On The Box This Week

Warning-TV Spoilers Ahead!

The last ever episode of Downton Abbey (besides this years Christmas special) was aired Sunday night. I am going to be honest I was disappointed with this extra long episode, everything that was dragged out over 90 minutes was solved in the last three minutes of the show! 

Mary was pinning for her race driver telling everyone she was fine, when she wasn't. Tom was getting very annoyed with her! Mary went back and forth the whole episode about if it would work with Henry when she wasn't being horrible to herself she was wrecking Edith's life! If Mary can't be happy then no one will! Edith's beau suddenly came into money, an estate and a title which if Edith would to marry him she would out rank Mary, of course the green eyed monster wasn't having any of this! So Mary let out Edith's secret about Marigold and soon Edith was left alone calling Mary what she was for most of this episode a "bitch"
Mary got her happy ending she finally agreed to marry Henry. They where married the next week with Edith forgiving her sister. Downstairs Mrs Pattmore's b&b wasn't going to plan and need some good publicity which the family where happy to give! Poor Thomas tried to take his own life after weeks of being picked on we knew this was building up. Luckily he was found in time, this storyline got about eight minutes of screen time it was so underused and underplayed in an episode that was extra long. Mr Moseley's finally got his happy ending too, as a teacher, his scene when he is telling the children education is for everyone was beautiful
Overall I am disappointed with the lack of good story lines this year. That boring hospital one when on for weeks for nothing. I would of liked to see more of the children this season. An actual storyline for Tom that hasn't got to do with him playing cupid for Mary! I am hoping that the Christmas episode really pulls it out of the bag. Baby for Anna and Bates, maybe one for Mary too, Cousin Isobel finally getting married, love interest for Tom, and please let Edith get her happy ever after! Maybe Marigold's Father will come back from the dead!
Favourite quotes of the week
"Your a Bitch"~
Edith to Mary (yes you can be a bit of a bitch Mary)
"I can't be a crash window again"~
Mary to Dowager
"A surprise is a surprise Mama and I'm sure we haven't seen the last one yet"
~ Robert to Dowager (Oh I hope we haven't see the last one yet!)

Nigella is back on our screen's on Monday evenings with Simply Nigella.
We are a fan of her in our house although I wouldn't reach for her recipes all the time Jamie Oliver and Slimming World are our go to recipes. We have used her recipes Christmas ham in cola and rocky road bars have been made alot in our house. Hubby is a huge fan of her but for different reasons!
She seems to be a little more healthy this time around her recipes are not dripping with fat, sugar or cream. That said it is comfort food but of a different kind last week's noodle dish looked delicious and one I want to try in the coming weeks. This week the breakfast bars looked yummy, slimming world friendly and something I am going to make this weekend. 

This week's episode was quite like the calm before the storm
carrying on from episode three. Rick managed to get away from the RV surrounded by walkers but we are not shown how and the Alexandrians are cleaning up the mess made by the Wolves. All the while there seems to be a few hundred walkers just outside the walls.
Maggie is told that Glenn hasn't made it back (we are still unsure if Glenn is alive) which she then decides with Aaron's help to leave and find Glenn, in the end she doesn't leave but she confines in Aaron that she is pregnant. Deanna the once strong leader of Alexandrian seems to be walking around in a daze she seems to finally realise the horror of the world outside the walls.
Not much else happened in this episode besides the Rick and Jessie kiss which was building since last season. Also the walls of Alexandria seem to be bleeding?! Next week seems to be focused on Daryl, Sasha and Abe don't think we will find out about Glenn until the mid-season finale!

Over The Weekend #8

This weekend was mostly a weekend on a Friday!

As Paul was in work for the weekend

I really hate when he has to work the weekend as we don't get our family time

Friday we had a date day! I was in work till lunch time but then we collect Oisín from daycare

and brought him to spent the afternoon with his Nanny B and his Uncle's

Oisin LOVES spending time with his Uncles Jamie and Conner and Nanny B loves to spoil him!

