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While the children are raring to go to their first day at an scoil nua. The distressed bedroom wall look is so in vogue! With a hint of Tracey Emin thrown in. 

if it doesn’t work click below http://fdotoole.com/firststeps/First_Steps_for_Rosie.html You can get really tired of everything, begin to wonder if they are always going to be coming down with something or other. Then they do stuff that makes you grin from ear … Continue reading →

Rosie is home.

Rosie Zita unfortunately is lying in a cot beside me in Cork University Hospital. She has whooping cough. Easily the scariest thing I have ever experienced is Rosie coughing until her face turns blue and all her breathing stops. She … Continue reading →

On the eve of turning 48, the new dad at 47 realised the problem with the title. But feck it, it’ll be grand! that’s what the past simple is for. So on with the tips.  Rosie Zita Catherine O’Toole Yet … Continue reading →

..…on Sunday. Baton down the hatches, sluice out the galley, take out Alphie’s first crib and toothbrush the grouting in the bathroom, ( I am told).  Now I thought we did a lot of washing with one baby, it’s not … Continue reading →

The actual movie is a bit of a let down ………..

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Helen has cancer. She asked me to send her site link to as many people as possible. It outlines the history of her fight over the last many years with the disease and how this month she unfortunately has had to return … Continue reading →

“Would you like to read what your father was thinking when you entered the world?” This question was posited in response to my last missive. Absolutely I would, was my immediate reaction.  I didn’t know my dad, he died when … Continue reading →