The March into summer

It's the end of March. Not long until summer now, not long until the end of college, not long until little Kitty rests her weary bones (and muscles, and nervous system, har!).

Summer will see me take the time out I need to concentrate on health, maybe push for surgery, and see where I can go from there...

Marching on; one paw in front of the other!

...The solar eclipse of 2015 was an amazing experience for me. I remember the one that occurred when I was younger -I still have the newspaper clippings. Wish I had better photos, but it's the experience

8 things you should know if your friend suffers from a chronic illness

There's loads of these types of lists to be found on the internet today, but thought I'd write my own -What I believe are 8 important notes to remember if you have a friend or family member suffering with a chronic illness -These vastly range from MS to Crohn's and everything in between (literally too many to mention. Both visible and 'invisible' illnesses)...


1. Not being a doctor is ok. Not being able to pronounce the condition your friend has is also ok. Not knowing anything about it, is not ok. 
Your friend or family member won't expect you to write a thesis on the subject, and you probably stumble over the letters trying to pronounce their illness and any medications they take for it. But if you are constantly asking what the issue is, and can't use Google, then just don't speak at all. Even those who are open and honest about their illness will get fed up hearing themselves say the same things -Ask once, ask new questions, and for the love of your friend's sanity, use Google.

Some won't want to discuss it -they may find it upsetting, they may partly be in denial. In this instance -Google, Google, Google! They might change their mind in the future so take an interest. Please use reputable sites though such as the Mayo Clinic.

It might be a big part of your friends life and who they are as a person. If you

Recipe: Scrambled tofu

I made this a few weeks back and it's really one of those simple things that I cannot believe I've never made before... I'm actually disgusted with myself, ha! It's now, officially, one of my favourite meals.

Ingredients

Life is peachy

I went and dids my hair!

...I wanted a light colour for ages but wanted to wait until some grew back after the chemo. I would have loved mint, but I neither have the patience or the willing to bleach my hair that much -Such a colour would require a hella lot of effort and toners. Most platinum blondes will tell you the nuisance of trying to only bleach roots while not over bleaching the already bleached rest of your hair! (well, home dyers like myself anywho!). It's time consuming and awkward to do yourself.

So the only pastel-ish option, if I didn't want to use pure bleach and toners (I.E. products to rid the yellow/ orange tinge of blonde) is peach/ pinky/ orangey... I'm guna say it's variation on peach. To start I used a normal blonde box dye, Nice 'n' Easy brand I think it was, then followed it up by mixing Stargazer's dawn and baby pink.

Couple tips when using Stargazer and

#MarRef updates

Thanks so much to everyone who attended, and donated to Simon's hair shave event. Thanks to Crooked Canyon and The Bartender for their hospitality and talents, and to Chaplin's hair salon in Dundalk who organised the hair to be sent off to the Rapunzel charity.

For anyone who would still like to donate, you can still do so here.

Here's a couple of photos of Simon, the day after the head shave (The midsection took a couple days to disappear, with all the excitement I forgot to brush it beforehand, haha!)

The Outcomers centre has also ran two successful coffee mornings and The Marriage Equality Louth group have just finished running a

Spring

Some recent photos. 

Two hen parties, friends, family, fur babies, fun times xxx

KittyPotPie85 productions: Free organisation and business logos

Just a blog post quickie to tell you all about a wee side project I started a while ago....

I quite enjoy doing logos and online flyers for events/ fundraisers, organisations and such, and figured since I'm mostly on a computer these days/ have less time to do any physical volunteering, I may as well do them for free for any non-profit organisation who would like one.

I might even consider doing them for small businesses, if I have the time. If interested, drop me a mail. Or post onto anyone who might need the service.

Portfolio and information here: KittyPotPie85 Productions