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Some winter scenes of the surrounding area close by my home. It is amazing how clear they came out as they were again taken on the iPhone. Yes, the jeep in the picture is my car , and I made thet tracks in the snow! :)
Ever so pretty. Some phones are better than cameras nowadays!
17:32 Mar 30 2011 Times Read: 1,028
You fail miserably, and I will not let you compromise my position... so go suck a banana in any way that you want. Hopefully you will choke on it; as I cannot and more importantly will not... succumb to your feeble bribery attempts. Yea, go suck hard.
I'm think this video shows how speed dating can be done right :) Just sitting here chilling and watching this video I found on You tube after another long day as I sip a cup of strawberry and mango flavoured tea. It made me smile.. it's so sweet :)
Please will someone kindly tell me, what on earth is going on????!!!! Some friends of mines are in Lake Arrowhead, California and on Saturday it was two feet under with snow! Surely that is extraordinary weather behaviour for that part of the world this time of year?
Heh okayyyy. Blush. Guess who never thought to check the geography. Hehheh
22:20 Mar 27 2011 Times Read: 1,171
It is incredible to believe that British summer time has started today, I love it! When it rolls around to this time of year my schedule changes dramatically. With the light in the morning I get up so much earlier and start my day with a workout in the gym each morning from 7am ish. Doing that, puts me right on top of my tree, and gives me the power and energy for hours on end! Yea. I love summer and light and energy :)
I got the good to go from my chiropracter on Saturday.. Lightly, lightly at first! Heh.
I always thought it silly that the change in clock is known as British Summer Time and the newscasters give it out as the first day of british summer when the spring season has not come around yet! but there you have it for what it is and it is 12C here.. time zone british summer time lol. But I do, I do see buds on the trees!
10:27 Mar 27 2011 Times Read: 1,251
Here are some photographs of my recent trip to Stockholm in Sweden. I forgot my camera (grr)and took these with my iPhone, so the results are a bit grainy and there is a little shake in them but you will get the general sense of old the place is. When I next return I will take my wee Canon with me for better results.. doh, if I remember it!
Central Stockholm at sunset
Central Stockholm - The Court House
Inside the oldest restaurant in Stockholm - Established 1794. I don't think much has changed since then.
Views of old Stockholm.. the buildings and cobbled streets are still the originals
This is Baltic Sea at dawn.. unbelievable a whole ocean has frozen over!
Just wondering has anyone here ever been to, Hampton Inn White Marsh? If so..perhaps we could have a coffee n chat there some time in the summer together ;)
I am thinking of changing my jeep to something more eco friendly. I looked at a few options tonight after work and I am undecided between the Nissan Juke which is so funky and fun looking, The Wind two seater sports by Renault, or the Eos by Volkswagen Golf.
The Wind may be the winner so far as I fancy its contemporary look (it looks so stylish and cosmopolitan in white) and the thought of having a convertible roof is wonderful..but none offer me the safety of a four wheel drive.... Sighs. Oh, choices..what to do, what to do..
I'm just anti 4X4's so good luck with your options :-)
20:12 Mar 23 2011 Times Read: 1,424
I would like to say that I feel another break coming on, but I know that is not going to happen what with too many people relying on me to get stuff done. It is akin to walking in a bog, and you wonder if you will ever make to the other side.
Some day soon, I will put the pictures of old Stockholm up probably at the weekend. I am wearyto the bone and thinking how lovely it would be to engage in some pleasure reading of the classics I love instead of work manuals.
Amen... another minute or two on Vampire Rave and then off again. Pooooff! dissapears into the fog over the bog..
Eight hundred thousand dead in war between Uganda and Rwanda, and thousands more dead with disease.. the United Nations Forces did not intervene. After all saving human life was not in their agenda at this time as what was the point..human life was cheap and military operations by the United Nations too expensive to save them. The countries did not have any natural resources that would benefit them. How cheap, and well literally. Shames on you, United Nations.
I was talking to a girlfriend here early yesterday morning about Libya and mentioned that I was so angry that here we are in a similiar situation again and the United Nations are trying to portray a saving saviour for the Libyians' when all they really want is their natural resources of gas and oil...
