Friday, August 22, 2003
Homing instinct I have heard that Homeopathy is supposed to be a great asset in pregnancy. Was in Nelsons in Duke St. earlier picking up some oils and made some enquiries. I'll read up a bit about it - one of the midwives recommended that I look into it. If you have any comments let me know.
Oo-er missus So last night was hilarious. I was stuck at home waiting until 8pm - Mum got delayed in work. I managed to get the handle on this SSI thing a bit better. [Note to self: i'ts generally considered a good idea to upload anything that is referenced... Doh!]
So finally we all headed out to the Country Mice where we served a delicious Italian meal by my sophisticated cousin Beebs. She also had presents for everyone - mine being an incentive to get slim again in the form of a beautiful silk dress. During the course of the meal we "chatted" about various things and at one point my mother was overheard saying "I know first aid - you would have to do the Hymen Manouevre" Oh dear god it took us a good while to calm down after that. Abs and Beebs got an awful fit of the giggles and no-one could say anything after that. The Child Genius' boyfriend was present and must think we are all mad.
However we didn't leave until nearly one o'clock so it was half past by the time I got home. Being in the car made me feel sick and I got that classic flashy eye symptom of funny blood pressure. I am shattered today and felt decidedly odd this morning. Just goes to show you how much pressure you're putting on your body. Just tired now really - I'm gonna push off. A nice relaxing afternoon of photography - putting together a press pack for one of our projects in work.
So finally we all headed out to the Country Mice where we served a delicious Italian meal by my sophisticated cousin Beebs. She also had presents for everyone - mine being an incentive to get slim again in the form of a beautiful silk dress. During the course of the meal we "chatted" about various things and at one point my mother was overheard saying "I know first aid - you would have to do the Hymen Manouevre" Oh dear god it took us a good while to calm down after that. Abs and Beebs got an awful fit of the giggles and no-one could say anything after that. The Child Genius' boyfriend was present and must think we are all mad.
However we didn't leave until nearly one o'clock so it was half past by the time I got home. Being in the car made me feel sick and I got that classic flashy eye symptom of funny blood pressure. I am shattered today and felt decidedly odd this morning. Just goes to show you how much pressure you're putting on your body. Just tired now really - I'm gonna push off. A nice relaxing afternoon of photography - putting together a press pack for one of our projects in work.
Thursday, August 21, 2003
Ciao bella Beebs is home for a short visit and I'm away up to her house in Kildare this evening. Myself the parents and Abs are going. Also get to congratulate the genius in person.
I'm also trying to get this SSI thing working on the left. Some of the new design doesn't work in Netscape and I truly dread to think what it looks like on a Mac. Maybe M or L in NYC might let me know if they read this please...? Send me a grab - I know all about your bandwidth...!!
I'm also trying to get this SSI thing working on the left. Some of the new design doesn't work in Netscape and I truly dread to think what it looks like on a Mac. Maybe M or L in NYC might let me know if they read this please...? Send me a grab - I know all about your bandwidth...!!
Go m�rmhor Abs and Grats are both playing at MOR FESTIVAL 2003. Sounds like it could be great and EVERYONE seems to be going. I have other plans...
Nice site as well.
Nice site as well.
Grandma would have been amazed... MNI is delighted to announce the birth of its first baby today. The irony is that the "service that refuses to discriminate against any women on grounds of sexuality or marital status " enabled a healthy (dear god 10lbs 2 oz!) boy to be born to a married heterosexual couple. The first internet assisted birth. Now that's technology!
Big things come in small packages. Vinnie and I and the nipper had an appointment with the midwife this morning. The little messer wouldn't stay still and it took them about 5 minutes to find the heartbeat. Apparently we are having a small baby - HOOORAAAY I SAY!!!!
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Now you see it... Let me know what you think...
Wrecking me head I'm working on a new design for this site. Hurrah! Why is it that there's always just one small thing that will not work for some inexplicable reason? Always.
At 5Am in the morning I am woken up by my baby, kicking away inside me. I started thinking about a documentary I heard on the radio recently about Anne Lovett.
In 1984, she was found dead with her new born baby beside her at a roadside shrine in Granard. She was 15 and apparently no-one knew she was even pregnant. I was 9 years old at the time. I don't remember it but it was all over the news. I gather the conservative people and schools and the influence of the church were blamed for the tragedy.
An acquaintance of mine told me a similar story with happier consequences recently. A friend of hers had accidentally gotten pregnant. The first her family knew about it was in the middle of the night when she went into labour. They didn't mind her being pregnant, the community didn't mind her being pregnant. She did not want to admit that she was to herself or anyone else. Nobody knew. This happened in the last year. Everyone in Ireland has heard a story like that.
I lie in bed thinking about these women. In the wee small hours I think how lonely they must have been. How could they have ignored the kicking?
Letter from Dublin -- Louise Williams | BBC World Service
In 1984, she was found dead with her new born baby beside her at a roadside shrine in Granard. She was 15 and apparently no-one knew she was even pregnant. I was 9 years old at the time. I don't remember it but it was all over the news. I gather the conservative people and schools and the influence of the church were blamed for the tragedy.
An acquaintance of mine told me a similar story with happier consequences recently. A friend of hers had accidentally gotten pregnant. The first her family knew about it was in the middle of the night when she went into labour. They didn't mind her being pregnant, the community didn't mind her being pregnant. She did not want to admit that she was to herself or anyone else. Nobody knew. This happened in the last year. Everyone in Ireland has heard a story like that.
I lie in bed thinking about these women. In the wee small hours I think how lonely they must have been. How could they have ignored the kicking?
