She was off that day. She wasn't thrilled about it, but it was the deal. She'd skip the EU meetings and she'd get to spend Canada Day and the Fourth of July with her nephews as she did every year. Though, if she was to be completely honest with herself, she didn't really want to be seen by all too many people right now, so being off was probably ( Read more... )

More blasted weather, more blasted snow. At least it was only raining in Waterford, the snow keeping itself to Limerick. Still, Ireland was not one to take chances, at least not where snow was concerned and had a good sized fire going in the sitting room fireplace, harp back in its place where it had been moved to make room for the Christmas tree ( Read more... )

The weather outside was indeed frightful, but it was much better than it had been in the weeks leading up to Christmas. And thankfully no actual blizzards, she had begun to get a little jumpy around the snow by the time the thaw started. In fact, by the Sunday after Christmas she had been jumpy enough to decide that yes, it would be okay to miss ( Read more... )