I am horrified, to watch the scenes unfold on television, particularly when I hear the words, "protect" etc. This war is extremely foolish. Cameron, will never get my vote.
Since there is no oil or other 'valuable resources' to haggle over - or take over - thousands more will die. Disgusting, isn't it?
Thought for the Week - What would we have been like?
11:59 Mar 19 2011 Times Read: 1,577
It just doesn't bear thinking about, an entire town simply washed away and only one building left standing. Houses that were the home of up to four generations simply swept away like match sticks, ocean going ships left high dry in land and a bus deposited on top of an apartment building.
The sea that had given many of them their livelihood or hours of pleasure had now turned against them with a vengeful wrath that neither they deserved it nor it had any control over its destructive power.
The wistful waters that again lap the shoreline soon returned but not until they left behind a scene of utter devasation that the only place where some of the towns and village now exist is on sat nav.
The quiet stoicism of a nation in mourning and now faced with a potentially even great nuclear disaster is amazing to behold.
I wonder as a nation would we have reacted in the same way... why just a few weeks ago we thought our worlds were falling apart when we didn't have running water paled into insignificance when compared to what the people of Japan were faced with.
Too often we get so caught up in our own wee worlds and problems that they grow out of all proportion and occupy too much of our time. I am not trying to demean them but I am saying that sometimes a dose of reality and what really matters, is a good way of shaking us out of our intransigence.
When people have nothing to worry about they look for silly things to moan about. In a serious situation I think people generally react/respond so much differently.
19:02 Mar 18 2011 Times Read: 1,621
If you like someone or not should never be a deciding factor as to who you employ. If a candidate has the skill, knowledge, ability, training, expertise or experience then they are competent to do the job and personal feelings of an employer should be put on ice. If an employer hasn't the ability to do that..well you have to question their competency, to be an employer in the first place.
You have the heart and strength of a lion and I am so proud of you. Simply you are the best, and I am very fortunate that our paths crossed in our walk of life. Not many could hold a candle to you or stand beside you as an equal.
Geeky shit alert. Surround sound home projection system with screen, and real leather deep comfy movie chairs wuth holders for popcorn and drinks. I want.
Mmm, rum laden Swiss chocolate truffles..what a sin I have committed tonight. Shame is on me. I am arriving down in Dublin tomorrow night from Stockholm.. Maybe St. Patrick will give me the last rites what with all the sugar in the sin I consumed! Yikes, and I just remembered..it's Lent too!
Today, I seen the Baltic sea for the first time and it is frozen! Totally awesome to see ...and it could be that Jesus Christ was Swedish as they do walk upon the water here! Heh.
The light has gone pretty quickly and we just got back from audit, but I am hoping to nip out in the morning to get some photos with my iPhone. It is an iDisaster being here without my camera, but there you go..thats iMe :) x Bless.
I thought Ireland was cold, but try Sweden! I arrived here last night and thought I was going to have to ski to the hotel. Pity I don't have enough time for that, as it is just a quick business trip in and out for four days. I must try to capture some photos with my iPhone! ( Forgot camera).
By the way, the Connect hotel at the airport sucks if you want a good nights sleep or a good breakfast. Plus no tea, or coffee, or water in the rooms!
Gulps last sip of coffee at breakfast, I have to scoot and get some Kroners x bless
It's wonderful and fresh, and crispy! I just love it when the snow crunches under your feet!
20:19 Mar 11 2011 Times Read: 1,984
Phew.. What a week! Birthday.. What birthday!? I didn 't have a chance to blink! Between us we managed to pull of two new business deals.. One the partnership with Sweden, and the second another new Cafe business :) now you can understand why I said ..phew! I am off to Sweden for a while on Sunday and may make it back in time to Ireland for St. Patricks. :)
Finally, we get out to celebrate tomorrow night, and the champagne is already on ice!
Shrove Tuesday today, or Pancake Day as they say. I tried the fancy flip thing but keeled over laughing when I missed catching it in the pan again. I am not into all these kitchen thinngys other girls seem to have a flair for..it seems.
I missed out on pancakes, forgot all about it. But I did have a Big Mac!
