Sheep!

Last day in January and the days are getting longer!!  We get an extra 4 minutes of sunlight per day.  At that rate, in one month, we will have two extra hours of sunlight per day - woohoo!! Spring comes early here (so I am told) and here the summer solstice will give us 17 hours of daylight!  Gotta love that!


Currently, we have  been getting sheep in the back garden instead of cows.  Chloe much prefers this because, when she bounds out there barking, they really RUN!   They certainly are less intimidating than the cows...

Zach has been swimming at the leisure center in the mornings when I am walking the dogs so that has been good.  I have started volunteering at the Thrift Shop for St. Vincent De Paul on thursday mornings (10:30 to 2:00) and that has been fun.  I get to meet more people, hear lots of witty banter, and it's all good craic!

Terminology Update:

CRAIC - This is pronounced "Crack" and it means fun.  So sometimes they say things like, "it's all good craic" or "just do it for the craic" and it of course strikes me very funny, but I will freely admit that it's fun to say!

PORRIDGE - Obviously, it means what it says, however, I was used to saying oatmeal, and have since started saying porridge instead.

SACHET - This is probably pronounced "sa-chette" (I have noted that lots of pronunciations are different here, like vitamin is pronounced with a short i for the first syllable) and it means packet. The sachet is the little bag the porridge comes in.  Anything that has several small bags of the item will say that it contains X number of sachets. 

Can't think of any more at the moment.  

So we are now gearing up for February and Spring and guests and such - woohoo!  Planning to make Mom's traditional Valentine Cookies but am unable to find Red Hots.  I have been to all three main stores here and asked around to no avail.  I went online and they can't ship them here.  I will have to check with Aldi and if that doesn't work, may have to give up....