Grandad Eddie is on tour at the moment so Oisín missed him

We went to see the new James Bond Spectre
we went for food and then done some Christmas shopping afterwards
Saturday, Paul was in work it was a rainy grey weekend
we spent most of it inside getting cosy and watching movies

Oisín done this! I managed to get it out of his hair without cutting
but there was tears!

 In the evening when hubby got home I went
and got my nails done as a treat!

We then got cosy and watched Gremlins!

Sunday was dull rainy day
we had a late Sunday roast as hubby was working
then made hot chocolates and settled down for the last Downton

Sunday nights will never be the same!

On The Box This Week

Warning-TV Spoilers Ahead!

 Paul and I have been watching this show for a couple of years now

and like Gogglebox it's really become a hit the past couple of years.

It's basically a restaurant that just carers for people on first dates but there is a twist all of these people are blind first dates! This episode saw Alex come back for a date with a guy who she flirted with last episode. I like this show not all dates go smoothly and it's funny to see when the dates go wrong!

This episode had car racing, a proposal for Edith and all the hard luck we can throw at Thomas!

Not sure if everything will be wrapped up in our last episode before the Christmas finale but then again I'm not sure I want it to be!

The family all headed to London to see Henry car racing. Mary was a bag of nerves and of course something went wrong. There was a car crash...Mary panicked but it wasn't Henry that was killed it was his best friend. This brought horrible memories of Matthew's death back for Mary, and although she didn't really want to, she end things with Henry much to Tom's disapproval 

Edith was offered marriage but is unsure to tell her new beau about the really story behind Marigold her "ward"! I am hoping that he will accept Edith and Marigold. 

Poor Thomas I am hoping that something really nice happens next week. As Andy's secret came out this week and everyone was so understanding, but not one person not even Andy thanked Thomas for teaching him to read! I have a feeling Thomas might have already have left Downton and Mr Carson will see the error of his ways next week and ask him back.

One episode left how the last seven weeks have go so fast!

Favourite quotes of the week

"What have we here? Can anyone join in" "No Mr Barrow they can not!" 

~ Poor Thomas just wanted a bit of company Mr Carson!

"You and I will get hurt again...it's part of being alive"

~Tom to Mary

After the fast pace of the last few weeks The Walking Dead slowed it down this week with a 90 minute flash back episode which showed us what happen to Morgan since season three.
Morgan was crazy when Rick last saw him back in season three then he turned up last season very at peace with himself and declared he does not kill people anymore. We saw this in episode two when he wouldn't kill any of the wolves.
It showed us that Morgan felt he had to "clear" everything in his path walkers and humans it didn't matter as everyone turned in the end. He met a man named Eastwood and he took him in, fed him and told him his story.
I loved this episode when the creative team for the walking dead are on form they can pull out a beautiful episode like this. I really enjoyed this two man episode, if the past few episodes have been like Grand Thief Auto this was like The Shawshank Redemption. It was a beautiful well acted piece of the jigsaw that is The Walking Dead







Over The Weekend #7

This weekend it was Halloween and I wasn't sure how
Oisín was going to like it! He didn't like the costumes in the shops and
wasn't very keen on the decorations, but I didn't have to worry
he loved it!

Oisín had a Halloween morning in daycare

on Friday and he wore his glow in the dark

trick of treat Peppa Pig top!

Our little Pumpkin King!

He really enjoyed seeing the other children

dressed up, and when he realised he was getting sweets

he seem to like it even more!

Mama Witch and Baby Pumpkin!

We watched the fireworks while at
the bonfire

Sunday was another lovely day my parents came up
for Sunday Lunch but I forgot to get out my camera
to take any pictures

Then we it was prosecco and Downton Time!

On The Box This Week

Warning-TV Spoilers Ahead!

So The Big Bang Theory finally came back to our screen
last Wednesday (Thursday UK on E4) it followed up directly after last seasons finale. Penny and Leonard finally made up the aisle in a Las Vegas chapel! Things of course didn't go to plan and soon Penny was wishing they hadn't got married! Amy decided that her and Sheldon are finished for good. I hope this isn't for long as I really like this couple's quirkiness and love there chemistry together.

