Fiona Shine

Fiona Shine

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- Dag 21
- dinsdag 14 april 2020 om 20:40
- 🌙 9 °C
- Hoogte: 35 m
- Ierland Sallynoggin 53.28667, -6.1433353°17’12” N 6°8’36” W
A Lisa filled day!
14 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Back to work today after the long weekend!
I could have done with an extra few days to recover but I've taken Friday off this week so just 3 days to get through!

I feel like im getting back into a good fitness routine. The legs are moving more easily while out on my runs! I started week 3 of the Emmet Dunleavy plan today - a tempo run down on the usual West pier.

I rang Lisa for the chats during it. She chatted away while I did the tempo sections and I replied while I was on the recoveries! It's a great chance to catch up on all the chats while out running!

It is usually busy enough around the pier if I go running straight after work. And alot of people seem very relaxed about the 2 meter social distancing rules. There were couples walking down the middle of the pier leaving no room for me to keep enough distance. I know there's a low chance of catching it from walking past someone but it means I'm left weaving all over the place trying to avoid these people!

This evening we had another crusaders quiz. This time organised by James Cottle. At the end he asked if anyone wanted to organise it next week. Lisa thought he was asking if anyone wanted to take part next week and really enthusiastically accidentally volunteered herself!! So she's next week's quizmaster haha!

We had our highest number of deaths today- over 40. The lockdown is planned to end on 5th May but I just can't imagine things getting back to normal that soon...maybe some more businesses will be allowed to open but I feel like we're a long way from normality...

Spain and Italy are about 3 weeks ahead of where we are and they have relaxed some of their restrictions but only very slightly. We will probably follow a similar approach to them, but I'm guessing the next couple of weeks will get worse before it starts getting better.

Final thought for the day - I do not have nearly enough lounge wear! Who needs jeans and skirts when you're stuck at home all day every day! I might make an online purchase of some comfy lounge pants and tops!Meer informatie
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- maandag 13 april 2020 om 21:00
- 🌙 6 °C
- Hoogte: 33 m
- Ierland Dún Laoghaire 53.28717, -6.1427153°17’14” N 6°8’34” W
Hot cross buns!
13 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
I baked hot cross buns today- my first time baking with yeast and what a great success! Chef Shane Smith on Facebook has some great easy recipes.

I'd like to come out of this lockdown having improved my baking and cooking skills...with a few new recipes up my sleeve. Going to try and cook/bake as much as possible. Half the country must have the same idea as the baking aisles in the shops always seem to be cleared out! Luckily today Tesco was freshly stocked so I got my hands on some precious yeast 😁 and no queue to get in either!

Went for a walk on the pier with Paul this morning. Got half way and had to turn around because I didn't bring a coat and got frozen!
Moral of the story = Just because it's sunny doesn't mean it's warm!

I met Garrett while I was on my way out the door to collect my violin from Mums. We went for a walk around the estate while keeping our 2 meter distance! It was nice to hang out with someone different for a change! He is finding it tough being in the apartment on his own...although he also said it definitely has its pros!

I had planned on recording my section for our lockdown quartet today but I got side tracked binge watching Man Hunt instead! Must get to it tomorrow if work isn't too busy.

Had another virtual Pete session at lunchtime today. I'm loving the classes. Even though the banter levels are lower than the live versions it's still nice to keep the Pete routine going & it's another chance to catch up with people outside my immediate family!

I also learned an Oti Mabuse dance routine today for the first time! She is doing evening dance classes a few times each week - today's theme was Beyonce! Mia told me the video should never be allowed to see the light of day haha!Meer informatie
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- Dag 19
- zondag 12 april 2020 om 18:50
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Hoogte: 33 m
- Ierland Sallynoggin 53.28708, -6.1428253°17’13” N 6°8’34” W
Easter Sunday
12 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
The past week has been pretty hectic. I've been super busy with quarter end at work so all my quarantine activities have taken a back seat. We got amazing weather for Good Friday & Easter Saturday. - the Gardai were out in force to make sure no one got any ideas about straying more than 2km from home to any of the hotspots! Seapoint, 40 foot and Sandycove are all shut with barriers up.

Yesterday Paul came for a run with me. Yes I know, I was surprised too! We jogged down to the pier and back. Then had a BBQ at home. In the morning we went out to the shops to get easter eggs - first we tried Dunnes but they told us it was priority time for over 70s & the queue was an hour and a half long! So we went to Supervalu instead but they were mostly sold out of easter eggs...I got a mini buttons one for myself!

Today was overcast and rainy - the perfect day for a long run! I ran out to Mums - a bit beyond the 2km radius but I didn't feel too guilty since I didn't come across any walkers..just a few other lonesome runners in the rain! It's not as relaxing running on a nice day when there are loads of walkers out and about & I have to keep stepping out on the road to keep my 2 meters space.

