The second day of our tour, we walked across the street and took a tour of the Skibbereen Heritage Centre.  They have a wonderful exhibit on The Great Famine — it is known as The Great Hunger in Ireland.  There are a lot of misconceptions about this era in Irish history.  Perhaps the biggest was [...]

After having read my last blog post, Chucklebutt was quick to point out that I didn’t properly explain what I was doing in Ireland — and without him no less.  My sweet momma and I are huge fans of this amazing woman.

For those of you who don’t know who that is — she is only [...]

Okay, so I’ve actually been back a little over a week, but this Arizona heat is kicking my ass!  I went from beautiful, mild 70 degree weather to temps that are over 115!  As I was swimming with my residents this past week, two of them said they have never experienced sweating while in a [...]

Yes I realize that I have not been a very good blogger.  Between the hot weather, crazy work and getting ready for vacation, there has just been no time.  I’ll be back in two weeks and will tell everyone all about it.  In the meantime — can you guess where I’m going?  Here’s a hint!

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When last we left our daring duo, they had narrowly escaped from the family from The Hills Have Eyes.  Okay, that might have been a bit of an exaggeration.  But I swear I heard “Dueling Bangos” off in the distance.
The next day we were so whupped from the night before, that we slept in super [...]