Ohh I Have Little To Do

There’s a hole in ma wee sock
That Mollys run amok
The world is tumblin round ma ears
And I’ve turned into a right old dear

T will teach me how to knit
And embroider a little bit
Ciara’s on the Morgans spice
It is nice with lots of ice

And our Barry - he’s a geg
He’d drink beer by the keg
Vikki bakes a wee cake
Puts a smile on Declan’s bake

Ohh he's James now - What to heck
He can’t change his name back
Nearly finished my wee poem
As I listen to this song

And the song is Mack the knife
A song of death and of life
my poems of facebook and some chums
Who make life less humdrum

So I dip into their world
While I knit and I purl
That’s a joke now - it really is
I’m just sitting drinking fizz.

The bottle popped- cork hit the ceiling
Molly ran and started squealing
So I had to calm her down
So we danced all around

Now we’re having a little sip
Well maybe more than a little bit
So goodnight dears one and all
And tomorrow do not call.

(too early):)

I Wish You A Very Happy New Year XX

Drunken Fairy

Some people may already be partying to welcome in the new year having not stopped their Christmas revelry's. Others may be following that age old tradition of cleaning their home and making it spick and span for it is said how your home is on new years day - so it will stay. So, a lot of people try to have their homes clean and cheerful ...for they want a cheerful new year. Not one bogged down by clutter and chaos.

People think of the new year as a new beginning - but it is just a continuation of more of the same .. the same worries, the same joys and the same sorrows. The year may be new but we certainly are not and all the things that vex or break our hearts one year will still vex us and break our hearts the next.

For many people the Christmas period becomes a time when you dwell on the past thinking about people who are no longer around. People who were in their time an important part of your world and then others who may have only been in your world for a relatively brief time ... who also added colour and joy to your life's story but are now, for what ever reason lost to you. It all sounds rather depressing doesn't it?

Gremlin In My Stocking

Thankfully though we have the gift giving and receiving - we have the dinner (that is always in danger of being ruined but that we somehow salvage) we have the M&S Cava, the bucks fizz, the mulled wine, the beer  and the telly. The stupid games, the little tiffs and family and friends.We have all the trappings that are gold to stand up comedians .. crackers charades sweets cakes. We have the opportunity to overindulge ourselves and our families. We have everything that will insure a merry Christmas We have the smiles, that are not frozen or plastic, but genuine and a vague idea that next year we will make it an even better Christmas.


The Christmas period can be sad and happy in equal measure, we cannot forget the people who have gone from our lives because in their time they enriched us with their presence.  I am however mindful of the people in my present. They are all the best Christmas present I could ever want........Now where did I put my Cava?

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!   CHEERS  XXX

Lack Of Oxegen Causes Deep Intake Of Breath For Irish Teens

It was announced earlier today that next year’s Oxegen Festival would not be going ahead. This music event is normally held just outside Dublin at the Punchestown Racecourse in July. I have many happy memories of picking my daughter up from the Train Station after her attending this festival. Although it was a short trip home , I usually got her to open the car windows to let the unwashed for three days smell out. Then when  she got home she would shower, sleep and sleep some more and then maybe think of starting to hose down her mud caked jeans and trainers.

"The Lucy Show" and "The Twelve Days of Christmas".

It always amazes me how music sometimes manages to trigger off a long forgotten memory. Well today while out last minute Holiday shopping the tune of The Twelve Days Of Christmas worked its way into my head. When suddenly I remembered a television programme of my youth – The Lucy Show. This was the episode when she conducted a boys choir giving their rendition of the very same song. As the boys sang she did all of the actions “swans swimming”, “maids milking” etcetera. It must have made this five year old child laugh, as it still makes me smile today. To see if I remembered correctly I checked out the clip on You Tube and was surprised to see it was in colour. Back in 1965 when it first aired we had a big old black and white television with only two channels BBC and ITV. It is nice when a memory like that resurfaces, before the Christmas present bubbles back.

The Post Office - Failing To Deliver Or Second For None.

It looks like everyone round my way has been trying to save money by posting their Christmas cards second class. Because when I visited the Post Office yesterday afternoon I was greeted by a large sign saying ‘No 2^nd Class stamps’. Then in much smaller writing ‘Due to unforeseen circumstances. We offer our apologies’. Could this be a sneaky way to increase their profits , by asking people to pay an additional 10 pence per item for an already 2^nd class postal service. Gone are the days when your mail was waiting in the hall when you came down to breakfast. Usually I arrive home to find a pile of junk mail on the mat and a utility bill buried somewhere in between them. Like most I usually communicate by text or email as it is inexpensive and quick. So the Post Office may see people buying stamps at a busy posting period as an ‘unforeseen circumstance’. It shows bad business planning and no wonder people are seeking other avenues to get their messages through. So if you haven’t received my card by now, it is in the post, honestly.

"The World's Largest Titanic Visitor Experience"

Tickets went on sale today for “The World's Largest Titanic Visitor Experience”. Based in Belfast’s Titanic quarter, the Titanic Belfast is an iconic six-floor building featuring nine interpretive and interactive galleries. It opens to the general public on Saturday 31^st March 2012. Ticket prices at the moment range from £6.75 for a child to £13.50 for an adult.

Until March you can still visit Titanica at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and for a taste of what you will find there, see the photographs above.