There is a bit of a war brewing between runners and walkers. Some people don't like runners sharing the footpath with them & think they are spreading the virus by sweating and breathing heavily. I haven't had any bad experiences yet but I do feel quite conscious while out running & make an extra effort to move out of peoples way.

Had roast beef for our easter Sunday lunch today & ate lots of choccy! Garrett dropped off a Lindt easter egg this morning which is now in my tummy. Mia just got a delivery of a liter tub of ice cream from Arctic Stone! Hopefully I won't have any later as I already feel sick haha!

Had a little Easter egg hunt with Mia in the back garden - I'd love to be in Rosslare doing an easter egg hunt with Lisa and Anna but this is nearly as good!

I forgot I had booked a Tesco delivery for 9am this morning...Was woken up to the tesco delivery man dropping off a single carton of milk! Nooooo! They charged me €11 for the milk and I already have 2 cartons so it will probably end up going off! Might not bother booking any more online slots for now - I prefer popping to the shops - I go at the quieter times when the queue to get in is only 5 or 10 minutes & I make sure to disinfect after!Meer informatie
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- Dag 18
- zaterdag 11 april 2020 om 19:06
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 27 m
- Ierland Dublin 53.3338, -6.248853°20’2” N 6°14’56” W
Paul's lovely haircut!
11 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Today Paul got a haircut! After the 3 week extension to the lockdown was announced last night he decided that it was now or never to try cutting his hair. Unfortunately the blade he used was a bit tighter than expected so he now has a fully shaved head! I was crying laughing at him this morning but I am gradually getting used to it! At least he doesn't have to leave the house for another few weeks haha!

Today felt like the hottest day of the year - typical that we are getting such nice weather while on lockdown. It was nice having a very lazy day, sitting out in the sun reading my book & not feeling guilty about not doing anything since there is nothing to do!Meer informatie
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- Dag 17
- vrijdag 10 april 2020 om 19:06
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 27 m
- Ierland Dublin 53.3338, -6.248853°20’2” N 6°14’56” W
Morning Pete & an extended Lockdown
10 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
I was up early for an 8am Pete session. Lisa, Lisa B and Garrett also joined for it. I only have a 12kg kettle bell at the moment because Mum has my 10kg one - so I cut some of the exercises short!

It was a lovely sunny day today so myself and Paul walked down to the end of the east pier. Mia was still in bed when we left at about 11am! On our way back we stopped off at Supervalu. We queued for about 10 mins and when we got to the top of the queue we were told we couldn't both go in because we were from the same household. Since we didn't know what eachother wanted to buy we decided to just go home instead!

Lounged in the hot tub for a while this afternoon- so nice to have a day off just to do nothing!

Leo made another announcement this evening to say that the lockdown has been extended by another 3 weeks until May 5th - so we will miss the May bank holiday :-( It was due to end this weekend so it's no surprise that it has been extended. We're at about a 10-15% daily increase in cases which is well below the predicted 30% before the lockdown was implemented. We are at over 10,000 cases but they are predicting the worst is yet to come.

I'm happy enough with another 3 weeks lockdown - more time to get in shape haha!Meer informatie
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- Dag 16
- donderdag 9 april 2020 om 19:23
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Hoogte: 31 m
- Ierland Dun Laoghaire Ferry Port 53.28736, -6.1289153°17’14” N 6°7’44” W
Is Mia finally bored of YouTube?!
9 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Anna gave Mia her old keyboard and Mia has been practicing non stop since we set it up this morning. I think she is finally bored of sitting around watching YouTube! Hopefully she keeps it up!

She has been doing LOTS of baking which is good...but it also means I'm eating lots of baked goods which is not good! I had great plans to become really fit and toned during the lockdown but now I'm just hoping to come out of it in the same state that I went into it!

She made a delicious banana bread today - she has been following Chef Shane Smith on Facebook who is posting daily baking videos! It's great how many free online resources there are these days.

Today I accidentally ordered my second take away in a row - I've been so busy with work that I haven't been able to think about food - I don't have time to cook, I barely have time to go downstairs to get food! For lunch today I just had a few packets of crisps from Paul's bedside drawer! When things quieten down in work I need to get back on track or they won't recognise me when I get back to the office!Meer informatie
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- woensdag 8 april 2020 om 19:23
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Hoogte: 31 m
- Ierland Dun Laoghaire Ferry Port 53.28736, -6.1289153°17’14” N 6°7’44” W
Anna's lockdown birthday party!
8 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Today was Anna's birthday! It also coincided with day 6 of quarter end but I snuck out at lunch and dropped over to Lisnashee with Mia to give her some presents and eat some cake. I had my excuse ready if we were stopped by the gardai on our way there - I am visiting my elderly Mum! We arrived just as Conor and Paul were finishing filling the skip - just on time for tea and cake!

