The last few days have been quiet. We have been doing school and mostly staying inside since the weather is quite wet! We did make another trip to Explorer’s World for some rock climbing on Friday and counted it as gym class. Saturday morning Mary had her return flight to the States to start the Spring semester at college, and Sean decided to go home with her. We will miss them both, but they’ll be back in March! The rest of Saturday was spent on boring house stuff; cleaning, laundry, etc. We all were craving pizza for dinner, but the pizza place in town was closed for vacation. Then we found a place called Diner that is styled after an American diner and happened to have what they call “take-away” pizza. Score one for mom and not having to cook!
Since we haven’t done much this week, there are not many pictures to share. The kids have come up with a few ideas for blog posts to fill in these slow weeks, but if any of you at home have something you’d like us to blog about, please post in the comment section and we will see it.
One of our ideas has been to post about the differences we have found between Ireland and the US. There are quite a few! We’ll start with cooking.
One night last week for dinner, we were supposed to have mashed potatoes and meatloaf. The girls peeled 5 pounds of potatoes, and I boiled them just like I would at home. When I went to drain them, they had turned to mush! Did I overcook them? I don’t think so, but I wasn’t exactly watching the clock, so maybe I did. Anyway, we had the meatloaf and used the watery, mushy potatoes for potato leek soup the next day. A few days later, I tried again, this time being very careful. They did the same exact thing! So, I don’t think it’s me, I think these potatoes are weird!
And just to show that some things have turned out just fine, the picture on the left is a delicious dinner that Mary made on Wednesday night, and the one on the right is the special breakfast we had on the morning that Mary and Sean were going home. More on the differences we have found later in the week!
Brogans Across the Pond 
What will Sean be doing State side?
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On Sun, Jan 13, 2019, 5:44 PM Brogans Across the Pond broganfamily8069 posted: ” The last few days have been quiet. We have been > doing school and mostly staying inside since the weather is quite wet! We > did make another trip to Explorer’s World for some rock climbing on Friday > and counted it as gym class. Saturday morning Mary had” >
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Loved the baking adventure. I have watched the Great British Baking Show where they don’t use too many measuring tools, but do weigh everything on a flat kitchen scale. Maybe they left you one of those…😊
Irish potatoes are definitely different. I’m guessing you can google why.
Please put my friend, Nore Eckert, onto your prayer list. She was 67 last Sunday, and died quite unexpectedly on Friday night. They lived next door to us for all the growing up years. They moved to Crystal Springs in NJ after retirement but we were in constant touch and remained in our friendship. We are shocked and heartbroken.
L,K
We are all just walking each other home. Ram Dass
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Aunt Kath, I’m so sorry to hear about your friend! Will definitely pray for her, and will ask kids to do the same.
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Hey Jen! Hope you had a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year! I read through all your blog posts, so exciting! Looks beautiful there! That crepe spread looks divine! Maybe you could share the recipe some time 😉 Looking forward to following along in your adventures!
Blessings,
Lisa Dohan
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HI Lisa! Hope you all are well! I will email you the crepe recipe. Sometimes you can find them in the grocery store too, usually near the berries.
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Ha! That’s so funny about the potatoes! Boo for the metric system!!
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That’s so funny about the potatoes!! Boo for the metric system!!
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