Monthly Archives: September 2019

Monday Miscellany: You need a spreadsheet

Posted on September 30, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I was completely missing in action last week with a stomach bug! I had a day out and worked from home two days, most of the time I wasn’t working or throwing up was spent sleeping.I also got … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Everybody is making excuses but nothing is getting done

Posted on September 20, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Cameron may have fought Brexit. But it was his policies that made it happen There is a belief around at the moment, encouraged by many of the 21 Conservative MPs recently expelled from the party by Johnson, that … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: September jobs

Posted on September 18, 2019 by nicdempsey

September is a strange month as we come to the end of the summer crops, everything looks a bit straggly and we have to start making decisions about whether to push a crop another week or pull it up. This … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Off

Posted on September 16, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Last week was an odd week. I was not feeling it, on Wednesday morning I woke up not being able to see properly out of my left eye, that’s a migraine warning right there! I got through the … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Late…

Posted on September 13, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Week in Review: Clinging to reality under a post-truth government.  This is so interesting about what recent politics are doing to our political infrastructure but this is what really worries me… The British position seems to have involved … Continue reading →

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What I Ate: Food, Cooking and Budgets Week One

Posted on September 12, 2019 by nicdempsey

Ok, week one of eight. Co-incidentally, last Thursday when I posted about having a food reset, for budget and planning and cooking, was also when I did the food shop. Ma and I went to Shefford for J’s birthday and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: No time

Posted on September 11, 2019 by nicdempsey

We did no work on the allotment this weekend because we weren’t there! I went round on Saturday morning to pick and that was it. I have to confess it’s all looking a little bit ragged and there is work. … Continue reading →

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Self Care for Season Affective Disorder

Posted on September 10, 2019 by nicdempsey

September is not my favourite month, even on its warmer days, there’s a chill in the morning and evenings and over the course of the month we lose two hours of daylight. Which for people like me who are seasonally … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: A Four Year Old in the Family

Posted on September 9, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! People it has been a week! I’ve had a low, level annoying virus, sore throat, slightly snotty and very tired. It’s not been enough to be off work, just enough to annoy me! I have a new role … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: 100% failure rate

Posted on September 6, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been quite a week for news… Britain’s Political Chaos Shows Everything Is Okay. Last week, my friend Kathy, who grew up in a country with an actual written constitution, was arguing about how dangerous Boris was because … Continue reading →

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