The Great Big LadyNicci Giveaway – How to Enter
It’s been on my mind for a quite a while to do a giveaway on LadyNicci blog. I toyed with a few ideas – buying a voucher or a hamper or something that looks nice […]
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Protests against Peppa Pig – our new Netflix mornings
Our two year old is going through a very strange phase. Everything that was previously acceptable on the tellybox, is now not. Programmes she’s watched religiously for months are now ‘not cool’. Peppa Pig -the […]
Lack lustre hair and curing it by the grace of Ziaja
One thing I am not known for is good hair. I have too much of it places I don’t want it (legs) and not enough of it where I do want it (head). I went […]
The Siege of Jadotville – much more than Jamie Dornan loveliness
Ah Jamie. Jamie, Jamie, Jamie. I’ll admit I didn’t pay much attention to your sex God prowess before. This was because I have a fear of badly written books and from all accounts the literatzi […]
A Date For Mad Mary – a Drogheda girl reviews
There are advantages to being from a small town. Ok, it’s a pretty big town. Actually it’s the biggest town in Ireland. But never mind that. It still feels like a small town. As in, […]
Perfect family day out – a visit to Newgrange Farm
Last year we held a birthday party in our house to mark the babog turning one. It had been a long year. We’d gone through a lot in those months. Nothing bad had happened – […]
Nine things you’ll find yourself saying during Netflix’s Stranger Things
We are such bandwagon hoppers. If everyone’s watching it, well then so are we. If you have Netflix you’ll know that they pump out the epic series like there’s no tomorrow. And sometimes some series […]
Toddler Swimming Lessons – Olympics here we come
I want to draw references to great Irish swimmers but the only one I know of is Michelle Smith (de Brun) and we all know what happened to her. The next swimmer that springs to […]
Keeping your toddler entertained with Netflix
The babysitter’s back. The little black box with the apple on it and the welcoming neon red that is NETFLIX. It all came about because Mammy has been a little bit under the weather lately […]
Glastonbury on the Bucket List – 10 things you need to know before you go
I survived. I came out the other end, long drops an all. And you know what, the whole thing was grand. No really. Glastonbury attracts a huge amount of fuss. The festival, which has been […]
Why I’ll be doing Glastonbury differently this year
This time five years ago, I was busily laying out heaps of fringed clothes on the bed in my spare room. My house was spotless, I was skinny (gym hours) and I had just had […]
Books I’ve been reading – Early Summer 2016
The effort to read more books is going well. My penchant for buying books is also going well. Amount of books read that I’m posting about here: 4. Amount of books purchased in bookshops, second […]
The Girl From The Savoy Book Launch – The Liquor Rooms
I’d say he was a growler. Tony. Pretty fierce. He once roamed the forests, eating mice and small humans but now he does security at The Liquor Rooms. He wears a sailor hat and hangs […]
Win a signed copy of Hazel Gaynor’s The Girl From The Savoy
Going on holidays soon? Looking to read a book to drink your gin to? Well LadyNicci has just the 1920s answer for you. This week Hazel Gaynor launches her third book The Girl From The […]