Working, Living & Travelling In Ireland

Tag: #Bumbleance;#MND

  • The last of the Indian Summer – part two!

    The last of the Indian Summer – part two!

     

    Hello all,

    So I thought that the we had had the last of our our Indian Summer last weekend, but I am glad to tell you we had another beautiful weekend. It’s been a busy weekend, as I had the usual Rugby training, then I started to plant the bulbs for my #Bumbleance fundraiser, took Rueben to #Coderdojo in Loughrea and as I really enjoyed our walk to the Coole Park, I decided to go back today with the whole family!

     

    Enclosing some of the pictures I took!

    Gort Rugby Team getting ready for training

     

    Getting ready to plant the hyacinth bulbs

    Alexander helping with #Bumbleance Fundraiser from Katleen Bell-Bonjean on Vimeo.

    To keep up to date of my fundraiser, check out my new blog here.

    Rueben at Coder Dojo Loughrea

    To finish off , we went to Coole Park. I really enjoyed our walk from last weekend, so I convinced Alex and David to join. The horses were no longer there, which I think is to do with the fact that we had some rain recently and the place will flood shortly. The pictures below are probably of a better quality than the previous once, as I lost my phone at the airport in Eindhoven on the return of one of my recent trips but thankfully got the phone back..

     

     

    Last week the water wasn’t as high as it was today

     

    Last week we were able to cross over here, but due to recent rain fall, it’s getting flooded

     

    view across the riverside at Coole Park

     

     

    The horses that were here last week , are gone.

     

    David and the boys
    Me and my two wonderboys:)

    So that’s it for this weekend! Thank you for reading my blog!
    Katleen

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  • Switch and save Mobile phone provider – and money left to donate to #Bumbleance or #MND

    Switch and save Mobile phone provider – and money left to donate to #Bumbleance or #MND

    Hi all,

    Today is the 1st of September , and my kids have gone back to school! Don’t they just look adorable!

     

    We had a great time during the summer holidays, we even managed to go camping on InishBofin, it’s becoming a  bit  of a yearly tradition and would highly recommend it.. here is  link to a previous post about InishBofin..
    So I finally came out of my phone contract halfway July, and didn’t waste much time to switch to another company. I was with 3 and was paying a basic monthly charge of 55 Euros. The contract started about a year and a half ago, and gave me unlimited calls, texts and Data AND an I-Phone. At the time it was a pretty good offer, as other providers were charging 99 Euros, so I was getting a good deal..
    Fast forward one and a half years, and the mobile phone scene has changed a lot:)

    Now that I am no longer locked into my contract( and my phone is still working!) I checked out the options.I did talk about this before, check out this post.

    I saw this offer from Tescomobile Sim Only , top up for 15 Euros every month, and get unlimited calls.

    Top Up and we’ll give you
    €5 FREE Tesco Mobile to Tesco Mobile texts.
    €10 FREE Tesco Mobile to Tesco Mobile calls & text. 250 FREE webtexts
    €15
    or more
    in one go
    UNLIMITED Calls to All Mobiles & Landlines
    FREE Tesco Mobile to Tesco Mobile calls & texts, 250 Free webtexts
    Keep your €15 credit – Spend on added value add ons.How to Top Up

    Ok, I’d like that!
    The switch over was fairly easy, had to get my phone unlocked, which took about 48 hours, and then I needed to get a Tesco Sim Card. They are free, and you can order them here.

    With the 15 Euros I have topped up, I can then buy add-ons  buy 1 GB of Data for 5 Euros, 5 GB of data for 5 Euros, and /or unlimited texts for 10 Euros.
    The first month I bought 5 GB of data, as wasn’t sure how much I really needed, and used the 5 remaining Euros for text. Turns out I use just about 1 GB, so the  next month I bought 1 GB and have 10 Euros left for texts.
    They have an app which you can download, and if you are connected to WIFI, you get 200 free national texts, and 50 free international texts. I thought that was really neat, as usually those free texts are only accessible if you log onto their website.. it’s  great that you can now text from the app, essentially for free!

    Net result? My phone bill has gone down from 55 Euros to 15 Euros AND I still have credit.
    So I texted Buzz to 50300 and donated 2 Euros to #Bumbleance  . You’l see I also donated to the #MND

    What a great start to my monday!

    Katleen

     

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