The Olympics is over

Oh well! The summer is well an truly over now. The 2008 Bejing Olympics has ended (sob sob) and I have no reason to laze around in my pj's in the mornings. My best efforts to get the boys interested in any of the sports so that I could one day follow them to an Olympics was unsuccessful. They both liked the diving and the gymnastics but that was about it. They were more interested in the Monkey animation from the bbc! There is still time. Come London 2012 I will have inspired them to at least be excited by the games. Roll on London - I have already told Daithi that I want opening or closing ceremony tickets for my 40th birthday(!!!!).

Progress on the house continues.... The mobile home now has new carpet in the living room and boys bedroom. A section of the floor in the living room had to be replaced as it was rotten before we could lay the carpet. No problem for Daithi.

I gave the bathroom a good bleaching and the toilet has now been connected to the sewer. We should now be able to move in next weekend! I actually can't wait for it. Don't get me wrong I am dreading being in such a small space with the boys but I feel very much in limbo here at the moment. We will really get stuck in to finish the place when we move on site.

The boys and I went to the Youghal medieval festival this afternoon. The boys thought the re-enactments were very interesting and loved the costumes everyone was wearing. Liam tried out some armour and I had a go at the archery. The weather stayed fine for the event too. Unfortunately it was on at the same time as the Cork v Kerry SFC semi-final but there was still a good crowd there. Lovely Baileys ice cream too! The gardens are a great setting for the event. They are next to Sir Walter Raleigh's house Myrtle Grove. He was a former Mayor of Youghal and is famed for bringing potatoes and tobacco to Ireland.