Happy Easter to you all from a cold and rainy Tipperary. This is a bit of a non-news blog as I don’t have much in the way of news from Tipperary. A lot of things are in progress but I’ve decided I need a week off so I’m sending you all good wishes but no […]
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Happy Easter but no news from Tipperary
Posted by Jennie Finch on March 31, 2024
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/happy-easter-but-no-news-from-tipperary/
Well, some upgrades are good, if annoying
In this networked and computer driven society one of the most annoying thing is the compulsory upgrade. After years of using IT, way back to the dial-up days, I have always been of the opinion that if something needs constant upgrading it doesn’t work properly anyway. This rather rough rule of thumb applies to many […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on October 30, 2023
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/well-some-upgrades-are-good-if-annoying/
Love our home but hate the infrastructure
Pondering over the last month or so over last night’s dinner we both agreed we love our home. When we were first considering the move we had a short list of what we would like. A very short list actually. We wanted off road parking, one of the growing problems in Saltburn. In fact it […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on September 11, 2023
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/love-our-home-but-hate-the-infrastructure/
Mainly about writing this time
Something a bit different this week – a blog mainly about writing. In theory the last few years should have been good for writing. It’s been quiet and we are fairly isolated so there’s time and space to focus. Well, space anyway. Anyone who has read some of these posts will know we’ve been pretty […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on May 28, 2023
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/mainly-about-writing-this-time/
Not everything new is a good thing
My apologies for the brevity of this episode, but there are very good reasons for it. I am currently struggling with “the new”. Specifically, the new Google that has imposed itself on the website I use. It has been sending little messages for several months now about “sun setting” some elements. I should move to […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on May 14, 2023
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/not-everything-new-is-a-good-thing/
New Year, same old problems
Firstly apologies for the late blog entry. This was due to another spell of drain trouble – “second verse, same as the first”. The fatberg broke down a little when I was removing it and some got washed back into the kitchen outlet. This meant all the washing up water flooded over the back patio, […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on January 24, 2022
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/new-year-same-old-problems/
Hoping you had a very Happy Christmas
Here we are, a year round and our first Christmas in our own house in Ireland. I don’t know about you but we had a very happy day. Last year Jacqui scrambled and juggled and somehow made a special time for us. This year we had a bit more time and a bit more space. […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on December 26, 2021
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/hoping-you-had-a-very-happy-christmas/
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose…
Life is a series of ups and downs and the best we can hope for is it evens out in the end. Take this last week for example. A lot has been going on and there were mixed results. Some we won, some we lost and at least one outcome managed to be both at […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on December 19, 2021
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/sometimes-you-win-sometimes-you-lose/
Another anniversary – and what a year
I said last week this is the time of anniversaries for us and here is another. We landed in Ireland a year ago. It is hard to believe sometimes, looking back. Firstly that a whole year has passed since we packed up and headed for an unknown future. Secondly that we have done so much […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on December 12, 2021
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/another-anniversary-and-what-a-year/
A week of miscellany – but better than the last one
This week we were expecting a fairly quiet time but life does throw a lot of stuff at you, doesn’t it? We had a few things we had to do, chiefly sort the damn bins and get to the hospital in Limerick. There was a delivery to be organised and we hoped there might be […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on October 24, 2021
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/a-week-of-miscellany/