They were one of the only good parts of the religious aspect of school. I’ve got a real soft spot for the Dominican Magnificat and it makes me tear up when I hear it. At our graduation mass one of the nuns asked me what I’d be drinking later that night ( this being legal in Ireland) and when I replied that I was going…

I'm not even Catholic but I have a favourite order ( hey Dominicans!) thanks to schooling. Nothing like loving a group of ladies who are always willing to pray for your soul despite the fact that you're a heathen who has never taken communion. Selfless ladies in many ways!

I went skiing, had a panic attack halfway down the slope, lost my group and had to be rescued by a very bemused Italian family as I had buried myself under a snow drift. I now stick to baking and reading and other gentle pursuits. Even hiking in the Dublin mountains (they’re pretty itty bitty) with my friends makes my…

Gah, hallmark needs to solely make fake relationship movies! Netflix very quickly caught onto how sappy I am, but it mistakenly keeps trying to push all the Nicholas Sparks and the religious Hallmark movies where the single mother falls in love with the young widowed pastor

Have you got any more fake engagement/ marriage movie recommendations? I'm dying for some more to tide me over!

Of course I will, with a kitchen like that I couldn’t refuse! I can bake us a book themed wedding cake.

Go for it! It's how I try and describe the slightly trashy but addictive dramatic shows that actually have adults playing adults rather than 30 years olds trying to pass for 17.

Hmmm, I may give it a go for when I want a more grown up CW experience ( pretty people, pretty clothes, drama). I’ve been dying to get my hands on transparent but I’ve had trouble finding it ( One of the problems with living on the other side of the Atlantic). And now that you’ve mentioned Buffy, I may have to go and…

Thank you for indulging a slightly creepy internet stranger!

I treat like I treat Gone With the Wind. I dedicate a whole day to it and pause and walk away ( for snack breaks, toilet breaks or stretching my legs) and then go back. And I always cry while watching it because I am a sap

And now I creepily want to see the rest of your kitchen! I adore grey anything and it works so well in kitchens. Also, that paella looks so good!

Same! My routine is to read the social when I wake up on Sunday morning. There are many things I love about living in Europe but the time difference is no fun when I’m trying to Skype with American relatives and when Jez posts all the good stuff when I’m asleep. Happy St Stephens Day/ Boxing Day/ whatever kind of day…

I'm now drooling over your hob and your backsplash/bricks. So, so nice

I’m ridiculously excited that I made it to a social. The across the Atlantic time difference always means I’m dead to the world and asleep by the time everyone's sharing and having fun

Question: should I watch this show? It popped up in my Netflix recommendations and the name turned me off immediately ( I judge books by their covers apparently). I’m currently re-watching all of Veronica Mars, have just finished the first season iZombie and am waiting for the last ever (!!) episode of Downton to air…

Oh, definitely the Proposal! The worse the premise, the more I love it. One Small Hitch is a favourite as is a Holiday Engagement and all those other Hallmark horrors that I cannot get enough of. It’s sad because we don’t get the hallmark channel over here so I’m reduced to trawling American Netflix or YouTube for my…

I feel like my watching if a Very Murray Christmas would have been greatly improved by Baileys. I so wanted to adore it because I love Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph and Rashida Jones but I kust felt kind of meh about it. It's A Wonderful Life is long, but soooo good.

I love While You Were Sleeping, I’m a crazy sucker for any sort of fake engagement/relationship movie. Your doggie is so cute and dapper and I want to cuddle him!

It’s 11pm and I’m tucked up in bed in my new flannel pajamas and snuffling away like a piglet due to my cold. I’m kinda sad that I had no appetite so I wasn’t that into the stuffing and potatoes like I usually am, but ah well. It ended up being a lovely day, everyone got the right level of drunk, there was chocolate…

The new man would also sing at the gospel choir at this church and run her children's Sunday school, just to show how religious and amazing he is