A baby of 28 years...

Am having the bestest day so far. Everyone that mattered in my life sent me well wishes and I couldn't be a happier girl...

Here's to another 28 years of life lessons and crazy love! <3








xxx

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing well.
I think I'm more suited to writing than vlogging. But, haven't written in a while.



Exams finished on Friday 23rd which was a relief. But, I may have to repeat the Mathematics. Hard work and grinds will be needed for the next month, so that will be fine.
Also, am finishing off my Irish and Celtic Civilization essays. Thought they would be easier, but procrastination is hard to tackle.

Am single again for the millionth time, even though we broke up weeks ago. Tried to make it work with Ed, but it just didn't work. I think I am bad for people.



The new goal this summer, for 4 months, is to lose weight. (Damn I forgot to weigh myself again, and I've just eaten). Have yet to check my weight without eating, but I think it's around 17 stone (238 pounds / 109 kgs) at the moment.

The goal is to get down to 15 stone (210 pounds) by September '10.
In the fridge and cupboard I have:
*soups
*rice krispies cereal
*low fat milk
*chopped carrots
*houmous (for dipping the carrots into)
*a few frozen lasagnes
*light philedelphia spread
*oatcakes (for the spread)
*bewleys normal teabags and clippers green tea
*Normal food: pitta bread, cheese, ham, light mayonnaise (in case I really am hungry and need to make a proper sandwich)
*And some bramley apple tarts if I want a sweet treat....

What I need to get:
*Cucumber slices and Rice cakes/Waffles
*Rice cakes dipped in chocolate

I'm going to do this! I'm going to lose this stupid weight! Over 2 stone to lose!



Also, I'm hoping to travel this summer. Already have planned to get tickets to Boston, MA, and Aachen, Germany. Fingers crossed!

My back is very sore for a few weeks now, not been able to walk much. Wish I could fix it, but all I'm doing is relaxing it and hope it gets better soon.

Loads of hugs to everyone, and I'll write back soon. Smiles xxx Maire x

A Walk through Leitir Móir to An Trá Bháin...

Scroll over the map below to see the area of the different photographs...



There's a lack of photographs of the Gorumna Islands online, and I wanted to show people this area on the West coast of Ireland which is hidden away. You hear places like Cliften and Letterfrack, where people think is the 'real' Gaeltacht, but the Irish language is fluent here in the Gorumna Islands.

It took just over 2 hours to walk from the first to the last photo, with hardly any rain. If you hover over the map of the Island, and all the photographs, they're marked from 1 to 50, with text describing where the place is.

I'd like to acknowledge thanks to the Ceantar na nOileán website, as I copied two of their maps for use on this project, and that I took all of these photos on a 'luckily' sunny morning on August the 4th, 2009. I wanted to show people how lovely this area is, especially when it's good weather.