Monthly Archives: April 2021

Friday Links: John Lewis Nightmare

Posted on April 30, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I have today off work because I wanted to have a long, long weekend. Right this minute, I’m mooching around the kitchen finishing my coffee. Then I’m going to wash up the breakfast things, do some house stuff … Continue reading →

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Good things

Posted on April 29, 2021 by nicdempsey

This is a sort of what I ate but only the really good stand out stuff of the last week or so. Roasted veg and mozzarella (or why I will never be a vegan). An easy throw it in the … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Dry

Posted on April 28, 2021 by nicdempsey

This week, the perennials and occupied beds got a watering twice and I refilled the pond! It’s dry, we didn’t have as much rain as we usually do this winter and it’s been a while. There is light rain predicted … Continue reading →

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Fix One Thing

Posted on April 27, 2021 by nicdempsey

I’ve been working from home for a year and I’m stuck in something of a rut, I have absolutely lost my mojo and I need to get it back. One of my friends had the brilliant idea of tackling one … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Away with the Fairies

Posted on April 26, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s the last week of April (2021 seems to be whizzing by), next Monday is a Bank Holiday and if all things go to plan, May and early June have some very good things in them. We’ll see … Continue reading →

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Recommended: L’Oreal True Match Foundation

Posted on April 24, 2021 by nicdempsey

Up until 2019, I’d been happily using my Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation which was great, and then Bourjois withdrew from the UK market. I bought enough that I didn’t have to think about a new foundation until April last year. … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Bunny Hugger

Posted on April 23, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been quite the week. There was the rise and fall of the Super League, Boris Johnson’s woeful performance yesterday (Britain and Australia have been fighting it out for the ‘Most Terrible Leader in the World’ since America … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: All the work

Posted on April 21, 2021 by nicdempsey

Easter weekend was not as plot heavy as I planned. Ma and I finished the row of bed building. We had to re-arrange the top of the plot a bit to make that last bed fit and that row of … Continue reading →

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Small Changes Redux

Posted on April 20, 2021 by nicdempsey

Remember last year in January, I wanted to make some small changes that would improve my life/make it slightly more sustainable? Then two months later, we went into lockdown and I sort of abandoned the whole enterprise.. While we are … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Slightly more productive

Posted on April 19, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I took an unintentional week off posting last week, it was my first full week back at work and I was not firing on all cylinders and started the week still tackling the backlog of emails. Usually, I … Continue reading →

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