It’s been a year since my last post. Here’s what I’ve been up to: We Got a Dog! In June of last year my husband and I adopted an adorable little bichon frisé puppy from the dog&cat rescue near us. She had been rescued from an animal hoarding situation and had been at the vet …
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Open Cover Letter to Employers
Dear Potential Employers, Hello, my name is Keely. This is an unorthodox way of letting you know I’m out there and looking for employment, but traditional methods haven’t proven successful, so I’m taking a risk. It isn’t normal to bare one’s soul in an introductory letter to a business, but my soul is my best …
Centering
Hello interwebs. It’s been a long time. So much has been happening in my life and I will eventually update here in subsequent posts, but for now, a more introspective post about my processing. I’ve left a job I loved. A job that gave me a tremendous amount of fullfillment and purpose. A job I …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day/10 Things I love About Ireland
Hello! In honour of St. Paddy’s Day, I’d like to post a list of reasons why I love living in Ireland. Here goes: 1) The scenery. Say what you want about all the rain being annoying, but Ireland on a sunny day is the most beautiful place on the planet. The green fields, stunning beaches, …
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Homesick/10 Things I Miss About Living in the USA
Hey interwebs! Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. Life has been a bit hectic with the move back into my in-laws house whilst hubby and I await completion of our house. I also haven’t really had any ideas of what to write about. That is, until a few days ago when I really started getting …
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Getting Out of the Driver’s Seat
Hello World! Despite the title of this post, I’m not going to be talking about driving in the literal sense. I’m feeling rather introspective and contemplative today, if not a little melancholy. I’m in limbo. Well, my husband and I are both in limbo. We’re in the later stages of buying a house and are …
Mountain Driving
A few weeks ago, I went on a road trip to the Cork/Kerry border. The purpose of which was to give me driving experience. It was also the brainchild of my cousin-in-law’s husband. We’ll call him Al. So, Al has been my driving practice buddy for awhile now. He does rally driving as a hobby …
Learning to Drive in Ireland
Hello! Back again. I am many things, I have many skills. Driving a manual transmission was never something I had in my skills toolbox. I’m an American. In America, we mostly drive automatic transmission vehicles. When I was learning to drive in the US, neither of my parents owned a stick shift, so I was …
Made for the movies
Hello! Back as promised with another post. In my last one, I ended with a question: How is it that an American, such as myself, ended up in Ireland? The simple answer is that my husband is Irish and we decided to live here in Ireland instead of in the US. That’s great and all, …
First Time for Everything
Hello World! Welcome to my first ever blog post on WordPress! I don’t really have a plan for this post, so this is rather off the cuff. It’s just after 9:30pm Irish time and I’m procrastinating getting into bed. Yes, the electric blanket is on, but I’m not ready to admit defeat and slide into …
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