After working through Christmas we set off to Ireland on December 27th for a week plus. We had not been back for 2 years nor on an international flight since March 2020 so it was an adventure alright! We were really lucky that we were able to get the flights on points and fly SAS Plus. It meant we got to skip all the queues at the airport, have ( Read more... )

I heard ringing in my dreams early this morning. I had been dreaming about my old school in London. I woke up from my slumber and my hubby said we had missed a call. It was just after 6 in the morning and a missed call that early in the morning is never good news is it? The nursing home in Ireland was calling to let us know that my mother in law ( Read more... )

01. What did you do in 2021 that you'd never done before?

Played tennis regularly over the summer, read less than 10 books, ate in a 3 Michelin star restaurant and smoked a cigar.

02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?I was better about practicing meditation which was wonderful. I failed yet again to ( Read more... )

It has been a lovely few weeks since I last wrote. And thankfully not too gloomy of a November ( Read more... )

Somehow the clocks have changed and I have not updated a single time this autumn. As usual at this time of the year the days seem to be flying by. I also finally went back to work full time on October 1st so that plays a big part in it. The hotel has been very, very busy and is definitely starting to feel a little bit like the old days. It is nice ( Read more... )

Autumn came early last week and any day now I will be waking up for work in the dark. Speaking of which after 3+ glorious weeks off I returned to the hotel last Monday. It was my longest time off in 4 years so it felt a bit odd honestly coming back after being away for so long. I also am working two weekends in a row but hey ho I have a great ( Read more... )

July was hot, sunny and over in a blink of an eye! I am the only one in the hotel working through most of the summer and occupancy has been very close to pre Pandemic levels. Needless to say I am a bit frazzled and counting down the days till we are on holidays on the 19th. It is the longest time we will have had off together at the same time since ( Read more... )

The most important news of the day is of course that I got my first jab on the 20th last month!!! I was lucky to get an appointment really quickly for my age group as a friend tipped me off a few minutes before they announced it. My appointment was at a church in town on a Sunday, the irony was not lost on me ha! It was a hot day and well I am an ( Read more... )

Like most of Europe we too have been experiencing a chaotic spring. I ditched my winter coat at the start of April but definitely have had to layer up quite a bit in my spring coats some days. But then last week summer came out of nowhere for 4 days. We are coming to the end of a 4 day weekend in Sweden which I got Friday off for so on Thursday ( Read more... )

On the 24th of March my dear wonderful husband turned 50!! So this post is dedicated to him and all we did to celebrate his special day. As you all know we never have had a lockdown in Sweden but lots of restrictions in place. Hopefully next year we will be on the Emerald Isle to belatedly celebrate his big day. All that said though I am so chuffed ( Read more... )