We watch this show every Friday it's a very funny show
it now has different versions all around the world with a rumour that Ireland is to get it's own version!
This week Gogglebox reviewed Jamie Oliver Sugar Tax, Downton Abbey, The Gift of Life and First Dates! Yippee Steph and Dom are back I have missed them this season! Watching them get drunk while watching telly is somehow very entertaining! However with the lack of Steph and Dom this season, Scarlet Moffat is fast becoming the new star of this show!

How to follow last week's blood filled episode of Downton? By opening the doors to the public that's how!

A very pale looking Lord Grantham is back in Downton on his sick bed! He had to listen to the never end storyline about the hospital from Lady Cora! The Dowager Countess has been replaced with Cora as head of the board at the hospital only problem is no one knows how to tell her!

Mary and Tom (still not giving up on these two as a couple) have arranged it that Downton is to open it's doors for one day in aid of charity. These two are starting to become a force to be reckoned with even Robert couldn't stop them opening the doors! Mr Carson didn't like the idea one bit, but that could be because he hasn't been eating right since he got married as in his opinion poor Mrs Hughes can barely make coffee!

A nice little storyline between Ms Pattmore and Mr Mason is being ruined by jealous little Daisy! Has she had a personality transplant or is she just more annoying this season? Have a little idea that Mr Mason and Ms Pattmore will end up in her new house complete with phone and maybe Daisy and Andy will end up on the farm. I am feeling very sorry for Barrow never thought I would say that but he is been driven out of Downton as they are cutting staff and he seems to be the only one to go!! He is trying to be nice keeping Andy's secret and teaching him to read, but of course the staff have got the wrong idea. The last scene of him crying heartbroken was so sad!

The big scene of the night was of course Mary and Henry Talbot kissing in a rain storm!! Still not feeling these two and I hope Mary's delay in telling him how she feels is because she knows deep down he is not the man for her. He is lovely, charming, and "a great catch" but after Matthew I think she needs more than that (Tom)! 

Favourite quotes this week:

“Next thing we know there’ll be a guillotine in Trafalgar Square”

~ Mr Carson over reaction about Downton being open to the public

“We certainly talked about what it’s like to cook dinner for you.”

~Mrs Hughes to Mr Carson 

"Mary in the bath?"

~Robert asking Carson what the public expect to see in Downton

The Walking Dead is really keeping up the pace as episode three of season six was another action packed episode! This episode picked up with Rick, Glen, Michonne and the gang continuing there quest to get the herd of walkers away from Alexandrina. When they hear the horn blowing they decide to split into groups Rick decides to run ahead and see if he can help the community, with Michonne helping the rest of the hapless Alexandrians to get home without being eating by walkers! Rick's last words to Michonne echo through out the episode that not everyone will make it home. Most of the Alexandrians are not equipped for the world outside the walls of Alexandria and drop like flies! Just two out of Michonne's gang make it back which is saying something!
Daryl, Sasha and Abe are still leading most of the herd away. When Daryl has a change of heart and wants to go back to Alexandria to see if he can help. This was a pointless storyline scenes of Daryl on his motorbike driving fast to the community only to hear Rick in trouble over his walkie talkie which makes Daryl turn around and head back to Sasha and Abe was completely pointless in my opinion!
Rick does get into trouble when the RV breaks down and some of the Wolf's attack it. Rick manages to kill them but the nose draws out the walkers and soon he is on the roof of the RV completely surrounded by a herd of walkers
Glen and Nicholas try to set a fire to cause a decoy to draw the walkers away from the community. Things don't go to plan Nicholas seems to be going through post trauma stress and has been fading in and out of reality through out the episode. When the two are surrounded by walkers and run out of bullets they climb up on to a dumpster. Nicholas thanks Glen for saving him in the past season and then shockingly shoots himself in the head. Glen in shock loses his balance and falls off the dumpster with Nicholas into the herd of walkers.
There are already theories all over the Internet that Glen is not really dead, that he could escape somehow. Whatever the outcome I though this was an amazing episode and up there with my top ten episodes of the walking dead.
Next week is a 90 minute flashback episode about Morgan so we will not know for sure if Glen has gone to Walking Dead heaven until a few weeks!

