Tip of the Day!

Don't leave your power chair/mobility scooter parallel parked in front of your local pub when I don't have my camera!

Out of Cell Message

I'm sorry, I'm not in today. The sun has decided to pay us a rare visit and I would find it rude to not spend some quality time with it. Please leave a comment after the post and I will get back to you when it starts chucking down rain again. Oh, and please also send me a quick prayer that this doesn't ruin my afternoon of peace and serenity. Thank you and have a great day!

*Note: There really aren't a whole lot of things that I miss about America but swim trunks definitely make my list!

Last Stop, Kinsale!

Someone needs to make me a nice "Slacker" sign and nail gun it to my forehead! I have been bad especially since I am now posting the third stop of our anniversary trip and that was 2 weeks ago! I am almost antsy to just get this done so I can get back to writing some of my crazy life stories, including one about a fun phrase that I don't think is used enough but can be quite entertaining at something like your mom's colonoscopy exam (or so I discovered).

Anyhoo (or Anyhootzen if you are my mom-in-law), Kinsale was our last stop for our day tour and it was absolutely picture perfect! We had a little over an hour to snoop around the cute little village which was full of amazing buildings and colorful shops!

A view from a hill, looking into the harbor.

In the harbor, looking at some of the pretty shops.

The weather was great! Thank goodness! Our tour guide told us that you can rent a boat for fishing here for either 70 euros for half a day or 100 euros for a full day. How wonderful would that be!?! Someday, I'll get a few friends, pack a cooler, and enjoy a day of fishing in this beautiful setting!

Common village road. One car only and you better not have an SUV as your car! I would think driving here would be a nightmare...but Branden thinks it's fun. Boys...

Apparently Guinness was given for free to pregnant women in hospitals because of it's nutritional value! I love these old ads.

St. Multose Church which was built in 1190.

The windows though were probably made in the 1960's and are probably painted glass, but they were beautiful!

This is a newer looking sign...is this a common issue??? Well, at least it's not as bad as some of the signs in Japan!

A cute little cottage with boat window boxes! I almost think that everyone here must be an artist.

Some very colorful shops! Ok, and I also love that I got a pregnant woman and her cute family in the shot...I think pregnant women are adorable!

Happy Monday to all you suckers that have to work!  

*ducks staplers being thrown

Helpful Tip of the Day!

If you are painting with watercolors, DO NOT put your tea mug next to your water jar!

A whole lot of Blarney!

Sorry this has taken me so long to continue. My mother-in-law sent me a box full of amazing fun craft stuff and I have to admit that I spent all day yesterday needle felting. She sent me lots of wonderfully dyed wools, all the things I need for felting, and also watercolor sets with watercolor papers. Also, there were lots of nice ribbons, buttons and papers to make all sorts of fun creations! Today I made a list of things I need to do and I'm not allowed to start crafting until I am done! Getting back into my blog world is on my list so I am looking forward to reading all my favorite blogs and catching up in blog land.

So back to my Anniversary trip and our second stop, Blarney! We had 2 hours to see the sights, most famously the Blarney Stone. High up Blarney Castle, we had to wait about an hour in line to get to the top!

It was a very pretty castle surrounded by acres of gorgeous grounds, two lakes on either side, and a poisonous plant garden.

We spent about half an hour in this little tiny tube of a stone spiral staircase, packed on either side by American tourists hoping to kiss a rock. We were all smiles of relief to get to the top and in the air again!

And here is the famous stone. You can tell by the dark wet looking spot where everyone kisses the stone. You can also notice that it's a long way down. We decided against kissing a rock with tons of tourists's lip nasties on it, and instead were happy with a nice photo!

It was worth the wait just to look at the stone because the views from the top of the castle were amazing! The green colors were incredible!

A line of people waiting to be infected...I look at the photo and see Mater's face from Cars in the windows of the castle! Do you see it?

Tourism at it's finest...but it made me wonder, what would you write in your own bench?

The view up to the Blarney Stone at the top...yet another reason to not kiss it!

The little waterfall in a beautiful swamp type garden. It was gorgeous!

From the witch in the Blarney Stone legend, this is supposedly a rock that looks like her. On top of the rock, people put coins for luck or something...tempting to think that I may have had my wine at dinner paid for...