New Car

Well just "New" to me.

It's not a new car at all....in fact is very old.....1967 to be exact!

It's a classic car - MGB GT - and it's gorgeous!!!!

If you're gonna airbrush.....

...at least do it properly!

Wheely nice bike :-)

My bike needed a puncture repaired.....for about a year now *embarrassed face*.

So I decided to bring it down to Blanch village to the bikeshop to be repaired.  Enid suggested best way would be on the train, get off at Castleknock station and walk around.

Here is my bike at the station with the old Clonsilla stationmaster hut in the background.

And here is my bike on the train!

The bike shop had some lovely bikes!  I like the cream one in behind the pink one the best.

Did you know that bike shops do not "repair" punctures anymore??  They just replace the tube.

This is good because it keeps costs down for me and time down for them. 

It cost only €12.  Whereas if they were to spend the time to do the whole repair process they would have to charge much more than that.

But not good for landfill :-(

I was going to buy a basket for my bike but there were none that would have been able to be installed on to the bike without impeding the cables.

So instead I asked mam could I borrow her panniers which she has not used yet (she has a basket on her bike)

I am very happy!  Now I just have to get out on it!

Day of doing crafty stuff with Enid!

Enid and I had a lovely day of crafting today. 

Enid made two summer wreaths and I made a cute little sequinsy heart.

Cute wreath  no.1

Cute wreath no.2!

Sequins heart for Christmas tree.....or Valentine's day...!

I also purchased a new sign for my bar. 

A total bargain at €2.50.....hello.....how is that even possible??

Okay, so this is not a great photo at all :-(

The new sign is the wooden bottle on the left.  I am very happy with it!

May Bank Holiday Monday

There is nothing better than lying in bed watching my box set of Sex and the City :-) Later on today I am going to Art in Action in Farmleigh. I've been a few times in the past when it was in Drogheda. This is the first year it is on in Farmleigh and I am looking forward to it!

Christmas away....?

Our house - Estate agent brochures 1990 versus 2006

I was doing some filing today and I came across the brochure from when David bought our house in 2006.  When we moved into the house we found that the previous owners had left the brochure from when they bought the house (off the plans) in 1990. 

I like saving things like this for posterity so I figured I'd scan them and post them here!

So here they are, from the most recent one back.

The 2006 brochure is made up of one A4 page, printed on front and back, and then folded in the middle to make a little brochure.

So this is both the front of the brochure (on the right) and the back of the brochure (on the left).

The lovely tree to the right of our house got blown down in a storm last year.  Which saddened me, but made our neighbour happy because apparently it was affecting the light going into her bedroom upstairs (??!!!).

 This is the other side of the A4 page/the inside of the brochure.

Oh dear, it is a bit embarrassing how little work we have done since we bought the house.  But we did change the kitchen which was badly needed as it was 22 years old at that point.

The 1990 brochure:

The 1990 brochure is a grander affair.  You have to remember that it was difficult to sell houses in 1990 whereas we bought at practically the peak of the boom, and indeed were in a small bidding war to buy.

(With hindsight - eek!  But at the time it just seemed that it was just the way it was).

The 1990 brochure was printed on a piece of card twice the size of A4 - whatever that size is called.  Again, folded over to make a brochure.  Above is the front cover. It is called Porters Gate (two words) whereas now our estate is known as Portersgate.

Porters Gate is described as "Imaginatively styled homes in a magnificent setting". 

Again, I remind you, it was difficult to sell houses in 1990!

Second page of the brochure.  Our house is pictured at the bottom of the page.  Because the houses had not actually been built yet (being sold off the plans) the pics are pencil sketches rather than photographs.

Third page of the booklet.

It is funny reading the blurb that was written in 1990, now that here we are in 2012. 

For example it talks about the builders: "..........the Dolphin Brothers have the accent on quality and value, setting the standards for others to follow in to the next century". 

 Back page of the brochure.

Original houses plans in 1990.