Christmas decorations

Stepaside snaps

Meara is blending in to the cushions =)


Meara's cute kitty toy..


Meara and toy were on Facebook..


Nice Christmas tree..


Yummy food =P~~~

Triple-hammered pork in Stepaside, etc.

We were at J&E's in Stepaside, yesterday. They'd cooked Finnish style food, and as we tried to figure out how to translate it, we ended up with "triple-hammered pork".. Now that I think of it, though.. I think we left out the final hammering, when the boneless cutlet is hammered thin :o Use your imagination for the rest of it!

There was a fine natural light show, in the form of thunder and lightning. It was not much, but it was one of the biggest I've seen in Ireland. Proper thunder is one of the things I miss from Finland. The kind that hovers around the area for a few days, and then arrives, sounding like a few World Wars and heavy metal festivals rolled together, splitting huge trees, etc.. Awesome.

We went to the Step Inn for one drink, but the place was horribly packed and noisy.. I'm too old for that stuff!! :O

As soon as we got home (via Cornelscourt), we watched a comedy, which turned out to be quite disappointing - Love Guru. It had its moments, but in general, not nearly as good as we'd expected, with that cast..

Then, I got the Christmas decorations from the attic, cleaned the living room window sill, and put the lights and decorations up. (I'll upload the photos, later today..) I was done at around 5am, but I needed my online fix, so I'm still up, but not for long..

I'm on the vino.. =P

I met a net friend tonight, for the first time - she's Finnish as well, and lives in Bray, not too far from us =P We had a few drinks at the Harbour Bar, and then came to our place and watched most of the Late Late Toy Show (with more vino, obviously). It's a small world - she's a nurse, and remembers my dad, who was in the very same hospital (in Finland) where she used to work.. :o

Evening spin, earlier on..

Bray Christmas lights (last night)

Here's a video of Main Street and Quinsboro Road (last night), with the Christmas lights..

My first outing in about two weeks

I recently had a chest infection and nasty cough, so I haven't left the house in ages, until last night.


It was a rainy and cold evening.. Bleh..


You can almost see some of the swans, above.. Lol.. One of them was right next to our car, and it was so beautiful..


A few snaps from the Harbour Bar..

Wanna see me box?

Hehe.. I covered a cardboard box with scrapbooking papers =P

Almost back to normal

My killer cough is almost gone (sooner than I expected!), and my neck is better as well, so I was able to wash my hair, last night. Woohoo! Feeling kinda normal again =) And, I finally got to wear the comfy new top my mam sent me recently. In that rather religious webcam snap (above, freshly enlightened by the attic lights..), I'm also wearing my winter jacket as it's so cold in the attic. (Stello goes fashion blogging.. LMAO)

Freezing in the attic

I haven't played World Adventures today (these screenshots are from yesterday), because I've been too frozen! Instead, I've been watching telly, and more Dollhouse episodes online.


Virtual China looks nice, doesn't it?