Good Morning from Ireland everyone! Some of you may have seen on snapchat (Michaelabear1) or Instagram that I landed back home in Galway yesterday morning! I’m sitting here writing this post at 3 am making the most of this god awful jetlag! Coming home for a little break was kind of a last minute decision after seeing a super cheap flight online but I couldn’t be happier to be back home for a while. I’ve always been quite the homebird and even though I love living in NYC, it will never quite have that homely feeling that Ireland does! I’m beyond excited to have some downtime with the family and my dogs as well as eat myself silly in some of my favourite Galway spots!

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Happy Thursday Everyone! I’m so excited to share todays post with you all! In Monday’s post I was talking about how the cherry blossoms have bloomed here in New York in the past few weeks and Central Park is looking more beautiful than ever. Last Summer I was living downtown so I didn’t get many opportunities for picnics in the park but this year I have no excuse, I mean it’s literally a five minute walk from my apartment. I’m excited to grab my picnic blanket, find a pretty spot to do some people watching, snack on some treats and read a good book!

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Happy Monday Everyone! I’m back in the city after a surprise weekend away in Newport, Rhode Island. It’s such a beautiful little spot and I cant wait to share it with you guys on the blog later this week! Even though April really creeped up on me, I’m glad that we are getting further into Spring here in New York. While spring at home in Ireland reminds me of daffodils and baby lambs it’s a little different here. Firstly are the beautiful cherry blossoms that have bloomed all over the city, secondly is that Central Park is out of  hibernation thanks to the swarms of tourists and the fact that the row boats are out on the lake again! That said my all time favourite sign of Spring is how all of my favourite flowers are now in season! I know it’s such a cliche, but treating myself to a bouquet of pretty roses now and again really brightens my day makes my apartment feel even more like home!

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Oprah Winfrey said that one of the best thing she does in her life is keeping a gratitude journal where she writes down everything she’s grateful for on a daily basis. She said that once she started doing this, her blessings started to multiply and her reasoning for this is that you “radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you’re aware of all you have, instead of focusing on what you don’t have”

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