07:49 Mar 07 2011 Times Read: 2,079
I really wasn't watching the lights when I crossed the street in Manhatan and was startled when I fell with yellow taxis buzzing all around me. I was so certain I was going to die when a man and woman came to drag me out of harms way.
My leg ached so much that I screamed loudly with the pain. It was such an awful way to wake ip this morning as my calf muscle had gone into spasm :(
Oh my goodness my typing is horrid in the above entry..well, thats iPhones, no glasses, and early morning touch typing for ya! You get to miss bits.
21:31 Mar 06 2011 Times Read: 2,109
I love castles, and I know I have a few days off work tnext weekend through to Momday.. Now, if only I could talk a particular person into it... Mmmm what do you think the odds are? I hope you are reading this.. Hint hint..BIG HINT
Cold slabs? Heh, rolls eyes.. And hey Pandy, only if I can talk him into it!
10:37 Mar 06 2011 Times Read: 2,145
My list of places I would like to see.
1. South of Ireland, yes.. killarney, cork, tipperary all of those southern places and staying in castles in each spot :)
2. New Orleans, I can almost taste the rustle, bustle of the Latin Quarter as I speak.
3. Niagara Falls to feel the water vapours soft upon my face and sound of tons of water as it falls.
4. Las Vegas and Los Angeles just because I have seen it so many times on television tnat I have to see it in real.
5. New Zealand because I hear the beauty of the place is awesome.
6. Rome so I can retrace the steps of our Holy Fathers' ancestry and taste a little of the Italian culture by visiting other beautiful towns and countryside there.
7. I love Paris.. Have to get back there also.
Heh, such a lot to do and go see. Oh, and yes tnrow in a little Greek tnere too :)
There is a lot of the planet to see, I must admit I'm pretty well travelled but I will go back to the same place time after time as they normally hold special memories for me and that includeds most places right here in the British Isles.
Golly, how could I ever forget the UK.. London, and Stratford-upon-Avon.. The home of Shakespeare. Have you been in his house? Ain't it rickety with very low ceilings!
Ack, I deleted the wrong journal entry by mistake, and feel such a nerd. i havent the heart to write it all out again, but thanks for the comments that were left. When the magazine finishes its editorial about my Company and the Swedish delegation I have coming over here next week I will post information about it in here.
Heh, gutter butter thoughts S, that made me laugh so loudly I swear you could hear me down the street!
21:54 Mar 03 2011 Times Read: 2,285
I am dissapointed with the updates Apple made on the iPad 2. I won"t be updating mines until it has flash and usb support, so roll on iPad3, but be quick!
I'd still love an iPad- but a family member wants to get a tablet for me offered by my cell carrier (because a serious discount comes with it). It'll be a Samsung Galaxy Tab or Dell Streak 7. Both have cameras and full Flash support. So even though they aren't iPads- there will be benefits.
Scratch that- A friend has advised me to not get one yet for several reasons so I won't let my Aunt waste her $. Besides, I'd rather buy it on my own when the time is right.
I think that is a good idea Images ..other Organisations are just not there yet. We have the Android 2.2 tablet pc and its touch is resistive which makes it clumsy to use compared to the iPad were touch is capactive.
Not only all of what I said but iPad 2 doesnt even have a camera card slot! What a poor update they made.
21:46 Mar 01 2011 Times Read: 2,339
The first of March and so we roll into the start of the Springtime season shortly.. A time of new growth, new potentials and challenges. A time of change. I am dreading next week and feel vulnerable and exposed however; I am going to give it my best shot in an excited kind of way too. If I don't try, I will spend a lifetime wondering about it and possible missed opportunties. Don't want to do that..
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Selkie
21:20 Mar 31 2011
Great photos. It looks like a beautiful place to be. I love that one of the little church (is it?), its exactly what the buildings here look like :)
xxEmaeraldxx
21:26 Mar 31 2011
It is the gatehouse of Downhill Castle.. and yes, Scotland is one gorgeous place too. Can you spot it in the background toots? ;) heh
Oceanne
22:42 Mar 31 2011
Those are beautiful!You're one lucky leprechaun.:D A Talented one too.
BLOODLIFE
08:58 Apr 01 2011
Ever so pretty. Some phones are better than cameras nowadays!