Archive for July, 2010

Jul 28 2010

The Gallery: Nature

Published by misscherryred under The Gallery

This post is for The Gallery, Week 21 over at Sticky Fingers. ********************* When I hit 13 my Mum and Dad moved us to Northern Ireland. I had no friends. Catholic kids hated me because I was english.  Protestant kids hated because I was catholic. I felt totally isolated. I hated Ireland and to make [...]

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Jul 23 2010

how not to parent

Published by misscherryred under life,motherhood

I learned a valuable lesson this week in how to constructively spend my time with Keira after she shared a secret with Daddy during her bedtime story. I learned that children keep nothing sacred. Here is parenting according to the Hot Geek: To teach Keira her numbers (eg: her times tables) To teach Keira to write [...]

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Jul 21 2010

miss nudie popped my cherry

Published by misscherryred under awards,life,love,motherhood

This was the first thing that greeted me in my twitter time line this morning: Now, if you’ve read the ‘About Me’ section you’ll know that I used to want to be a journalist which makes me incredibly nosey by nature. So I did what any self respecting nosey bitch would do… I clicked the [...]

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Jul 12 2010

Letters

Published by misscherryred under life,love

Dear God I am a catholic. But you already know that. People don’t believe me when I tell them about my religion.  They think I’m making it up. My religion doesn’t define me but I do go to mass and I do pray.  Sure, I might not pray every day (if my Nanny Bridget is [...]

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Jul 09 2010

like mother like daughter…

Published by misscherryred under life

People are always telling me that Keira is just like me. That she looks like me, acts like me, talks like me and I have the same response everytime: really??? I just don’t see it. And the I videoed this: like mother like daughter I require slapping the next time I claim there is no [...]

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Jul 08 2010

So I got a little creative…

Published by misscherryred under jewellery making

I have made no secret of the fact that I love jewellery. And proof of said addiction can be read here. The Hot Geek has been telling me for ages that I needed a hobby or something to do other than be a pain in his arse when he’s trying to play xBox or work. [...]

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Jul 04 2010

spill your guts!

Published by misscherryred under life

So…… tiddlyompompom tagged me in a meme and well, it’d be rude not to get involved… Here goes…. *********************** 1. Are you a meticulous planner? Yes.  I border obsessive.  People (like the hot geek) who can just fly by the seam of their pants drive me insane. I write endless lists: on paper, on my [...]

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