Reasons To Be Cheerful

Posy · 05-12-2022 2:43pm

That's brilliant to hear, @CheerLouth! Great news altogether. 🙂

TRS30 · 05-12-2022 3:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119958904#Comment_119958904

Brilliant news CL. Hopefully they have a speedy recovery.

BK5 · 05-12-2022 10:11pm

Now that is great news @CheerLouth , delighted for you all. This will be a very Happy Christmas!

Andrew93 · 06-12-2022 10:29am

Morning all. Was at the wild lights this weekend with my little elf, safe to say she loved it. Sat my 4th last accounting exam yesterday so now I have a break from studying after work and all weekend until January 😄

SarahLil · 07-12-2022 2:20pm

amazing news @CheerLouth

sunbabe08 · 08-12-2022 7:31am

I know some people complain about the cold, but this dry clear weather i love it especially after all of the rain we got in november and october. so that's my reason to be cheerful this morning

TRS30 · 08-12-2022 8:24am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119969729#Comment_119969729

Agree, give me dry and cold any day over rain and mild.

Loughc · 08-12-2022 9:52am

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Completely agree!! I lvoe the cold, i love wrapping up nice and cosy and feeling fresh air on the skin, no wind and rain makes the day!

DvB · 08-12-2022 12:13pm

Cold (not toooo cold mind), clear & crisp weather... bliss!

TRS30 · 08-12-2022 1:25pm

Sun shining here now and up to a balmy 3 degrees!

SarahLil · 08-12-2022 2:12pm

Agree give me cold and dry any day please, delighted to be able to get out for a walk this morning, took a few deep breath’s and took it all in what a gorgeous day

Loughc · 08-12-2022 2:46pm

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The cold air feels great in the lungs doesn't it, can't beat a fresh morning.

Posy · 08-12-2022 3:08pm

100% give me cold and bright and fresh over wet and windy any day!

I'm isolating at the moment as I've had a lovely dose of covid for the last few days, so I don't mind what the weather does, as I'll be watching it from my snuggly duvet!

SarahLil · 08-12-2022 3:12pm

Get well soon @Posy best place to be in your snuggly duvet x

TRS30 · 08-12-2022 5:48pm

Take care @Posy, hopefully you don't feel too bad.

pigtail33 · 08-12-2022 5:56pm

Get well soon @Posy I hope it's a mild dose.

Silver lining is that you will be out of isolation for Christmas Day. Hopefully you're not missing out on too much this week.

DvB · 08-12-2022 6:01pm

Thankfully the isolating period is alot shorter nowadays, hopefully it's a mild enough dose though @Posy and you're able to get back to normal as soon as the isolating is done.

sunbabe08 · 08-12-2022 6:28pm

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Hope you feel better soon and hope it’s mild case

Loughc · 08-12-2022 9:52pm

Speedy recovery @Posy

CheerLouth · 09-12-2022 10:51am

Hope you get better soon @Posy

TRS30 · 16-12-2022 5:38pm

Last full week of work for 2022 done and dusted.

Have a good one guys, stay warm and safe.

TRS30 · 22-12-2022 7:31am

Days get longer from today! Wouldnt be long till we hear ‘Sure there’s a grand stretch in the evenings’ 😂

DvB · 22-12-2022 9:06am

In the office for a half day to tidy up some bits, 'out of office' is on the email though so hoping for no late requests for anything from clients & a nice wind down day (I've gone & bloody well jinxed that now haven't i?) before we head out for the office christmas lunch & drinks...

To print off our boarding passes tomorrow & finish out the packing and after that our own personal christmas 2022 checklist will be closed!!

TRS30 · 22-12-2022 10:20am

Enjoy the lunch, it’s been well earned!

Loughc · 22-12-2022 2:05pm

Enjoy the drinks. Hopefully you can play as hard as you work!

DvB · 22-12-2022 9:30pm

Ended up driving in so was on the 0.0 peroni, drove home after a single drink in the pub after the dinner/lunch and left the serious session to the younger staff.

Officially on holidays now until 9th Jan... yay!

TRS30 · 23-12-2022 1:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120026849#Comment_120026849

Done that a bit over the last while with pints of Heineken zero. No difference to me and most people have no idea your ‘not drinking’!

CheerLouth · 04-01-2023 1:46pm

After thinking that our family weddings were over for a few years (while we wait on the younger generation to get their act together), we had not one but TWO engagements over the Christmas period 😍 I love a family wedding!

tscul32 · 05-01-2023 12:44am

We have one in September too. Been a while since we had one so we're all really looking forward to it.

TRS30 · 05-01-2023 8:34am

None on the horizon here and only really two possibilities (cousins) and neither seem too pushed!

TRS30 · 13-01-2023 6:15pm

First full week of the year done, laptop going off and going to go play with the kids.

Have a good one folks.