Do you like any of these shows? Do you think Glen is now a walker?

Over The Weekend #6

It's a long weekend here in Ireland
as today is a Bank Holiday
We had a nice weekend
Oisín is sick with a throat and ear infection
hubby still can't shift his cold and cough
and now I'm finally down with a cough and ear infection
cold season has really took hold here in the Furey household!
That said we did try and do a few things this weekend!

We wrapped up tight and went to the park
and play ground
Oisín normally loves the play ground but he was happy enough just
walking beside us, He didn't seem in the form for swings or slides!
Afterwards we went to Mothercare to buy a new stroller as our old one
broke over the week. We picked a nice red chico stroller which Oisín seems happy with!

We decided to treat Oisín to a Burger King
everyone needs treats when there poorly!

 He totally rocks that burger king crown!
We then went to visit Paul's parents
Oisín loves his Grandparent especially
when Granddad Eddie sings to him!

 Some treats for Mammy and Daddy after Oisín went to bed
Wine, takeout and X Factor!

 Who needs an extra hour in bed when
you can have an extra hour watching Cbeebies!

Done alot of reading over the weekend

Finished off the weekend with a bottle of Cava
trying to make ourselves feel better while watching Downton Abbey

On The Box This Week

Warning-TV Spoilers Ahead!

We settled down for another episode of Downton Abbey
with a nice glass of bubbles. I am feeling a little sadder as each episode goes by
as the end of the series is getting nearer!
This week I felt alot of different story lines are starting to tie up lose ends
like Mrs Pattmore and Mr Mason maybe a romance on the cards
Footman Andy coming to Mr Mason's aid and wanting to train as a farmer
but there was a little secret he can't read. Which Thomas was soon to
figure out, offering to help him to learn. Is Thomas going to turn over a new leaf and really help Andy or will his evil side come out and hold it over him to use against him later?
I can also see a little romance developing between Andy and Daisy later on
The Lady Mary and Henry Talbot storyline went on as herself and Tom went to see him
drive a car. I still don't see them as a couple but maybe a little bromace between
Tom and Henry as the joked over a pint!
I really enjoyed the scene between Mary and Tom as they spoke lovingly about
Lady Sybil. I still really miss her in the show. Tom later went on to save Mr Chamberlain from a tit for tat row about the village hospital (a storyline that is quite boring tbh) and then managed to get Mr Chamberlain to tell him about the old gag he played in London many year before
which Old Lady Grantham was blackmailing him with! Good old Maggie Smith!
It was the dinner party which people will be talking about for a while!
In between courses Robert Grantham wasn't feeling very well, with
a pain which has been going on for a while. I expected him to faint to the floor holding
his side, but we got a little bit more than that! Robert projectile vomited not once, but three times all over his guests and wife. The scene when Lady Cora has blood spattered all over her face
had me gasping at the TV, even the hubby thought he was watching The Walking Dead for a moment! It was touch and go for a moment and I was really worried that it might be the last we see of Robert, but we where soon told that Lord Grantham was going to be okay after his operation.
In the mist of all the drama Lady Mary heard something that as has made her start to think that little Marigold is more that just Lady Edith's ward!!
My favourite quotes this week were:
“You have read too many novels! You have seen too many moving pictures!”
~Old Mrs Grantham to her Maid
"Bubble and squeak with lamb?"
~Carson not very happy with Mrs Hughes cooking skills
“There’s no such thing as safe motor racing. And there’s no such thing as safe love.”
~Tom to Mary (awwwww)

I was really looking forward to the reboot of The Muppets which started on Monday night at 8pm
I grew up watching the repeats of the classic 70's show and I loved it!
This reboot is a little different its more of a mockumentry think The Office crossed with Modern Family!
No theme tune with this reboot which I really miss! No actually Muppet show but behind the scenes of Up Late With Miss Piggy. I did like the idea of the show and the back stage gossip but I found it was low on laughs. I didn't really like the Fozzie Bear new girlfriend story line or Kermit's new replacement for Miss Piggy storyline, I felt like it was aimed at adults a little too much.
I did like the funny chemistry between Kermit and Piggy. I found Piggy's diva moments very funny especially when she took it out on poor Fozzie. The Animal and The Electric Mayhem where also very funny, and I enjoyed the cameos from different Muppets in different studio apartments.
But I did miss the jolly, funny, mayhem, giddy joy that was The Muppet Show

Another of our favourite shows started back on Sky One on Modays
Modern Family
This episode showed what happened over the Summer to the family
Haley almost stops Andy proposing to his girlfriend but her Mother gets in the way!
Andy over hears Claire and Phil talking about how Haley feels about Andy
He says he is fine but comes back from planning his wedding over the summer
and its very clear he has been comfort eating! They confront each other and decide not to see each other. Andy goes back to his girlfriend and Haley back to on off boyfriend Dylan
I know a few fans are sick of the Haley/Andy story line but I like it, I love how Andy is so like Phil, but am hoping they finally get together this season.
Meanwhile Mitch is having a midlife crisis and Joe is starting school
I love Lily, Manny, Luke and Alex and hoping they get a bit more screen time this year.
This was a great taster episode and am looking forward to more laughs this season!

How to follow up from last week's killer episode
by not having all the leads in the second episode and pull out another cracker of an episode as only The Walking Dead can!!
Instead of picking up where it left off last week it started off with a no dialogue flashback
of a very minor character Enid. By the end of the show we could understand her alot more and also what JSS stood for Just Survive Somehow...which could actually be the name of the show!
It then lead into the Alexandria's getting on with there daily lives, remember most of these people have barely even see a zombie so there chatter is all about what there doing for supper, unwittingly knowing all hell is about to break lose! As Carol looks out the window at her neighbour smoking she see her attacked not by a walker but by a person with a very large knife. She now knows Alexandria is under attack not by zombies but by what looks like a large group maybe cult it's The Wolves.
They have been a long time coming, we have seen traces of them since last season, but they made there presences known, within seconds the body count was huge!
Carol was back on form this week and went GI Jane on the Wolves arses! Soon we found out what was blowing the horn from last week. The wolves crashed a very large trunk into the walls of Alexandria (a truck which I think has alot of zombies in the back) Morgan ran back to Alexandria to help. He and Carol butted heads as he feels that they didn't need to kill the wolves and wanted answers. Carol was taking the no messing approach and killing every wolf she saw, loved when she put the wolves clothes on! Soon Morgan and Carol had Alexandria back under control but I don't think we have seen the last of the Wolves
The cliffhanger from last week's episode is still unresolved with hundreds of walkers heading right for Alexandria! Can't wait to see what happens next!

Do you watch any of these shows? What you think of this week's telly?

Over The Weekend #6

This weekend hasn't been the best one
hubby spread his manflu and I have
spent most of the weekend feeling awful!
On the plus side we did make a start on our Christmas shopping!

The three of us went on a walk in the park
Saturday morning before
a long afternoon of Christmas shopping!

These two cuties playing on the floor with toy cars!

Hoping that my favourite Slimming World
fakeaway would cheer me up Saturday evening!

Sunday was spent mostly feeling
sorry for myself  and watching this little one play

Finished the weekend off with some bubbly
trying to make myself feel a little better
while watching Downton!

On The Box This Week

Warning-TV Spoilers Ahead!

Last week I shed tears as my favourite Nadiya won The Bake Off

I was a bit gutted for Ian as he put his heart and soul into his unusual bakes.

Nadiya had a cracker of a weekend her final three bakes

just out classed the other two finalists

What I would of given to try those iced buns last Wednesday

(and no I'm not talking about Paul Hollywood ones)

Her showstopper of her Wedding Cake was amazing

and a little emotional as she said this is the cake I would of

like to have on my Wedding Day!

We watched her confidence grown as the weeks went on, when 

she was announced the winner, she cried, her family cried

Mary Berry cried and then we all cried!! 

I settled down with my glass of bubbles to

watch my favourite Sunday night treat Downton Abbey

This week's episode was less filled than last week which was full of special events
Tom is back and wondering what will he do now that Mary is looking after
the Downton Estate
The dashing racing car driver Mr Talbot is back!
He is handsome, polite and swims in the right circles but for me I just don't feel it
I am secretly hoping he is not the man for Mary!
I rather the chemistry Charles Blake and Mary had
or dare I say it the chemistry between Tom and Mary!
Baxter's past came back to haunt her this week
The police in Downton must be really busy with all the going's on with the Downton servants!!
Lovely Gwen (from the very first season) was back to take
lunch with the family, six years ago she was the one serving lunch to the family
as Thomas was quick to point out! Thomas was back on form as evil as ever!
Daisy has been more brash this session (tbh she is starting to annoy me)
she confronted her Ladyship about the farm this week luckily for her she didn't lose
her job and her Father-in law got the farm
My favourite quotes this week were:
"You couldn’t be harder on those potatoes if you wanted to make them confess to spying"
~Mrs Patmore to Daisy
“A monkey will type out the Bible if you leave it long enough.”
~Mary being nasty to Edith

The Walking Dead returned (Sunday in US) this Monday night

and I managed to stay away from the online spoilers all that day
I was so glad I did because this was a cracker of a season premier
Maybe not as fast paced as last year's one but I'm glad of that as
Season 5 failed to keep up that pace as it went on
Episode 1 of season 6 was extended to 90 minutes but for me
it went by so quick
We saw flash backs in black and white of what happened
after the season 5 finale,
which was a great way to tell between the flash backs
and present day it also was a good way to build up the tension
until we see the quarry of walkers!
Rick had a plan to get the walkers out of the quarry and
away from the community but with Rick's actions in the last season
still playing on peoples minds not everyone was quick to agree to it
Rick's plan was flawed but was working until someone or something
set off a very loud horn very near the community
Will we find out who that was next week? Who knows?!
I have high hopes for this season and am hoping the season
will be better than lasts, more of a slow burning with the
zombies more of a threat than past sessions. Will we finally know if
Wolves are near?

The season premier of The Flash was set six months after the last
episode with Barry Allen now working alone as he
blames himself over the death of his friend Ronnie
He seems to met his match in Atom-Smasher who has extra strength
when he is near toxin waste
The Flash soon realises he needs his friends help to fight this baddie
Barry is left a memory stick from past friend and villain Harrison Wells
who finally after 14 years confesses to the murder of Barry's Mother
Which would finally free Barry's Father from prison
With the gang back together and his Father out of prison
things finally seem to be going well for The Flash
Until that is a strange newcomer appears at Star Labs called Jay Garrick
My husband was delighted with this as he is a total geek and knows who Mr Garrick is!
I don't so I am hoping I will enjoy where this goes this season

So that's what we watching on the box this week
Glad that Autumn is back along with some great telly!

Over The Weekend #5

This weekend we tried to get those jobs done

that you leave until it has to be done

Saturday we got alot done

Sunday Hubby and I bought didn't feel well

sore ears and tickle throats 

but we did have a lovely Sunday lunch

and then curled up and caught up on some TV

 I woke early Saturday morning

but as it's my lie in morning

hubby brought me breakfast in bed 

and I spent an hour or two reading

We then went to the park for some

fresh air and Oisín enjoyed running 

around with a football! 

 Then it was back home to

get some chores done

Oisín wanted to help cut the grass!

 I got some of the Halloween bits out!

Love Autumn and the cosy feeling of

twinkling lights and candles

 Oisín enjoyed taking some selfies Sunday afternoon

 While we were watching the rugby!

 Used my slimming world syns on this
sharing with the hubby of course
while watching Downton Abbey

Then Batman hubby's favourite
movie!