Monthly Archives: July 2016

Sunday Music: As

Posted on July 17, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last Sunday, Stevie Wonder was at Hyde Park and the night before this was on the radio and it’s brilliant and should be played a lot and loud!

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Friday Links

Posted on July 15, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Ok so my country is going to the dogs, seriously if politicians really want to know why people are so disengaged from politics they should just look at the last couple of weeks. I often disagreed with the … Continue reading →

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Face Serum

Posted on July 13, 2016 by nicdempsey

This year, largely due to my financial goals I’ve changed things up. I spend less money on everything (except maybe the allotment!) and the things I put on my face are no exception. Some things have stayed. I was gifted … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 02/07 to 08/07/2016

Posted on July 12, 2016 by nicdempsey

Another pretty good week for food. SHOPPING  I spent £11.33 in total. but again this was supplemented with allotment produce and I also spent another £18 on food and wine for dinner on Friday night, that was for people coming … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Snatching positivity from the jaws of a bad week

Posted on July 11, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week did not feel like like a good week but it wasn’t actually all that bad. It absolutely had it’s moments but some of those moments were pretty good. I had three trips to the allotment. For watering and … Continue reading →

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Little Goals – July 2016

Posted on July 9, 2016 by nicdempsey

  Here are the little goals for July: FINANCE Same old, same old but with a bit more discipline with the spending. Have one week this month were I only spend £10 on groceries. I think a week of ‘less’ … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on July 8, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a week, not a particularly easy one but the best thing about difficult times is that they end! This weekend I have friends coming for dinner and reading and allotment stuff planned. Good times! Although it’s … Continue reading →

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Courgette Pasta

Posted on July 7, 2016 by nicdempsey

After Saturday’s marathon weeding session, I came home hungry and made a very simple courgette pasta. This fed Ma and me and there were leftovers for one more dinner. I started with a large courgette but two normal sized ones from … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Eight weeks later.

Posted on July 6, 2016 by nicdempsey

Saturday marked eight weeks of allotmenting. This is what it looked liked then.It looks quite different now. The weeds went haywire in between times  I was very lucky because the allotment was given up, not abandoned, the weeds were never completely … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 25/06 to 01/07/2016

Posted on July 5, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING The shopping came to £5.35 and I had supplemental things from the allotment COOKING AND EATING  Weekend breakfasts were a carrot cake muffin with raspberries.Saturday lunch was a chuck it all in rice thing because I was trying to use … Continue reading →

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