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Moving Blog House

Posted on July 17, 2015 by The Clothesline

I am moving house, blog house. Just dropping the wordpress bit and the At bit and now I am just The Clothesline.ie If you follow me on wordpress, I think my posts will still appear on your reader but if … Continue reading →

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Jesus On A Pen Giveaway

Posted on July 16, 2015 by The Clothesline

I have mentioned before about my love of Tiger Stores. It is a love that continues to grow as time goes on. On  Tuesday evening I went along to have a preview evening in the new store that is now … Continue reading →

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Days Out In Dublin- City Spectacular and Good Food

Posted on July 11, 2015 by The Clothesline

  We had a slow start to our day, lazy morning, tired children, exhausted parents. Staying on the couch for the day was tempting but we found energy to move from couch to car and headed into town to the … Continue reading →

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The Quest for Free Chocolate Cake

Posted on July 10, 2015 by The Clothesline

Last week, I got the usual envelope full of promotional stuff from my local supermarket. Instead of the usual spend 100 get a 10 euro off voucher there was instead a voucher for free chocolate cake if you spend €20. … Continue reading →

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Raising Delinquents

Posted on July 2, 2015 by The Clothesline

Yesterday, day one of the school holidays. Nice day, relaxed enough. All fine. I went upstairs yesterday evening and the boy’s room was thrashed. Himself and his sister had been up there playing. There is always a price to be paid … Continue reading →

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Tonight Matthew I am going to be Meghan Trainor……..

Posted on June 29, 2015 by The Clothesline

My five and half year old is seriously competent. Anything her older brother and sister can do she makes a good effort at doing and most times she succeed and sometimes she does it better than they do. She is … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful Weirdness of Kids

Posted on June 24, 2015 by The Clothesline

One of my favourite things about this time of year, is going through the things the kids bring home from school. I have gotten more ruthless since the days of keeping every scribble from the precious first-born but their school … Continue reading →

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Skincare, Badly Applied Make Up and Other Musings

Posted on June 19, 2015 by The Clothesline

Make-up, I know very little about it however fellow blogger Sinead at Bumbles of Rice came up with an idea of sharing how to look human on three hours sleep and I said I would join in, so here we … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to Crime

Posted on June 13, 2015 by The Clothesline

Wednesday evening. The sun was shining, I was making dinner, the kids were out playing. All was normal in suburbia. Then I saw one child walking towards house sobbing and other children flapping around aghast and over excited. I heard, … Continue reading →

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The Problems of June

Posted on June 9, 2015 by The Clothesline

In June of times gone past, I would enjoy the milder weather and maybe buy some new clothes and shoes for the summer with my disposable income or go on holiday again using my disposable income. June was never a … Continue reading →

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