Letter from Dublin -- Louise Williams | BBC World Service
Flashblob Found the Dublin Flash Mobbers site - not really encouraging me to join in. Might be a way to meet new people...The Dublin Mob Project
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
The PitchersThe Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - I've been trying to remember the name of this site for ages. Thanks to the Disgruntled Housewife and her saucy dreams about obscure sitcom actors, my memory was jogged.
RubbishSomeone in a nearby business is binning bottles. Every Sunday night at 5AM someone drives up to the end of our road and empties loads of bottles into the bin at the end of the road and tears off again. Every single Sunday it wakes me up. Every single time I get really cross because those bottles are not being recycled. Not because the noise woke me up.
RubbishSomeone in a nearby business is binning bottles. Every Sunday night at 5AM someone drives up to the end of our road and empties loads of bottles into the bin at the end of the road and tears off again. Every single Sunday it wakes me up. Every single time I get really cross because those bottles are not being recycled. Not because the noise woke me up.
Lateness.com a site for my friend Prof GF. I reckon she's beyond caring though...
Happy half birthday to me Twenty eight and a half today.
I bhfad r�-shean do leath bhreithl� dar le Himself
I bhfad r�-shean do leath bhreithl� dar le Himself
Monday, August 18, 2003
A rose by any other name So the name game has reared its interesting featured head a couple of times recently, in real and online life. I met Deda for drinks (ginger ale for me, Guiness for her) last Thursday and it came up in conversation. Understand it is not the first name of our child that is causing difficulties, it is the last name. It also came up on the Eumom discussion board.
I think we have come up with a happy medium. The child has to have a surname. I have a problem on principal with just accepting the status quo of the father's surname but Himself has gone through life thinking (a) he would always have the same surname and (b) his children would have his surname. This is fair enough - why wouldn't he think otherwise? I expect if asked that most Irish and indeed European men would admit same if answered truthfully. Likewise it was only later in my life that it occurred to me that I could keep my name. (or as the saying goes "a feminist is a woman who keeps her father's surname") And it was still later that it occurred to me that there was no longer any logical reason why my child would not have my surname in some form.
What's in a name? But why is Smith anymore relevant to me than Murphy? And how are either of these names relevant at all? My surname, smith, obviously once described my family's work: the closest any of my relatives ever came to that kind of work was my grandparents' tannery and that's stretching the similarities a lot. Murphy is an anglicisation of an old Irish name and comes from the patrinimical system of naming (son/ daughter/ wife of). Both interesting historical signifiers. Funnily enough both of Himself's surnames refer to invaders/ colonialists settling in his part of the country: one comes from the french for an enameller or chain mail maker (now if that isn't belligerent) and the other comes from Wales in both its English and Irish forms. His surname is very peculiar to his part of the country.
So how important is it to continue recording this history? Surely now that tradition no longer holds sway we can start making up our own rules? As Deda pointed out on Friday, it doesn't matter anyway because women's names prove that no name is set in stone and women understand that from an early age. One of the Eumoms remarked that consistency is essential for the child and also from a legal, pen-pushing point of view. My suggestion of give it a first name and leave it at that will make it's life a misery if it doesn't rock stardom as a career.
We have come up with a solution. As I mentioned himself's surname is unusual and rather nice. Let's be fair the surname smith though useful in its anonymity ( only if coupled with John or Mary) will hardly set any pulses racing. So for history sake this child will have my surname as a first name and if and when our families increase we will use the other 2 surnames as firstnames too. My mother did this in a way with my eldest brother too soreally we are not all that original.
D.C. Yields To Parents On Babies' Surnames: City Ends Restriction For Married Couples
I think we have come up with a happy medium. The child has to have a surname. I have a problem on principal with just accepting the status quo of the father's surname but Himself has gone through life thinking (a) he would always have the same surname and (b) his children would have his surname. This is fair enough - why wouldn't he think otherwise? I expect if asked that most Irish and indeed European men would admit same if answered truthfully. Likewise it was only later in my life that it occurred to me that I could keep my name. (or as the saying goes "a feminist is a woman who keeps her father's surname") And it was still later that it occurred to me that there was no longer any logical reason why my child would not have my surname in some form.
What's in a name? But why is Smith anymore relevant to me than Murphy? And how are either of these names relevant at all? My surname, smith, obviously once described my family's work: the closest any of my relatives ever came to that kind of work was my grandparents' tannery and that's stretching the similarities a lot. Murphy is an anglicisation of an old Irish name and comes from the patrinimical system of naming (son/ daughter/ wife of). Both interesting historical signifiers. Funnily enough both of Himself's surnames refer to invaders/ colonialists settling in his part of the country: one comes from the french for an enameller or chain mail maker (now if that isn't belligerent) and the other comes from Wales in both its English and Irish forms. His surname is very peculiar to his part of the country.
So how important is it to continue recording this history? Surely now that tradition no longer holds sway we can start making up our own rules? As Deda pointed out on Friday, it doesn't matter anyway because women's names prove that no name is set in stone and women understand that from an early age. One of the Eumoms remarked that consistency is essential for the child and also from a legal, pen-pushing point of view. My suggestion of give it a first name and leave it at that will make it's life a misery if it doesn't rock stardom as a career.
We have come up with a solution. As I mentioned himself's surname is unusual and rather nice. Let's be fair the surname smith though useful in its anonymity ( only if coupled with John or Mary) will hardly set any pulses racing. So for history sake this child will have my surname as a first name and if and when our families increase we will use the other 2 surnames as firstnames too. My mother did this in a way with my eldest brother too soreally we are not all that original.
D.C. Yields To Parents On Babies' Surnames: City Ends Restriction For Married Couples
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