Tying up some loose ends.

Thursday morning sees us heading off to Dublin airport on our way to France. Once there a swimming pool, tennis court and hot sunny weather awaits us and blogging will be far from my mind so I thought I had better complete some memes I had been tagged with.

Holler at Tinned Tomatoes who posts the most delicious recipes, tagged me to reveal seven random foodie facts, so here goes:

1) I didn't eat meat for eight years. It was bacon that got me back onto meat.

2) I love liver, onions and bacon but never cook it because the rest of my family don't.

3) I didn't try garlic until I was 18 and now it's a firm favourite. How could I have gone without for so many years.

4) As a baby Ben ate everything, now he could possibly win an award for world's fussiest eater. He eats practically the same thing every day, luckily for me it includes lots of fruit and raw vegetables but I would love him to eat the same as the rest of us.

5) In a restaurant I would nearly always choose a fish dish. I love fresh fish but rarely cook it because the rest of my family don't.

6) I wish I had enough money to shop in the farmers markets and eat organically but my weekly budget will not stretch that far. I do feel bad that I may be feeding my children polluted fruit and vegetables but I do my best.

7) I would love to eat out more. We only eat out a few times a year due to limited budget. This is a luxury I look forward to when the children have left home.

Steffi, who creates the most beautiful clothes, tagged me to reveal seven things about myself. As I have done a lot of memes about me I thought I would reveal seven things about my family.

1) Last Wednesday Joules completed his degree in Electronic Engineering. He has been working on this part time (whilst holding down a full time job) for five years. They have been a long five years.

2) Dillon was born two weeks early and I only found out I was pregnant at 12 weeks. Mollie I knew about from conception to birth and she was born two weeks late. My pregnancy with Mollie felt very, very, very, very long.

3) Mollie loves soccer and supports Manchester United. The rest of us have no interest in the game.

4) Ben, despite trying to prove otherwise with his grown up, heavily influenced by his older brother ways, loves cuddly toys. He has as many as Mollie. He can't go into the Teddy Bear Factory without buying a toy (if he has enough money).

5) When Joules and I first met he said he'd never again live in Ireland, I said I'd eventually settle in the UK somewhere. Thirteen years later I'm still here in Ireland!

6) Dillon hates school and would love to leave so he can start making his millions.

7) If I had stayed in the UK I would be a teacher. Unfortunately you need to speak Irish to teach primary school children here. I'm still wondering what I'll be when I grow up.

As I'm away and won't be around to read them I'm not tagging anyone but if you'd like to take up the challenge of these memes go ahead.

Dillon has just set up a photograph blog. He loves taking photographs so if you want to see his shots just click here.