, so now I only have Mon/Tuesday to go to college for lectures, which frees up Wednesday-Friday and weekend, Happy Days, even though I love college, its nice to do it on a really part time basis.
Namaste
Marie.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Friday Sept 5th 2014
DD1 went for her registration for her course and came home delighted with herself and and course dosn't actually start until 17th September !! DD2 was working last night to 5.30am and is back in again at 12.00 for lunch time.
OH is away for the weekend with the 'lads' and I am off out tonight with my college fellow graduates to celebrate said graduation. Last night was up in UCD to have a meeting with the other students on the MA Women, Gender and Society. Getting excited now, first lecture on Monday at 4pm.
Bring it on.
Namaste
Marie.
OH is away for the weekend with the 'lads' and I am off out tonight with my college fellow graduates to celebrate said graduation. Last night was up in UCD to have a meeting with the other students on the MA Women, Gender and Society. Getting excited now, first lecture on Monday at 4pm.
Bring it on.
Namaste
Marie.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Treacey Towers post Graduation excitement 4.9.2014
Today was an ordinary back to normal type of day chez moi. Up about 9 am and put some clothes out to air in the sunshine and make the kitchen/living area less like a chinese laundry :)
Its lovely to air clothes, especially bedding and towels out in the sunshine. Put a couple of wet washes out as well.
Domesticity is the order of the day today, cleaned bathrooms and all that entails. Then made some fresh hoummus, a chicken, brocolli and mushroom with pasta bake for dinner later, as I shall be up in UCD meeting my colleagues on the Women, Gender and Society MA as well as lecturers, tutors et al. Afterwards there is a more 'social' aspect to the get together so we may retire to the campus bar !! Dont want a late or boozy night though as up early in am to meet a friend for coffee who has been away on holidays for the last few weeks, then home to get organised for dinner as I am out again Friday night, however with having family and additional students in the house, food has to be provided and it always falls to me. Why is it that the women in the house always has to do the dinner. My least favourite phrase is 'whats for dinner' as the problem always falls to me. Ah well.
Washed the doggy as well as he was very dirty and not a little pongy !! He looks cute again now and smells like a baby (courtesy of 'baby fresh' spray on thingy from the Vets). Image courtesy www.allposters.ie. Not my lad but looks very like him. :)
Namaste
Marie.
Its lovely to air clothes, especially bedding and towels out in the sunshine. Put a couple of wet washes out as well.
Domesticity is the order of the day today, cleaned bathrooms and all that entails. Then made some fresh hoummus, a chicken, brocolli and mushroom with pasta bake for dinner later, as I shall be up in UCD meeting my colleagues on the Women, Gender and Society MA as well as lecturers, tutors et al. Afterwards there is a more 'social' aspect to the get together so we may retire to the campus bar !! Dont want a late or boozy night though as up early in am to meet a friend for coffee who has been away on holidays for the last few weeks, then home to get organised for dinner as I am out again Friday night, however with having family and additional students in the house, food has to be provided and it always falls to me. Why is it that the women in the house always has to do the dinner. My least favourite phrase is 'whats for dinner' as the problem always falls to me. Ah well.
Washed the doggy as well as he was very dirty and not a little pongy !! He looks cute again now and smells like a baby (courtesy of 'baby fresh' spray on thingy from the Vets). Image courtesy www.allposters.ie. Not my lad but looks very like him. :)
Namaste
Marie.
Graduation Day 2014 :)
The day has finally has finally arrived and it was with mixed emotions I prepared myself for the big moment. Got the hair done, sorted out the dress, collected my gown and mortar board (!!) and prepped the bare legs for unveiling to the world (not a pretty sight without Sally Hansen, thanks Sally). OH managed to get home early from work and we headed to UCD. I was really nervous at the thought of getting up in front of all those people. However it was a great event and I had one of my good friends beside me as we both have the same surname, (as grads conferrings done alphabetically), and we were able to calm each other down. Afterwards realisation dawned as to what the heck were we so nervous about !!
There was a reception afterwards, tea, coffee and nibbles, delicious. Later on my self and OH went for a few drinks to celebrate. Tomorrow night myself and a group from college that have been friends since we started this journey of discovery are going out for drinks and dinner to celebrate in style.
Not a very original shot but a better one of moi !!
Namaste
Marie.
