I sleep in late this morning, with no set plans for the day. I peek out of my bedroom window and see that the tulips and card I left for my neighbor Irene have been collected. For breakfast, I toaste up another hot cross bun to have with my coffee then make a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich — a treat I usually save for just the weekends. As I’m finishing up my late breakfast, my friend CJ texts to...

My only ambition for Saturday is to do a deep spring cleaning of the apartment. I have been sweeping and vacuuming the floors throughout the apartment regularly but only mopping the kitchen and bathroom floors. However, I just realised that the cleaner I found in a cabinet when I first moved is also safe for the laminate flooring in the living room, bedrooms and hallways. Now all the floors are...

It’s a long weekend for most folks here. Ireland observes Easter Monday as an official public holiday that most people have off work while Good Friday is observed only as a bank holiday. I start Good Friday off with a toasted hot cross bun, slathered in some butter, of course. My weekly SuperValu grocery delivery arrives on the early side without incident. At the top of my agenda for the day...