Autosport · 14-01-2023 10:52pm

I have a wedding coming up in September and it’s in Italy, and a few of us are planning a little holiday around it 😊

Posy · 15-01-2023 2:03pm

Oh lovely, Italy is just the best. 😊

DvB · 15-01-2023 8:14pm

Italy is our planned holiday destination this summer, looking likely to be sorrento. I love Italy and can't wait to go back.

TRS30 · 15-01-2023 11:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120109708#Comment_120109708

Did this for a friends wedding with the OH before we got married. Flew to Rome and travel up county by train, stopping in a few places, wedding was up in the mountains and then we traveled on to Pisa and flew home. Was an amazing holiday and wedding.

kinney · 17-01-2023 7:18pm

Some ppl practice everyday gratitude affirmations. I think it's very useful for everyone. Just try this and you'll see how many things make you happy everyday and you even don't notice this.

Loughc · 17-01-2023 9:10pm

Hotel stay this weekend and going to have a duvet day this Monday I think to recharge.

DvB · 17-01-2023 9:40pm

First training session of the year done, was absolutely baltic but the lads were brilliant. Great to be back.

A cup of te · 17-01-2023 11:48pm

I've been gifted a Christmas tree now from an aunt for this house I don't have. As I keep saying, all I need now is a few walls to put around the decorations :-P I'm getting there.

TRS30 · 18-01-2023 8:47am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120122712#Comment_120122712

Important things first!!

DvB · 18-01-2023 9:40am

That story reminds me of when I first moved out from the family home into my own place, it was early enough in the year & I had put little thought into christmas decorations or suchlike (the place was huge with a great bay window for a tree though) as I had loads of work to do on the place first. But it all came together & was finished around Halloween & I still remember going out & buying my first ever Christmas tree (it was artificial) and the decorations for it, most of which I still have to this day. The tree was only a 6ft green one and not that big or fancy and was binned after the Mrs moved in a few years later but I kinda regret having done that, despite it being the right thing to do really, rather than hoard for old times sake.

When I was selling that place & looking to buy my next house though it was bizarre how decorating any potential house for Christmas became a factor in my decisions, okay it was a minor one, but the fact it was there at all was a sign of the madness to come i suspect!!!

A cup of te · 18-01-2023 10:35am

@DvB love that story! I've been thinking in a similar way that a bungalow would be great so I can reach the gutters more easily for the outdoor lights ;-) your first house sounds fab - nothing like a big bay window and Christmas tree in it. I've a very limited budget so in today's climate it'll be something small and cosy! The tree is more 5 ft but that'll probably be plenty big. I'd say I just about have all my decorations because I've been buying them for years and decorating the office and then storing them under my desk! I was asking my mam where her old baubles were and she reckons they're in the attic. It'd be a win win because I love the old decorations. I'm thinking this entire house will be 1980s/90s style if I get my way and tinsel everywhere! It's hard to get good chunky tinsel these days but I did manage in some random independent poundshops around the country.

By the way, here's a business venture guys, why don't we club together and open one of those all year round Christmas shops. I could do the cafe part of it. I make great mince pies, puddings and cakes :-P

dubstepper · 18-01-2023 8:28pm

@DvB I had something of a similar setup. Had my own place before herself moved in. I bought an artificial tree that I really loved. Great colour and real style branches. When my partner moved in she wanted a real one. I was against it as I thought the artificial was fine. Around jan/feb we started to hear scratching in the attic. Checked out and could see bite marks on wires on joists.. Laid mouse traps up there and eventually it all stopped. Looked at the traps but empty so never found the guest. Roll on Christmas next year and I was taking out my beloved tree. In a branch of the main part of it was a dried out body of a large mouse or rat!!! I thought about saying nothing but in the end had to bin the lot. Bought another artificial tree, but was never really happy with it...

Posy · 18-01-2023 11:21pm

Oh no!

My tree is just thrown into the attic now- I haven't put it in it's tree bag yet. Hope there are no unwanted guests in it. 🫢

Loughc · 19-01-2023 11:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120127077#Comment_120127077

I wish I had an attic entrance wide enough so I could put my tree up into it assembled every year, would save so much time haha

TRS30 · 19-01-2023 11:50am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120128320#Comment_120128320

Me too, would save my back as well 😁

DvB · 19-01-2023 11:56am

At this stage I think I'll be needing a new storage unit in the back garden to store all our decorations, its crazy the amount of stuff we have now, attic is struggling to hold it all now.

Loughc · 19-01-2023 11:58am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120128374#Comment_120128374

Since baby came onto the scene my attic is reaching capacity quickly.

TRS30 · 19-01-2023 3:39pm

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We are the same. I struggled for the first time to get all our decorations into the attic space that we usually use. One late box (clothes that were drying) had to go into the other side of the attic.

TRS30 · 27-01-2023 6:08pm

Last Friday in January done for another year.

Have a good one folks.

Reasons To Be Cheerful

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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens