It’s been a year in the making, but Reclaimed Home’s number is finally up to host Treehugger’s Carnival of the Green next week. What does this mean? Monday will be an orgy of green links. I’m hoping there’s enough material to last the entire week because…..

I’m off to Dublin on Wednesday. Won’t be back until the 24th. Yeah, I know that I can post until Wednesday and even write posts to upload whilst I’m away. But do I want to? No. The gal deserves a little break.

And speaking of breaks, the Dublin trip is really no vacation. The mother in law fell and broke her leg. We’ll be visiting her at the rehab center and preparing the house for her return…which means putting a bathroom on the first floor or figuring out how to get a lift put in.

Don’t get me started with the Irish. Why can’t they plan ahead? I’ve been telling my husband for years that his 80something year old mother cannot live forever alone in that 2 story home with bedroom and bathroom ONLY on the second floor. Sure, it would be nice if she lived to see a healthy, vibrant 120 and then just dropped dead one day, but people deteriorate as they age.

As I hear it, there’s no Florida in Ireland. Retirement communities and assisted living aren’t all that common. Maybe this was ok when people had Suleman sized families and they all sat around on the dole scratching their arses and getting piss drunk. Sure, they had time to take care of the elders. But it’s a different country now. Birth control. Jobs. Welcome to the 21st Century. You have options now. Use them.

Ok. End rant here.