We all have limits. I know I have reached mine when I am ‘crying tired’. It was my mom who first used that phrase. It really is so descriptive. Yesterday I reached crying tired. I have been putting my all into…
Author: Kerry
There was a huge part of me fighting against turning anything like fifty. It happens though and there is nothing we can do to fight it. Well we can’t fight the chronology of years and minutes ticking by but we can stay fabulous. I try to be fabulous, despite having a few things I am fighting against like RA, Diabetes and Pernicious Anaemia. This blog is simply about me embracing life. Food, make-up, fashion and more. My trials and tribulations. I hope you enjoy!
Our home is so important to our happiness. When I started house hunting six weeks ago I was honestly dreading it. I put on my brave face and logged onto Daft.ie. Where would I find a house that was going…
We really do live at a hectic pace. From when we get up in the morning it is go go go. We try to keep as productive as possible and pack as much as we can into the 24 hours that…
When I watch Gogglebox on Channel 4, I realise that for many of us it isn’t TV that is the centre of the home, but rather the sofa. Best friends, husbands and wives, families or all shapes and sizes congregate on…
You know when you get a point where you could either laugh or cry? Well I was at that point yesterday. As crying will give me panda eyes, I think I will just have to laugh. I love this quote…
Kerry Manning talks to Angela Faull on the Chatroom on CRCfm 102.9 by Crcfm on Mixcloud I was delighted to talk to the lovely Angela Faull on CRCfm – the local community radio station in Castlebar. I really love blogging…
I am a real list maker. I make them on yellow pads, on notebooks, on the back of envelopes and more recently on ColorNote and Out of Milk – two great phone apps that do seem to make my life…
I love magazines, I guess I have a bit of an addiction to them. As you can imagine I was delighted to receive a copy of the first ICA magazine, and after setting myself up with a cup of…
Today it was time to stop and think. To contemplate the changes in my life over the past few years, and now doubt the changes to come. When I am working on my Wednesday quote series, sometimes I start with…
I have had a relationship with insomnia for many years. I think I have it under control and then wham another night with two ten minute naps and I am sitting at work struggling to focus. It was so…