There was a reception afterwards, tea, coffee and nibbles, delicious. Later on my self and OH went for a few drinks to celebrate. Tomorrow night myself and a group from college that have been friends since we started this journey of discovery are going out for drinks and dinner to celebrate in style.
Not a very original shot but a better one of moi !!
Namaste
Marie.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Tuesday 2nd September 2014.
Today was a busy enough kind of day. Up at 9am and prepped a few bits for dinner this evening as I was going to be out and about most of the day. Made some hm soup, veggie, and some bruschetta and then brought doggie for walk down to Tesco for some nice crusty bread to serve the bruschetta on. When I got home headed out to Bray to visit mum and also to return the laptop that I had purchased about 10 days ago. Not happy with it and Windows 8, it was so SLOW, full of viruses, registry errors, crashing and not responding............... enough of that. Thankfully the kind Customer Services people were happy enough to refund my money as I start my MA on Monday next and I need a new computer, as this one, a Dell about 5 years old, is on its last legs. Despite this I'm still using it. Good OLD DELL :) Just as I wrote that the font size went a little funny...............
Tomorrow is a bit of a special day, its my Graduation day and I'm schedule for 5.30 pm, then there's a reception afterwards so should be a nice day. Getting the hair done in the morning and meeting my best friend for a bit of lunch, visited mum today so won't be going out to her tomorrow, have to be up in UCD by 4.45 at the latest. DD1 did my colour for me tonight - cannot have any greys in the graduation shots !!
Will post some pics tomorrow night. Here's a blurb on what 'cum laude' means when graduating.
"Cum laude" is a Latin term that means "with honor." This term is used during graduation to distinguish college students who have met certain high academic standards. The term often appears on a degree or diploma. Graduating cum laude means that a student has maintained a certain grade point average during undergraduate study. Cum laude is one of three honors that graduates can earn. A higher honor is magna cum laude, which means "with great honor." The highest honor is summa cum laude, which means "with greatest honor." This system of honor is typically used in the United States, Canada and a select few European nations.
Courtesy www.google.ie
Namaste
Marie.
Monday, September 1, 2014
1st Sept 2014`
New month, new routines and goals to be reached. Slow start to the morning by other members of the household, but not moi!! Up at attem by 7.30. DD2 in a lot of pain with some sort of infection so had to get her sorted out asap so made appointment at Dr's for her for 11.30. Woke school student up, no sign of him getting up at 7.55 and he starts school at 8.00am. First full week back and he's late on the first day. Oops !
Rang school to let them know, didn't think I'd have to be doing that again with DD2 finished in school.
Brought doggy for walk, one of my new goals is to walk him every morning, as my lectures and seminars are all in the afternoons so I have no excuse. Had to let DD2's work know she wouldn't be in at 11 as she was due to do a shift. Were'nt too happy but had been trying since 9.30 to get an answer, finally got through at 10.40. Brought her to Dr and she is now on a course of antibiotics which seem to have started working already. Called to SW to let them know I'm going back to college and then came home after visiting the Drs as well.
Later DD2 has to go to the school to view some of her exam scripts to see if they were unfairly marked as she was unhappy with a couple of her results despite doing well overall. So we shall see.
This evening it will be reheats and left overs as did lots for dinner yesterday for 6 people and only 3 people were here for dinner. Waste not want not in this house.
image of DD2's debs group, she is first girl on the right, second row from the front beside the two guys.
Namaste
Marie.
Rang school to let them know, didn't think I'd have to be doing that again with DD2 finished in school.
Brought doggy for walk, one of my new goals is to walk him every morning, as my lectures and seminars are all in the afternoons so I have no excuse. Had to let DD2's work know she wouldn't be in at 11 as she was due to do a shift. Were'nt too happy but had been trying since 9.30 to get an answer, finally got through at 10.40. Brought her to Dr and she is now on a course of antibiotics which seem to have started working already. Called to SW to let them know I'm going back to college and then came home after visiting the Drs as well.
Later DD2 has to go to the school to view some of her exam scripts to see if they were unfairly marked as she was unhappy with a couple of her results despite doing well overall. So we shall see.
This evening it will be reheats and left overs as did lots for dinner yesterday for 6 people and only 3 people were here for dinner. Waste not want not in this house.
image of DD2's debs group, she is first girl on the right, second row from the front beside the two guys.
Namaste
Marie.
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