Well there wasn’t any coconut creams, does anyone else remember that ad?
Funny how growing up in the 80s they were the posh buscuits, my granny
would always have Mikado and my Nana would always have Kimberly.
But with the vast array of chocolate cover biscuits and different types
of cookies, chocolate Kimberlys don’t seem to be the decadence they once were.
I do remember in the 90s there being uproar in the local supermarket as it at
run out of boxes of chocolate Kimberlys in the run up to Christmas and there
were ‘words’ being had with the manager by several women as to when they would
be back in and them wanting boxes held for them.
How the world has changed, they are still how ever Granny’s biscuits as the
my kids know them only from being the ones they don’t like in the treat press
in their grandmother’s in Wexford.
The Long Stone Pub on the last day of the festive season with the decorations still up.
They framed the huge face of Baldor at the back of the pub so it looks like he’s peeking
out through the curtains like a nosey neighbour. The pub was nicely quiet and sitting in
the snug you could get served through the hatch. It was nice to get out after not being
more then 2 miles from the house for 6 weeks and meet new people and get hugs from those
I had not seen in a long time.
Welcome to the First Irish Fetish Flea Market.
A Place to sell leather, rubber, uniforms, boots, toys (except dildos, or the like, for health reasons… even if they are new and still in original wrappers), books, DVDs, bondage gear… etc.
There are two aspects to the Flea Market. The first if it gives anyone with old, unused or unwanted fetish gear an opportunity to sell it for a bit of cash. Second, it gives people a chance to …buy gear, especially anyone new to the Fetish scene wanting to start their collection.
We will take anything related to fetish… leather, rubber, uniforms, boots, toys (except dildos, or the like, for health reasons… even if they are new and still in original wrappers), books, DVDs, bondage gear… etc.
Sellers have two options. If they have a lot to sell they can take a table at €10 (to cover cost of hiring the venue). Sellers wishing to take a table should register before the day of the Flea Market (khayden@iol.ie). Or if they only have a small number of items to sell they can leave them with us to sell on their behalf. The fee is €2 per item and they can bring them along on the day, preferably before the Flea Market starts at 2pm.
Many people order things of the internet and when it arrives find it’s not really what they wanted or that they never get around to using it or find that it’s not really what they are into after all. So this is a change to have a bring and buy sale and is also a way to support Outhouse.
Thankfully which this we are done, the new year is well and throughly kicked off and this seems to be a codicil.
No more visible solar eclipses for 4 years and the moon is not due one until June and the mercury retro is in March. Thank buggery for that.
There are no more kids bikes or trikes in the house. Santa dropped this off in a box and
we then had the fun of assembling it. Doing that has given it’s owner a wonderful insight
into how the mechanics of various parts of the bike work and ideally she will be able to
do a lot of the care and maintenance of it herself as she grows.
I got a big bike when I was her age and it mean freedom, I travelled for miles and miles
and so many trips to the local library I could not possibly count. There are a lot more
cars on the roads these days, so how far we shall let her cycle is something else to ponder
but I will be continuing the family tradition of making her learn the rules of the road
before she is allowed cycle outside of the estate.
This evening after the departure of my paramour and before my ex arrived home with the kids from his grandparents where they had spent the new years weekend it was just me rattling around the house. Trying to adjust to being Mammy again and for looking after everyone else after a weekend of of it just being the two of us and doing as we pleased. When the kids are here the house has a definate mode and routine and it was nice to sit and be still and not have to be thinking ahead to what has to be done.
The tree was late going up this year, with the ‘seasonal’ weather there was delay in the crop getting to market so it was a while later then I had wanted that we finally got the tree. Yes a real one, we always have a real one, it’s the smell and tradition and part of what makes it Yule for me. Tomorrow we will start giving the new presents acquired new homes so that they no longer sprawl over so much of the sitting room floor.
Also in the shot is Crochett project I have been working on. I guess I feel less guilty about sitting on my arse watching stuff if I have the hook and wool out. Yes it’s a scarf, yes it’s a soccer scarf and in I am told the colours of Tottenham hotspurs. spurs as the man in my life likes to called them but I have nick named them Tottie to annoy him. While I have no time for soccer in general I am making him what is i believed refereed to as a Terrance scarf. Love is…
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Having enjoyed other people doing this I am going to give this a bash it will also push me to post more and not leave things lingering in draughts.
After the 1 bottle I had newyears eve we wandered to the shop again and picked up a box, 20 quid for a box of 12 500ml bottles of 5.2% dark beer and it is yummy the day has been spent drinking hobgoblin and watching Community. Each episode is only 22 mins long but each had me laughing out loud at least 3 times. It was good just to sit on the sofa and be in each other’s company with no plans, no deadline and no were to rush to or from.
This has been a huge hit in our house and with a lot of my gamer friends.
Both kids have their own accounts and work together and with others to build, mine and explore. It’s been my daughters first foray into online servers for a pc game and it’s going well. Yes she has discovered asshats but is learning that as with real life if you don’t like how people are playing there comes a point where you walk away.
She has been playing that more then online games for the xbox as chat is the norm on xbox live and she no longer wants to be in a situation where she gets hassle for being a girl and young and playing on xbox live.
This doesn’t happen with Minecraft, both my brats know well how to stay safe online and not to give out info and how to quit any conversation they are not happy with and how to block people who are annoying asshats and to be careful they aren’t the annoying asshat.
Notch/Markus Alexej Persson (the creator of minecraft) currently is the desktop picture on my son’s pc. It seems that he may have replaced Peter Molyneux as the person he wants to be when he grows up. Yes Santa is bringing Fable 3 but the indie start up of Minecraft has certainly captured his imagination and at almost 13 he has already decided that he wants to do Computer Applications in TCD and then the MA in game development in DIT.
Minecraft is giving them both a chance to have control and crate the virtual environments they play in. They have both toyed around with level editors for games, usually race track games but the scope of minecraft is something they keep coming back to.
And they are not alone, they are reading the wikis and sharing knowledge on how to make and create things with others who log on to the sever to share the experience. I guess I have to face up to the fact my kids are pretty much immersed in gaming culture esp when I dragged from the kitchen to
watch this.
Minecraft and country music, my daughter is thrilled and is doing her best to learn all the words, I guess that will join Jonathan Coulton‘s song ‘Still Alive‘ from portals as a sing along in the car song.
I guess I don’t write that much about the types and amount of gaming we do esp as a family, I guess I should. So be warned there will be more posts.
