it would be nice to get some done but that will have to go on the back burner for the time being until ellie's a little older 

Neave,
I understand.  <3  Well, she's such a little cutie, it's not terrible, right? <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

no thank you 14 years of it was hell 

Neave,
I don't doubt it.    That must have been soooooo awful.    Glad that part of it is over.  <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

it was awful as i couldn't always go with them or fly out a few days later to join them where ever they were in the world

Neave,
Oh, of course not!    You had your own life and our own things you were doing!  I don't know of anyone who would willingly want to be on the road like that, either.  While I know some people who have no problems with living nomadic lifestyles, even they aren't thrilled with the idea of going from place to place without stopping here and there for at least a little while.  Traveling to 50 cities in almost as many days would drive anyone nuts.
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

it did drive shay and nicky nuts by the end of the band they were like wtf did we put ourselves through all that insanity for

Neave,
No doubt.  But my guess is at the time they were so into their art they didn't stop to think about how it was affecting them until the very end.
Just glad the worst is over for all concerned now.  <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

nope it's not a terrible sacrifice it's a pleasant one

Neave,
Awwwwww!  <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

well they are foil hatted aliens so what do you expect lol they don't think about normal things haha

she's an unhappy unsettled princess at them moment though because daddy is away he's in sweden on a promotional trip he's just released his debut solo single and his album is coming out on 05/13 so he's in sweden until 05/15 or 05/16 

Neave,
Poor little one.    The good thing is he's not going to be away a lot longer, at least, and then I'm sure he'll be sooooo happy to see his little princess, as she'll be happy to see him. 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

he has to web cam every night on skype just so she can hear his voice he can't wait to get home and then he has promotional things in and around dublin next week which is good 

Neave,
Glad he can reach out to her via Skype!  <3  Does she settle down once she hears his voice?
So happy to hear he's going to be in the area next week! 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

yeah she settles down when she hears his voice he came home from sweden earlier than i expected he came home 05/13 which was a bit of a shock to me but a very nice one and his album promtion went well tuesday,wednesday,friday last week 

Neave,
Awww, she just has to hear her daddy!  <3
How wonderful that he came home sooner than expected!    Happy to hear his album promotion went well, too.  <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

i'm relieved it has gone well i was worried it may not because he's left it 4 years before venturing back into singing he's spent 2 and a half of them presenting on radio and tv here and the other year and half he's spent doing lots of charity work where as shay dived straight back into making music as soon as the band split in 2012 nicky didn't so i was worried 

Neave,
What men do?    LOL, the words "men" and "normal" are mutually exlusive! 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Neave,
I can see why you'd be concerned...I've heard that fans often have extremely short memories.  Glad that isn't the case here!  <3  And perhaps the presenting has really helped, too...people have short memories, but if he was still making appearances on radio & TV, I'm sure there are still people interested in his music.  <3
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=