It was lovely sitting out in the patio in the sun with Mum, John, Paul, Conor, Anna , Mia and Vincent. Mum had all the chairs spread out and everything was wiped down with disinfectant, but it still felt quite normal which was nice! Unfortunately I had to rush back to work.

This evening we had a family quiz night on Zoom. I was still working so could only half pay attention - that's my excuse for not doing very well haha! Tomorrow is the last day of quarter end - I can't wait to get back to normality....well as normal as it can be when the world is on lockdown.

My paintclub starter pack arrived today - paints, brushes and canvases. I'm going to sign up to one of the virtual paintclubs that they're doing.

Boris is out of intensive care today but the number of deaths in the UK seems to be spiralling - close to a thousand per day...we seem to be coping a bit better here - fingers crossed we continue to keep it under control.Meer informatie
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- dinsdag 7 april 2020 om 19:23
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Hoogte: 31 m
- Ierland Dun Laoghaire Ferry Port 53.28736, -6.1289153°17’14” N 6°7’44” W
Crusaders quiz night
7 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Apparently it was a lovely day today - I didn't get to see it because I was working non stop. I feel a bit guilty that Mia has had to fend for herself for the past few days while I've been busy with work - I haven't had time to cook lunch or dinner for her. I know it's annoying her as she keeps giving out about me working after 6pm. At least it will get less busy in a few days & I have a long weekend to look forward to!

We had a virtual quiz night with Crusaders this evening, organised by Susan. It was good fun and good to see all the old reliables! Apparently Mum and Lisa stayed on chatting with Susan for about an hour afterwards - she seems to be finding the lockdown tough & really missing human interaction!Meer informatie
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- Dag 13
- maandag 6 april 2020 om 19:23
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Hoogte: 31 m
- Ierland Dun Laoghaire Ferry Port 53.28736, -6.1289153°17’14” N 6°7’44” W
Virtual Pete & an attempted Oti dance!
6 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We organised a virtual Pete session for 1pm today. Just myself, Mum, Lisa, Garrett and Lisa B. Lisa only has a 1kg weight so she had to use a giant rock as her weight - it was so funny - Pete went mad when she tried to lift it over her head! The Pete sessions are great - I'm going to try and do this one plus the 8am Friday session each week - just to keep myself ticking over!

There were issues with logging into the Diva group reporting system in work - Elaine and Peter both suggested we try to get clearance to go into the office to get access - I was worried I'd have to refuse since it's completely against the current regulations (Closing month end isn't exactly an essential task!) but luckily HR stepped in and told them that under no circumstances can they ask employees to go into the office. I was surprised that they even suggested it but at least someone stepped in.

One of my colleagues, Austin, was coughed at and spat in the face by someone while out on his morning walk today. He has a condition which puts him in the high risk category so he was very shook up afterwards and took the day off after reporting it at the local Garda station. I have heard of a few stories like this - people coughing at shop assistants and things like that. The gardai are coming down strongly on them - I even heard of one person being jailed for a year!

I decided I was finally going to learn an Oti Mabuse dance today! She is doing virtual dance classes on facebook and Lisa has done a few of them. I picked the Greatest Showman but realised half way through that I was learning a kids dance (She has adult and kids lessons!) so I gave up! I'll pick out an adult one and do it properly when I have more time!Meer informatie
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- zondag 5 april 2020 om 19:23
- 🌧 12 °C
- Hoogte: 31 m
- Ierland Dun Laoghaire Ferry Port 53.28736, -6.1289153°17’14” N 6°7’44” W
Venturing beyond my 2km radius...
5 april 2020, Ierland ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
It was a rainy start to the day as I headed out for my long run. The paths were empty so I decided to keep going towards Dalkey, beyond my 2km radius. I think the restrictions were put in place mostly to stop crowds of people going to Glendalough and places like that - me running on empty paths won't do any damage...hopefully no ones sees my Strava and judges me!

Lisa went out for a run at the same time as me so that we could have the chats. It would be better if she was here in person but it still makes the time fly by having her on the phone! She seems to be getting on well down in Cork and is definitely making the best of the lockdown - doing all sorts of virtual classes!

I spent most of this weekend making two planters. It was actually such an awful ordeal! I kept making them wrong and had to remake one of them 4 times!! I don't care what they look like - we are keeping them no matter what! It got quite cold and windy while I was making them...I ended up with cuts all over my hands & absolutely freezing to the bone!
It felt like a big waste of a weekend but sure what else would I be doing!Meer informatie
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