Hello, stranger

 Well, hellooooo!  I am back!  Let's call it a hiatus shall we?

What's new?  Not much am afraid!  Well aside from Tropical Storm Laura blowing into town this weekend.  At max it will be a Category 1 hurricane, and we are hopeful not a direct hit.  It is not looking like it is headed that way at the moment anyway.  

We have/had three tv crews (from pretty big new corporations wink wink) booked in to the the hotel, to cover the storm, but one of them have cancelled and are going up to New Orleans now.  God damnit, how am I supposed to persuade them to recreate Anchorman with just two??

Still going out loads on the little baby boat (aka The Salty Grunt), but obviously not this weekend.  We will go over to the yacht club tomorrow to check that it is tied securely etc. And then we just leave her there and cross our fingers the bilge pump works well and all is ok after the storm.  We will miss Happy Hour this Sunday - we have got very used to going to Stock Rock Cafe (a fun tiki hut restaurant-bar) by boat.  How fun is that???!!

Exciting times

Stuff.  That is going on.

 

Enid moved job! 

She has left Fingal library services after 17 years and is moving to a new library in a different area. 

Before Enid starts the new job she is going on a holiday.  Which means Bones is going to his grandparents!  T'his is him being dropped over - that dog gets more like a baby every day.

There is a funny story about Bones and when he stayed/stays in Lyttle Holme (well a few stories actually).  So first one is that he is only recently back staying with Mam and Dad.  This is because of some bad behaviour a couple of Christmasses ago involving incidents of eating things he shouldn't have namely two cupcakes, a Christmas pudding AND a little small antique book.  Come on! Seriously Bones! A book?? Enid denies it but I was there and saw it all!

Anyway Enid was stuck for a minder a while back and Mam said she'd take him again.  And wait for this.  He now sleeps on the bed with the two of them, and gets gravy on his doggy biscuits.  She has him ruined! 

So good/exciting times for Enid.  I am excited for her.  I've lots of good stuff happening too :-)  So here is a happy excited kitten with a cute little face for both of us.

 

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What's been going on in Merrion Street these days?

 

Today there was a large pro-life rally held on Merrion Square.  No doubt we will see lots of pro life and pro choice rallies from here until the proposed referendum happens next year.

 

These aren't great photos but it made me laugh when I saw this earlier this week

Three journalists standing outside Government buildings

 

The umbrellas aren't clear but they were from RTE, TV3 and FM104. 

It made me think of the end of Anchorman when the tv hosts arrive from all the different networks and channels, and at 7.30am in the morning it made me smile.