Sometimes it pays off

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Breakfast time. Blue sky. Visible on both sides - out the back window and out the front window. "Will we go to Killiney Hill this afternoon?" "Yes," says the joint-boss of decision-making. Lunch time. Blue sky now only visible out the back window. The front window shows a decidedly  white outlook. "Are we still going to Killiney Hill?" the ...

What makes a great day?

Office Mum photo of kids having coffee

Some days are just grand, and some days are great. Not for lotto-winning type reasons - just easy days, when things fall into place. We had one of those today. It started wonderfully - nobody cried during breakfast, and I didn't shout. Winning by 8am. On the way to school, Clara, who is six, told me ...