Category Archives: Personal

Personal posts – not entirely business related

2011 Updates

Hey everyone! I know I’m very behind on posting blogs and trying to get things caught up around here! It has been a crazy start to 2011, and despite the January-March time frame generally being my “slow” period, it has been everything but! I bought my first home in late 2010, and spent the better...

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10 Days in Ireland | May 2009 | Part 3 – Clonony Castle

Clonony Castle was very close to my perfect castle of ruins.  I love ruins, abandoned buildings or other such dilapidated architecture. I still love the beautiful castles that are in good condition, but there’s something eerie and strangely beautiful about this type of location. Especially when it’s historical as Ireland is full of! We made...

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10 Days in Ireland | May 2009 | Part 2 – Charleville, Leap and Clonony Castles

So on Day 3 after we rented the car and left Dublin, we headed towards Co. Offaly to see Charleville Castle in Tullamore. It is a beautiful Gothic style castle which is in amazing condition!  Like most Irish Castles, it has been featured on many paranormal TV shows as well as the movie “Becoming Jane”...

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10 Days in Ireland | May 2009 | Part 1 – Dublin

Some of you might remember when I was very excited in May last year that I was taking my first vacation in a LONG time, but it was also my first time overseas! My friend Michelle who likes to travel at least once per year and I decided to take a 10 day trip to...

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Autumn 2009 | Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve

This is where I start to play catch-up to all the blog posts I’ve neglected to put up in 2009! Trust me..there will be plenty more coming this month. In the middle of October I was able to escape for a few days away to Haliburton. It was so needed after a busy wedding season...

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