It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

Cork Lass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120891356#Comment_120891356

"Julanuary"

DvB

Still a full week of July left... don't ever remember a summer month feeling so drawn out before, especially considering we were away for the early part of it.

This day week is August 1st and suspect that month will fly for us as the kids start secondary school on the 23rd and once that happens, its straight to Halloween & then a short hop to Christmas.

tscul32

We're back from our two week trip since late on Sunday night so it seems that we were really lucky and missed the worst of the yucky weather. I'm now sitting in the garden with a coffee (and watching a million loads of washing dry).

Can't believe how quickly the year has flown. I've to get school stuff sorted now as they'll be back in just 4 weeks!!

CheerLouth

We got all the school stationary bits sorted over the weekend. Just need to sort the uniforms next, thankfully we just need tracksuits. Potty training the smallest is more of a priority - she's 3 and a half and has absolutely no inclination to do it. Don't know what to do with her, the other two were out of nappies by 2 and a half!

Nice sunny day here today which is nice given all the rain. May and June were lovely though so the summer hasn't been a complete bust. Hoping for an Indian summer as I have a week off in August. Also looking at booking next year's summer holiday so feeling quite happy in myself this morning!

Princess Calla

Happy Christmas in July.....we've Aussies in the family so that group is exploding 😂😂

I'm refusing to look at school stuff just yet. I had to replace the uniform during the year so we're still good there. Just need shoes.

Reluctant to go too early as kids grow like weeds in the summer months.

zozimus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120892996#Comment_120892996

I remember a year where it rained every day for months :) I decided to start taking winter holidays. I don't mind the rain at all - every weather has its beauty. But the doctor said I had no vitamin D, so I've been taking prescription holidays ever since.

tscul32

Prescription holidays.... I like the sound of that 😁

Having just spent the past two weeks in confined spaces with 4 men (far too many fart jokes, especiallyin Grrmany with "uberfahrt" signs around the place - the teens took photos to send to their friends🙄), I have concluded that I need to do more weekends away with the girls. Also much cheaper paying for one rather than five.

BK5

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120893779#Comment_120893779

I think that was 2005 and it rained everyday for over 50 days in a row if my memory serves me correctly??

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894202#Comment_120894202

Whatever the year Rihanna and her umbrella was....that summer was fairly miserable

BK5

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894861#Comment_120894861

Just looked it up, the song and that wet summer was 2007. I was working on the buildings at the time, can still remember the misery of it.

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894861#Comment_120894861

I think the Summer around 03/04 was good. Maybe 06 also. The Umbrella year was certainly wet.

However sometimes childhood/Teenage Summers can seem good.

freshpopcorn

Nearly over!

Sunrise_Sunset

I've got some uniform sorted, couple more bits to get. I wanted to see if they grew over the summer or if they can still wear last years jumpers. Our school takes care of stationary and we pay them directly. They buy it in bulk. It's flippin marvellous! One less thing to worry about.

Cork Lass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120893779#Comment_120893779

Prescription Holidays - I'm definitely stealing that one 😁. I've 4 prescriptions to fill between August and Christmas 😂.

Loughc

Anyone going to Coldplay next year? Took out the ticketmaster site yesterday and most likely boards as well 😂

freshpopcorn

I know it's a little off.

Loughc

Well looking out the window it feels like fall has already arrived.

BK5

Don't know how far off it is @freshpopcorn . Only 2 days away from being 150 days to go on the countdown, these last 50 days have flown.

100 days to go will be here before we know it.

pigtail33

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120898470#Comment_120898470

More like Winter! I'm sure everyone is the same, but I am really really tired of the rain at this stage. July has been a complete washout. August can't come soon enough, I don't know if it's going to be much better, but surely it can't be worse?? I never usually listen to Christmas music in the off season, but I am getting very tempted now.

BK5

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120899393#Comment_120899393

"Oh the weather outside is frightful" ha ha 😊

pigtail33

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120899523#Comment_120899523

It really is! You've put that song in my head now though, which has cheered me up a little!

antimatterx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120898169#Comment_120898169

I got 4 tickets for Sunday thankfully. The site kept crashing when the initial two days went on sale, so by the time I got into the queue there were 50K people ahead of me.

Thankfully I turned on twitter for notifications for Coldplay when they started announcing extra dates for other cities, so as soon as I saw Dublin, I hopped on. I was 4000th in the queue.

It was a joke

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120899642#Comment_120899642

I got Monday night myself. Ticketmaster is a joke of a site.

DenMan

I still have The Christmas Chronicles 2 and The Santa Clauses (6 episodes) to watch. The way the weather is right now rain wise it'll be getting closer to finally seeing them.

DvB

Was driving to Westport yesterday & on the Pat Kenny show on Newstalk there was a piece on the director John Hughes which went into some details on Home Alone, was a pleasant Christmas related distraction on what was a wet & miserable drive.

antimatterx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120900834#Comment_120900834

I hate using it, but we don't have a choice.

BK5

I can't wait for Tuesday to come around, if for no other good reason than July will be in the rear view mirror.

If the rest of the year is like this then we will be screaming for Christmas to get here 😄

freshpopcorn

Not long until they arrive here.(Spotted in the UK)

https://twitter.com/ClareFSmalley/status/1684614513545314306

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120904869#Comment_120904869

They’ll melt by Christmas 😱😱😱

Duke of Schomberg

Bushmills Inn Christmas flyer dropped into my inbox today.