Remember Me!!

Hello folks, I can't believe how long it's been since I've blogged, I've since lost my computer, gained a new (secondhand) laptop which is tempermental, a little bit sunnier than my pc tho thank goodness and lost most of my photos which were on the pc :(

But here I go again and I'm hoping to blog everyday if I can.

Seo pictiúir a tharraing mé do Cobhlaith coicis o shin nuair a bhí picnic againn tráthnóna amháin

It's been a while

since my last post!! Where does the time go?

Well the biggest news in the Doohan household in May was Ríonnach's First Holy Communion Day which was 10 May in Gortahork. She had a great day and was so excited. She was very involved in the ceremony, being the only pupil from her school making their Communion this year. She was part of the Procession at the beginning of Mass and had to carry a lit candle representing all the childrens Communion Candles, and place it on the altar. Then she sang the Psalm - Mo Ghrá Thú a Thiarna - and sang it very well, although she told us later that her knees were shaking! She also took part in the Offertory Procession. Vincey con-celebrated the Mass along with Fr Sean and a priest from Glasgow, whose niece was also making her Communion (Róisín Duggan - I can't remember the priest's name right now), and Fr Sean let Vincey give Ríonnach her First Communion, and also Katie and Emily. 25 children from 5 schools made their Communions with Ríonnach, or should I say including Ríonnach. She knew most of them before hand as many of them were at the Naíonra with her in Gortahork in 2004, and three of them were her cousins, Emily, Katie and AineS. Shane lived next door to mum for a few years so she used to play at home as well as at the Naíonra. She met Joanne at the St Patricks Day parade!! and Hannah has been her companion at An Cosan Glas for the past few summers. After Mass we went to An Sean Scoil for tea and cakes and minerals and sweets for the children. There was a gorgeous Communion Cake there and Ríonnach, Emily, Katie, Eilish, AineG, RóisínD and Fr Sean cut it. I must look for a few photos :) Later on our family (23 of us - well she is the first grandchild on both sides :) ) had lunch in Ostan Loch Altan. Ríonnach's treat for the day was to go to Arena 7 where we were joined by Maryanne, Gráinne, Conor, Patrick and Caroline. We were there until 8pm and exhausted but then we went to the cinema to see Nim's Island - I couldn't believe that all three children, Ríonnach, Caoilte and Cobhlaith stayed awake until the end!! Eddie and I were nearly asleep, but the film was very enjoyable. So all in all a great day. Ríonnach wore her dress again to Mass on Sunday morning and Fr Sean had all the First Communion children who were there up on the altar for the Our Father and kept them there until after Communion which was nice for them, he really made them feel special on both days. Well after that essay I better post a few photos, I'm afraid the quality isn't great but here goes -




Cobhlaith was fed up after just one photograph!!




Fr. Sean, Ríonnach, Anna Boyle (R's teacher), Vincey

What Noelle Means

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily. Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Beautiful Donegal :)

Some nice photos of various parts of Donegal here on our geocaching trips, the first three are in Tory - the rest of the photos aren't in chronological order, sure that would be boring!! I'm afraid the photos don't do justice to the beautiful scenery in Donegal, but I hope it whets the appetities of a few of my crafty friends who are coming this way soon from the big smokes :)


Hurrah, stage 2 of the Tory Cache found!!


Final Stage of Tory Cache - treasure found!!


Caoilte, Eddie, Cobhlaith and Ríonnach with an Tór Mór behind them



Cache Number 4 (I think) at Horn Head



Caoilte at the View Point at Glenveagh National Park on a wet April Sunday. That's the castle behind him.


Goody!! Bitten by the Glenveagh Bug found!!



A view of Downings from Ards Forest Park


On our way to our second cache at Ards Forest Park



Taking a break from geocaching - at the Trá na Rossan Beach - Downings


A windy day in Downings


Another day another cache, this was the best one we found so far and the one we (well I!!) most wanted to find - at Bunaninbhir.


Nearby the Doohery cache site

Isn't it Funny

.................... how things get in the way of blogging!!! Things like living, crafting and oh yes our new hobby Geocaching - have I mentioned geocaching before??? It is the greatest thing, the whole family can take part, lots of fresh air, exercise and treasure too - woohoo. Huge thanks to Kate George and Jane Dean for making me aware of this and especially to Kate for the encouragement to take part. I'm currently uploading photos to my slower than slow pc and will be posting them as soon as I can - watch this space :)

Aha!

So if I take my time and load each photo individually it works!! I'm afraid the quality of the photos isn't great but I wanted to post these up before I head out to the mainland for a week tomorrow.

This is my LO from Eva's Cold Crisp Day Class



Next up is my version of Amber-janes Fancy Pants Class



Annamaries fab acetate class - I must really take some better photos of these LO's, but I was rushing here lol



Eva's yumme class using the most gorgeous papers I've used for a long time, can't wait for the Crafteire shop to restock these :)



Finally my version of Janes Master Class. Again the photo is dreadful and it really looks so much better IRL, I loved making the tiles I found it very thereputic and bought more clay to make some with the children, must get round to that next!! The book isn't completed yet, another project for another day :)

Crafteire

I'm still recovering from Crafteire!! It was a fantastic weekend, it was great to see some of my crafting buddies again after so long. Well done to Mireille and Kate for organising. I've been trying to upload photos of my LO's but blogger isn't playing along tonight :(