Missing in Action - Saturday 7th Feb 2015

Well I have indeed been missing in action.  A lot has happened in the last 7 days that I won't go into here but have meant that I have been rather less than full of beans in myself.  However I am taking one day at a time and intend to come out of this situation better and better than I am now.  So onwards and upwards.

Friday of last week (30/1) I went away overnight with 5 girlfriends for one of the girls 50th birthday celebrations.  The place was The Village at Lyons, just outside Dublin.  What a luxurious place and our 'cottage' was amazing.  When we arrived we chose our bedrooms and then we had a very nice lunch al fresco in the cottage with cheese, bread, olives, chicken, and of course vino :)  Then we headed to the kitchens where we had a cookery demonstration on how to cook the perfect steak, very good fun as well as informative.  I forgot to mention we were brought everywhere by golf cart, no walking for us.  After the demonstration back to the cottage for yet more vino and prepping for dinner.  Dinner was in a fab converted conservatory and the staff and food were second to none.  Got back to the cottage about 11.30 and stayed up chatting until the early hours.

Next morning it was  brekky and then we headed home, a lovely short sjourn away and definitely worth doing again, felt like I had been away for much longer than 24 hours.

Today I spent getting the house tidied, hoovering, mopping, cleaning kitchen etc and DD1 cleaned bath and bathroom which I hate doing so kudos to her. Spent most of the afternoon keeping an eye on the rugby - 6 nations - Ireland played and beat Italy in Rome, not a great match but a win nevertheless.

Tonight DD2 is at work so have to collect her at 9pm.   Image is of one of the fireplaces in the Village at Lyons similar to the one in our 'cottage'.

Namaste
Marie.